tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13451325193355198602024-03-14T16:54:03.645+11:00psalm96three"Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples." This is the goal on this site and in my life.Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.comBlogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-63533894120522994492023-08-29T18:03:00.003+11:002023-08-29T18:03:41.916+11:00Welcome to my blog turned website!<p>Blogs don't seem to be the best way of communicating with people anymore, so I've stopped spending the time to post new content here. However, the tabs are active and updated a few times a year. So please use my blog as a website and read the tabs as current information. Houghton and Gretchen Richards <a href="https://www.facebook.com/houghtongretchen.richards">https://www.facebook.com/houghtongretchen.richards</a> do a great job of posting regular updates on the ministry on their Facebook page so if you like to keep up that way, check them out!</p><p>Grace to you,</p><p>Laura</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjsHqaVH--Unp7z_iLuTnvIKxGzr2g1I1DzDAAAve-vCglwILxrIjgPIQVpHXS9ZBUJGUsF4CSybiu2AKqxx_bXHNElgYeHMVf3gDSYIpvzxsI12lo3Bd8cgByu-5H5rfMS9MO6CJXMtYCQjSQPqPKKJsjBia5SQGEsqKYsmACPWlWvkBlp1eAQWbSvWb/s1600/370412430_10159854167056596_4757838729319535438_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjsHqaVH--Unp7z_iLuTnvIKxGzr2g1I1DzDAAAve-vCglwILxrIjgPIQVpHXS9ZBUJGUsF4CSybiu2AKqxx_bXHNElgYeHMVf3gDSYIpvzxsI12lo3Bd8cgByu-5H5rfMS9MO6CJXMtYCQjSQPqPKKJsjBia5SQGEsqKYsmACPWlWvkBlp1eAQWbSvWb/w640-h480/370412430_10159854167056596_4757838729319535438_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-62048839082178857012020-12-16T17:14:00.004+11:002020-12-16T17:14:42.719+11:00Jesiah soccer<p> This year Houghton started training the youth guys in soccer skills, and Jesiah got to play on one of the island league teams. He was the youngest player on the team, with most players in their 20s, but has done well. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOnsIVWF3vE/X9mjpW87CyI/AAAAAAAAJYE/jb6SocDwiHYBNZx5IqU6TnMEmenjyBn5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200914_122345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOnsIVWF3vE/X9mjpW87CyI/AAAAAAAAJYE/jb6SocDwiHYBNZx5IqU6TnMEmenjyBn5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200914_122345.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Houghton and Yanik. Yanik played and helped coach as well. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WwxzvKxLHzA/X9mjpBUasxI/AAAAAAAAJX8/E5ugnxiQYSgEd_IX-HB70x9y080ZCS6DwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200914_122350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WwxzvKxLHzA/X9mjpBUasxI/AAAAAAAAJX8/E5ugnxiQYSgEd_IX-HB70x9y080ZCS6DwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200914_122350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PmmHRREDiuw/X9mjpUwpSsI/AAAAAAAAJYA/oB0gfrCbA7M-2IHZQKxAI2ZrtTk3b7m4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200914_125257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PmmHRREDiuw/X9mjpUwpSsI/AAAAAAAAJYA/oB0gfrCbA7M-2IHZQKxAI2ZrtTk3b7m4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200914_125257.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz2DwzMK6_tm2nURdasKEGTI3ecV2AdZ3OYIopxOMI5RLyKOpZwrGBX95liPYPRmjP-2JVAYieg24xWoYjfcQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sorry, this is a really annoying work of me spinning back and forth, but Jesiah is in here in the yellow and black #19. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-45651885271619395352020-12-16T17:00:00.004+11:002020-12-16T17:00:41.712+11:00Adult reading competition<p> In January, we had our first adult reading competition. Many adults participated, and did a great job reading out the verses they were given. The winner was a grandma, Rruta, from Faramsu, our sister village, who blew everyone away. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9opBnb_53Os/X9mXup-qasI/AAAAAAAAJXM/Jw-hVCI6ep0WIPTqyWMLXLfHi8Q_4Kx7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200322_153624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9opBnb_53Os/X9mXup-qasI/AAAAAAAAJXM/Jw-hVCI6ep0WIPTqyWMLXLfHi8Q_4Kx7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200322_153624.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jowed was one of our judges but she got a turn reading as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyetkljnF_3_ZrfhXCEv0AF7mrX47ee3oTPtZrOsWmo1zQ0wai9-1kn9bq1bVWzyL15H4oNzqJYgARUEMU1aw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A bit of cuteness, followed by seeing little William here's dad, Temarr, read.