Hard to believe we've been in Kompiam for about a month now. It's a magnificent place to say the least. At an altitude of around 1600m, but only 5deg off the equator the climate is almost perfect t-shirt weather everyday. It's the wet season at the moment and generally sunny in the morning and buckets down in the afternoon with anything from 25-75mm most days. Often we wake to find ourselves up in the clouds. At night the sky is pitch black and the only sound is the continual roar of the Sau River in the valley below.
Been a busy time settling in and trying to get on top of things. Getting the highschool going and keeping up with the food has been a full time job for Wendy. The girls are making friends and settling well and happy to have their own little puppy called Sandy. School work is keeping them very busy, but they enjoy trips to the river for a swim, learning new sports and games, and are also going to start up a youth group with some of the other hospital kids up here. Russell has been kept busy with lots of different projects from IT, to sourcing new project funding, helping out on the new houses, and traveling to Mt Hagen for supplies. He had the chance to fly out to one of our remote aid posts at a place called Mangao and amazing experience flying out through the mountains and visiting this remote village (not to mention landing on a 420m airstrip on the side of a mountain).
Everyday is little different, with new challenges and new opportunities.
Been a busy time settling in and trying to get on top of things. Getting the highschool going and keeping up with the food has been a full time job for Wendy. The girls are making friends and settling well and happy to have their own little puppy called Sandy. School work is keeping them very busy, but they enjoy trips to the river for a swim, learning new sports and games, and are also going to start up a youth group with some of the other hospital kids up here. Russell has been kept busy with lots of different projects from IT, to sourcing new project funding, helping out on the new houses, and traveling to Mt Hagen for supplies. He had the chance to fly out to one of our remote aid posts at a place called Mangao and amazing experience flying out through the mountains and visiting this remote village (not to mention landing on a 420m airstrip on the side of a mountain).
Everyday is little different, with new challenges and new opportunities.
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| Installing solar hot water on the new house |
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| The river crossing before Kompiam |
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| Looking down the valley |
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| Ready for School |
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| The swimming hole |
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| Our new puppy Sandy |
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| Wet Season |
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| Yowali Manda |
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| Swimming at the river crossing |
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| View from the airstrip |
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| Sunrise |
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| Taking Off from Kompiam |
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| New life at the hospital |
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| Flying to Mangao aid post |
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| Mangao air strip, 420m on the side of a mountain |
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| Kids at Mangao |
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| Mangao |
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| Mangao airstrip |
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| Flying back into Kompiam |
Love the beautiful photos!! Everything is so mountainous, lush and green up there. What a contrast to "Pancake" Perth! :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that your settling in.
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Jerome, Josie and the Birches
I am indeed lost for words, when I see the pictures. Thank you for having a Heart for PNG. May God continue to keep you all safe and and meet all your needs. May the Lord make all your daily task successful.
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