Author: Chris and Maggie Hostetter

I thought this was pretty cool.  Watch and learn. First, you need to build a big fire and put a whole ton of rocks in it.  When the fire has mostly burned out, remove any leftover wood so that all you have left is a pile of hot rocks.

1 December, 2011  (Maggie) Note to self: When you live on the equator, babies get sunburned even in the shade. We went to a graduation ceremony today and poor Bailey came back looking like a lobster. We had to drive about 27 Km to get there, so it wasn’t far, but the road was so […]

Have a wonderful day!  We hope you are able to spend it with loved ones.  Mom and dad, what time should we expect you? As your Thanksgiving day is beginning, ours is ending.  Here’s what we did today. Maggie woke up early and by 7am was working in Kaula’s garden.  She returned home near 9am […]

We had our first evals last Wednesday and Thursday and then received our ‘progress report’ on Sunday.  Excerpts from both the reports are below.  Enjoy! NCLA Consultant Report For: Chris Hostetter Level: Basic level 1st eval Date: Nov 16, 2011 Location: Benson (Ben) & Helen’s house Culture/Language helper: Benson Overall Impression: You’re doing well Chris.  […]

NCLA Consultant Report For: Maggie Hostetter Level: Basic level 1st eval Date: Nov 17, 2011 Location: Ben and Helen’s house Culture/Language helper: Helen Overall Impression: You’re doing amazingly well, Maggie – language learning for you definitely comes easier than for some.  Be thankful that God has given you this gift!  (Rosie)  She gets out when […]

So, today was my first evaluation to check to see how I am progressing in learning Tok Pisin.  I met up with Terry (the boss man) and Ben (a PNG man and friend) at the gate and we took off into the jungle.  Terry listened and took notes as I conversed with Ben and often […]

(from Monday, October 31) I hiked alone from our house, out through the gate that surrounds the center, accompanied only by my newly acquired bush knife and bilum.  The sun was shining and the clouds disappearing.  I knew it was going to be hot. I followed an old road that is now only a path […]

Today Maggie, myself, and Bailey (we left the other three with a sitter) walked to Ben and Tom’s place again.  They showed us a new way to cook.  We stuffed hollow bamboo with greens and cut up chicken and then placed the bamboo on the fire.  As it cooked the juices from the chicken soaked […]

Yesterday, our whole family hiked out (maybe a forty-minute hike) to Tom’s place.  (Don’t be fooled by the name.  He’s not American.  He’s a PNG citizen.)  A hike by his place the previous week led to an invitation to come learn pidgin from his family and eat with them.  Maggie carried Bailey on her back, […]

Me: “Where are we going?” Another Missionary: “Pungwa’s place.” Me: “Where’s that?” Him: “I don’t know.” Me: “When are we coming back?” Him: “I don’t know.” Myself and the three other guys also in the pidgin learning stage were invited to one of the national’s house this past Saturday.  We didn’t really know where we […]