It's Been Awhile!

Hello To all,

It has been quite awhile since our last article on the Blog Site, sorry! But things are going well and we are getting ready for our furlough that will take place in a little over 4 weeks now. So we have been busy cleaning, inside and outside the house, packing, sorting and finishing up work that needs to be accomplished before we head out for the States soon. We will be headed home by way of Australia on our way to South Africa to take the kids on a once in a life time safari at Kruger National Park. Should be a great time and I really hope to see a Rhino!! After we get back to the States we will be busy getting the kids into public school and we will be busy helping my sister and husband finalize plans for my parents 50th wedding anniversary! I thank the Lord that He has blessed us with wonderful parents and that He has blessed them with 5o wonderful years. Susan and I have been blessed with great parents who have given us tremendous support through the years and especially these last 7 and 1/2 years that we have been missionaries for the Lord and the Church of the Nazarene. To our home church, home district, family, friends and LINKS districts thank you for your love, prayers and support, we really do need each other!

The poem down below was part of our writing assignment from the Literature workshop that took place this last May. We had to pick a Literature tool (pencil, printer machine, pen, sheet of paper, book) and write about it. It was written by Ken Karpal, Business Manager for Victory Books here in PNG. Ken also works heavily with Literature in PNG. This came to me this week in an email from Geneva Silvernail our Regional Literature Director, who facilitate the workshop.

Switch Me On

Switch me on.
I am a printing machine,
Purposely designed by God.

Switch me on.
Press the buttons
That instruct my ways to print.

I can do a single copy
Or I can do a thousand—and even more.
Run as many as you wish.

Press the buttons—
I print in colour.

Press the buttons—
I print in black and white.

Switch me on.
Use me to print encouraging words,
Words to help you share God’s true love.

Switch me on.
Use me to print inspirational books,
Books to help you understand God’s Word.

Switch me on.
I am a printing machine,
Purposely designed by God.
—Ken Karpal

article by Jeff Myers

poem by Ken Karpal

Photo by Karen (Medford Or. W&W Team)