Seken gives a lesson on coconuts…
Say hello to Seken… When we came to Madang he had already been at our home keeping watch before we arrived. Seken is a highlander. His village is close to Mt. Hagen in the middle of Papua New Guinea. He works in Madang as a security guard at a local lumber yard close to the airport. Seken is also our point man for guards at our house. He brings family members from his tribe in Mt. Hagen and they cycle between our house and their tribe every six weeks. He has shown himself to be an invaluable friend to our family since we arrived in Madang. He is a professing Catholic and lives a...
Read MoreBudget Creativity 101: Dog Food
It’s an amazing fact of life. People and dogs eat food with the continual knowledge that they will have to eat again soon. Thinking on such things will only land someone in the book of Ecclesiastes asking, why! Part of our role as support for the team in the bush requires dogs. I’m sure if we were sledding in the Alaskan wilderness they would have a different purpose but here in the town of Madang they are for security. Papua New Guinea has a continual reputation for thieves (or rascals as they call them here). The simplest way to address this is with guard dogs. At the...
Read MoreLanguage Check Two
Knox is hanging out with one of our guards, John. Language was designed, created and put in place by God. Up until Genesis 11 you have the whole world speaking without multiple languages being mentioned, but then it changes. The flood is finished, the arc landed, man increased on the Earth, and rather than scattering they came together to make a name for themselves. This was defiance to what God had commanded – that they be fruitful and scatter across the face of the Earth (Gen 9:1). Genesis 11:6-8 records the day God dispersed the men and gave them a new language. Genesis 11:6-8...
Read MoreTimba (Wood)
Timba bilong haus bilong Dodds na Canns (The wood for the Cann’s and Dodd’s house) I had the opportunity to visit a large wood yard last week. A friend named Laurens is my contact for this wood yard. His family used to live in the house we lease in Madang. He has been an invaluable resource for my family as well as the rest of our team on the logistical/resources side. From what we heard and now are starting to see, the termites In light of this we decided not to import Douglas fur (pine) from the States. We will be using a local wood called Kwila. It is a hardwood that...
Read MoreWe Have Made It! An Update From Madang, Papua New Guinea
It has been quite the trip from Phoenix, AZ to Madang, Papua New Guinea but worth the difficulty. Without a doubt we delayed every flight that we boarded. I think the combination of six adults, nine children, sixty bags, and a guitar had something to do with it. Regardless of the difficulties the staff on the planes were more than accommodating. Lorie and I did not sleep more than one hour each on the flight from San Fran to Sydney. We are thankful that our kids did get some sleep as well as staying entertained along for the trip. When we landed in Australia we navigated customs with no...
Read MoreArrival in Australia: One Step Closer to Papua New Guinea
Praise God after 29 hours of flights and layovers we made it to Cairns, Australia! The flights had some turbulence but there was no loss of baggage or team members along the way! When the plane was circling the runway at Cairns I noticed that the climate and landscape was very similar to Papua New Guinea. Lorie has been encouraged that she is getting a taste of what is to come. The kids have only been excited and move from one event to the next—it has been hard to keep them contained. They are also very tired after 2 days of strange sleeping locations and jet-lag. We were about to read...
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