Neil Arrives in Port Moresby

After a long weekend of waiting for news, an email came through this AM that Neil has safely arrived in Port Morseby (aka "POM") to meet Jerry Jacob, the Oceania director and our news boss. Jerry is a wonderful guy who works in Fiji with his wife Karen and has spent many years on the mission field in settings similar to ours.

Neil's arrival occasions a further prayer request for a misplaced valuable that would be the cause of some significant logistical concerns. (How's that for oblique wording?) He was trying to see if he could recover the item and so had little time to write and update on the rest of his time with the Mesem.

Now that Neil and Jerry and in POM, they will be meeting with church leadership on the national level and then fly to Morobe Province to do the same. Phil and Kim Rojak, who have long served in Melanesia but will be serving their first term in PNG, will be heading out in May, Lord willing, and Jerry will be looking at the ministry opportunities and well and the settings in which our two families will be working. Phil is a nurse by profession and Kim is gifted in compassion ministries and their experience and expertise will be a great blessing.

I anticipate hearing more from Neil today and will be able to report on the rest of the time with the Mesem and how God has answered in recovering the item we are praying about.