This post has VERY old news, but I still wanted to include it on my blog. At the end of March we had Pastor Ryan DeJonge visit us from Canada. He had been called by the church of Armadale in WA to become a missionary for Lae, so to find out what this would mean for him and his family, he came to visit for a week. It was really exciting to think that we were hosting a minister who could possibly become a colleague in the future. Ryan spent most of his time with Ian discussing what being a missionary in Lae involves and he met with many of the Candidate Pastors, with the Lae Church Committee and with lots of the church members. It was fun having Ryan here and talking to him about what life in Lae is like. A few weeks after the visit we received the FABULOUS news that Ryan and his family are coming to Lae. God is good! They have started their visa process and we pray they will be able to come in November. My visa process took six months, so we will see how this one goes. PNG does look more favourably on Canadians than Australians, so that's a positive!
The kids and I worked on creating a banner to welcome Ryan - it was a team effort, that's for sure
Didn't they do an incredible job!
We had a bungkai for Ryan (of course). I took this photo because I had been in Lae weeks but this stage and until then Francine had been scared of me because I'm white and she didn't know me. This was the first time she came near me and she climbed right on my lap!
Caleb and Lou loving the ice cream!
Chris, Nicole and I took Ryan out on Saturday morning - to the market, out for coffee (at a little cafe in the kitchenware store) and then to the Lae war cemetery - which has the most beautiful gardens in the whole city
Walking around the memorial plaques
Reverend Ryan DeJonge, his wife Ruth and their four children - our new colleague
(they're also expecting a baby in August)
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