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZxzufTb2bs/X9mhrAxD1tI/AAAAAAAAJXs/UwFA8ukClhQhZU_zlrtnHhgBEugqJOxeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200322_160615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZxzufTb2bs/X9mhrAxD1tI/AAAAAAAAJXs/UwFA8ukClhQhZU_zlrtnHhgBEugqJOxeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200322_160615.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Hurried practice with a bit of help from the kids.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h0gAO_Fu9Ew/X9mhrmtpU8I/AAAAAAAAJXw/V46ztuB-WIIG-LK9BgSoRjNfYrkYLqyjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200322_160816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h0gAO_Fu9Ew/X9mhrmtpU8I/AAAAAAAAJXw/V46ztuB-WIIG-LK9BgSoRjNfYrkYLqyjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200322_160816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzkcyiVpwOd5AFznxXl0riNstqmZ3hUcJIE3Gm3BbN55Jwu5C6A06E1jMhDhulDN5CiYqoET7FTuO6pCX414Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rruta came in 1st.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz3PPoJGSU2JsGgz5aM3I0Zb_73wVbkRqLWyO-7wT3QbFzbIGuqHxpD4kYZYFL2Ea_DQt-JmA55dZBeQixjKQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Prizes - all winners got some rice and a few of our publications. <br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T1P-J_pGdlI/X9mgAIMqIjI/AAAAAAAAJXU/X7c3WJTeLTY0Fj62dJx5-jADjr45P5VOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200322_163410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T1P-J_pGdlI/X9mgAIMqIjI/AAAAAAAAJXU/X7c3WJTeLTY0Fj62dJx5-jADjr45P5VOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200322_163410.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rruta got 1st prize. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0g9XkJV3onk/X9mgBTyrubI/AAAAAAAAJXc/3ROktNvJmIgFxWLNpeMnmCKVtwiVQJBfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200322_163505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0g9XkJV3onk/X9mgBTyrubI/AAAAAAAAJXc/3ROktNvJmIgFxWLNpeMnmCKVtwiVQJBfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200322_163505.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Malibu came in 2nd. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yx7aZ5TjPFo/X9mgAWfRpYI/AAAAAAAAJXY/M_kD_kEySMU3-X5wlfrfZEzB-i4dTFYUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200322_163552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yx7aZ5TjPFo/X9mgAWfRpYI/AAAAAAAAJXY/M_kD_kEySMU3-X5wlfrfZEzB-i4dTFYUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200322_163552.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jenita was 3rd.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our translators George and Yanik didn't read in the competition since they get so much practice, but we hope to have another competition that is leveled so they'll be placed in advanced and have a go there. George was a judge and Yanik was the fantastic emcee. I judged and Houghton tallied points for us. We learned from my mistakes last time, and hopefully we just keep getting better at this! Please pray for everyone to be motivated to keep practicing reading, and to dig into God's Word in their own language.<br /></div></div></div></div>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-13223125759601065782020-08-14T12:08:00.000+11:002020-08-14T12:08:00.227+11:00Cyclone Harold<p> In 2015 Cyclone Pam came and wreaked havoc in Ambrym and even more south of us in Vila and Tanna. Since then, we've had nothing quite so major. Cyclone Harold was right up there for Vanuatu though. It was much faster moving (which was good) and started out much smaller when it hit, but it did considerable damage to Santo and northern Malakula islands, as well as the southern part of Pentecost, the island directly north of us. Our teammates, the Ellises, had the roof on their recording studio (for audio Scripture recording) torn off, and there were some other roofs damaged north of us. Fortunately for us, most of our houses were ok, but the gardens took a significant beating. By God's grace the gardens are planted and yielding fruit again.