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One of the festivals held annually in PNG is the Goroka Show. I’ve learned that people across the world have heard of the Goroka Show even if they have no idea where PNG is! As for me…I hadn’t heard of it until I prepared to come. It’s meant to be a demonstration of traditional dress, […]

These are a Few (More) of My Favorite Things: Friday night dinners with friends. Quiet Saturday mornings. A clean house. Clean clothes. Ham-chicken, baked potatoes with butter and sourcream, and a good friend to share it with. Sisters in Christ of every nationality. Singing God’s praise with His people. Hearing the Word taught. Hearing the […]

I am doing all right. I’ve been struggling a bit but I have no idea how to describe it to anyone else. Just to say that emotions are fighting me tooth-and-nail over…nothing apparently! I am doing well but feel like I’m fighting a battle and I really have no idea who I’m fighting or what […]

Recently I was asked this and realized that I’ve probably never really clarified that. As you’ve obviously read, I am a nurse in a medical clinic. But what do I do? 1) We screen patients for the doctors to see—i.e. measuring their height, weight and vital signs, ask for the stori of their “sik, what […]

In so many ways, God is at work in our world. So often I lose my focus and become so very concerned with myself. I begin to focus on what’s going on around me and lose my focus on Him. I begin to accuse Him of neglect and of being “too far away”. But the […]

Two weekends ago, I was asking the Lord what I could do—I felt like I just needed to get off the Center for a while. I’d love to go to a hotel by myself but that is not safe nor can I afford it. I emailed a few friends asking if I could come stay […]

I’ve heard this verse many times. I’ve even memorized this chapter at camp. But when I read through it last Sunday, I wondered at this verse. How can strength be ordained? So I looked up “ordained”. It means “appointed.” Then I wondered, How can God be appointed strength from babies who can say nothing? One […]

Yes, that’s right! By the end of last week we were 3 for 3! Normally, we would have an emergency case that would need to go the hausik or be flown out of the country maybe once a month, if that. This week we’ve had three! The first one I told you about in the […]

One would think that a closed Clinic and a doctor off on holiday (vacation, for my American readers!) would mean a slow few weeks. We still went in every work day to fill medication orders for our patients and to work on projects but we followed your thinking and assumed it would be slower paced. […]

Upon seeing this patient, I quickly realized that her crossed eyes caused vision problems for her. But this was only the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. She was led about by the hand as we moved from room to room. While taking her information, I realized that she was also having trouble hearing. […]