Under Way

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Well folks, things are under way.  If you have not been following our closed Facebook group, “Swenson Tribe”, let me give you a few highlights.  God is teaching us to trust Him more and more with the details as we see Him providing in unexpected ways.  When the chainsaws kept breaking, something was always running and the wood kept being cut.  When our cargo shipment was very “late”, we were able to borrow other equipment.  The shipment did come in time for the chopper shuttles this week and Hazen and I (Ellen) were able to fly to Madang province and sort it this weekend and put it in separate chopper shuttling piles.  Some is needed now, and some later.  As I write this, the helicopter is shuttling things from a point along a road where a truck has brought our stuff and then into Tanguat.  The truck was able to drive up the road a bit, cutting down the amount of time the helicopter had to fly which will save us a lot of money!  We are thankful for all our friends that were able to help with that.  I guess we have to learn it again and again, but God is so faithful with the little details of our lives and He knows how and when He wants things to happen for His glory.  The Tanguat and Inapang men are a big help to Paul and Derek and the guys are doing very well.  The Tanguat people are feeding them and helping them get drinking water every day!  What a blessing!
Paul the fix it man

What the rest of the tribe has been up to…

The kids are working hard on school.  We have a few special activities happening around here to distract us while the men are gone.  Last weekend was PNG Independence Day and this week Sam’s Junior class will put on a fun night for the missionaries with burgers and games.

New Address:  This should be our address from now on in PNG.  Check out our website under the “contact info” tab for more info.

Paul and Ellen Swenson

c/o New Tribes Mission

PO Box 1079

Goroka, EHP 441 Papua New Guinea

 Revamping our Privacy:  We will continue to send our newsletter updates via RSS with “Mailchimp” through our website for now, but for more sensitive information, please see our closed Facebook group: Swenson Tribe.  We are not sure yet how we will get newsletters out while in the bush.  Maybe Sam will help from the Center.

Building Fund Update:  Our building project is completely funded!  Praise God! 

Praises: 

  • Safety for the guys building and great progress.
  • Everyone is working well together.
  • A builder, Jacob Devine, is joining them today to start construction. There will still be a milling team but now they will divide up and work on building the houses as well.
  • The kids are doing great in school and enjoying being around all the MKs and activities that happen on our two centers here in the highlands.

Prayer Requests:

  • Continued energy and health for the guys. Paul is getting very tired.
  • For our two families as we eagerly await reuniting with the Dads… we are half way there!!!
  • That the build would go very well and smoothly for the next two weeks.
The Crew