A new painting by Leonardo Di Cap-Vinci was discovered today on the isle of Englewood... "This is going to change the art world forever." One guy said.... he is prolly right. just look at the haunting eyes and off kilter smile. God how much bliss it would be to know what this painting is thinking? [View Full Entry]

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Another place for a pin, but not much to see here except an active volcano named ´Turvurvur¡'. It first erupted in 1994-95 and almost completely destroyed the town of Rabaul, not from flowing lava but because it was completely covered up with ashes. I have enclosed a photo of Turvurvur as it looked when we sailed away last evening. It was in full glory, spewing forth smoke and ashes which made the air around town most unpleasant. The second photo is of the waterfront and you can see that it doesn't compare at all to the beauty of the waterfronts in [View Full Entry]

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Hey Everyone, I realized that is has been a while since I last updated my pictures. So here are the pics from my Team in Port Moresbey. I had the chance to go on an A-team. Which basically is an onshore team for the duration of the port. My past A-team was in Cambodia over a year ago. Anyways We went to the port moresby City mission. The mission takes in street kids and people of low education. They train them on a farm to work as well as giving them some basic education. There are were 120 "boys " there [View Full Entry]

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Papua New Guinea is a crazy place. I've seen dogs swim half a mile across the harbour to escape the torment of their owners. We've tied our boat up to a jetty and had wizened old men and women with black teeth try to sell us gold and parrots. And when I took a local boat to Alotau I experienced the genoristy of the wantok system and was treated by the owner as well as if I had been one of the family. This is a record of the 4 month journey we took in the Louisiade islands of PNG on [View Full Entry]

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Today the singles in the missionary group went out to tour the Hope School here in Port Moresby. It was really eye opening to see the level and standards for education here in this country. The Hope School is actually what we would consider an alternative school or last chance school. Kids who are orphans or extremely impoverished and can not afford to send their kids to school are able to be apart of this school. They get the kids caught up and up to speed and then try to get them placed into a public school. We got to go [View Full Entry]

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Hello over there!!! So God is truly amazing!!! Sorry for the long gap of silence, we had no consistant access to the internet until today. We are all doing well, every one is safe and encouraged. The Port Morseby COC, Gumine COC, Mogiagi COC, Brisbane Australia COC, and the Sydney COC all send their love to all of you back in Detroit, they are totally united with us by the Holy Spirit. So far we have had an awesome time fellowshiping with the disciples here, evanglising the communities and campus, the conference was amazing!!!! There are so many more stories to [View Full Entry]

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Hello my family in the USA! I'm not much of a blogger but it doesn't matter since we've not had internet almost the entire time we've been here. What a different world. You can have a conversation with anyone on the street. (maybe because I'm more like a tourist and they're hoping to sell me something) ;-) Gumine is a lot like the garden of Eden and I would just as quickly move there if my own life were in order. I would stay with my "wantok". (adopted family) There are really not a lot of words to describe the things [View Full Entry]

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Hey there friends and family! Sorry for the lack of communication. Tony and Tasha do not live in the same complex so their phone hookup took place today! We have hit the ground running after arriving Friday pm. Saturday 7am 6mile prayer walk around the city of Moresby and singing songs at Ella Beach. Off to the Highlands the next morning and waking up to the kakaruks at 4am. The single girls and I stayed with Petros and Pauline. We have dubbed this trip "the Lord will provide". So whatever we didn't pack or ran out of we were faithful and [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone! We have had a very encouraging trip thus far. I am very proud of the missionaries here. They have done such an outstanding job serving and loving the people here in PNG. They have gone to the Highlands and traversed dangerous roads on foot and in vehicles and they have come to the capitol preaching, teaching and loving the church in so many ways. Bel bilong mi i kirap long taim mi lukim olgeta gutpela samting ol i bin wokim. Mi kalap na hamamas na givim tenkyu i go long papa God long mekim dispela gutpela samting i kamap [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everyone, We are having a great time with all the disciples here in Moresby. Truly, it has been an inspiring time visiting with the disciples in Gumine and in Moresby. It has been extremely hot and I believe we all have lost a few pounds due to hard work and the heat. Please continue to keep us in your prayers and we look forward to our return on May 2nd. Love Shann P. [View Full Entry]

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