This and That

Since we took thousands of pictures, I decided "This and That" was a good name for this post. These are fun and very random pictures. I hope you enjoy the variety.

A pot of greens and a turtle roasting over the fire. The greens are delicious, and the turtle tastes like chicken!

A visit to the village. I always carried my umbrella to shade me from the sun. This is Gamea (with the red shirt and hat) and Wao with some of their family. When we left PNG, they had three little girls. Now, there are many grandchildren, too.

This was our old kitchen, built by a work party in the mid 80s. For 30 years of being in the jungle, it's in great shape. Roach "dirt" and mold here and there, but I gave it a good scrubbing and it was ready to go. 

 This is a two-burner gas stove with a small stove which we bought in 2013 when we went. It did great. We flew out two propane bottles, and they lasted the six months. The oven was big enough to bake bread. The pressure cooker was given to me by a friend. Since we needed to eat a LOT of dried beans (for protein) and rice, it saved on gas since I could cook a batch of beans in 12 minutes.

This is the size of the rats we killed in the house. The house was over-run with roaming rats at night. We took over two rat traps, and these were caught - along with many others! The pastor's son is taking them to eat. The children love to eat any rat that is caught. (Me, not so much!)

 The size of my plate of food for the Easter feast. The "kunho," or large crayfish, were caught during the night by one of our friends and presented to us. They were yummy.

 The school children waiting to get vaccinations. 

 Everyone tried to put on a brave face, but a few walked away sobbing. The medical orderly, Puse, does a great job looking after everyone at Yehebi.

 After a big rain, this is what the path to the church looks like. It's a good thing I had on rubber flip flops. I should have just gone barefoot with all this water. They trails could be rather challenging for me.

 Dale getting water from a natural spring. This is where they would get all their drinking water. Since we have installed four water tanks since 2013, they have a much easier way to get clean water.

 

A Papua New Guinea cassowary. One of the most dangerous flightless birds in the world. This one has been caught and caged since a baby. Although he is probably 4 feet high, he is not fully grown yet. 

 This tractor is 30 years old. With a few tweaks each time we visit, it usually starts up and runs pretty well. Dale was helping them to cut the soccer field for sports.

Dale with a work crew in the bush sawing up hardwood trees for posts to repair the church and the mission house.

 Carin teaching the ladies. Each week we would do one Bible story, talk about the story, share our prayer requests, and pray. The women loved having a time that focused on them.

 Walking down a path to a stream where our clothes were washed.

These are the young women that hand-washed our clothes in the station stream. They did a great job, and I was so thankful for their help. They were happy to earn some money. If I'd have had to walk down here 3 times a week, we would have worn dirty clothes. They are children of our friends from the early years.It was so fun to get to know the next generation.

    We had half a suitcase of vitamins from our sending church for children, and I am passing them out here. When I first gave them out, all the kids would rush forward. Big ones knocking little ones over sometimes. They wanted to be sure they would get one. At first it was chaotic. Then they learned I wouldn't pass them out until the little ones were in front of the line with older ones last. Once they realized they would all get some, then things began to work smoother. You can see them in a line coming up. I made a lot of little friends with gummy bears!

I hope you enjoyed this random post.


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