Drew and Bobbi Scholl connecting you to tribal missions 
This morning (Saturday) we made breakfast (pancakes & eggs) for the family we have been spending most of our time with in the village. We spent a couple hours with them sitting around talking and continuing our attempts to learn pisin. They had a nice place set up with pieces of cardboard on the ground so we didn’t have to sit in the dirt.
They place a tremendous value on spending time with each other. It is a disappointment to only spend an hour with them when you go to their house. So we have spent anywhere from two to four hours each day just sitting and talking. And our kids are finally starting to get comfortable with their kids.
As you can see by the pictures, Malachi now has wrestling buddies. They were wrestling around in the dirt most of the morning. Annie found a new friend that looks like Lucy, our old dog. It is a little pig and she walked it around and around with a rope tied to it like a leash. Not sure if the pig thinks that it’s friends with Annie…it may be a one way relationship by the looks of how Annie was dragging the little pig everywhere.
After we ate Bobbi spent time with the ladies while they were doing different chores. One lady was doing laundry and she was washing it in a big metal wash bin. She was filling it with a 5 gallon bucket and was getting the water from down a steep hill where they had dug a hole by hand until they reached some water. Then she would carry it back up to the wash bin and then wash it all by hand. Bobbi thought hanging her clothes out to dry was a lot of work!! The simplicity of their life helps keep us in check.
A few days ago I went to spend time with Jacob, one of the men in the family, who is the “song leader” at the village church. We started talking about music and I found out that he plays guitar and sings at his church. I also found out he had two guitars…one with no strings, the other with 2 missing and the rest of the strings in bad shape. So I took my guitar and extra strings and got his guitar strung and tuned up. We sat and played together and he sang me some of his worship songs and I sang some of mine. He has a cool story of conversion from darkness into the light of Christ. He became a Christian because of New Tribes Missions and just got baptized this year.
Drew
My thoughts are with you all. It’s amazing to hear about God’s plan and how it becomes evident in your lives. I pray that I might somehow lead my family to a place and time when the peace of God is evident and we can stand strongly in His hands, with His help, of course! You’re in my prayers, especially your children. Drew, I’m glad you got to play guitar with someone! Such a wonderful gift and blessing you have must be part of His plan, anyway. Thank you for keeping us updated. You’re shining a light in my life from a world away!