We're here!!

Hello from PNG!!!   We apologize that we haven't been very good about updating the blog, but hopefully we will be able to write more since we have a steady source of wifi for few days. Thank you for all your prayers on our behalf, they are much appreciated.  There are many things I could say about our flights, but suffice it to say that we never missed a connecting flight and were conscious when we arrived in Port Moresby, where we were met after immigration by Mosley who was a tremendous help.  He lead us straight to Mapang house where we had a toasty room ready for us to spend the night.  The next day, after a quick hour long flight to Nadzab by Lae, we were met by the Vosses who were a most welcome sight.  Karissa was so excited she dropped her luggage on the spot and gave Anessa a great big hug.  The truck was having starting problems, but after a prayer for help, some locals showed up and pushed the truck while LaVeryl started it.  We didn't have any truck troubles at all on the way up to Ukarumpa!  We spent about 3 hours in the truck and were able to take in the gorgeous scenery--pictures do not do the PNG landscape justice!  If you've ever been to a Montana, it's kind of like that, but with palm trees instead of evergreens.

This morning we went to church (in English!), and it kind of reminded me of church at home.  Ukarumpa is sometimes called Little America because of all the English speakers here.  After dinner, we went to a river and skipped rocks :)

Anyways, feel free to comment, and please keep on praying for us!  Especially for the truck, it's still not working quite right.  Everything else seems to be working out great.
Karissa :)

We're ready to go and hope to arrive in Ukarumpa on Saturday night (local time) which is early Saturday morning in the States.  Please pray for safe travels.  Thank you.

Prayer request

We will be traveling the Bariai area in a couple of weeks via helicopter. We will be on our own for a week after being dropped off as the helicopter has other important things to attend to. Once we are dropped off we will distribute as many AudiBibles as we can. The area we will cover is rather large so we would like to travel by boat so we can maximize the number of people contacted. There is no reliabe source of fuel for the boats so we would request prayers that a shipment of fuel arrive before we do so we can reach as many people as possible with our distribution. I know it sounds a little odd, but that is what we are challenged with.

Thanks for your prayers!

Here is Ukarumpa from the air, where we will be staying for a few days before heading to the Bariai area.

Here is a picture of where we will be visiting in a few short weeks!  Can't wait to go.

This is our pile of things we have organized so far. We have some more work to do before we leave in two weeks!

April 30 Update

We have been overwhelmed by the level of support we have gotten for this trip. Our church has raised the amount necessary to cover the expenses of the AudiBibles and transportation and we have received support from family and friends that has been wonderful.

Our whole family was able to be involved in a concert at our church on Thursday, April 17 that was presented to the Senior and Friends group. We had a lot of music including singing, flute, piano and trumpets and was a wonderful time.

On Sunday, April 27 we were privileged to participate in a mission morning at our church. Ruth V was kind enough to bring items from her trip five years ago to PNG along with pictures so we had that out on display and talked with many people about mission opportunities that are available. It was an exciting event that involved a lot of people.