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Care Packages

Care Packages

Today, we got our very first care package!!!  Thanks Mom and Tony!  It was an incredible feeling seeing that box with our names on it!  We eat just fine over here, but to get a care package full of goodies like beef jerky and fruit snacks just makes the heart happy! So now, have I […]
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Learning the ropes

Learning the ropes

Ants: You see 1 ant, you smash it with your finger.  You see a few ants, you just ignore them.  You see a ton of ants marching in a line, you spray them with All Purpose cleaning spray and wipe them up! Bananas: Almost every kind of banana that I buy is a “cooking banana” […]
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Sittin’, Waitin’, Wishin

Sittin’, Waitin’, Wishin

Some of you might know that Jack Johnson song!  It’s playing through my head as I am waiting for my language helper to come!  Papua New Guinea people run on their own time!  Not wrong…just different! My language helper told me that she would come Monday at 1, to help me learn tok pisin (the […]
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Teaching them to bake

Teaching them to bake

Our family, and the Hambrices, have really been spending a lot of time in a village named Savilong.  There are a lot of really nice people there, and several of them have been willing to help us learn Tok Pisin well.  Mandy and I met a woman named Rosemary who wants to help us, and […]
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2nd hand stores

2nd hand stores

Most of you know that I love to shop!  You can shop in PNG!  We’ve been here for 2 weeks now and the honeymoon is over.  Haha, Mandy and I say that we don’t really think we even had a PNG honeymoon, but whatever it was, the reality has sunk in.  We’ve realized that we […]
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Very Welcoming!

Very Welcoming!

The people here are just so welcoming!!  Yesterday, we drove over to another neighboring village.  We had to park the car and then cross the river by food (don’t worry, it was only about 2 feet tall!)  As we are getting into the water, kids from the village race over to greet us and welcome […]
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We’re adjusting!

We’re adjusting!

Aloha!  No, that would be Hawaiian!  We made it to Papua New Guinea!  It’s great to finally be here.  For all of you who have been with us 5 years ago, you know it’s been a long time waiting!  It is absolutely beautiful here!  Everything is green, except the flowers!  There are fruit trees all […]
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Super encouraged!

Super encouraged!

Most of you already know that we received our work permits, visas, and passports last week!  Yahhh!  Praise be to God!  We can ALWAYS be faithful that He will provide for us!  So, we purchased our tickets to fly out on January 26th. It’s already starting…the goodbyes.  Yesterday, we spent our last Sunday at Northwest […]
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Our Sophie is 2!!

Our Sophie is 2!!

It’s hard to believe that our Sophie is already 2.  It’s even harder to believe that she is no longer the baby.  We have had so much fun with our silly Sophie.  Her vocabulary has broadened so much as she can talk almost as much as Olivia!  Some of her newest obsessions are stuffed animals, […]
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful time in Oklahoma, where we visited my family for Thanksgiving!  With only 2 more months to go in this country, we are really trying to “soak up” all of the family time we can.  BJ played golf with some of the guys, while the girls went black friday shopping, and grandma […]
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