Monday, July 14, 2025

Fixing Up the Centre

 

While here at the capital city at our NTM Centre, Jacob oversaw a team of guys who cut down the tree above the office, the one behind the large one.

In preparation for a toilet going into another building... they were looking for the sewer pipe. They dug very carefully so we would not break it. and of course, we hit it dead center with the digging bar and broke it.

Time to renovate the shower. They didn't mind breaking stuff here!

Prepping and pouring the new cement slab for the bathroom!


Expert screeding done by Jonathan

Expert troweling done by Naomi

Then Nosu stepped in and made the job look perfect. 

Nosu again making sure things came together properly.

The front door needed a bit of a touch up...



Planning out the new shower area.



Almost complete

A star fruit tree

Painting under a star fruit tree. :)

Getting in a nice, easy to clean, floor!

The delux outhouse is almost done! Just some finishing touches.

Before photo... before we put the newly painted door on... and pressure washed the front of the building...


The door going back on, after a fresh look... the kids want to surprise "uncle" Nate, so we had to put it on today before he comes back from his holiday tomorrow morning. :)




And after a power wash and newly painted door. :) Nice job Naomi and Jonathan!



Sunday, July 13, 2025

Fun and Friends!

 

When we got back to PNG, we stayed put in the capital city once again for three weeks to help out our friend, Nate, at the NTM Centre. We were thankful that Jany, who helps out at the centre 2-3 afternoons a week, let us come to their place to use their pool. She does some admin tasks and answers Guesthouse email.

The kids loved it!!


A new board game to play with Nate, thank you "uncle" Nate!

US Independence day BBQ with American, Indonesian and Singaporean and French friends. :) 



Happy July 4th with Americans and Canadians!


We had fun matching for our July 4th party. 




Relaxing at the pool with a picnic lunch.

It was very windy!

We were so excited to see Janie Miles again! We worked with her 12 years ago and saw her last 10 years ago when we helped out with Interface last time. She is once again in PNG with an Interface team of 32 students. And she was heading out of PNG when we got to have dinner with her!


AND we got to have lunch with the Streeter family who was coming back to PNG after a 1 year home assignment. 

They were so excited to see each other, best of friends, but they were separated for 1 year!


We watched a lot of "How to Train Your Dragon" movies this summer. And Jonathan likes to draw, so above is Toothless and Hiccup. :)


Since we eat only wholewheat or gluten free, we don't often find pasta that we can eat. So Naomi's request for a meal this time was spaghetti... and we found brown rice spaghetti! The kids had fun learning how to eat it. :)






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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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