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An update on our kids: Micah – The tall one with no meat on his bones is Micah. He’s dressed up for our Medieval Festival but normally you would find him naked from the waist up. Because of this, and his frequent exposure to the sun, his skin is almost as dark as the people […]

The special project below is for New Tribes Aviation in Papua New Guinea. Our work relies on New Tribes Aviation but despite this new plane’s ability to land on short runways, our helicopter pad isn’t quite long enough. So, we will continue to rely on the helicopter for most of our aviation needs. However, this […]

*I don’t have any pictures of the fire, so some more Literacy School pics will have to do. It was last Friday night and we had just put the kids to bed for the night when we heard people yelling and hollering in the distance. It is not that uncommon for people to be hollering […]

A new video of Chris and Maggie Hostetter in the Pal tribe of Papua New Guinea has been uploaded to youtube.com. It’s entitled “Hostetters Oct ’12 – June ‘13”. It’s of house building, literacy preparation, and more. Check it out! www.youtube.com/chrismaggiehostetter

It feels good to be back home, back to work, and back together! We flew back to Pal with my sister and brother-in-law after our family break in the middle of June and spent a week showing them around the jungle. We had to struggle through good-byes again, but getting back into the swing of […]

Our first literacy class has begun! The day before our first class we invited the whole Pal community and had a big party celebrating the start of the Pal Literacy Program. We ate together and talked about the new ‘school’. Also, we had each of the 14 students come forward, pay their small school fee, […]

We’re back in Pal after a two week break on a New Tribes Center on the coast. We thoroughly enjoyed our time away but it sure feels good to be home again. We’re back to our super comfortable bed, back to a place where I want to take hot showers and curl up under a […]

NEW TEAMMATES!!! This is Axel and Sandra Fachner with their son Tom. We’re thrilled to be having them join us in the Pal work and we’re looking forward to working together.

Think about your home; the neighborhood it is in, the gas station or grocery store perhaps nearby. Think about the places you go regularly; church, shopping, work. And now imagine not going more than a mile from your home for 7 straight months. Well, that was the last seven months for our family. As the […]

We recently had our second Culture and Language Evaluations. Our ‘job’ is to acquire the Pal language and culture before moving on to other things like translation and lesson writing. We had two consultants come and stay with us for two days and evaluate where we are in our culture and language acquisition. The different […]