Posts from ‘June, 2008’

 
Dr. Todd Winters and team found themselves saying good bye to all the friends made during their two week stay in Kudjip, WHP Papua New Guinea. The team volunteered and visited with many people in the hospital, on the station, and off the station. The team worked on the Volunteer House completing the [...]

 
The Medford team is busy with several different projects. The ladies are rotating four a day to paint one of the doctor’s flats. They are using an oil base paint called mission white. It sure helps brighten up the rooms. Marilyn has sewn table clothes for the dining talbes and is sewing [...]

 
Medford’s Team luggage arrived Wednesday morning in Mt. Hagen. Todd, Ruben, Jeff, Sam, and Ryan head to town to pick up the 34 pieces of luggage that got left in Sydney as they traveled. Everyone was happy to see an extra pair of pants and shoes arrive. They did fare well with [...]

 
Medford team arrives today – only thing is there is no LUGGAGE!!! Mike was in town purchasing supplies when Todd Winters – we are in Port Morseby, we will be on the 4:30 PM flight into Mt. Hagen but we have no luggage. At this point and time we still don’t know where [...]

 
Dr. John, Carol, and Ryan Brothwell stay another week. Dr. John is a surgeon, who helps with all the surgeries in the hospital. Carol and Ryan are going to continue working on projects for the Volunteer House. Sunday night, we found ourselves playing a fast game of Sequence. It was a [...]

 
Brothwell Team completes the framing and roofing of the main roof. The porch roof needs copper (tin). What a team! They worked extremely hard the entire 7 days that they were on the Volunteer House site. We found everyone working and having fun. They were challenging each other to be the [...]

 
Sunday afternoon, Mike and I left the station with Sailas, Baru, and the Brothwell Team for Avi Orchid Garden and mumu. Baru drove his coaster (25 passenger bus) with 20 of us as passengers. Mike and Sailas drove the land cruiser with the rest of the team. On the way Baru [...]

 
Sunday morning found the Brothwell Work and Witness Team walking to bush churches in groups of 5. They experienced walking through the river, going up the mountain and through the valley, meeting new friends along the way, singing and fellowshipping with other believers in Christ. The morning created a lifetime of memories with [...]

 
Cassie Alberson heads home after 3 months in Kudjip helping teach the MK students – math and science.  Cassie was a very good asset to the school.  She made science come alive for the students.  They applied what they learned in the classroom to projects inside and outside the classroom.  Cassie was a pleasure to [...]

 
The Brothwell Team Ladies put on a fantastic afternoon tea for the Mission Station Ladies. Carol Brothwell told us that she had been planning the tea for 2 years. We were served tea, lemonade, and scones. Everyone introduced themselves and visited. Heidi talked about all the different elements of the tea [...]