Friday, May 19, 2023

Ovens and Carpentry Training

 

Written by Jacob... teaching the guys some basic cabinetry skills.


Right now we are working on learning how to use just the table saw to cut up plywood and make simple boxes. It has been really fun to watch the guys learn the different ways to join and cut wood. I hope this gives them a great foundation to build on in the future.









After Raphael learned a lot in Jacob's classes, he was given the job to build a bathroom sink vanity.... and just finished it! He asked Jacob to help him along the way, as it was his first. But he was quite excited to finish! Jacob helped build a metal counter top to put on it too.
  


My latest puzzle... why does this mixer work in first and third gear but not second... hopefully someday I will figure out the answer to this mystery.

This is an old mixer that we bought to use in Interface back in 2008. It has been well used and made a
lot of food. 

I think the first step will be to clean it up and maybe give it a fresh coat of paint. Maybe all it needs is some TLC? Keep checking into our blog to see if this mixer can be restored to its former glory!

Another Interface relic from the past is this convection over. Someone graciously donated some very expensive parts to fix this oven. 

I was pretty nervous working with such expensive parts. Knowing that getting replacement parts will take many months, I was trying to be very careful with how I installed everything .

I was especially nervous hooking up this 110 volt 60 hertz motor to out 240 volt 50 hertz power grid. Thankfully, we have some really great tech guys here who were able to help me out.

The old fan sure did need to be replaced.

 

The new fan has been working beautifully. Thanks to the tech guys for all their expertise and help in installing it.


I always say, if an oven can't bake cookies, then it is worthless.

Although these rolls were pretty good too.



Sunday, May 14, 2023

Happy Mother's Day!

 





We went to a Baptism on Mother's day just down the road at the river... beautiful!


We stopped in to see our guesthouse citizen driver, Kiso and his guinea pig farm.




Kiso and his wife and dog


Kiso's sleep house, cook house and hang out in the yard area.


Lovely poems that Jonathan wrote at school for Mother's Day

From Naomi - she did these projects at school!


Friday, April 21, 2023

Birthday Package!

 

Jonathan was excited to get to celebrate his birthday again when his grandparents package arrived in the mail!

And Naomi got a few things too!




That didn't take him long at all!


I even got a new shirt!

And a new spatula!

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Happy Easter!

 

I didn't remember to take photos on Easter... due to crazy days and sickness... but I got some before and after. :)



Getting eggs ready for a Easter Egg roll...



They made it down the hill in one piece but a little torn up! Not sure how the winner did it!






Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Back to School & Silliness

 

Jonathan got some body chalk from our neighbor to make his hair black for a character presentation, for a book report he did at school this term. He is Theo from The Curse of Shadowman by Ted Dekker.


And here we have another dressup day at school, color day!


Hmmm... for some reason the boys decided it would be fun to have mustaches. :)




Even the cat relaxed during break with his new toy mouse.


Hair cut time for me too! Thank you to Jacob!




Drum roll please..... Naomi lost her first tooth ever!!

Excited to make something for someone special

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Enjoying life where God has me... currently in Papua New Guinea cooking and loving life with my husband, Jacob, my son, Jonathan and my daughter, Naomi.

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