Cupboard doors, possible broken foot and Tang Soo Do...

 

Our cat, Captain Haddock just enjoys hanging out as he watches all that goes around in our daily lives.

Jacob has taken old wood (on the left) to make new cupboard doors (on the right) for one of our guesthouse apartments.

Captain Haddock approves and stands (or sleeps) by Jacob as he works!

Meanwhile, Jonathan is not sure if he will be able to practice for Tang Soo Do because he fell wrong on the trampoline and he needed x-rays.

 

Thankfully, he wore the boot for the weekend only while our Doctor evaluated. He had a bad sprain and had to wear a brace only.

And then Jonathan was still able to practice TSD to get ready for participating in the World Tang Soo Do Championship! We are thankful!

 

 We had a few classes outside on our centre when the instructor in town was sick. 

Friends and Fun!

 

I met Ruth when I was working at Interface as a single and stayed the night in her village hut with a few other Interface students. We wrote letters for many years!

I lost touch with her but then it turns out she is the sister of the secretary of our kids school! So she came over for lunch! Crazy how time flies!

One of Naomi's favorite things to do around centre, rip stick at the gym!

The kids had lots of play times with their friends in the last weeks before we headed out on Home Assignment.

Family pizza and a movie night!

Enjoying Sugar fruit for snack

 

A new watch from America, brought over by a guest!

 

This guest also brought some yummy chocolate for us!

 

Continual hammock fun!

Happy Easter!

 

Happy Easter from Papua New Guinea! It is hard to understand the full depth of all God has done for His children. But we are very thankful to be a part of His family. The idea that we can talk to the creator of the universe is mind boggling. He cares about every aspect of our lives and has a good good plan for all of time. And we get to be a part of what He is doing!

Naomi and I got to be a part of a Easter egg craft.

Decorating eggs at home

Intense work

We are thankful for a long weekend to rest and have some family time together.

Back to our Old Stomping Ground

 

In 1995 Julie and I shared this hut for a year. It was our first time in PNG. That was long ago and we are amazed that God enabled us to both be here again together with our families!

We got to visit our friends in the Bena too.

Julie and I made some of these cement lids for all the water shut offs around the centre 30 years ago. And they are still there!

Now the Campus is a teachers college and currently they said there are 600 students! Some live on centre, some rent from the people around the centre and walk to school each day.

This is the duplex that Julie and I helped build long ago. The left side was where Jacob and I first lived after we were just married. We returned to PNG after 2 months of marriage!

Heading up the stairs to the dining hall.

The Old Interface Dining Hall

Many years ago these cabinets were built and we labeled the shelves... and the shelves are still labeled.

It was cool to see this sign still high up on the wall in the Old Interface Classroom, which is now used to teach students how to be teachers at the new college. 

Just a few months before Interface was closed down (which we didn't know was going to happen), we had a team come to repour the classroom floor which was badly chipped up. At one of the entrances of the building, the Interface staff wrote their names in the wet cement. Such a cool thing to see... and to see that the floor is still in good shape after 13 years!

I used to live in the round house on the right side.... a bit more vegetation now.. but still in use.