Our Two Weeks of February in PNG Adventure: "Getting Ready!"

We took our staff team out for dinner last night to a restaurant called "Hog's Breath."  We discussed last-minute details on their to-do lists before they head off to Fiji for a year of training.  They all have their bank cards now and will be able to access their salary while in Fiji (Yahoo!), and a passport and a long-lost SIM card were finally found.  Dan will follow-through on banking details that weren't completed.  (This is not for lack of trying on the part of our staff.  The banks here are notorious.) Lillian is still waiting for the people who bought her household goods to pick them up.

We have high hopes for these three young people.  God has seen them through some tough spots.  They've learned a lot as they've shouldered the ministry in PNG.  They've received excellent modelling and training from our Aussie friends.  As they do a brave thing in leaving the students, friends, and family here that they love, they go to Fiji to learn how they can serve those special people even better upon their return.  I think God has built a strength in these three that will help them in their new venture...and that the Fiji team will find our staff gems to be a great asset!

Today they finish packing and will spend time with family and friends...then tomorrow morning they catch the plane!  (We're praying that the cyclone that's just swinging into Fiji today won't give them any problems.)