Our Interior House and Life Around It

Several pictures of what our day is like around the house perimeter and current projects on the house.

Working on the addition of a screened in front porch.

In the afternoons many come, even from other villages, to use my generator and tools to sharpen their knives and machetes.

Always an audience as I work.

It takes approximately 15-25 minutes to plane a rough-cut board from the jungle.

Finishing up the floor

Our solar panels are installed. We have power!

Marianne in the house hanging her art work.

Lane enjoying a walk in the village to get some fuel for the generator.

Lane helping David install our solar power.

Looks like the Korowai are ready for war when they come to sharpen their machetes.

I always have an audience! They love to watch.

Marianne in front of our village house.

Lane holding his pet Kookaburra.

Village fun in the evenings. Here is a village guy trying to shoot the target.

I missed the target.

They did not miss the target.

Adding a roof on the back so Trish can let clothes dry during the rainy season.

We always have a crowd at our house. 

Lane and Noah have their own projects!

Marianne learning how to bake in the jungle.

We always have people at the house...awesome!

Trish checking Lane's school work.

We always have people on our steps!

In the evenings we are entertained by the people.

Preaching At A Near By Village (Afi-Mabul)

Ariel shot in the Heli of random tree houses in the lowland swamps of the Korowai. We are on our way to a southern Korowai village (Afi-Mabul) to preach and check on the sick.

The Becking River running through the Korowai region.

Landing in Afi-Mabul. This village was formed several years ago and just recently had a village war due to several clans fighting over a woman who had been promised in marriage. 

Every tree, stump, and rock is cleared by hand.

HeliVida shuttling us to Afi-Mabul. 

15 minutes by Heli south of our village, or a 8-10 hour hike through some of the roughest terrain in the south.

Salomo and Barnabas taking their first heli ride to help preach. They were speechless as they rode above their jungle paradise.

Gathering everyone for a service. Kevin Cooney (from To Every Tribe) in front of the church structure with Trevor.  Kevin and his wife, Sarah visited us in Danowage for a week. They are currently in Salatiga learning the language.

Dakinus (a Dani Evangelist) and I in the church structure before the service. Dakinus and his family live in Afi-Mabul serving through GIDI.

Trevor and Kyle with Pamiles (a Dani Evangelist).

Singing before the Bible Lesson

Salomo telling the story of Abraham. Salomo continually desires to learn the Bible and we can see the Holy Spirit working in his life.

Salomo and I telling the story of Daniel, while Trevor checked the sick outside. I spoke in the Papuan dialect of Indonesia, and Salomo spoke in southern Korowai.