Author: Chris and Maggie Hostetter

First, take a look at the top half of our water filter.   That muddy water came from our faucets, and is the same water Maggie had to work with for washing the kids clothes today.  So, washing the kids clothes in dirty water = grumpy mom.  And, one grumpy mother = one great journal entry.  […]

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a great New Year.  Our last week has been pretty good but Christmas day itself wasn’t very enjoyable.  Maggie came down sick Christmas Eve and spent most of Christmas day in bed.  She got up long enough in the morning for the kids to open all […]

First, we had the privilege (privilege is really probably not the right word to use here) of experiencing the strongest earthquake either of us have ever felt.  I was standing on the porch of our house when I started looking around to see why the porch was shaking.  As the shaking grew stronger I realized […]

It’s that time again!  My second evaluation is Tuesday morning and Maggie’s is Wednesday morning.   We’ll let you know the results as soon as we know. The pics below are of the worker appreciation meal we had last Friday.   There are about 10 or so nationals that work on the center here helping to keep […]

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 […]