Tuesday update

Hello!  Things are going great in Ukarumpa.  We had a wonderful time at Sunday worship in the morning and at night with praise and a report of a Bible dedication.  Monday was filled with a variety of activities including loading the Sim cards into the AudiBibles.  It sounds easy, but doing it 200 times over and checking each one to make sure it works too took a good bit of the afternoon.  We also got a treat as we had burger and chips (big fries) at noon at the 'Store'.  That is the name, 'Store', so that should tell you where you go to buy things here.  It does have a nice selection of items including beef crackers and digi cell top up cards (prepaid cell phone minutes).  I love learning new terms and think I may be using some of them correctly.  Last night we had a scrumptious meal of puk puk fajitas (crocodile meat, just like chicken).  We did have pot roast and baked potatoes on Sunday so we are eating well.  We have also tried new things like kulau (a young coconut), sugar cane, and more tasty fruits that we know from the US like oranges, strawberries (!!!), and bananas.
Today was a great day as Karissa got to play trumpet-clarinet duets with Anessa and help Anessa paint part of the senior lounge at their school.  Painting that room is apparently normal for the incoming senior class to do here.  I got to exercise in the weight room which is very close to where I am at.  Speaking of that, I am staying in the other half of the duplex that the Voss's are in and Karissa is staying in Anessa's room as planned.  The family that owns it is back in the states right now so it works out great.
We will be getting the items needed to update the existing AudiBibles tomorrow and doing last minute preparations before we fly out on Thursday.  We are not sure exactly what we will find when we arrive in the village as the translator is not currently there.  Please pray that everything will be in good order and that the people will be receptive to getting the Bible as we work to be the arms and legs of Jesus.
It probably did not make the news in the states, but we had a 5.4 earthquake last night around midnight here.  I was asleep in bed at the time, but the boards stacked behind my bedroom door fell over and caused the door to slam shut.  That was enough to wake me up.  No aftershocks that I noticed so now I can check that off my list of things to do while here :)

Brad and Karissa