Well today was our second day at the conference. Cheryl did a wonderful job as the cook and people seem to be thrilled at the privilege of not having to worry about the meals. Cooking meals has become a team project. Everyone seems to have a hand in each meal. We are being asked often about when we will be coming back. Right now – we find ourselves totally exhausted. Most of us cannot even remember each others names by the end of the day. Tonight while teaching the teens, I couldn’t even find Daniel in my bible. Fortunately – I had memorized the verse. Gloria and Michele worked this morning with the toddler and they were both exhausted by 10:00. Jimmy & Chad are working with the services. Jimmy is running the PowerPoint and taking care of sound and computer stuff, while Chad is leading the worship each morning. Chad and Japp have developed a unique friendship and enjoy working together on the music and the people seem to enjoy the services. Chuck & John seem to be the people everyone runs to when something needs taken care of. They have worked on pumps, built things and carried stuff all over the conference center. I have been teaching the 1st -5th grades and have been teaching the Senor High in the evening. Jared is helping with both groups and works with me during the senior high game time. We have both decided that 1:30 – 3:00 is a very hot time in PNG to play games on a soccer field with no shade. The teens seem to be enjoying it, so it is worth it. Everyone here drinks plenty of water and eats bananas to keep up your potassium levels. Today was the first time in 25 years that we called a banana time out so everyone could eat a banana before we continued the games. It was the base nurse who thought it would be a good idea and everyone enjoyed the bananas ( and the time out).

God is using this team in some very unusual ways. We have already realized it is going to be very hard to leave some of these people. Gloria would love to take Claudia home with her. She is a PNG national who has been working in the kitchen with the girls. We all realize how difficult it will be to leave some of these people. God has imprinted them on our hearts and we will never be the same. Thanks for your prayers.

The 2007 Mission Trip Team