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyrxk6nD9vDRduvogQhaGR_JYT6OhT7h-MlgYBzwryAHMWVfydDoyAMuLZSB8upLDiRitg6EEKdSTYUb3WS2w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy231JV3b6sJ06qz5RGJkjfzUxReBoOnk0MFYbTsM_h7-0W6_ILdW-c9o1mCeggptgWRTVel5CaZNffZzqwtQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy4LlvSG_tpg7jqH7KJ5m2Y1P73pdXChsZXgNRsZEGzJJOg1MRSDFDve1LVlVPsc4Vxy1KeXkLWg2oaFvHmRw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dziNF9Gj0cwTob-Bg89fEHie8IraYtOXmQ173DTU-BpAmYyM2sFZdYDDiTjpS67f6YvhZgzg_Z0Fd76xsYeYg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QYXw6cFxAf4/XzXg4ZDDUqI/AAAAAAAAJPM/fwCP0kx4WM8Ao0NN5Ac4F6SmBB5bmfjHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200407_071019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QYXw6cFxAf4/XzXg4ZDDUqI/AAAAAAAAJPM/fwCP0kx4WM8Ao0NN5Ac4F6SmBB5bmfjHQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/20200407_071019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This path prediction didn't end up coming to pass. The cyclone's eye was actually up north of us in the end. But this does show how huge these storms are.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--1Qb3HX4RIs/XzXg3hIbU6I/AAAAAAAAJPI/5uDm4j2gYW8rg9PMaL8UqcBwK0iu6Ch6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1356/Cyclone%2BHarold%2BMonday%2B10pm%2B4-6-20.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1356" height="309" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--1Qb3HX4RIs/XzXg3hIbU6I/AAAAAAAAJPI/5uDm4j2gYW8rg9PMaL8UqcBwK0iu6Ch6gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h309/Cyclone%2BHarold%2BMonday%2B10pm%2B4-6-20.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-40578297728147074072020-08-14T11:38:00.000+11:002020-08-14T11:38:31.926+11:00Homemade village volcanoes<p> The kids in the village did something this year when the ground was really wet that I've never seen them make before - homemade volcanoes! So fun!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kl3Eyuy5XSc/XzXXgzeVyNI/AAAAAAAAJOE/wj6zjZ314e4GiXFR97JOFLmifLjpidMTACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200317_173238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kl3Eyuy5XSc/XzXXgzeVyNI/AAAAAAAAJOE/wj6zjZ314e4GiXFR97JOFLmifLjpidMTACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200317_173238.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwGXBtN1-tX_TbF74JBjolL96P7vHGeJpb68dM6U2tbrwdDaiNxPeerDCn52KkK7jspykTWMCmmFzNrE-5CdA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxE0aAeCcxg2iFcUMVlFf8ITLSGqVgsYV3X2onBiEokEy_hy9vtuMEcLPYp0EXukizlbjRYvHZjXnaFujc9uQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a bonus video that has nothing to do with volcanoes, but shows the beauty of the fresh water spring down the coast from our house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwy1UuaZI_Zt60Q9e4f1mzfxhwNCGz7fD1LwpoTCMM115SZziBsKy_3z1eM1r3zNQlrhKB497w4JXaggnEW1Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's just a funny picture of Kaiden's friend David wearing sunglasses upside-down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E6kj6wNG3rM/XzXbA4sOcYI/AAAAAAAAJO4/e4KIN34czmgI6KR8UG5REuOxUMNPERPtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200101_101110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E6kj6wNG3rM/XzXbA4sOcYI/AAAAAAAAJO4/e4KIN34czmgI6KR8UG5REuOxUMNPERPtgCLcBGAsYHQ/w180-h320/20200101_101110.jpg" width="180" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And a gorgeous pic of the two of them together. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ilACXt_Rmhc/XzXbA_C2g6I/AAAAAAAAJO0/8TDccY8OdtI-Mqa_xC6QozHduXI6PL78gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/101244794_10157585313431596_3291656690771951616_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ilACXt_Rmhc/XzXbA_C2g6I/AAAAAAAAJO0/8TDccY8OdtI-Mqa_xC6QozHduXI6PL78gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/101244794_10157585313431596_3291656690771951616_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>And last bonus pic of our 2 cute cats, who were frenemies, but seem to be full friends now: Jojo and Bagira.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BQYYDNZQnPo/XzXbAfBg7eI/AAAAAAAAJOw/J21FkpNwI9oqoJfLbLfgeWm1SQBgsYVGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/IMG-20200514-WA0000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1280" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BQYYDNZQnPo/XzXbAfBg7eI/AAAAAAAAJOw/J21FkpNwI9oqoJfLbLfgeWm1SQBgsYVGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h250/IMG-20200514-WA0000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-53339208551618740782020-08-13T19:51:00.000+11:002020-08-13T19:51:17.489+11:00Some beauty<p> There are often dazzling skies and flowers and other aspects of God's creation to enjoy in Vanuatu. