explanations of pics

Ok guys so thought I would post some pics of the last month here. It has been really busy.

So the little guy you see with the mixer and by the cake is Daniel Parker. Dan is a 5 year old and he and his family are here from Australia. They were one of the first folks I met here. Well Dan loves the cake book and we had a great opportunity at the end of February to make Lilah, my housemate, a birthday cake so we proceeded with making her a giraffe cake with tree and grass. I am not that great with decorating so Lilah had to pitch in and help us finish it. It was lots of fun. Dan was so tired afterward, but we had a great time.

The picture with girl dancing in middle is Lilah and this was her karaoke birthday party. We had some folks over and were jammin all night. It was lots of fun and I got to perform one of Tiffany's greatest hits! haha!! gotta love the eighties!!!

So yes ladies and gentlemen I play soccer, I don't play well, but I play. Last Saturday we had a mini women's soccer tournament. We invited 2 villages Asuranka and Ukarumpa Village. Our ladies won both games, we were a mixture of expats(missionaries from outside PNG) and national women who are PNG missionaries. It was lots of fun. I was terribly sore the next couple of days and terribly sunburned, apparently one is supposed to reapply sunblock after a couple of hours or when one sweats it off who knew haha!!

The other pic I took is Martin (dental assistant) sitting in the break room. He is also one of my patients. Sitting next to him reading the paper is the dentist, Nellis, who is another patient. There are 2 breaks plus lunch throughout the day at 10am and 2pm. We also have our morning devotions in this room as well. It's a nice place to just go and relax and enjoy my Papua New Guinean friends.

Things here are going well. The plan is to head to Madang on Friday and we found out Tuesday morning our flight was cancelled. So our choices now are riding with some folks headed that way (5 hour trip) or maybe if we are lucky catch the helicoptor. I will be there for a week. Mainly resting, this work here is exhausting, much more than back in the states. I am looking forward to seeing a new place and it is on the coast. We will be doing some snorkeling and relaxing. On the last few days we will head to POC ( Pacific Orientation Course) where folks go before head out to individual villages. They learn all about village living as well as the language, tok pisin. I hope to be doing some therapy for these folks. They all have been told I am coming and so I am sure I will be busy and I am looking foward to it.

When I get back from Madang, Conference will have started. Conference is something have once every 2 years to discuss policies and elect new directors. People from all over PNG come in for it. I will be working some those weeks.

I have less than 4 weeks left here. Time has flown by. I have continued to learn new things daily. God has blessed me so much to allow me to have this experience.
Well I will post more after my trip and let you know how the snorkeling went.

Tomorrow I am heading out to do clinic in a village to see how that works, will write more on that later as well.

Until then...