Friday, October 27, 2006
A rat a day...
Dear Family,
Sounds delicious, eh? :)
We didn't eat it, silly! Today we found it, first as it was in the kitchen cupboard, slowly feeling the effects of the poison, and then a few hours later, as it was dead, under the desk. But, we disposed of it quickly and how we're in good shape. Hopefully we won't find empty peanut shells in the kitchen cupboard now!
We're mainly healthy. Bubby still has a cold, and he sometimes has a fever. But the sores are all under control, so we're thankful for that.
We have been going full speed ahead on language learning. We have been trying to only communicate with people in Sam, but it is REALY hard - Dave especially has questions that he want's to ask, that he can't figure out how to ask in Sam, so it's frustrating for him, and he occassionally lapses back into the trade language. But, we still want to say more and more in Sam.
We have been having mostly sunny mornings, and then overcast afternoons, with rain a few nights. When the nights are rainy we get rainbugs that launch themselves in droves at the lights we have on in the house. If we turned out the lights we would have no rain bugs, but also it's very hard to read or work on things. If it's not raining, then we get the big flying bugs that have a lot of juice inside them. Splat! Amazing amount of juice inside! :)
OK, better send this. Take care, and love,
Dave and Sarah
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
We've been in Buan a whole day now!
Hello all,
We drove up the hill into Buan village yesterday, around 2:30 pm. It went fine driving through the various rivers. The highest the water came was up to the hood, but it wasn't flowing fast and wasn't difficult to get through. We are glad to be here, but we have been very busy with cleaning everything we left, and getting all the major systems in working order. Now we have the water filter cleaned and functioning, as well as the solar system, the water system, the two-way Codan radio, and the stove and fridge. We have a resident occupying the oven. A rat moved in sometime in the last year, and we can see its nest through the glass in the oven door - very cozy! We see it chewed off and took the lower part of our shower curtain, and has some fluff from somewhere! The email communication system is one of the last things to get working, and I hope I can send this email. If you are reading it, then you will know I was successful. :)
Two of our kids have health problems we are worried about. Joanna has sores on her bottom, and they look red and painful. Matthew has had a cold and is breathing fast. He tends to get congestion in his lungs, so we hope that doesn't happen here. Please remember us in your prayers if you think of us.
Thank you and love,
Dave and Sarah
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Late Tuesday night, still working.
Hello all,
We are closer to getting ready to go to Madang. The truck is fixed, the men
have been told about our contract arrangement for working on the house while
we are away, our yard man knows what we are doing, and we have finished
printing, stamping, and gluing our latest prayer letter! I'm sure we will
think of something we missed, probably while we try to get some sleep in a
few hours, and hopefully we will remember it in the morning!
We had Matthew's birthday party today, and it was really fun! He is such a
cutie! :)
Take care,
Dave and Sarah