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Prettier when the 2 hibiscus were still blooming, but they only stay open for a day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><p><br /></p>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-84711254731101067402020-08-13T19:35:00.003+11:002020-08-13T19:35:53.788+11:00Other Vila happenings<p> Besides waiting around for citizenship and passports to come through the last few months, I've had the privilege of working a few days a week with Harre and Rrut. Harre is the son of one of my translation helpers, Alice. Last year in June, he contracted Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which is a bit like a full body stroke. He was on a (the one and only in Vanuatu) respirator, tube fed, and was completely helpless physically, but fine mentally. This is a sickness that many times people recover fully from, or at least a majority of function again, but it often takes up to 2 years. After a year and 2 months, he is able to eat, breathe, talk, and has all muscle movement back again other than being able to stand and walk unassisted. Because he and Rrut have been in Vila for so long, I got to know them well with many hospital visits, and they were interested in helping with the translation work. He has been out of the hospital several months now, and is staying at a relative's house. I go there to work with he and Rrut, and have enjoyed getting to know all the extended family as well, who (mostly) all speak Rral.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYJlW3K9NsM/XzTggFr5YyI/AAAAAAAAJIw/SfpA0KBzHSAbJkNx0AGAvXCC6hBxrSy6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20191109_125848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYJlW3K9NsM/XzTggFr5YyI/AAAAAAAAJIw/SfpA0KBzHSAbJkNx0AGAvXCC6hBxrSy6ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/20191109_125848.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Harre with Rrut and her brother and sister and Alice, his mom.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bc_zU6VYx8A/XzTgfXPdm0I/AAAAAAAAJIo/MjXOvTaXE6k0f06TWeHgFT4CCwVqoOKDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20191102_211057_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bc_zU6VYx8A/XzTgfXPdm0I/AAAAAAAAJIo/MjXOvTaXE6k0f06TWeHgFT4CCwVqoOKDgCLcBGAsYHQ/w180-h320/IMG_20191102_211057_7.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y1samPcUtVU/XzTggBQ2G-I/AAAAAAAAJIs/k8m2ri4fdQEIFZkuS5bGs21jpX6WneCHACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20191112_070542_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y1samPcUtVU/XzTggBQ2G-I/AAAAAAAAJIs/k8m2ri4fdQEIFZkuS5bGs21jpX6WneCHACLcBGAsYHQ/w180-h320/IMG_20191112_070542_0.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>Rrut and Alice.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uHBt16sPO4Q/XzTggpmYn5I/AAAAAAAAJI0/oK1Lvz5ZZr4bGRRXI4iPX71HFoT0qxTjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20191112_070645_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uHBt16sPO4Q/XzTggpmYn5I/AAAAAAAAJI0/oK1Lvz5ZZr4bGRRXI4iPX71HFoT0qxTjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w180-h320/IMG_20191112_070645_8.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t8Q49eWWGH8/XzTs2hzK1zI/AAAAAAAAJJM/MJEoG2QE7asC9oylmuO1o0uXjSRBHGZ0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200505_105702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t8Q49eWWGH8/XzTs2hzK1zI/AAAAAAAAJJM/MJEoG2QE7asC9oylmuO1o0uXjSRBHGZ0QCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h180/20200505_105702.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Harre at his relative, Stifen's house. Rrut made a nice snack for us for when we were done working!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O7FzdkFq92c/XzTs15dHzaI/AAAAAAAAJJI/tcTrDZncBMQaGIjl2esW_2EQ5-xS8_Y3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200505_105731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O7FzdkFq92c/XzTs15dHzaI/AAAAAAAAJJI/tcTrDZncBMQaGIjl2esW_2EQ5-xS8_Y3wCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h180/20200505_105731.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2h9ba0fUhqg/XzTs3sfoR1I/AAAAAAAAJJQ/jQScUYLk_esTki922sdYltdHvwFu8dpjACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200527_084929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2h9ba0fUhqg/XzTs3sfoR1I/AAAAAAAAJJQ/jQScUYLk_esTki922sdYltdHvwFu8dpjACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h180/20200527_084929.