Building the New Guesthouse Porch

 

The old porch was about to fall down on some of our guests so we thought it was time for a replacement.

There has not been a lot of Guests so the ladies haven't had as much cleaning and cooking with the Covid crisis so they helped me out. They normally do all the cooking so I told them they were going to learn a new recipe today: concrete. One of the most hardiest and strongest recipes there is!

They told me frosting a cake and finishing concrete was very similar.

Hard at work reusing timber from the old porch.

Superman (Jonathan) was a big help in the building.

And the roof is on with no injuries and hopefully it will last a long time!

Hopefully all the missionaries visiting will feel welcome now with our new porch all ready for relaxing after a long day on the road!

The Water Control Centre

 

We supply clean drinking water to our NTM centre as well as our surrounding neighbors.

It is alot of equipment to make sure the water is safe to drink for our missionary base and the communities around us.

The missionaries who are in charge of the water system have not been able to get back in country so now I am trying to look after it. It is a big responsibility and a lot of phone conversations.

But I have enjoyed the challenge and it is great to know many people have good drinking water. There is a saying in PNG that Water is life. It is great to be able to know that the water we provide is safe to drink and helps many people here.

Play!

Playing in the gym is always fun for scooters and roller blades!

Superwoman has joined our family!

It is really nice to have this guesthouse playground right outside our house!

Naomi loves the doll set that she got from Poppie for her birthday last year!

Working on her computer, just like mom and dad!

Miss Tracey, our guesthouse guest (for the last 2 months), who is also our new friend gave the kids a used ipad to play education games on... they love it!

Uncle Nate gave Jonathan an early Christmas present because we will be leaving just before Christmas. The kids love it!

He isn't quite big enough to use it yet, but some missionaries decided not to return and they needed to get rid of it. Jonathan is growing like crazy, so I'm sure he will use it the next months or when we return!

It is also fun and therapeutic for Jacob to set up the track as well.

School and Play continue...

 

Upper Case Letter Twister Game... Fun!

A Muna Bug... interesting...

Rain!! It hasn't rained in a long time!! FUN Puddles to jump in!! I love this photos!!

A Science Experiment, can you reverse your hearing??

Our Relaxing Corner...

Wonder Woman rides again!

Super woman in preschool. :)

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Learning a Tok Pisin song from the ladies who work at the guesthouse during break time. They are learning the language here fast!

Uncle Nate gave Naomi an early Christmas present, a trampoline! Both kids LOVE to jump!

Guesthouse, Friends & Moving

We love making new friends at the guesthouse. It is fun to get to know people and hear the stories of how God is using them around PNG. A few weeks ago a lady named Jennifer came to our guesthouse from another mission in PNG to learn how to use the ultrasound machine so she can get one for the PNG Hospital where she works. She asked for people to come and help her learn.... practice is fun! We were especially excited because Naomi has been to many many doctors offices in her short lifetime. But has always screamed when I try to put her on the table. Jonathan got to have a fun ultrasound first to see his insides and so Naomi saw how much fun he had and jumped right up on the table herself when it was her turn. This was a HUGE thing for her to do! We are hoping she will remember this next time she is at the doctor's office! We always have fun making friends with our guests in the guesthouse!

Fun with Friends!

We got to help Uncle Nate move into his new house! First we cleaned! Naomi is a good worker!

And she found a fun spot to play when we were unloading the truck!

And more guesthouse friends! The kids love to play with the kids that come to the guesthouse. And they got to celebrate Wesley's birthday too! Jacob helped build this family's house in the tribe, before he fell off the roof and broke his femur. We are all thankful that we can hang out together again and Jacob's leg is healed!!