It’s been a busy week around here. I have lots of pictures to share, but I thought it would be good to first show a glimpse of what Sundays can look like for us.This past Sunday, we attended church at Ufeto, which is on the other side of Goroka, where four different churches joined together … More Photo Friday
The kids planted some herbs for our kitchen this week. Boy, have we missed basil and cilantro, but hopefully in a few weeks we’ll have some right outside our front door. Some friends gave us some fresh corn. Here’s Jeremy cooking it over the fire. Olivia enjoyed the corn her daddy cooked. The sunset on … More Photo Friday
“Are the stories still here?” That was the question a young man posed to Jeremy on the afternoon of our last day in the bush. His name is Lyle, and he had been trying to get to the village where Jeremy was teaching, but the road is long, and he was unable to make it … More "Are the Stories Still Here?"
Since our last update, we have been busy settling back into our house just outside the mountain town of Goroka, located in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Villages surround us on all sides, and our neighbors are Papua New Guineans. Sogomi is the name of the group of villages where we live. … More Life in Sogomi
After eight weeks of PNG culture and language instruction in a classroom, our family spent four weeks as the only waitskins (“white people”) in a very remote jungle village. We lived in a bush house, cooked over a fire, bathed and washed clothes in a creek, and learned about life in the deep bush of … More Village Living
We were awakened this morning by a slow, steady drumbeat, a signal from one village to the next. A villager had died. This is the way of telling, and of mourning. Our language school sits on top of a mountain and is nestled among several villages. Some of these villages have a large wooden drum, … More On Learning a New Culture…
Well, Sanders Party of Five has been in Papua New Guinea for a month already and life is going quite well for us so far. We’ve spent the past month getting settled into our new home, learning the lay of the land, meeting lots of new people, and figuring out how to live in this … More First Update From PNG
“One does not surrender his life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime” -Jim Elliott Some things can’t truly be understood until they’ve been lived. We’ve all heard tales of people leaving everything they know and love, about the joy that comes as fetters are loosened and they … More Limping On Our Way
We received our Papua New Guinea visas this week! We also received word that our crates have made it all the way to the port in PNG and will be ready to be moved to Goroka once they clear customs. To celebrate all this exciting news we’ve decided to share some very special items with you … More Exciting News for the Sanders Family!
They are born and grow up.They go to school and get jobs.They get married and have children.They grow old and die. Without Christ. This is the case for thousands of people in hundreds of villages dotting the landscape of Papua New Guinea. Oh, they have gods.Many, many gods.Gods that become angry and do terrible things. … More Gladly Would I Leave Behind Me…
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