hike on yasur

That's Caleb and Hannah up there. We discovered that you really need shoes and socks to hike this. There are long slivers of silicon (well, glass, really) all over the leeward side of the ridge.

Kite flying on Mt Yasur ashplane

Good day for kites.

Mud

"Kenny, did you go off-roading?"
"No, honestly. I only went to town."
"Kenny, go out there and look at your truck and then look me in the face and tell me you didn't go off-roading!"
"Seriously, I only went to town!

Jumping for Joy

They wanted to PROVE they could hover in mid air. This picture proves it.

Village check of the Thessalonians

I checked 1 and 2 Thessalonians today with two savvy men who live in Vila. Even though they are both readers, and both worked for the government for 30 years before retiring, they found checking the scripture to be unfamiliar territory, and were hesitant. However, after a few chapters, they got the hang of it. By the end, I didn't even need to ask comprehension questions-- I just read a verse, and they'd tell me what it means. I was pleased that the bit about the "hidden power of sinfulness" wasn't totally confusing to them. However, "Big House of God" just doesn't seem to work as an equivalent for "temple."

You can see a little video of our village check by clicking here.

Kate can ride a bike

Kate can ride a bike now-- right before her fifth birthday. The video is on our youtube channel.

Rascals

We awoke last night to a man in our bedroom, stealing our laptops. We screamed, he ran and went through the kitchen window. He got two laptops that are oldish and don't have much info. Thankfully, he didn't get a chance to get our good laptops with all our work on them. We didn't get a picture of him to post on the blog, but here's a picture of our new center manager Robert Harmon installing new security bars.