Wow! I can't believe it is already the middle of March! No doubt a definite sign of aging!
We are well here in PNG. We have seen much happen over the past few months and many times when God's hand of protection and grace have been evident.
I am going to take a few moments to re-wind a little and highlight some events since our last post which, if you look below, was nearly 4 months ago! Jeff's parents came for a visit arriving the end of Nov. We have always told our folks if they are going to spend the money to come they should stay as long as they can. That is what they did! We were able to enjoy our special Christmas English Lotu (Service) on Dec 2nd which is always a treat. Jessica and Susan's birthdays were celebrated on Dec 14th and 16th respectively. We went to the big metropolis (that is of course a relative term!) of Mt. Hagen and spent some time shopping and was able to have lunch at the Squash Club. That was nice! Our annual Christmas Eve, Eve party was held on the eve of Christmas Eve, Eve this year! We have made it a tradition of having a party on the 23rd so as not to interfere with any special Christmas Eve services. Since Christmas was on Tues this year, that means Christmas Eve was on Monday and Christmas Eve, Eve was on Sunday. That didn't seem like the best time for our party either since there were special services at the church. So, we went to the 22nd! Everyone brings a holiday treat to share and we play games and have fun together as a mission family. This year's big game was a Christmas movie trivia game where we played short clips from various Christmas movies and then asked trivia questions related to the clip. We had fun putting it together and I think all had fun playing it. Christmas also brings the tradition of Christmas Caroling on the hospital wards and giving gifts to the patients which is always a special time. We are very blessed to have so many wonderful members of our family living and working together here at Kudjip Station.
We brought the New Year in, just our family, with horns and sparklers and then went to bed! Jeff's Birthday on Jan 9th gave us another very special something to celebrate and another excuse for more cake and ice cream!! A little later in January we took Jeff's folks to Kumul Lodge where we got to observe and take lots of pictures of two varieties of Birds of Paradise, parrots, and several other beautiful birds. It was nice. The end of the month before Jeff's folks left on the 25th , we enjoyed one last Birthday celebration as it was Ethan and Grandma's turn!
Pics to come!
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