Final Touches of the Guesthouse Decor Renovation

 

We are very thankful for Lea and her crew of painters and decorators who made our guesthouse a place for our guests to rest and focus on the truth of God's characteristics and work in their lives!

Lea, hard at work making the guesthouse a welcoming place.

We enjoyed an open house to show everyone!

Thankful for Fiona, Nicole (NCA work study student), Rumbi and Georgie!

I even got to sell some Norwex to everyone!

Take a look around our house...

Mother's Day... I am thankful for my husband and my children... and if you want to take a look around our yard on a typical day, here is what you may find...

Boys being silly blowing bubbles with a straw to make a bubble mountain, why did I not think of that when I was a kid?

Our banana tree gave us bananas to eat!

Making a fort in and around a tree... imaginations!

A new little play house made by the high school industrial arts class, thank you!

Jacob driving somewhere to check on something or pick up parts to fix something.

The water system, which Jacob monitors, pumps out about 500 cubic meters of water each week.

Friends everywhere, just playing!

Random PNG life

Jacob went to Port Moresby for 5 days to drop off the security dog he trained for the NTM center. He was also able to help out Nate, our good friend, as he has a lot of work piling up there.

And Jacob brought back a lot of goodies that Nate had been saving for us.... coconut sugar and gluten free, sugar free cookies... which we can't get any of here in Goroka!

Anyone interested in buying a PNG bilum?

 

Anyone interested in buying a PNG Coffee bag bilum?

"Hey mom, look, don't we look funny with just our heads popping up?"

Naomi took care of Bear for 2 nights. He is the 1st grade bear and each student takes her home to look after and write a journal about the Bear's day.

I love it when I find big beautiful avocadoes!

Guesthouse fun!

 

Enjoying dinner with friends at the guesthouse.

Working together to learn how to use a new Instant Pot to make rice pudding.

Meeting with some of our Guesthouse staff.

A Visit to our old Stomping Ground

 

Heading out to the old Interface campus... to visit friends and show another family the beauty we got to live in for many years!

It was great to see some old friends!

Esta loved Naomi!

This is Momore. Some of you gave us money for him to go buy new teeth about 12 years ago. He is still smiling and enjoying life!

It was great to see Fred again. He used to do so much for us when we lived there. It is amazing how God uses so many people to accomplish his work!

My old house...

The old dining hall

The kitchen where I cooked many many yummy meals... spent a lot of time here!

The workshop was turned into a classroom. Glad that God is now using this place to train teachers for PNG.

Standing in front of my old house, where Jacob and I hung out a lot with many friends!