Our final week in the Madang Province Levi was able to finish up a long-time on-going project as well as several small maintenance projects before stepping out of the ministry that the Lord has graciously allowed us to be a part of for the last 18 months.
On Friday, May 29, we had a tear filled good-bye with our family line from Riwo Village where Levi had done his national language and culture study. Led and Katel had adopted us into their family line and have faithfully worked to maintain that relationship with us, and we have truly grown to love them. Katel used a family member’s pre-pay cell phone to call us our first night in our new home because she was thinking about her “grandsons” and worrying about them. She was very happy to hear their little voices tell her good night! We pray that we will be able to maintain that relationship through the years as our travels take us to and from the Madang Province. Please pray for more laborers to come and reach the Bell and Kar Kar language groups of the Madang Region with a clear message of the Gospel of Grace! For unknown reasons, the Lord has not chosen that for us and we are trusting our precious friends into His care.
The Big Move…
We had a beautiful flight flying low around the coast and then keeping low through the mountains as we flew to our NEW temporary home in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea! Michael got excited as he pointed out “all the beautiful things that God created.” Like the “broccoli (looking) trees”, the “camoflauge river” (muddy tributaries where many small streams are trying to form a river), the “snake river” as it winds and coils like a snake around the valleys and mountains pushing its way towards the ocean. It was fun to hear his descriptions!
We have now settled into our new little home for the next couple of months and are trying to allow our bodies and emotions to process all that has been going on the past whirlwind of months!
What’s next?…
This last week we have been meeting with our main Technical guy here in the Highlands that has helped us in determining the needs of electrical and plumbing materials we will be needing for our house. We have also met with the main builder and have begun discussing our house building plans and creating a materials list.
In just over a week we are planning to head to another coastal town where one of PNG’s main ports is located to see what items and materials we have available for purchase. We will be spending one week there and are excited as our partners here in PNG, the Wilson family, will be joining us to help with these initial intimidating steps.
We pray that the majority of our building materials can be purchased in country as costs increase tremendously when they have to be shipped.
We will be keeping you all updated as things start coming together! It is hard to believe that in a few short months, Lord willing, we will be allocating into North Wahgi!
***There have been a few of you asking about ways that you can help. We hope to put together an e-mail shortly with some more hands on ideas that individuals, Sunday schools, businesses even 😉 etc…could possibly be involved.
Thank you for your prayers, your love & encouragement, and for your daily sacrifices for the Lord as you help to keep us here as an extension of your hands and feet for the Gospel!
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