We are safely home after a harrowing three days of changed and missed flights, and I'm going to post just a few photos right now and maybe more in the next few days.
Flying in to PNG from Australia (more pics of that amazing place later!), we landed in Port Moresby and then flew on to Mt. Hagen, PNG, where we arrived Saturday afternoon, June 11th.
We were met by the orphanage founder, affectionately called "Aunty Rosa" by almost all who know her.
She was dressed in a PNG costume.
Outside the airport the whole group of orphan boys and girls and workers sang us a welcome song!
We were grateful for bottled water--their first of many gifts from grateful hearts, and for which we were so grateful.
The whole batch of us climbed into these two vehicles.
Because of the heat, and wanting to taste all the PNG adventure that we could,
we Mission Helps team members chose to climb into the tarped truck.
Here we are!
The boys of the orphanage were dropped off at this road where there is a bit of a market spread out on the ground, and huts behind.
The girls loaded into the back of Aunty Rosa's and her husband Jiwa's little truck and took off to her place, waving.
We team members arrived at the Bible Fellowship Church and home where the Dimmetts have been renting from another missionary for a few months till their home was ready to move into.
The church lawn is kept beautiful, with trimmed hedges.
Front door of the "Mission House," as the name says above it.
This is where we stayed during our time there.
Right off the bat we all had to learn to help with water. I probably spent hours altogether filling water jugs in the few minutes to an hour or so a day that water turned on. (Sometimes it was off for over 24 hrs. at a time, and often the electricity was off, too.)
Below, Sam is taking his turn dipping rain water from the drum of rain water out in the laundry room.
Inside, a large skylight lit the room nicely when electricity was off.
The Dimmetts are leaving this simple but comfy home for a very primitive situation which I plan to picture for you soon on this blog.
We can only say we deeply admire their sacrifice and fortitude.
But for now, I must run and spend time with the kiddos before hitting the sack early.
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