Tag: Madang

Noe-Lisa Martinez went from “Dating” to “Single”. Yes, go ahead and smile. 🙂 We have been talking and thinking and praying with two other families about potentially partnering in a tribal church planting work here in PNG for the last year (or longer). As Noe puts it so well, it’s like we were “dating” each […]

Language learning Well, we have been in PNG for nearly 2 months now, and in just a couple days we will have our first language check! There is a CLA (Culture & Language Acquisition) consultant who happens to be in town this week, and he has offered to do our language checks/evaluations. So we will […]

It means “We are learning Tok Pisin (Pidgin, the national language of PNG)!” Today was August 24th. That marks one month since we landed in PNG. Can you believe that?! Helping fuel the NTM helicopter It has been a busy and fruitful month of adjusting and learning, and lately starting to really dive in to […]

Sunrise, taken next to our house. In the early hours of the morning, I hear these particular birds ‘singing’ repeatedly the first four notes of the tune “Joy To The World.” It’s very clear, always in perfect rhythm, and pretty! (Ok yes, granted, after the 200th chirp I most definitely listened more intently, and perhaps […]

Apinun from PNG! We arrived at long last to Madang on Thursday evening, July 24th. Our home for the next few months OUR TRAVELS We departed Seattle early Monday morning, leaving sad but supportive grandparents and a few friends behind. Unfortunately, we had too many connections (so we were told) to check our luggage through […]