Phil and Janelle Sutton Reaching People for Christ in Sanford Florida 
Greetings from Port Moresby.
We are pleased to have the team here with us building our house. Curt, Bruce and Jerry arrived without delays and lost baggage. They were pretty tired after their long trip.
The first step in the process has been to try to get back fill to be able to pour the cement. That took several days to get arranged. The guys worked on the preliminary setup of forms while they were waiting. It has gone quite well. We were able to pour the cement over several days while dodging the rain. The timing was always right. The rains came at night and for the last part to be poured it started to rain hard, but then it held off and stayed dry for the bull floating and trowel work. We are thankful for the Lord’s intervention in this process.
We have faced challenges because the crate with building tools and supplies was delayed in its arrival. The nail gun and nails are not here, so the trusses are being put together by hand. They will all be assembled before it arrives. We received word that the crate should arrive 23 Jan.
Most of the exterior walls are in place and the building is going up fast. Gordon’s pre wall building has worked out quite well. The trusses on one end went up yesterday.
Last weekend we had an opportunity to visit a Central Province village. We left Saturday afternoon and drove 3 hours. We drove around the village and ended up staying overnight in the translator’s house that is in the center of the village. Sunday morning we attended the Reformed Church. Bruce one of our visitors preached for the service. It was an eye opener for Bruce, Curt and Jerry. Being able to stay overnight gave better insight into how tribal people live.
Keep praying for the progress in the building project. Thank you for your prayers for us.
Phil and Janelle Sutton
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