Hi everyone!
I’m not sure if there is actually anybody reading this anymore as I know I haven’t been posting very consistently. Sorry! We really do appreciate you’re interest and enthusiasm in what we’re doing here!
So we just returned from a long weekend in a tribe called Yembi Yembi. We flew in on Friday morning and it was such a neat experience. The kids LOVED flying in the little New Tribes airplane (a Cessna) and it was only about a 35 minute flight. We landed and had to cross the river in a HUGE dug out canoe (yikes). Then we had a great climb through the jungle up a mountain (that sounds more dramatic than it really was) to the missionaries house where we stayed. Can you believe that we had indoor plumbing and hot water?! What a treat for us! Kind of funny. It was a great weekend. We spent lots of time with the three missionary families in Yembi. Jay was able to help with many little projects and that was a real encouragement to them. We got to go to their church service on Sunday and have a tour of the village. We were invited into a tribal house and were served some ‘sac sac’. It’s a very unappetizing starchy substance that comes out of the middle of a palm tree and is most commonly baked into a pancake. It’s a staple for many people in PNG but especially for those in places like Yembi Yembi where they rely on the jungle and the river (fish) for all of their food. We got a lot of ‘national geographic’ photos. The kids did great.
We’re back in Wewak now starting to anticipate our return home and finishing up a number of projects. The kids jump up and down at the thought of Macaroni and Cheese but are so sad to think of leaving Mr. Mike and Miss Ruth. Please pray that we would finish well and then that we would have an uneventful trip home. We’re really looking forward to showing you all photos (the internet here is not capable of uploading – sorry) and to sharing with you about how you’ve invested into us and the people here through your support of what we’re doing with Friends In Action.
Talk to you soon!