We had a great Sunday today but missed you Harvest family! We worshipped this morning with the New Tribes Mission folks and the kids enjoyed meeting some kids their own age and playing on some playground equipment. Had a nice lunch and a quiet afternoon. It's been overcast today and when we were swimming I had my first PNG goosebumps! Major event. :)
Thinking of you all back at home and so appreciate the comments and emails you send. We miss you. It's hard not to be homesick even though we're adjusting well.
Going to have a light supper of leftovers and fresh Po Po (papaya) and then head to bed. Gearing up for a busy week.
Love to you all,
Krista, Jay and kids
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Day #8
Yes I'm counting and hopefully I'll get more creative as time goes on.
Wow. I so meant to update this thing before now. Our trip was great - thank you to everyone who was praying for us. We knew you were! Our first few days were interesting - trying to readjust our day/night schedule and also getting used to the crazy heat. A few heat rashes later we're doing much better! Jack was sick with a fever for a few days but is becoming his usual investigative self. The girls are having a great time and really enjoying each other. We haven't met many national kids for them to befriend but will soon. The kids all sleep in a triple bunk bed (pictures to come) and think it's pretty fun. It's getting harder to keep Mya and Lena quiet before bed (as they adjust to the time difference and can manage to giggle enough to keep eachother awake). Jack is asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow. :) Jay and I are usually to bed soon after the kids but slowly we're able to stay up a bit later and have an 'evening'.
Well. We've eaten our first crocodile (no kidding and it was delicious!) and swam in the ocean. We're enjoying SO MUCH fresh fruit (we've been through 2 pineapples, 2 papayas and 3 bunches of bananas already - YUM) and veggies. We're starting to recognize the geiko's that inhabit our kitchen cabin in the evening. We're enjoying Mike and Ruth's hospitality immensly and are beginning to 'live' on our own - cooking, shopping, laundry, school, etc. Jay's begun working with 'the boy's' - Mike's 4 national workers and even taken his first trip into the bush for a load of wood - walnut and kwila. Things don't smell as funny any more. :) I'd say we're beginning to settle in.
Thanks everyone for your prayers. Without them we know this would have been much more difficult. We covet them still - for safety, for health and for clarity of mind in what and how we're accomplishing day to day.
Congrats Eric and Linsey on Caden's arrival. Wish we were there to meet him now! Eric - Jack kept 'seeing you' at the Hong Kong airport. :) Miss all of you at home and at church. Thinking of you guys as you're getting into that prayer study. Wish we were doing it with you. Small group - don't eat too many apple benieghts without us!
Love to you all and thank you each one for your words of encouragement. :)
Krista and Jay
Wow. I so meant to update this thing before now. Our trip was great - thank you to everyone who was praying for us. We knew you were! Our first few days were interesting - trying to readjust our day/night schedule and also getting used to the crazy heat. A few heat rashes later we're doing much better! Jack was sick with a fever for a few days but is becoming his usual investigative self. The girls are having a great time and really enjoying each other. We haven't met many national kids for them to befriend but will soon. The kids all sleep in a triple bunk bed (pictures to come) and think it's pretty fun. It's getting harder to keep Mya and Lena quiet before bed (as they adjust to the time difference and can manage to giggle enough to keep eachother awake). Jack is asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow. :) Jay and I are usually to bed soon after the kids but slowly we're able to stay up a bit later and have an 'evening'.
Well. We've eaten our first crocodile (no kidding and it was delicious!) and swam in the ocean. We're enjoying SO MUCH fresh fruit (we've been through 2 pineapples, 2 papayas and 3 bunches of bananas already - YUM) and veggies. We're starting to recognize the geiko's that inhabit our kitchen cabin in the evening. We're enjoying Mike and Ruth's hospitality immensly and are beginning to 'live' on our own - cooking, shopping, laundry, school, etc. Jay's begun working with 'the boy's' - Mike's 4 national workers and even taken his first trip into the bush for a load of wood - walnut and kwila. Things don't smell as funny any more. :) I'd say we're beginning to settle in.
Thanks everyone for your prayers. Without them we know this would have been much more difficult. We covet them still - for safety, for health and for clarity of mind in what and how we're accomplishing day to day.
Congrats Eric and Linsey on Caden's arrival. Wish we were there to meet him now! Eric - Jack kept 'seeing you' at the Hong Kong airport. :) Miss all of you at home and at church. Thinking of you guys as you're getting into that prayer study. Wish we were doing it with you. Small group - don't eat too many apple benieghts without us!
Love to you all and thank you each one for your words of encouragement. :)
Krista and Jay
Saturday, November 7, 2009
One more sleep!!!
Wow. We leave tomorrow (Sunday, Nov 8th) to go down to the airport and catch our 12:15 AM flight to Hong Kong, the first leg of our journey. This inaugural flight - 15 hours! - should be interesting. From there we head to PNG and arrive sometime Tuesday evening Ontario time. We been overwhelmed with love and support from all of you - praying with us, making this financially possible, visiting, sending care packages and meals for us, etc. We look forward to updating you and hearing about all of the exciting things that God is doing here in our absence. Please keep praying and also keep us up to date on what's up with all of you - we'll miss you and we love you!
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