Well, most of us made it out safely from our respective
tribes. I say most because the weather got bad (fogged
in) where we were and we had to leave about 8 people behind.
Only the first plane made it in and out; and thankfully,
I was on it. As for good news for the people remaining,
they will probably get helicoptered out tomorrow. (I'm
pretty sad to miss that!)
The trip was pretty great. We got to attend a local
church service and hear them sing songs in their native
language and give their testimonies, we got to
hike/slip'n'slide (it was pretty muddy) down to the river
and go swimming (the water was just a bit cold, and it was
beautiful!) and we got to spend one of the nights in a
local Christian woman's home. Her name was Kena and she
teaches Sunday school for the kids at church and she also
helps the missionaries do Bible translation. They are
currently translating the book of Romans.
The two missionaries there, Darryl and Becki were really
nice. Becky made us lots of great food, and Darryl showed
us all around the village. We got to pick taro and
kaukau (sweat potato) and carry it back to the village on
our heads in string bags just like the local ladies do,
and we also got to pick coffee with them.
Thanks to everyone for praying for my health. I don't
seem to have gotten sick from anything I ate while there,
and my sore throat is doing much better. Doug Shaylor
gave me some stuff to take for it, which I have been
faithfully doing.
God bless everybody!
Jeniene
No comments:
Post a Comment