This is the last full day of our trip. This is the day of frantically trying to attend to all the details of ministry that need a personal (not online) touch. Some of these details were planned for yesterday, but alas...
Eva Puipui’s (our former PNG director’s wife) sister died and her funeral was yesterday afternoon. Funerals here are longer than in the U.S. or New Zealand. We left the funeral early after almost 4 hours. (There was probably another hour or so to go.) Eva’s sister and brother-in-law have been instrumental in supporting and helping our PNG ministry and our young staff team here. The brother-in-law is a busy and influential pastor, but has taken time out for such things as taking our staff to the airport in the early morning. He's also come to some of our programs, doing things like giving prayers of dedication for graduating students. Our hearts go out to him as he deals with his great loss.
As I’m writing this, Dan is flitting around to do banking, meeting with Elton, modeling leading a discipleship group, hashing out issues of taxes with the PNG government, getting the ministry van inspected for road fitness, etc.
The girl who discipled me in high school had a saying, “Not somehow, but triumphantly.” It’s based on that verse in 2 Cor. 2:14 that says, “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.” So, my prayer for Dan today is that he’ll depend on God...and smell good!
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