Hello y'all this is Drew.
This morning we went to town and spent most of
the day there. First we went to the mechanic and Bro. Dick got his
truck serviced. That took a while and after that we went to town and I stayed in and watched the truck. The pidgin most people speak is hard to
understand. I can understand Bro. Dick pretty good and the people that
speak clearly.
Anyway, we ran some errands and now we are back home.
Church here starts at five so we will be heading out here in a little
while.
Still no sign of my luggage. The woman in Mount Hagen is supposed
to call us tomorrow so hopefully it will get here by the end of this
week. We are going to Pastor Vincent's church tonight. He and the church
live right beside us here.
Tomorrow I am preaching to the RI class of
high school student. Hopefully someone will get saved. I am preaching on
the prodigal son. After that we may do some other ministry work, I'm
not sure.
I will talk to y'all later, Drew.
(Obviously, these blog updates are still emails his parents forward to me (Kelley). This will be how we'll hear from Drew during this trip because of the internet service.)
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
An email from Bro. Dick Harrelson!
Hello,
Took Drew down the mountain on a bush walk. Went down to the bottom of the mountain and crossed the river and then climbed back up. It was muddy and slippery. I had to stop and rest four or five times. Drew went up that mountain like a walk in the park. Don't think he opened his mouth to breathe. Can you imagine that. Climbed a mountain breathing through his nose. I told him it was 17 y/o verses 62 y/o. He beat me badly. There must be a sin somewhere in the Bible about that. His suitcase still hasn't come; will check again at the airport tomorrow. Brother, this is serious; extremely serious. My butterfingers are in that bag.
Drew gave his testimony at Bible school today. The students took right to him; they are very appreciative that someone would come over here and visit them. It is a big deal with them. He will preach at the high school Thursday at RI class; this is in English. It has already been a blessing to have him here.
-Dick
Took Drew down the mountain on a bush walk. Went down to the bottom of the mountain and crossed the river and then climbed back up. It was muddy and slippery. I had to stop and rest four or five times. Drew went up that mountain like a walk in the park. Don't think he opened his mouth to breathe. Can you imagine that. Climbed a mountain breathing through his nose. I told him it was 17 y/o verses 62 y/o. He beat me badly. There must be a sin somewhere in the Bible about that. His suitcase still hasn't come; will check again at the airport tomorrow. Brother, this is serious; extremely serious. My butterfingers are in that bag.
Drew gave his testimony at Bible school today. The students took right to him; they are very appreciative that someone would come over here and visit them. It is a big deal with them. He will preach at the high school Thursday at RI class; this is in English. It has already been a blessing to have him here.
-Dick
An email from Drew
Hey y'all this is Drew.
Everything is going great over here. Today we had Bible school and I got to meet several people. They are great men and women and it was a blessing. I was able to understand some of the pidgin Bro. Dick was teaching in. At the end I gave my testimony and Bro. Dick translated. They all loved it and said amen. These people have great hearts. They also are very excited to see a white man. I took pictures of people and they all love it. I can't send pictures but I am going to send Kelley something to put on the blog.
After Bible school we came back and ate lunch (Mrs.Cindy is a great cook) and then we walked down to the river. It was very steep and these boys got me a walking stick. The land is beautiful.
I got to meet a man that said he remembers when Japan dropped bombs on the airport here in WW2. He said he was the first person to start this village here. A man named Supai told me he would take me and show me the village where he lives and show me around. He is in the Bible school.
We are going to town tomorrow and then going to church where Pastor Vincent is the preacher. He lives close to us here. There is much more I could say but I will stop. I will write y'all again and Bro. Dick said I can call tomorrow while his truck is getting serviced. It will be around five-thirty or six.
-Drew
(This is another email Drew wrote his parents....as you probably gathered. I never got anything for the blog, so we'll just keep waiting for that. :) -Kelley)
Everything is going great over here. Today we had Bible school and I got to meet several people. They are great men and women and it was a blessing. I was able to understand some of the pidgin Bro. Dick was teaching in. At the end I gave my testimony and Bro. Dick translated. They all loved it and said amen. These people have great hearts. They also are very excited to see a white man. I took pictures of people and they all love it. I can't send pictures but I am going to send Kelley something to put on the blog.
After Bible school we came back and ate lunch (Mrs.Cindy is a great cook) and then we walked down to the river. It was very steep and these boys got me a walking stick. The land is beautiful.
