Grandma and Grandpa arrive, Nov 16th.

We got to the airport not too long before the plane landed.
The girls were full of stories and hugs!
Scott was working and met us at the hospital when we got back to Kudjip.

Updates

I am having trouble with my blog! I keep getting about 10 script errors when I try to post through Picasa and put up pictures.

BUT here are the latest details of our lives....

-PNG river land issues are threatening our hydro electric plant to be turned off.
-Land disputes at an area of community service has shut down the Lord's work there.
-My heart is heavy that almost every weekend there are 2-3 rape cases than come in to the hospital. I think about how many more are not even reported. And with growing HIV rate, this is just breaking my heart.

On a positive note...
-Scott's parents made it here to PNG safely and we are enjoying our visit.
-We will go to a remote area to ?relax? for 5 days. Only having electricity a few hours in the evening. We plan to hike, play in the river, read, play games and do puzzles? So no updates for a bit. (I am questioning my decision and wondering why I didn't plan to go somewhere with power, hot water, and someone else cooking!)

Thanks for being involved in our lives!

Poems

Al and Em both wrote poems yesterday. Al for an assignment and Em "because I felt like I just had to write".

Pianos by Allison

Sounds like harmonious raindrops of music
Looks like ivory challenges that bring back old forgotten memories
Feels like wooden, smooth adventures
Smells dusty, like dew and
Tastes ancient and mysterious



Clocks by Emma

CLOCKS
Clocks go, tick, tock, tick, tock, all threw the owers.
They have three hands.
The short, fat ower hand.
The thiner, long, minit hand.
The thinest long secint hand.
Clocks can be useful in a lot of ways.


Each poem was of course, accompanied by a beautiful picture.
And Olivia drew her fist person yesterday. She has been drawing "o" and "l" and "i" for her name. Yesterday she drew a person with head/body all in one, eyes, nose, mouth, arms, legs, hat, and glasses.

I was quite impressed by my little ones!

Bible Memorizing

Sunday was English Lotu, which occurs once a month. The kids gave us a special treat of reciting bible verses that they have learned and singing several songs.
Allison said Ps 34 and then many other great verses- I think a total of 16 she had memorized. She worked independently in her room, just reading and memorizing. She had it perfect before she even started reciting it to me. We were able to talk about the concepts the verses and the meaning behind them.










Emma's verses were the chapter of Ps 111. Emma and Daddy worked every day, one verse a day for many days to learn them. Em's friend Ben is in the picture beside her. Emma said she looked out the door of the chapel so she wouldn't be nervous. They all did great and I am thankful that they are hiding God's word in their heart.

Prayers with Patients

Sunday morning, Scott was on call, so the girls and I decided to go to the hospital and visit with the patients. I allowed an hour for this, because I had lunch to get ready for potluck. We could have easily stayed for 4 hours! We only visited the Pediatric ward. I shared a few bible verses and then went bed to bed praying with the patients. The girls either stayed with me or visited on their own and Emma took pictures for quite awhile. The above picture is an adopted baby, who do not do well in PNG because of the difficulty of boiling water and buying formula. I believe that this adopted mom tried to nurse the baby and he just wasn't doing well, so they came to the hospital. Rarely do you see a baby taking a bottle. I would say there is above 95% breast feeding rate here. The only ones who do not are those who give their baby to someone else. Some moms choose to give formula if they would have a job and need to get back to work, but this is a rare percentage.

This is a cute little boy, who has had a swollen ankle for about 6 months. When I asked how I could pray for them, the mom said that her husband has taken a second wife and has forgotten about them, that is why the boy is not getting well. She asked if I could pray for the father to come and visit so that the boy could get well.

Most of the children seemed to be in the hospital for diarrhea and throwing up, as was this little one. It was a nice time of seeing the patients of the hospital and extending a little love to them.

The Dooley's dress up!

Can you guess our family costume?