{"id":758,"date":"2018-05-27T02:51:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T06:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/william-streeter\/?p=758"},"modified":"2018-07-05T04:13:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T08:13:04","slug":"758","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/william-streeter\/2018\/05\/27\/758\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes you need to reconnect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Esta enjoys reading to her younger brothers during afternoon quiet time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s that time of year again, when the school year ends and many of the support workers who serve at the school go back to their home countries for a well-deserved rest. Some families are returning to their home countries to get their graduating senior settled into their new school, while some of us remain here in our highlands home to keep things working smoothly and ensure the needs of the \u201cbush\u201d missionaries are met and sharing of the gospel continues. Our family will be one of those \u201cholding down the fort\u201d for now, but our time of rest is coming.<\/p>\n

In the U.S., we have times of rest and fun in the form of long holiday weekends and family vacations, but while serving in another culture, it\u2019s more difficult to achieve that type of rest from a weekend at the beach. Because if you are stressed by speaking another language, acting appropriately for the culture, or being stared at because you\u2019re foreigners, those stresses are at the beach, too. When we first set off for PNG, we anticipated that we\u2019d be in the country for our full 4-year term without any out-of-country breaks, but after more than a year here, we\u2019re realizing that a shorter home break every 2 years might be more fitting for our family.<\/p>\n

So, once the flood of rested missionaries returns and the new school year begins, we\u2019ll be taking our break. This October we\u2019ll be heading back to the U.S. for 11 weeks of visiting family, reacquainting our kids with their \u201chome culture,\u201d and having at least one eye exam for a newly near-sighted member of our household who stands 2 feet from the TV. While home, we also have plans to eat boxed cereal for breakfast whenever possible, watch squirrels frolic in the grass, and buy as much pepperoni as we can fit in our suitcases.<\/p>\n

While visiting family and friends in southern Michigan\/northern Indiana and Wisconsin, we\u2019ll also be sharing about what God is doing among the people of PNG, and the people who have heard the gospel for the first time since we\u2019ve been here. We\u2019ve learned so much about PNG culture since our arrival, and we are excited to share what we\u2019ve learned about God\u2019s heart for missions in that time.<\/p>\n

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James helps mom fill the wash tub of a twin tub washing machine while on a trip to another NTM PNG center, where Bill did some IT work, and Katie thought she would never finish the laundry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the last days of December, as we return to PNG to get back to our duties here, we\u2019ll be bringing grandma Margaret Streeter with us to PNG for a short visit! We\u2019re so happy that she will visit our PNG home for a few weeks and get a glimpse of daily life here as support missionaries, as well as meet some of the people of PNG!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be in the U.S. from October 10th<\/sup> through December 29th<\/sup>, so if you want to meet with us or would like us to share at your church, small group, or Bible study, please let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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