We made it!

Well, we made it. We are pretty well adjusted to the time change. It was nothing to adjust to the climate, it is beautiful here. We are in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, comfortable days, cools nights, no humidity. Along with that, no malaria (for the most part).

The trip over went well. The Lord went before us in some very real ways. For example; we were praying for Kerri to be able to stretch out so the Lord gave us a whole row to ourselves. Kerri laid out on the floor and was quite comfortable for almost the entire 13 hour flight to Tokyo.

They lost one bag between Philadelphia and Tokyo. That created a little stress in Tokyo where we had to go through customs & immigrations, fill out paperwork, then get back to our flight to PNG. The stress caused was simply my lack of trust. The Lord was again answering our prayers. That bag getting lost may have saved us up to $1,000. We had 5 bags. One bag over our allowed amount. The guy behind us in line had one extra bag also. They charged him $1,000 for that one bag. He was not happy but he had to pay it. Our 5^th bag was delivered to our door 4 days later, free of Charge. God answered prayer.

Life here at Lapilo (la-pea-low) has it perks. Every Monday & Thursday the locals set up a “Farmers market” right outside our gate. The fruits & veggies are very nice. Lettuce, cucumbers, strawberries, and much more, all delicious. It’s weird getting use to new currency but those are things we will quickly get use to.

Kerri’s back did well on the trip over. We messed up by not getting her off the plane and into our apartment for a few days of down time. Instead we got a tour of the property, a trip to the market, meetings, and many meals out. Well after three days of that, her back had enough. We have had to restructure our time, cancelled a number of meeting (or I go alone). She is feeling better each day. We do appreciate your prayers for her.

We are going to try to send out updates often and keep them short. I tend to not read long emails and figure you don’t either.

Thanks for praying for us! And thanks to you who give enabling us to be here and be a part of getting God’s Word to those who don’t yet have it. We are excited about fitting into this new ministry God has ahead of us.