Feb. 2018 PNG Trip - "View From the Middle!"

Here we are at the half-way point of our stay here in Port Moresby.  I've been having computer internet issues, so here's a summary of what's happened in our story so far:

We helped our 3 new staff girls celebrate completing their training in how to develop their ministry partner team (to find people to pray and finance their ministry on the campus.) Eroni from Fiji came to help with their training, so we were also on hand to hear his report and thank him for the wonderful job he did.  (Because Eroni is an islander himself, our girls felt quite comfortable learning from his training, advice, and encouragement. He had a great impact in their lives.)  Front row:  Elidah & Tanya (new staff), Diane (coach during the training), Beautlyn (new staff).  Back row:  Dan, Kaylynn, Eroni, Elton.

We've helped celebrated Elton's birthday!

Beautlyn, Elidah, and Tanya (new staff girls)

We've had good conversations with all our staff, both as a group and individually.  (Face-to-face communication is so needed and treasured when the majority of the time we communicate from two different countries.)  We are constantly grateful for the gifted and good-hearted staff God has entrusted to our care.

We got to observe the giving out of the first year gift-packs to the incoming new students at UPNG during the orientation week.  These gift-packs contain a Jesus Film DVD, a devotional book, a brochure about our ministry, and a survey card to see if they are interested in more information.  The interested students are contacted and invited to a party where they can choose to be in a small group bible study.  One father of a student picked up a gift pack for his daughter standing nearby.  He pulled out the survey card and gave it to her.  He offered his pen, but then filled out the card for her.  We'll find out if the daughter is as interested as her father when our students contact her!