Hello to all. I'm hoping you are receiving this since sending out through this Internet account is a problem here. We are having a great time and being well taken care of. This is a beautiful place--lots of greenery, mountains, cool weather, and nice people. Port Moresby was very hot and humid but we only had to be there two days. Ukarumpa has been very cool and rainy this week. There is a fireplace here in the guest house and we have had a fire several days so we could sit by the fire and read. But today, Sunday, was just beautiful. It was real foggy early this morning but it lifted about 8:00, the sun came out, and it was warm and beautiful with a cool breeze. We went to the teen service with about 150 kids. It was fun and upbeat with great music and a lesson by Mike Sweeney of Pioneer Bible Translators. Then we went to the English service with adults--the first service in the meeting hall is Pigin and the English second. They have a little orchestra with piano, bass, trombone, violin, and guitar plus a vocal group. The sermon was from a translator who is also a pastor in New Zealand.

On our tour here the first day we went through the lobby of the director's office where there is a gallery of New Testament completions by Wycliffe/SIL here in PNG. It was awe inspiring to see the translatioin teams and to imagine the level of sacrifice and commitment to work here. We saw a number of familar names and faces of people that we have met or heard of. Things are pretty tough here now, I can't imagine what it was like to arrive here in 1960.