Outdoor Education is fast approaching which means that I will be flying into the interior of Papua with the entire high school and Janna and the kids will be at home. Please pray for me during this time. It is not an easy thing on our family and on the stress levels here at the school.
Janna started preschool yesterday with 12 students now attending and it went well. Kaya really loves been in school. Jalen also started school again and now is in school the entire day. One of the mothers volunteered to take the afternoons so now 1st grade is going all day. We are glad for this as Jalen now has more time in school. Kaya however misses her big brother around the house to play with. The kids always wake up and play with their "pals" together before they come bounding into our room. Kaya the morning that Jalen went to school really missed that.
The high school is headed into Eipomek this year for outdoor education which is in the highlands. I will be leaving Sunday on a Cessena Caravan and Heading to a village called Bimay for the night with 16 students. Then early the next morning a plane called the Pilatus will take us into Eipomek where we need to kill and butcher our own pigs for food. We will then stay in Eipomek doing work projects for the first 5 or 6 days after which time we will be hiking into a village. There are 8 groups hiking into 8 different villages. We are hiking in the mountains where the trails are a bit crazy. Me and 9 students will then be staying in huts for 3 nights with the people and then hiking back out to Eipomek. We will then stay there for a couple of nights and then catch flights back out to Sentani. We try to serve the people and the missionaries in this area. We hope that we can bring the love of God to the people of Eipomek.
Talk to you again when I get home. Darren From Papua OUT!
