NTM - New Tribes Mission | Planting Tribal Churches

I’ll start off by putting your mind at ease. We haven’t had to eat any plump, juicy grubs – yet!!  That time may come and we’ll be sure to tell you about it!!

We really eat pretty normal stuff here.  The main difference is that it usually just takes longer to make.  Here are a few examples: (more…)

By far, the most common way to get around here in PNG is to walk.  We don’t know any statistics, but privately owned vehicles are a rarity as far as we can tell.  The road to town is lined with people walking.  And they are often carrying heavy loads.

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Here’s another peek into what life is like for us.  Doing laundry is a little more time consuming now and we thought you might be interested in how the process works!

Our washer  – called a twin tub washer – is in the storage room underneath our house.  We do not have a dryer – other than the sun and wind.

The twin tub washer

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What is life like for us here in PNG?  We’re glad you asked!!

These first few days and probably the next week or so we are spending most of our time getting settled into our house.  When we arrived, our house was furnished with things here from the center that are available for new families.  Just yesterday we finished bringing over our things that we shipped many months ago in the container.  They had been stored in the shop and are now in a storage room under our house.  Slowly but surely we are going through the trunks and putting things where they belong.  As we get out our own things, we will return the borrowed items that were here in the house.

Our storage room

However, many of the things that we shipped are for the next few years so those items need to be sorted out and packed back up again – tools, extra clothes, bigger clothes for the boys…

Bart getting some help unloading our things

Along with getting our house in order, we have taken several trips into town for groceries and supplies.  Town is about 25-30 minutes away.  Each evening we have had dinner with a different missionary family here on the center.  It has been a great time of getting to know our new friends and co-workers.

The boys are doing great.  There is tons of room for them to play and explore.  There are interesting bugs and large toads to catch.  There are also plenty of mosquitos and other biting insects, however we have been told that the malaria mosquitos only come out after dusk.  Most days are sunny, hot and humid, but there is often a nice breeze blowing that makes it seem cooler. We are all sleeping well and haven’t really had any jet lag issues.

As time goes on we plan to share more detailed descriptions of different areas of our life here.  So, stay tuned!!  (In this, and hopefully other posts, you should be able to click on the pictures to make them bigger.)

We made it to Papua New Guinea! Our trip, although quite long, went very smoothly and the boys did great!   After 6 flights, we are pretty sure we could give the safety demonstration perfectly if we ever needed to. We saw the Lord provide many little blessings along the way. Here are just a few: (more…)