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Harold is often at work at Stifen's workshop on the property. He's a pretty impressive carpenter. He's "from Ambrym" but has never been to visit and doesn't know the language. Lots of people in Vila are like that - born in Vila, but still claim to be from outer islands that their parents grew up in.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NN5LWuFOPc8/XzTs4hUYrsI/AAAAAAAAJJU/wKUMNt2DyhEsLna2p14qyZWwXM0lBkWVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200723_095855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NN5LWuFOPc8/XzTs4hUYrsI/AAAAAAAAJJU/wKUMNt2DyhEsLna2p14qyZWwXM0lBkWVQCLcBGAsYHQ/w180-h320/20200723_095855.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>Mak, Rrut, and I.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D1-keHQl0c8/XzTs6eAJ71I/AAAAAAAAJJY/n69gCIh135w9brm_Enia9StKHl0O_bE_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200724_095727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D1-keHQl0c8/XzTs6eAJ71I/AAAAAAAAJJY/n69gCIh135w9brm_Enia9StKHl0O_bE_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h180/20200724_095727.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>On Children's Day.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DjCafkrMBHI/XzTs7JdzScI/AAAAAAAAJJc/5GJ8IRSamYQDpAyXtOVRdq0Myr4k1crjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200730_082421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DjCafkrMBHI/XzTs7JdzScI/AAAAAAAAJJc/5GJ8IRSamYQDpAyXtOVRdq0Myr4k1crjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w180-h320/20200730_082421.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><p>While in Vila I also went to a wedding of a missionary friend, Jared.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aVjPQVnIHzY/XzTvEeFrjNI/AAAAAAAAJJ8/DcxUKdYFvHARyoHA9crqrRvUfHnwHEIDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200509_144943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aVjPQVnIHzY/XzTvEeFrjNI/AAAAAAAAJJ8/DcxUKdYFvHARyoHA9crqrRvUfHnwHEIDQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h180/20200509_144943.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gH8kIPXFN24/XzTvDEbitRI/AAAAAAAAJJ4/yBHnHBYMTUMl1P2Tj0GncoYqcyxfPlzlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200509_145556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gH8kIPXFN24/XzTvDEbitRI/AAAAAAAAJJ4/yBHnHBYMTUMl1P2Tj0GncoYqcyxfPlzlwCLcBGAsYHQ/w180-h320/20200509_145556.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>How fun to have bride and groom lead everyone in a praise song!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nk4Pe0JWOfk/XzTvDC7jsMI/AAAAAAAAJJ0/cVzmcsTew-cvRGswFx2e6A1O0daZS6zmACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200509_151347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nk4Pe0JWOfk/XzTvDC7jsMI/AAAAAAAAJJ0/cVzmcsTew-cvRGswFx2e6A1O0daZS6zmACLcBGAsYHQ/w180-h320/20200509_151347.jpg" width="180" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a Vanuatu translation group workshop in a gorgeous location on the beach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aHj_GFXZ-FQ/XzT22DOKZLI/AAAAAAAAJKU/RTQqa6VQih4RTBeTfQu-eyT698mnGl-2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200606_165708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aHj_GFXZ-FQ/XzT22DOKZLI/AAAAAAAAJKU/RTQqa6VQih4RTBeTfQu-eyT698mnGl-2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200606_165708.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EtSjVyDEu7o/XzT21g4ZwSI/AAAAAAAAJKQ/1br8IT5XV0cnASC1ODFJTYO4Mgncq-YuwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200606_170641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EtSjVyDEu7o/XzT21g4ZwSI/AAAAAAAAJKQ/1br8IT5XV0cnASC1ODFJTYO4Mgncq-YuwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h180/20200606_170641.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Gretch and I walked the beach in a few minutes of free time and went and saw this crazy unfinished structure just down the beach (pics following).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lpFasvtOcvI/XzT29IWi-HI/AAAAAAAAJKg/loxq-HMEVZkeMX2agIjQlxP9FGe2rR93QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1368/IMG-20200607-WA0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1368" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lpFasvtOcvI/XzT29IWi-HI/AAAAAAAAJKg/loxq-HMEVZkeMX2agIjQlxP9FGe2rR93QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG-20200607-WA0009.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Vanuatu Wycliffe/SIL families in country for the workshop.