After we arrived in Moka, we got to work unpacking quickly because everything was somewhat wet (due to the rain.) As we were unpacking we noticed that Jersey was in a “hunting” mode, she had found a rats nest! She chased the first rat into a corner where Caleb speared it with one of our PNG hunting spears. Let me tell you that thing was as big as a guinea pig. As we cleaned up that mess Caleb said, “Well I hope that was the only one,” as he says that she comes running out of the bathroom in pursuit of another one, this time it was a mama rat since she dropped her baby on the floor as she was being chased by Jersey. Jersey killed that one all on her own. No need to worry about rabies for it is not in the country. We threw all three rats outside in the rain, cleaned up everything and continued on unpacking. We have never had rats in this house before and we can’t find where they are coming from! The next morning all three rat bodies were gone meaning a village dog came and ate them.

Apparently there were 4 snake bites in the 6 weeks while we were gone, but praise be to God no one died! One of my biggest prayers is for Gods hand to be upon these people and save them! I truly believe the devil is at work. We carry the light into this darkness. I feel like when we leave the light goes with us and Satan and his demons are at work, for they too fear the light. He does not want these people to hear Gods word.

June 22-29

We are into a routine again, The kids are finishing up grade 5 and 7 now.

We have found some areas of our house that have termites. It’s not uncommon in this area, we are just concerned by all the hard work Caleb has done here that it will fall apart. We are looking into how to help this situation. Thanks to my parents who were able to get us termite stakes and my in-laws who got us the termite spray. I think were good to go!

We have visited two families these past two weeks on Wednesday nights. We go and share a meal with a family and then Caleb reads to them something that he is working on in translation. It always seems to go over well. We were at Mira’s house this Wednesday and I said to Caleb on our way back that I felt like it was sitting in a friends house. We so enjoyed being with them. They had fresh prawns cooked that Caleb and Bella shared. Elijah is allergic and I don’t do well with them. Mira is always willing to hear the word but still chooses his animistic view. Continue to pray for him and his family. Mira(dad) Morie (1st wife) Molly, Linda, Elizabeth (all of her children). Lokwa ( 2nd wife) Ally, Boi, and Grace( her children)

While we were there our one chickens “Goldie” went missing. So the next morning the kids and I went on the hunt for her in the village, after about a half hour of searching a kid found her with a bunch of other chickens in a tree. He scared them down and they went flapping away. It then took about 20 kids to chase her down! My thought the whole time was, “well this is great we found her to only have a kid diving on top of her and kill her.” She came out ok but screeching from fright! Oh good times.