Eyes open

Miss Jane Jonina Hurst

We welcomed Jane into the world at 03:36 am December 2. She weighed 7 lb 14 oz. After a couple of hours in the NICU for observation, she was released back to us on the regular maternity unit. The birth was attended by her proud daddy and her Grandma Krause, who got a new grand-daughter on her birthday! We are all at home and doing well.

I dress myself

at least it wasn't daddy

Bundled Up

fascinating

nothing like watching a millepede wiggle across the grass

I'm two!

6 months

Gamma and Gampa!

Grandpa and Grandma are visiting from Abbotsford, Canada for three
weeks!!!

Potty training part 1

The most important part of learning to use the toilet is relaxing with
a some good reading and your favorite hat.

Happy Late Canada Day

We celebrated Canada Day with our Aussie and American friends with
traditional Canadian food!

Mosquitoes Keep Out!

This is my mosquito net that I sleep in, it keeps me safe from getting
bit from mosquitoes that carry malaria.

Mosquitoes keep out!

This is my mosquito net that I sleep in, it keeps me safe from getting
bit from mosquitoes that carry malaria.

Potty training part 1

The most important part of learning to use the toilet is relaxing with
a some good reading and your favorite hat.

Gamma and Gampa!

Grandma and Grandpa are visiting from Abbotsford, Canada.

Happy late Canada Day

We celebrated Canada Day with our Aussie and American friends with
traditional Canadian food!

Five years...

My dog Mac

Mac is the puppy that lives on our centre, he is very gentle with me
and I love it when he is off his leash and runs around like crazy, I
squeal with excitement (and I have a great vocabulary). Mac likes to
eat the rocks that I feed him. I tell him to "tit" but he doesn't
listen very well.

Chocolate

Where does your chocolate come from? Ada and I picked this cocoa pod
from our garden. The seeds have a tasty covering (Ada was a little
unsure). We are drying the seeds and we'll let you know how they taste.

Happy Mother's Day

Daddy and I took Mummy out for breakfast for Mother's Day to the Madang Lodge, after eggs, bacon, toast, pancakes, passionfruit juice and coffee we went for a swim in a beautiful pool right next to the ocean.Mama bilong mi em i nambawan! (my mummy is number one)

water

Running water!
We catch rain water from our roof in this large water tank. We use it
for bathing, drinking, washing and whatever else you use water for.
Last week I had to fix the small water tank on top of the roof that
gives us our water pressure, so we were out of running water for about
3 days. You don't realize how much you take running water for granted
until it is not there. A lot of my neighbors don't have this luxury...

playing in puddles

 

washing dishes

Part of my daily routine, my apron is from Oaxaca, Mexico, but it
still works in Madang, PNG.

Our little village

This is an aerial view of our centre. The big building on the left is
the dorms for the students. The other big building in the centre is
the dining room, kitchen and meeting house. Our house is on the far
right, black with white windows. There is a small clinic, an office
and five other houses or flats for staff. As you can see we are right
on top of a hill and have an excellent view of the ocean and the town
of Madang.

Bilum

In Papua New Guinea babies take their naps in bilums (string bag).
Ada quickly adjusted to this new way of napping when the nursery
ladies introduced her to it, although her parents can't figure out how
to get her in to the bilum!!!

Lots of Squash

Lots of Squash! We visited the village where we stayed for five weeks
during our training in 2005 and we blessed a some food! Squash,
watermelon, papaya, taro, corn... more than we could eat.

Black House - 2nd try

Second try.

Our House

This is our new house (affectionately called the Black House), and we live in the top story.  It has a tin roof and the siding is made of limbun, a type of palm.  The tank on top of the house is one of our water tanks, where rain water is collected to supply water to the house. 

We would like to try to send a weekly glimpse into our lives here in PNG.   These will also be posted on our Blog.  If you would rather not receive these weekly updates, please let us know via email.

 

Box 872

Madang 511

Papua New Guinea

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