PNG/Aussie Project - Day 9: "Halfway slump"

[Today (Tuesday) is day 7 for the Aussies - the second half of their project]

Today we went on campus again in the morning.  We have 6 students, and they all have to register at UPNG.  Sometimes it takes several days for the student to find the right people to sign off on their program.  Today ALL 6 students had to go back again, so we shuffled the schedule again to move the training into the afternoon and go on campus in the morning.  The morning trip to campus lasted through to 4:30 (waiting for the 6 students - 2 will have to go back tomorrow), but it was very fruitful.  We saw 2 students pray and receive Christ and 1 student recommit his life to Christ.  Also, a student who the guys met twice last week, came to our guest house and joined us for our training - it was great to see him come and join us.

The men sharing personal things - excellent time!

After dinner we split the men & the ladies and had discussions that pertained to each.  It was excellent - the PNG men shared very honestly about things that aren't usually shared in a large group.  God was definitely working!

For me personally, I'm wiped out.  I'm tired and it's a bit hard to get fired up.  Please pray for the remaining time together with the Aussies, and then the week after they leave (I'm here 22 days, and that's a long time).  I've been trying to find time to be by myself & recharge.  And I know that God chooses to use the weak things of the world to shame the strong (1 Cor 1:27), so maybe he'll use me more because I'm tired - He'll get more glory that way  :-)     Thanks!

On the fun side, here is the last minute of a dance that the Aussie students had done in Australia - every 30 seconds, the music changes and they all switch to a different type of dance.  It was lots of fun!  (We saw them do a similar dance in Mt Tamborine, Queensland Australia last July and it gets pretty wild when they have a lot of room to run).  ** Sorry, but the sound doesn't work - I'll try to fix this later **