Transformations

 

Our guest house hallway is being transformed. We have a vision for our guesthouse to be a welcoming place that reminds guests of how God is transforming them day by day. Lea, a short term missionary from Germany, is very talented!

Each room has a theme. Trusting God to complete his work, even when things don't seem so good.

It was a big job but God brought just the right people for just the right time to get the job done! We had professional painters come to paint the hallway!

Room three is faith. Because God will transform us into his image through our faith in Him.

Here is Lea working on room number four. This whole project was really her vision and we are so grateful for her perseverance and work!

It is good to remind ourselves of the promise of Hope and Peace. Transformation from a sinner to a saint is not humanly possible. God takes us through beautiful heights and terrible valleys as he transforms us. But through it all he provides hope and peace through knowledge of him.

And as we are being transformed, the joy of the Lord is our strength. 

It is our prayer that our guests find renewed joy in the Lord as they visit our guesthouse.

We also had a guest who volunteered to transform our chair. From something old and comfortable, to something new nice and even more comfortable! Thank God for such amazing guests.

And this new place that Jacob has to organize his tools used to be a old couch frame. God gave us money to buy a new couch for Christmas! So this 30 year old couch had another use. :)

Our new futon couch! :)

Going places... and Dogs

 

Off to School... a quick 3 minute walk down the hill...

Heading off to play roller hockey! Fun! Also a quick 3 minute walk down the hill to the gym.

Mastiff Rottweiler dogs that Jacob is training for two different NTM centres around the field of PNG. 

Introducing the dogs to others is part of the training. 

Our yard... first thing in the morning... although most times, it is filled with kids playing or dogs being trained!

One dog has gone to Wewak and is doing a good job there as a security dog.

Now Jacob is awaiting a flight to the capital city of PNG and he will send this dog to our friend Nate to help him at the centre.

Jacob was not going many places very fast for the last month or so... until he got his four wheeler apart and put in the correct parts to fix the problem.

Now it is up and running and his work is going along much faster now... he can get his tools and parts from place to place a lot faster!

Learning is fun... so many things to learn!

Live Book Report by Grade One, "Wombat goes Walkabout" by Michael Morpung

100 days of 1st grade completed!

Color day... 5th grade is green.... 6th grade is black... :)

Book Character Dress up day!

Reading festival assembly - Jonathan's class reached their goal! Jonathan read 38 hours in 2 weeks! Go Jonathan! Each popcorn kernel represented an hour of reading.

Naomi's class also reached their goal in minutes for the 2 week reading festival! And Naomi read the most in her class! She is now an excellent reader! We are proud of her! Each cent represented a minute read.

Jonathan was given 2 monarch caterpillars by his friend. He took care of them, feeding them milk weed and changing the paper towel in their cage. Then he watched them form chrysalises and they became butterflies! Very cool to see!

Then he put them very carefully, without touching them, on a plant outside so their wings could dry and then they flew away after a few hours.

Jacob and Jonathan have started a Tang Soo Do class. There is a missionary in town who holds a class for young kids every Monday and Wednesday afternoons. They are having a great time with it!

 

Guesthouse Ministry, Cooking and Grilling and Admin work

 

Jacob has fun grilling burgers and pork steaks for our guests each week. Now he has help. :)

Rumbi works at the guesthouse with us. But once every few weeks she is called upon to make tortillas for the store. She sells them as another part of her income. She can make 20 dozen tortillas in an 8 hour day! It is amazing!

Rumbi, Fiona and Georgie - I'm so thankful that we can work together with them as a team at the guesthouse!

And for a few months we have Nicole joining us on our guesthouse team for a few hours each week. She is a senior and high school and she is doing a work study with us at the guesthouse. She has been a huge help!

And here is where I organize the menus, bookings, billings and to do lists. 

Kiso, our guesthouse driver.... he is very dependable and we are so thankful to have him. He does all our airport runs to town and back as well as shopping runs for ladies who aren't able to drive here.

One most important thing... Water... we need Water to run the guesthouse... cooking, drinking, bathing, flushing toilets, etc.... and so we are thankful that Jacob is able to monitor the water system on centre. Even our guests help him out with their expertise.