Mount Hagen

Hello again everyone. Things are crazy here. We are saying goodbye to 2 of our team members that are heading back to Australia. They have come down with Malaria and Typhoid and while they did receive medication here they are requesting to go back for more treatments. They are leaving on a flight this afternoon to get back to Port Moresby and then tomorrow morning heading back to Brisbane. Pray for continued healing for them and that the rest of the group stays healthy.
Our team just seems to be splitting up all of the time. We now will have 7 of us in PNG, 2 in Brisbane and 5 in Palm Island Australia. We are trying to look at the positive side of it all as we can minister to more people this way, but it is tough not all being together.
The YWAM base here in Mount Hagen is beautiful. It is on the side of a mountain and overlooks a valley. We are getting lots of excercise as we have a 20 minute hike down and up the mountain everytime we leave the base. We ussually do it 2 times a day. Yesterday we walked for 1.5 hours to go to a ministry but no one else was there so we turned around and headed back. Luckily for Liz and I the base director drove by and picked us up. That is all part of life in PNG. There motto is to expect the unexpected. We are even getting used to "island time" with things never starting when they are supposed to, sometimes it is 1-1.5 hours later. Oh well it all adds to the adventure.
I don't remember what all I said in the last email, but we are in Mount Hagen until July 9 then heading back to Brisbane on July 11th. Graduation is July 18th and then I will be doing some traveling and saying goodbye before my scheduled date to return home on August 25th. That is only 2 months from today. Time seems to be picking up steam. I will be back before you know it!
I hope you are all doing well. I will update you again when I can!
Tami