Communication is critical

We have begun to realize the importance of good communication recently as we have had a mix up in our shipping plans. This international shipping thing is all new to us so we had no idea what to ask and to whom. We felt we had asked all the right questions to all the right people leading us to believe that we had our shipping details all ironed out. Needless to say we didn’t quite ask the right question, and we didn’t ask all the right people, and since most of the people we asked were familiar with the whole international shipping process they answered our question accurately. Now we are looking at shipping our items through a new company at the end of May which means we won’t be getting our things until the middle of August. Thankfully the home we are moving into is fully furnished when we arrive. Below is a picture of Christine repacking our trunks as we had to itemize them again. She says she does all the work but I keep telling her taking pictures is important also.

We are leaving for a trip to Texas on Friday and are looking forward to sharing in a new church on Sunday morning and then visiting with some friends/supporters throughout the following week. We would cherish your prayers as we seek to share God’s heart for the world and challenge people about missions. We are trusting that God is preparing the hearts of those whom He desires to partner with us in ministry. Matthew and Meghan will be staying home in Missouri so they don’t miss anymore school, Meghan will spend the week with her friends family and Matthew will be home alone.

Last week Christine decided to start preparing for life on the field by baking using less than modern conveniences. Below is a picture of her making pita bread.

Just kidding, one of the neighbor girls came over to visit and when she heard Christine was baking she wanted to help, so she ran home and got her easy bake oven. We had fun spending a couple hours playing games, baking and watching half a movie with her.

Below is a picture of one of our favorite winter pastimes. Whoever invented this idea was a genius.

 

It is cheap entertainment, although we have found that some of the movies are less than entertaining.

Enjoy some more pictures from PNG.

Many of the tribes have some very unique ceremonial dress. We can’t wait to see them in person and take some of our own pictures.