The Chapman's in PNG

After 3 months of 90+ hours per week of design and planning,  Mike put the finishing touches on the Hydro Electricl Rebuild Project booklet tonight!!!  Celebration is on – pizza and a movie.

Now the project booklet  goes for approval and funding.  This project will be an exciting challenge to work and see through to completion.  Mike has had our son, Joseph Chapman, Bill Wright, and Canadian Hydro Components as consultants throughout the design.  He has put together 11 sections starting at the headwaters going to the hydro plant, timelines, cost estimates, drawings, etc.

THANK YOU, Hospital Administration Team.  Maintenance is excited to have the arrival of the new backhoe.  It will help make the projects run smoother.

We walked to Tumba Church on Sunday.  The walk was 45 minutes.  We were meet by John Sepe and his family halfway there.  What a beautiful walk and time of fellowship with our PNG Family.  Along the way we see people and always say hi and visit.  Great exercise.

Congrats to Mike and Laura on their coming mission trip to Africa.

You will have a wonderful time working with the people and building relationships.  May God give you the desires of your heart.

Alan and Linsey volunteers here for 2 months.

What a wonderful day serving the Lord!!!

Mike preached and God spoke through him.  We serve such an amazing God.  We are blessed to be serving the people of Papua New Guinea.

Everyday we see God working in his people.

John has devotions with his family every night and plays the guitar.  He said that there were 15 members that participate in the devotions each evening.  This is so exciting to see a change in their lives.

The School Year 2008-2009 was a year of lots of accoomplishments.  We had 8 students at the close of in May.  Ethan was with his family for a seven month furlough.  Lydia was with her family for 1st semester.  Allison and Emma were in school all year.

We had four Swiss Mission children – Remo, Elena, Lorena and Jerome.  Janet drove the Swiss Mission children to school each day then helped with teaching.

Avi Garden Tour

Ethan and LydiaPaint for the face.

Elena and Allison studing the orchids.

Emma drawing her orchid.

June 10, 2009 was the first time that Kudjip has had a visit from an American Ambassador. Leslie V. Rowe is the U.S. Amassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.  Ambassador Rowe took a tour of the mission station and hospital with Dr. Susan Myers, Michael Chapman, and Scot Riggins.  A reception and town meeting was held for all the Americans in the area.

Mike and Diane with AmbassadorRowe. She will be leaving Pupua New Guinea for Washington DC in September.  All ambassadors change location every three years.

Reception - New Hospital Peds Ward

Ambassador and Dr. Susan

Amassador Rowe visiting a ward.

Scot, Ambassador Rowe, Dr. Susan, Jessica, Aden, Mike, and Coleen

Town Meeting - Ambassador Rowe

Reception and Town Meeting

Dr. Jim, Scot and Ambassador Rowe

Ambassador Rowe and missionaries

Diane, Ambassador Rowe, and Michael

Playing games and having fun as a family is very impotant to help build good healthy realtionships. Mike and I like to help encourage the familes that we work with everyday to take time to have fun and play together. What better way to start than on the job!!!

Wheel Barrow Races – a first for most.

Not sure about this!!!

Paul and pikinni

Hold ON!!!

Relays

Come on Dad lets go!

Get Ready to goPastor Frank and pikinini on the way!Shall we dance?Kumi and Little John on the run!John Kua and pikinni

All the men brought their pikinni to work. Everyone had a great time.

Mike, work men and pikinni

Devotions

family time

Here are some updated pictures of the volunteer house.  As you can see progress has been made since the foundation was poured in May 2008.  Thank you to all the Work and Witness Teams who have made it possible.  Mike is putting a budget together to see what it will take to finish the house, so that it can be put to use.

The hospital is coming along well.  Pushing to get cabinets done in OPD, punch list items, landscaping, electrical, autoclaves for a few.

front right corner looking left

side view water tank, storage room, left side of house from the front

Looking from parking lot to Out Patient Department on left and Pharmacy on right

Front gate entering the hospital.

The people of Papua New Guinea are friendly and always have a greeting or smile for you.

Market in Mt. Hagen

Mama and baby

Family out walking the pigs.

Papa Gola's family

Leslie and Keving Kerrigan with Sunday School Children

Kid with shooter

WOW!  It was been 2 months since I have been able to make a post.  The internet has not been working.  Hopefully, that is changing.

School is going well.  The Swiss German children are speaking more English and getting into the school routine.  Janet and I are very busy with all the subjects that we are teaching.  Everything is hands on, no videos.

The hospital is progresssing well.  Three wards are painted.  Electrical and plumbing lines are going in the ground.  Mike will start the sewer this week.