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vtqtUpr1PAs/XzT29-0AoDI/AAAAAAAAJKk/B1floTSCui8b4_mhEp_rfqduLWWOf4c_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1368/IMG-20200607-WA0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1368" height="267" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vtqtUpr1PAs/XzT29-0AoDI/AAAAAAAAJKk/B1floTSCui8b4_mhEp_rfqduLWWOf4c_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h267/IMG-20200607-WA0010.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A friend of mine, Shawnda, is leaving once she and her family can get a flight back to the US. They've been missionaries in Vanuatu since before we came in 2008. We had very lovely going away party for her including lots of very sweet time together praying. She will be very missed!!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qbODWtUD8iw/XzT4OhR8kbI/AAAAAAAAJLA/jKp_H6BJny4RQcetFSEuHWTupRQEUtFZACLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/107152546_644414829494272_5625728928259064178_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qbODWtUD8iw/XzT4OhR8kbI/AAAAAAAAJLA/jKp_H6BJny4RQcetFSEuHWTupRQEUtFZACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/107152546_644414829494272_5625728928259064178_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Jinny, Arlene, me, Allison, Julie, Michele, Carol</p><p> Shannon, Shawnda, Jamie<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MXdVnQk4kWA/XzT4Okbe08I/AAAAAAAAJLE/YyQt8R9Z0tokFPv9Kkj-BNegSYdl-NNnACLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/107521186_751092302374620_4587435399153669538_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MXdVnQk4kWA/XzT4Okbe08I/AAAAAAAAJLE/YyQt8R9Z0tokFPv9Kkj-BNegSYdl-NNnACLcBGAsYHQ/w267-h400/107521186_751092302374620_4587435399153669538_n.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s4qBAZ1hQVA/XzT4OSwVW_I/AAAAAAAAJK8/8TKsIxqzEOI4Q6r3gO05WwOomWVmeVJdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s750/107707721_3080953085317630_7077386962108834033_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s4qBAZ1hQVA/XzT4OSwVW_I/AAAAAAAAJK8/8TKsIxqzEOI4Q6r3gO05WwOomWVmeVJdQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/107707721_3080953085317630_7077386962108834033_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Group hugs!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9jfTuTDhuh8/XzT4PYyX3vI/AAAAAAAAJLI/JBgvxG7geB08POwpYllSaBVqSpd9BRtgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1152/107900134_328699658294058_3587467234028589750_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1152" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9jfTuTDhuh8/XzT4PYyX3vI/AAAAAAAAJLI/JBgvxG7geB08POwpYllSaBVqSpd9BRtgQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/107900134_328699658294058_3587467234028589750_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a bit of a walk in the rain!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mmD7H1NPSws/XzT5OMfhI5I/AAAAAAAAJLg/ZOdl-tGQiM8lmQYTNHx0WNaGcDEP2yFeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/received_257097655390990.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mmD7H1NPSws/XzT5OMfhI5I/AAAAAAAAJLg/ZOdl-tGQiM8lmQYTNHx0WNaGcDEP2yFeQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/received_257097655390990.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Jesiah and Shawnda's oldest, Titus.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9enutWvWbOQ/XzT5OCg4yzI/AAAAAAAAJLY/yhol2c4a7XYG_RwaapCPghOeAEp65arcgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/received_1327795777425327.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9enutWvWbOQ/XzT5OCg4yzI/AAAAAAAAJLY/yhol2c4a7XYG_RwaapCPghOeAEp65arcgCLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h320/received_1327795777425327.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Shawnda and I.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e0vLoVYwk14/XzT5OPsr0uI/AAAAAAAAJLc/KnqnJO0JeoIARgCfyS--su8bPy88TxQVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/received_1952336134896474.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e0vLoVYwk14/XzT5OPsr0uI/AAAAAAAAJLc/KnqnJO0JeoIARgCfyS--su8bPy88TxQVgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/received_1952336134896474.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> Addy and Gwen with Shawnda's middle child, Lexie.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to this event, I met Allison, who is an Occupational Therapist, and has gone to help Harre with walking and standing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When the Richards were in town for the workshop, I took each kid out to a restaurant and then they spent the night at my house. Fun Vila auntee tradition. I forgot to take pictures with Gwen and Kaiden!