We're home

After Two weeks of orientation with MAF Australia we are glad to be back in Hagen and back at home. The kids are doing great and are both growing like weeds. Malachi is sitting up on his own and wandering all over the house in his walker.

Kayla had a great time with the other kids in orientation and is proudly showing off her home made cardboard glasses.

This week the pilot in Madang was sick and the pilot in Lae is away so we got to go help out a bit in both of those programs.

While flying out of Madang we made a stop at this airstrip called Nankina.

As usual the people there were glad to see us as we brought in two new school teachers to help with the school year that is starting in the next few days.

The plan was to fly back out to Madang to get two more teachers and their supplies, but the weather closed in on us and we ended up being stuck over night. We spent the night in a little hut just behind the airplane. They took good care of us and gave us plenty of kaukau (sweet potato) for both supper and breakfast. We had a very encouraging evening chatting with our host, it was great to hear stories of the school and clinic there, and also national missionaries that they have sent out to the surrounding communities.
This map shows the approximate position of Nankina, where we spent the night.

That's about all for now. We appreciate your prayers over the next couple weeks as we move out to Rumginae on March 1. This will be our home for the next little while.