Hey just so everyone knows (not that you didn't figure it out on your own), i'm not using livejournal anymore. I haven't even looked at my page since i got facebook --lol! I'd love to keep up with everyone but i'll be using facebook.

 
I just got back from a youth retreat called Encounter. Encounter happens every year here for all the high school kids. Normally it’s near the coast in Madang, but this time it was moved back to a camp called Interface. Many of the teens were upset at first because there is no beach, no air-conditioning, and you have to take bucket showers. It was ( Read more... )

Hey Guys! Sorry that it has taking me so long to write something. I'm going to try to be a little better about updating my journal.
School started two weeks ago--yuck-- but I'm surviving. Its weird that I'm a senior now. I remember looking at those in high school when I was little and thinking that they had it all. Well I'm here now and lets just ( Read more... )

I recently got back from a hike called the three-day hike, The goal of this hike is to give you a taste of what the work of a translation survey team is like and prepare you for village living. I went with a group separate from my parents. They went on a shorter hike later in the week. My group was made up of six people: two national guides - Kui ( Read more... )

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Hey everyone,
I will write more later but don't have time right now. I'm leaving 4 o'clock Thursday morning. I will miss you guys. BYE!! *Rachel*
P.S.-- Please keep us in your prayers!

Wow! It’s only a month before I leave for PNG. I'm pretty excited but every now and then I get a sick feeling in my stomach. I'm nervous!! What will it be like?! There is so much to get done and so little time! Everyone please pray for my mom because she is having to make a lot of decisions right now and is really stressed. Dad and David are not ( Read more... )

" As the Communist atheists allowed no place for Jesus in their hearts, I decided I would leave not the smallest place for Satan in mine ( Read more... )

Change is very hard. Sometimes it seems that it happens all at once. One of my closest friends (my brother) just headed off to college, while my parents and I are training to go half way around the world. I’ve left all my friends at home and everything that has felt comfortable and normal. I’ve realized that my life will never be the same again. It ( Read more... )