The Journey January 2019

The journey January 2019
“The heart of a man plans his way,
but the LORD establishes his steps.”
~ Proverbs 16:9

Praise God for: Happy New Year! It is hard to believe it is now 2019! The last several months have
 Leading us through the been flying by with preparations for getting the center and us ready to go. It has been a
rollercoaster ride, but God has been with us through it all!
ups and downs of the In October, we made a last trip to Madang. It was so good for our family to have a
past year break from responsibility. More importantly, we also had opportunity for good closure
 Faith’s overall good with the people and places of Madang. That was not possible last March when we left
health throughout the on such short notice. We then returned to Wewak, and had a new OBS workshop
pregnancy taking place for the remainder of the month.
 Providing Eva to help Brad spent much of the last few months working on a list of maintenance projects for
take over the Wewak the center. This included remodeling some flats, replacing gutters and fascia, and
center manager replacing rotted and termite infested bearers. Faith has been busy with the OBS
responsibilities workshop, preparing the office and supplies for a new manager, starting to sort and
Pray for: pack belongings, and taking care of the kids.
 The search for an At the end of November, Eva, who will be the next Center Manager, started training
assistant manager with us. Much of the first few weeks was spent shadowing what we did. After
 A good finish to our Christmas, she started to take over some of the on-call responsibilities. This weekend
final days in PNG she will take the full reins, while we are still readily available to answer questions and
 The details as we return continue to wrap up loose ends. Eva shows a lot of potential, and we have (again!) the
(housing, job, vehicles) challenge and honor to train in a local PNG person to take over as Centre Manager.
 Eva, as she takes on the Since this role is a two-person job, a hiring process for an assistant manager is also
manager role underway to share the responsibilities with Eva.

On January 21, we will board a plane to move back to the US and meet Baby #3,
due March 31. We will remain members of Wycliffe during our transition, until
officially resigning at the end of April. Initially, we will live around the
Rochester, MN area and are currently looking for a home to rent. We are praying
for God’s direction regarding Brad’s work, and will then move to where that
takes us, likely in MN or SD.

As this new year begins, we find ourselves looking back at a year full of many
unexpected turns. We are honored to be part of the work in the Sepik region for
this time, and know that God will make a way for the work to continue. And
while many unknowns lie ahead for our family, we trust Him to lead us in this
next leg of the journey!

Our white Christmas in PNG! Yours in Christ, More Pictures on next page!
Brad and Faith

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We got to visit our village family
in Madang one more time!

Sadie helping to paint in one of the Faith at the office window helping
refinished rooms. She loves helping some of the OBS participants
during a morning break.
her dad with everything he does!

Sadie’s first kids’ program which closed the Sunday A full load of OBS participants we took into town.
School for “summer” break.

Sadie enjoys helping fix termite damage

Staff Christmas lunch at a restaurant. L to R: Brad, Jerry (groundskeeper), Julie (full time housekeeper),
Faith, Betty (part time housekeeper), Eva (incoming Manager)