Our MAF pilots and aircraft engineers in Papua!

Showers of waters, a shake hand and hugs when a new pilot had his solo flight done for the first day! Our chief pilot Tim Smith from Canada who trained Brian how to fly the MAF caravan is happily standing besides Brian and Gertjan ( MAF maintenance specialist).

We are praising God everyday for our new pilots and new mechanics that render themselves to God's work, so people from the ends of the earth may hear His good news. Before the pilots could fly the planes, the maintenance specialists are to make sure by God's help of wisdom to repair the engines and fix it.

Brian Marx is our new pilot in Nabire, Papua. He did his first solo flight last Friday bringing passangers to and fro Sentani. Now every new pilot that had their solo flights done that day will enjoy buckets and buckets of water showers. The picture below is Brian's wife Heather and baby Ethan.

The Papuan villagers!

Finally, they got on to it. Gertjan and I had to hold their hands while going up on an escalator. When reached at the top, they were fascinated and laugh and laugh. It was a funny scene but we can understand that these people have seen an escalator just now for their whole life. We the "civilized people" might know how to ride on an escalator but most of us cannot climb a coconut tree. But they can... :)

There is only one small mall in Sentani. These villagers don't dare to go on the escalator for the first time. We saw them just staring at it, puzzling why these stairs are moving and look hesitant. So Gertjan tried to teach them how to get on it.

How to make your own yoghurt?

Fill this pan with 6 cups of water in a medium heat.

Stir in 4 cups of full-cream powdered milk.

Then add 6 or more tablespoonfuls of plain yoghurt as a base. Think of a starter/base as the brains of the whole process. It contains the bacteria that triggers the fermentation process which turns the milk into yoghurt.

Dip your finger to check the temperature of the milk. It should be bearable and not very hot at all.

Prepare empty glass bottles of any kind such as spaghetti, mayonnaise or starbuck glass bottle to fill it with the yoghurt mixture.

Let it sit for 2 or 3 hours in a water ( you can still dip your hand in it).

See to it that it is not watery otherwise add an hour or so to let it sit. Then it is ready to place it inside the fridge. You can try your yoghurt with strawberry jam or a bit of a sugar. So yummy and so healthy! Try it now. Enjoy!!!

This is my yummy yoghurt....

with a spoon of rhubarb jam....

and taste of it! :)