We are finally settling in to Ukarumpa, after a short trip to Port Moresby, the capital of PNG, to get documents notarized for the sale of our home in New Hampshire. Thank you to all those who were praying and helping us with this process! We moved into temporary housing for 10 days, until we could occupy our new rental home from the missionary family going back to the U.S. on furlough. Now, we are learning to function and find our way around Ukarumpa. This 100 acre translation center was established in the 1950’s under SIL, the Summer Institute of Linguistics, to study the hundreds of native languages in the Pacific, begin literacy programs, and translate the Bible. Accessible by some roads but primarily by air, translators come and go to the language groups they are partnering with, as support workers here maintain schools for their children, a health clinic, store, aviation & housing facilities and security for the center. We are excited that by serving in our support roles as security operations manager and high school science teacher, translators will be able to spend more years in the field, bringing God’s Word to Papua New Guineans eagerly awaiting it!.
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