This legs end...

This is Ruth, Paul's sister, just sitting down here to write a quick note to let you all know that the Hursts have left PNG. They flew out of Ukarumpa on the 21st and will be on a plane to Thailand on the 22nd. Were they will reconnect, relax and debrief for about 10 days. They will be arriving "home" on the 5th of August and I personally can not wait to hug them at the airport - Yehaw!!!! Please pray for safety in the next 2 weeks of travel and for rest as they take time to just be before they "hit the ground running" in reentering Canadian life.

Praise God!!!

I returned from Lae in good spirits and more energy than when I left. When I arrived in Lae I had a pounding headache, likewise on Wednesday but the rest of the time I was almost headache free. I was able to attend a number of sessions at the community development expo, but I usually took a long nap time between 12 and 3pm (kinda like a Mexican siesta). On Friday I even drove most of the 3hr drive home, which is always an adventure with potholes, one lane bridges and passing slower trucks. So was it the malaria treatment, a diet (taking out sugar, yeast and flour), the church elders coming by the Sunday before or your prayers or a combination? Whatever God used we thank him that this has passed and I am improving!


Thankfully we didn't have to travel in the back of a PMV like this.

On the Road Again

At 1:00 this afternoon, July 2nd, Paul left to go to a Community Development expo in Lae and will be gone until Friday. He has been slowly but steadily improving over the past few days and we are hoping that he'll continue to get better while he's enjoying the heat in the lowlands. Thanks to all of you who have been praying for Paul's health.