I got to meet a man that said he remembers when Japan dropped bombs on the airport here in WW2. He said he was the first person to start this village here. A man named Supai told me he would take me and show me the village where he lives and show me around. He is in the Bible school.
We are going to town tomorrow and then going to church where Pastor Vincent is the preacher. He lives close to us here. There is much more I could say but I will stop. I will write y'all again and Bro. Dick said I can call tomorrow while his truck is getting serviced. It will be around five-thirty or six.
-Drew
(This is another email Drew wrote his parents....as you probably gathered. I never got anything for the blog, so we'll just keep waiting for that. :) -Kelley)
Monday, March 18, 2013
It begins....Mt. Hagen edition
Hey y'all this is Drew. Everything has gone good so far other than the
luggage loss. Hopefully it will arrive in Mt. Hagen in the next day or
so. I am already enjoying it and can't wait to see what all is going to
happen. I will write y'all again sometime soon.
(This was the email he sent his parents - hopefully he'll write something for here soon as well.)
(This was the email he sent his parents - hopefully he'll write something for here soon as well.)
And so it begins....Kotidanga
Today, we got up at 4 AM to leave the hotel to go to the airport to make
our flight to Port Morsbey. We made it to Morsbey safely, and then Drew
split up from Collin and me. Just as we were leaving, Drew was talking
to a man about finding his luggage and the man thought that he had
actually seen Drew's bag at the airport already, so they were going off
to search for it. I do not know if they ever did find it, but we all
pray that they did for Drew's sake.
We flew an hour-and-a-half with Bro. Matt to a village close to his, and then got on his Mule to ride another hour to Kotidanga, Matt's village. We were given a tour by Andrew, a young man who is here helping Matt.
Tomorrow, I am leaving with Bro. Jason Ottosen to go help him build his house in one of the neighboring villages. We leave at 5 AM to drive the hour back to the plane for the trip. The entire flight will take only four and a half minutes, but if we had to hike, it would take over twelve hours. I will be staying with him for four days helping him to build his house before Matt comes back and picks us up on Friday. Collin or Drew will have to keep you updated because they do not have internet in the bush. I appreciate everyone's prayers for us while we are here. I hope I have a great report when I get back.
-Connor
We flew an hour-and-a-half with Bro. Matt to a village close to his, and then got on his Mule to ride another hour to Kotidanga, Matt's village. We were given a tour by Andrew, a young man who is here helping Matt.
Tomorrow, I am leaving with Bro. Jason Ottosen to go help him build his house in one of the neighboring villages. We leave at 5 AM to drive the hour back to the plane for the trip. The entire flight will take only four and a half minutes, but if we had to hike, it would take over twelve hours. I will be staying with him for four days helping him to build his house before Matt comes back and picks us up on Friday. Collin or Drew will have to keep you updated because they do not have internet in the bush. I appreciate everyone's prayers for us while we are here. I hope I have a great report when I get back.
-Connor
Sunday, March 17, 2013
BBQ lamb, weird accents, and 11 hours in the airport
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We had our flight canceled last night due to lack of organization on the crews part as well as mechanical failure (which ended up getting fixed). We were put up in a hotel which charged $30 (AUD) so we didn't have away to contact. We were shuttled out of the airport last night before I could send an email out letting all know. We are Lord willing departing at 7:00 this morning. Sorry for any inconvenience.
-Collin
Post title credit goes to Drew. :)
Once they land in Port Moresby, Collin and Connor have to hurry through customs and exchanging their money into Kina to catch their flight with Matt Allen into Kotidanga.
Please pray that they arrive safely and all goes smoothly. Drew's luggage was lost somewhere between Nashville and Port Moresby, so please pray he gets it before he has to fly out to Mt. Hagen. He has the clothes on his back and the Sperry's on his feet - not much good for hiking! He's also going to have to figure out how to get to Mt. Hagen and the only pidgeon he knows is Bible verses.
Soon, the flying will be over (kind of) and the missionary work will begin!
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Delay in Brisbane
We finally made it to our last change over... only to find out the plane has "mechanical problems". Please pray that it will be resolved ASAP. We were supposed to leave at noon local time and we are approaching 3 now because of the issues. If it is unable to be corrected, we are going to have to take the flight incoming from PNG which doesn't arrive until 6. Please, pray that we will be able to depart soon so we can get settled down in Morseby. Thank y'all!
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