We left the village in February - and it took a few weeks, seven flights and two covid tests each to get from Mawerero to South Africa One benefit of hotel stays: yummy food! A highlight during our trip was sharing a meal with the Penny's in Dubai The best thing about our time in…
Elna Our original plan was to arrive in PNG on 24 September 2017. It is now one year later. We could speculate about all the reasons God had for not allowing us to be there yet. And I do often make a list in my mind of all the many blessings that have come from…
Elna Our first applications for work permits to enter PNG, were submitted in March 2017. In August 2017, we were told that these applications were lost somewhere at the Department of Labour. We had a second application ready in country, so we sent these to our agent for resubmission. The last 8 months we have…
"No, we are still waiting." Most of my conversations these days start with the question, "Have you heard anything about your papers?" There has been some movement (another agency had one of their missionaries' papers processed). But for now, we have a pretty 'normal' life here in South Africa. Daddy still has the best job…
-Elna- Being in ministry often means arriving at church a little earlier than most people - sometimes Daddy has a prayer meeting or a counselling session. Sometimes we arrive early just to make sure that we arrive on time! We’ve learned to include ‘waiting time’ in our planning - our kids often have a picnic…
Sharing the scriptural mandate for missions and our ministry in PNG
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