Resting and working in Madang
It has been a busy couple of weeks since we got back from the visit with the Canns in Mareroro. Knox got sick the day we left and I got sick just two days after him. In fact, the first week back in Madang was one of the most unproductive we have had in a lot time. It was very discouraging but showed us we needed to add “resting” to the calendar. Praise the Lord he is sovereign over such circumstances and we are called to be faithful in the midst of them. After that tiring week the following week was very productive. The kids wanted to shoot the bow and arrows in the...
Read MoreChildren’s Presentation at EBC
Encouraged by our Kids Our kids participated in a Children’s Sunday service at our local Church in Madang. Over time we have come to enjoy being a part of this local body. It has already been over a year since we became regular participants in the body at EBC and we are encouraged to participate in various programs. The kids practiced what they needed to say for 6 weeks. The result was them doing a great job in the presentation! Oh, and it was all in Tok Pisin!
Read MoreIt’s already Wednesday!
It has been an exciting week at the Lehman house and it is only Wednesday! Here are a few events from the week. I was able to help SIL with a translator’s house in Madang. Brad and Faith Halverson are the SIL Center Managers and I told Brad I would love to help with the project. We headed out with Simon Sammie up the coast highway then down a dirt road going West for 20 mins. We finished sheathing the interior with plywood then trimmed the edges with some furrings trips. Brad and Simon have some work left to complete but they should be done this weekend. The SIL missionary will...
Read MoreSchool is done… for a little while
If you are reading this from the Northern Hemisphere my guess is you are shocked at how late school is getting out here in PNG. Then again, we do homeschool so Lorie sets the schedule for school. It has been a great year of school for the kids and Lorie and I talk often about how God is growing our kids minds. Greer has finished 2nd grade! Belle has finished Kindergarten and Knox is done with Pre-school! Learning how to homeschool our kids has been a trial and error process. Thus far Lorie has been the primary teacher. She organizes and plans all the lessons and curriculum for each...
Read MoreWhat we do when we are sick
Something we experience regularly is sickness. We have had our share of it in PNG. The list thus far… Giardia Lamblia, flu, infection, virus’s causing asthma in the kids, flippant fevers, abscesses, random weakness, rashes, headaches, intense stomach pain, vomit and diarrhea. With all those sicknesses we have taken a LOT of medicine as well. Things like blood work and regular operations that would be performed in the States are just not available here. Thankfully there are pharmacies in town that sell common drugs that are needed to treat most issues. All in all we are...
Read MoreBooks – a great way to pass the time
Lorie and I have found several things to help our kids stay engaged in an activity rather than free play. It just seems like free play inevitably ends with someone getting hurt (thats the human depravity coming out). One of those activities is reading books. Greer has become a very avid reader and regularly reads through his school books as well as books he reads for fun. Belle leans towards princess books as well as the look and find (Waldo type) books. Knox loves reading books that have animals in them. Today he was very interested in Komodo Dragons and was scared that such a...
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