Music Band 2015!

Saxophone is the instrument that my boy had chosen to play on their Music Band Concert. His class is blessed to have a talented and amazing music teacher. Mr. L loves to play different folk songs, from a movie theme song  and always a hymn. He loves to dedicate his and the students' talent to the Maker of Music! 

The Middle School Students had played the final countdown, Old MacDonald had a farm and Joyful, joyful we adore thee and many more. It was an incredible band concert which was well-played by incredible and talented students. We are so proud of them.

6th Grade Class
( from a multi-culture folks: S. Korean, American, Dutch-Filipino, Aussies and Canadian)

We are grateful for teachers that have hearts for the Father and love to serve Him.

Pill Box Seminar!

Papua is a malarial infested place. Dengue is also another disease that fear us living here. Older missionaries taught us to be cautious and be prepared. Nowadays, we have cream and mosquito spray help prevent diseases cause by mosquitoes. 

Some Bible translators in the village find ways to also help the villagers not getting the diseases by educating them. The Pill Box is a tool used by M. de Vries for the people that lives in the village where they do translation. 

PILL BOX

The village people have no education. They are illiterate. So health workers would use color-coding to identify which meds each person need to have. As you can see in the pictures above. If they need Amox for antibiotics, or simple as Paracetamol.

Some expat health workers would use drawings... to illustrate if a person is sick with diaarhea, fever, malaria, scabies , etc.

A family, with the use of plastic containers and materials to illustrate if one is having a malaria or dengue by filling them with water and inject a red food coloring if one is infected.  I thought, it was a brilliant illustration.

Vision Trip- Mamit village!

MAF has changed our Manual to go on vision trip to a village. Before, it was only the wife but presently, it is the whole family which great! A family can stay for the weekend with other missionaries in a village.

So we did! We visited Mamit village where Wes and Esther Dale stationed for more than 10 years. If you have read the Lord's of The Earth book, you find out that Wes' father was speared with bows and arrows and was eaten by the cannibals. It is ironic that Wes came back to Papua and became a missionary to neigbouring tribes. It was quite special to meet Wes and his wife Esther and know a little bit who they are.  They live simply and sacrificially put themselves into serving the Dani tribes of Mamit. For now, they have 75 families are studying at their Bible School. 

During our visit, we had the opportunity to meet and have fellowship with the women at their little church. Our own children were playing with the Mamit kids while the men went on hiking to different villages to preach. This is great! However, there are also tons of men that easily go lucky. They don't care about work.  Some challenges there.

Pictures below:

Arrival in Mamit 

with Mamit kids and Esther and medical team 

Some kids are at school

Some aren't so J&M have playmates

"Hunay"- Papuan homes in the interior village

 Glenda introduced them a song entitled, " My Lord knows the way to the wilderness, all I have to do is Follow!"

Together with Esther and Robbie the nurse who is " a Cousin"!

New Kodiak and the new Trained Kodiak pilot!

Several months ago Papua program  received a New Kodiak. We were thankful that few weeks later, we were given the license to fly it.  The Maintenance Team put their hands-on to inspect the aircraft. It is always good to inspect a vessel right before we use it for our safety.

One day, I (Glenda) was at Marielle's friend's birthday party! I had parked my car on a grassy place. I don't usually check my car before I go. So this time I am about to go but one dad of my girl's classmate told me in Papuan language that I had a flat tire. How glad I am I didn't start to drive my car yet! So it is always good to check our vehicles, aircrafts or ships before going somewhere!

Above pictures were taken when we had to shower a new pilot with buckets and hoses of water (as what has been the practise)! At this time we had pilot Dave R. who did his first solo flight with Kodiak PK-MAF! This is the newest Kodiak plane we received from the States!

Dave with his wife Linda and son Ryan posed for a photo after Dave's solo flight!  They have two sons who are studying at Hillcrest International School!

We are grateful to God for giving us this new vessel and a new trained-pilot for that to further His kingdom and to help the ministry of MAF in Papua! Please do continue to Praise and Pray to our  Master Creator as we serve HIM together!