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The end is in sight!
I know...it doesn't seem like it with 59 more to sew, does it? All the cutting has been done, and the Siggy Swap Blocks should be finished in time to mail by the end of the week!
I just need to design my signature for the center strip. Won't it be exciting to receive all the other siggies from across the country? Thank you, Connie, for hosting the swap!
~Deb
Last week our long-time friends, Kim and Annie, stopped by for an overnight visit on their way over to the Peninsula. They are in the states for a few months before returning back to Papua New Guinea. We enjoyed catching up with their lives, hearing stories, and seeing pictures of their home in the village where they do translation work.
It was so encouraging to hear that "the task" of translating the New Testament is coming along. The book of Mark was translated into the Tami language, reviewed, and published awhile back, and they are working on the other gospels and epistles, Acts, and some of the Psalms. This is their life's work, and they plan to be there for at least another 11 years, Lord willing.
After our meal we looked at several of the books that Annie wrote and is teaching to the women in the village so they can read their own language.
I was amazed that the word for a snake is "mama." Not a very comforting thought!
Here's Sarah looking over one of the Bible story books and talking to Annie about her experiences with the Tami people.
One of my favorite stories they told was about their youngest daughter graduating from the mission school which their children attended while they were in PNG.
At the graduation, all the students were to march down the aisle dressed in their home country's clothing. Many prom dresses, heels, and typical American clothing were seen as the students began their processional. But...there was one lone student who dressed in a grass skirt and was barefoot to represent her home country of PNG. She was only three when her parents, Kim and Annie, began their ministry, and she considered PNG her native country and wanted to dress in a costume to represent her heritage. How very special!
We enjoyed our short visit very much and have a better idea of how to pray for Kim and Annie as they return to the field.
And what visit can be complete without Sarah's dessert? This time she tried a new recipe ~ Orange Chip Cheesecake. Recipe on continuation if you're interested.
~Deb
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Yesterday is a day that I take great joy in, if you remember Mom's post from last year. This year I didn't get quite as many good tricks played on everybody, but I still had a good time. :)
As you can see in the picture above, Hannah got me this year! While I was not in my room, she snuck in and criss-crossed one long piece of yarn all over my bedroom. It was high, low, and into all the corners.
I was asked to leave it that way until Dad and Jonathan got home from work. That meant if I needed something in my room yesterday, I had to drop down on the floor and crawl through a few clear areas. Hmmmmm. I'll have to come up with something REALLY good for Hannah next year!
The main things I did this year were switching the living room furniture around, stopping up people's toothpaste tube with raisins, sewing Dad's underwear together in a long string, turning Jonathan's windshield wipers on high, coloring the milk purple, having Wakerupper.com call the house with a April Fools' Day message, and putting Kool-Aid powder in the faucets.
Jonathan took precautions this year and hid his toothbrush and toothpaste on Tuesday night. He wasn't very happy about the toothbrush-in-a-block-of-ice trick of last year. :) The furniture switch went over too well - Mom may want to leave it that way! I was going to change everything back yesterday afternoon, and she said not to. Ha!
What happened at your house?
~Sarah
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~Deb
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