OE Pictures Day 8 Our Hike into Minei

Hey you guys. I feel like my mind is swimming with all these facts and statistics about Corona. I don't know about you, but I take breaks from the news and make sure I have regular times of praise instead.It really helps to reset my brain. God is a God that can be trusted and we are constantly taking the world issues to Him as a family. He is the only One with answers.

If you are interested in giving your mind something else to think about, I have some more pictures from my time on OE.

Day 8- We got up early to start our hike into Minei. The first picture shows where we were starting from and the second picture with the arrow shows you where we were going to.

So check out some of these mountains we had to climb up and down. Haha.

We stopped at a village along the way called Hambuka to rest. Hambuka was only a 2 1/2 hr hike.

Then we continued on. It was about 11 am when we left Hambuka. We hiked through some dense jungles, and across 6 rivers before we finally got there. It took us 7 1/2 hours.

It was an amazing journey, one of the hardest things I ever did for sure, but so worthwhile. We had some extraordinary connections with the villagers. I will tell you more about that tomorrow.

Thanks for praying for safety. There were some places that were very sketchy and dangerous. 

Love you

Rachel

OE pictures Day 6 & 7

Hey guys. If you are tired of reading about the coronavirus, read this instead. Ha ha. I want to tell you more about my wonderful OE experience. Day 6- we helped set up an aquaponics system for the greenhouse, worked some more on the chicken coop, and dug a ditch. The kids worked hard and had great attitudes, so we got a lot done.



















On Day 7, Sunday, we hiked to a village about 30 minutes away called Waseltek and went to church. I love being a part of the worship. There was big smiles and lots of beautiful people in the room. I could feel the love. What a great opportunity.























Sunday is also community day so we did a lot of fun activities with the kids out on the airstrip.















Thanks for caring enough to look at alllllllll these pictures, and for praying while we were gone. We sure do appreciate you.

Rachel

OE Days 4 and 5

Here are some more pictures from OE. This is Day 4. We did some work on the airstrip digging a ditch on the side for the water to run off and filling in ruts that were deep from airplane landings and rain.











We started taking apart a broken down building, carefully saving all of the boards to use when they rebuild.




We always make time to play with the kids.




In the afternoon we began work on the greenhouse and building a chicken coop.






Two times a day the clouds would roll through the valley. It was simply amazing to watch.

Every evening we gathered for songs, teaching and fun.





Day 5- Market Day







This is one of my favorite pictures of Kosarek



We learned how to plane boards



We worked some more on the building that was falling apart