We’ve Arrived

Well we’ve arrived in PNG after years of preparation, hard work, and answered prayers!  Thanks to all of you who have been such a huge part of this process.  Many of you have been with us from the beginning of this journey which started almost 10 years ago, and the rest have joined along the way and all of you have experienced the hills and valley’s with us.  I’m reminded once again of the importance of the Body of Christ and how important it is for each of us to be ready to lift a brother up when in need.  Without the Body our family may very well have not made it here.  Please continue to pray for us, your job is not over, you’re not off the hook.  We love you and are depending upon you to continue to pray for the work that God is doing in PNG and that we could be useful tools for Him.

It is our desire to above all to be imitators of our master, and a picture of Christ for our co-workers, and the citizens of PNG.  We want people to see Christ working in us and through us and to realize the hope we have can be their’s as well.

We always knew living in PNG would be an eyeopening and challenging endeavor as we cross cultural boundaries and embrace a new world view.  However you can never be fully prepared for everything, there’s always going to be something that surprises you and catches you unawares.  We’ve had some of those experiences already.  For example, I new it was going to be expensive to live here, but I didn’t expect a 14 year old truck with high miles and all sorts of defects that we wouldn’t pay $2000 for in the states to still be worth upwards of $10,000!  Ouch!  Talk about sticker SHOCK!  The glass half full view is that vehicles don’t depreciate nearly as much as they do in the states and therefore you will get a nice price for it when its time to sell.  The glass half empty approach is that I don’t have any children I’m willing to part with to acquire one!  Bahahaha.  But, the Lord has done some pretty spectacular things in my life, so I wouldn’t be surprised to have cash in hand pretty soon to purchase a vehicle for our ministry here.  Vehicles aren’t the only thing that’s expensive, everything here is probably 3 to 4 times more expensive than in the states, from your $1 roll of Toilet paper to your $16 bag of brown sugar!  I’m not complaining mind you, I’m just trying to give you a picture of one facet of living in another land with value’s that differ from our own.  Praise God that we have a team of supporters back home who are sacrificing for us to be here and doing ministry.  There’s a huge need here, and we pray God will use our family in a way that brings honor and glory to Him.  Well, I’m going to sign of for now, but keep your eye’s open for another post soon.  Keep looking up!  Lukin Yu Behain!