A Place to Call “Home”

April 10, 2012

The day of our first helicopter flight into our new home in the jungle is getting closer! And we have recently received the wonderful news that our coworkers, the Lockwoods, are desiring to return to the tribe this summer. So, while we are able to move into their house and live there until they come […]

To Pal!

March 30, 2012

Everything is set! We’ll be leaving here mid-April and then spending a week at the center in Madang province before moving into the tribe! We have a lot to do before we leave but we’re super excited to be taking the next step. Some of the things we have to do in the next few […]

Meet our Teammates!!!

March 27, 2012

This is Nate and Elizabeth Claasen (Claw-sane) and their three boys: Noah, Tim, and Elias. We met them three weeks ago and now they are our partners in ministry. Woohoo! They are an energetic bunch and their love for God and their desire for people to know Him really stood out to us. They’ve been […]

The Fridge

March 26, 2012

On our latest newsletter we wrote that we’d like a fridge and then we got some questions about that so I’ve decided to make a post about a fridge. Exciting! We’ll soon be moving into a tribe where there’s a house available to us temporarily (more info about this coming soon). The house has a […]

The JOYS!!!

March 12, 2012

The joys outweighed the trials and we really did enjoy our time in the tribe. The first thing that you can’t help but notice about the place is the beauty of God’s creation. Towering mountains and deep valleys fill up the landscape around the area and I was constantly snapping pictures. The next great thing […]

The Trials

March 9, 2012

We faced quite a few trials during our 6 week stay in the bush. None of them were major issues but they were stress causers and annoyances. On the flip side, I learned many new things by working through some of these problems. Our first day there, I turned off our DC/AC inverter (to conserve […]

We’re Back!

March 6, 2012

Lessons Learned on Bush Orientation If the house has a functioning solar powered electric system, don’t mess with it. When searching for leaks in the gas line, don’t stop after finding and fixing the first leak. If your options for a long walk in the jungle are bare feet or cleats, choose cleats. When you […]

Communication

January 20, 2012

We’re going to have very limited internet access until March 6th, so there will be no blog posts for awhile. So sorry. When we get back we’ll tell you all about bush orientation. If you want to email us, please use chris_hostetter@ntm.org. You may be waiting a few weeks for a reply, but we will […]

Wusuraambya!

January 18, 2012

We’re off on Bush Orientation Monday, January 23. We’ll be 6 weeks in Wusuraambya, a tribe where there’s another missionary family working and an established Church. It’s about a half hour flight from here on one of NTMA’s little planes. We’ll continue our Tok Pisin study while there and also spend time following the missionaries […]

Birthday Party

January 7, 2012

We went out to Tom and Ben’s place for a young boy’s birthday party Friday morning. We were told to come in the morning and that it would be just a little thing and we expected to be home for lunch. 7 hours later we were home. When we got there they had set up […]