PNG Easter Conference Day 5: "Firsts!"

The opening day of our conference is here!  96 students attended! (Last year we had 40.)  81 of those students were first-years (new to our ministry.) Gail Puipui (George and Eva's daughter) even attended with 3 friends from her highschool.

Those 1000 biscuits (cookies) we bought?  That was a serious underestimate.  (Those students were not shy in helping themselves!)  We're sending out a couple of people to buy some more cookies tonight because the stores will be closed on Easter.  We don't want to be caught short!

My first devotional talk went OK.  (I put the finishing touches on tomorrow's talk during the afternoon sessions.  Hopefully it looked like I was taking good notes.)

As usual during these conferences, everyone trooped down to the beach for lunch, where we met our caterer.  (She's the mom of one of our students.)  It's only about a 10 minute walk...downhill to the beach, uphill after lunch for the rest of the sessions.  I think it was my first time to eat slippery greens in coconut milk with my fingers.

Before going home, the students received their orange Student Life T-shirts.  Wow...were those shirts a hit! The students were asked to wear their new shirts tomorrow, but we didn't tell them that they'd be going witnessing on the beach.   (It will be the first time to share their faith for most of the students.)