Date: 7/31/04
Location: Ukarumpa, East Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
This morning, I woke up early so I could work on my ten minute module and finish it in time to go to the horse paddocks. I spent two hours helping scoop manure into bags for it to be sold to nationals as fertilizer. I got to meet a few more people, including Firewood's owner, who gave me permission to ride him on Tuesday 
. He gets one school of feed from the barrel on the right, and half a scoop from the barrel on the left. His saddle is upstairs (the pad has Elain Bogart's name on it), and his bridle is with his purple halter and lead rope. (I'm writing all this so I remember on Tuesday!)
Around noon, everyone met at Josiah and Johanna's place for lunch and to discuss our Sunday evening service. I also got to see for the first time the house (Finn house) where they're staying. They have a sauna! We ate Twisties which turn blue in your mouth! Jim and Ginny came over around 2pm to hear all of our ten minute modules. We wen't home around 4pm, and around 6pm, us girls headed to the Tomlinsons' and knocked on the dor to see if we could check email. Jim kindly gave up the computer to us, which he'd been using to read the news. Later, Ginny, Mike, and Tyson also showed up, and Ginny and Jim made waffles for us. We stayed and talked until 10:30 about all kinds of things, including apologetic methods, the validity of the Bible, why Papua New Guineans don't trust each other with money, the development of various nations, the role of the Catholic church, and the role of justice systems.
I am constantly amazed by the extent of Jim and Ginny's hospitality and acts of love towards all of us. Ginny says what will she do when we leave and that she'll go into withdrawal... as a well of telling us she's going to miss us. I am going to miss them, too!
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