Day One

Back in Sentani! WOW! What a journey. As we were traveling home I was thinking about how to tell you about all that happened and I have decided that instead of just giving you the Readers Digest version in one or two emails I would take you along and share my days with you. So my next few emails will be about my time in Danama, the people I met, and the experiences I went through. There were so many of you praying for us each day and I want you to see how your prayers were answered.

Of course it started out with a bang - our flight was delayed and several bags never made it to Wamena. We were told they would come in a few hours so we waited before continuing our journey.There was a lot of pouring rain as we drove down the muddy roads toward the village, several times having to get out and push vehicles that got stuck.

Once we got there we unloaded our barang (stuff) and hiked up to the village. It was still pouring rain but we were full of excitement and anticipation. We were greeted warmly and taught a worship song in the Walok language. The kids loved having us pick them up and we spent the rest of the day hanging out with them.