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kcdM2pcD04/XzT6JN3U8fI/AAAAAAAAJLw/4DDtOrJyXWARaowTuOmMnTL7N0NmemNwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200203_195908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kcdM2pcD04/XzT6JN3U8fI/AAAAAAAAJLw/4DDtOrJyXWARaowTuOmMnTL7N0NmemNwwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/20200203_195908.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rroC8I-v0OU/XzT6NwTh48I/AAAAAAAAJL4/OEesA72n2akkF1UXEI28SUKNPgT-Nt2vwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200203_195846.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rroC8I-v0OU/XzT6NwTh48I/AAAAAAAAJL4/OEesA72n2akkF1UXEI28SUKNPgT-Nt2vwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h180/20200203_195846.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pVFnWH-4CJA/XzT6IDTvwBI/AAAAAAAAJLs/JxesvOuYokQK8znxZJXhxgTlRdocGxhSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200611_182716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pVFnWH-4CJA/XzT6IDTvwBI/AAAAAAAAJLs/JxesvOuYokQK8znxZJXhxgTlRdocGxhSgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/20200611_182716.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-44rSOeUC5gE/XzT6JUZKWHI/AAAAAAAAJL0/MPMZdbSqYsAlSlyrUcTkmPvPxbJF-U2ewCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200611_183551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-44rSOeUC5gE/XzT6JUZKWHI/AAAAAAAAJL0/MPMZdbSqYsAlSlyrUcTkmPvPxbJF-U2ewCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h180/20200611_183551.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Look at those milkshakes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I'm in Vila I get to go to a fun Zumba class for just $3! Great exercise, and the girls and Gretch go with me when we're all here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0oNh_9bPUsY/XzT7Fp6PJnI/AAAAAAAAJMM/oNRouOCRlGoZ9cHMp7TKrDhgGlreW008wCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/FB_IMG_1596660514495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0oNh_9bPUsY/XzT7Fp6PJnI/AAAAAAAAJMM/oNRouOCRlGoZ9cHMp7TKrDhgGlreW008wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/FB_IMG_1596660514495.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EOrm_p6l5yo/XzT7Fu5Y2gI/AAAAAAAAJMI/zsutAAtcrE4iBes_HsJ_eulB-XUrlAjbACLcBGAsYHQ/s720/FB_IMG_1596609557826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EOrm_p6l5yo/XzT7Fu5Y2gI/AAAAAAAAJMI/zsutAAtcrE4iBes_HsJ_eulB-XUrlAjbACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/FB_IMG_1596609557826.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>There are often over 100 women that go, mostly Ni-Vanuatu, and it is a great class full of energy. That's my long white arm in the left back.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-57201570467386557812020-08-13T16:15:00.002+11:002020-08-13T16:15:43.081+11:00Vanuatu Children's Day<p> One of the holidays in Vanuatu is called Children's Day. I was invited along with Rrut and some of Harre's family to go to a celebration at a new school set up by my friends the Karie's (who were in my Bislama girls Bible study back 10 years ago, and who run Belair Airways that we fly on to and from Ambrym). Elder Ann Karie has invited me the last year or 2 to come out to her church and school out of town (Vila) in an area called Teouma, but I finally made it! We had a fun day together.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mAnTl4YkbdE/XzS-CPY8FJI/AAAAAAAAJHc/U-E5RUsAJW4Wj6WcCmAOBwmytzcZkNnxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200724_095727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mAnTl4YkbdE/XzS-CPY8FJI/AAAAAAAAJHc/U-E5RUsAJW4Wj6WcCmAOBwmytzcZkNnxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200724_095727.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Me, Mak, Rrut, Matelin<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zPWJmU7aTT4/XzS-F2lEW2I/AAAAAAAAJHg/GuS5jddKhS8v52zLrgKUAUk6nHM8R-1xwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200724_122629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zPWJmU7aTT4/XzS-F2lEW2I/AAAAAAAAJHg/GuS5jddKhS8v52zLrgKUAUk6nHM8R-1xwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200724_122629.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Local "cake" laplap.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w8_yOlbwgic/XzS_VViKhYI/AAAAAAAAJHs/4gIv6MV1MCQdpQdJqbb784lOVzCOD9e_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200724_122703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w8_yOlbwgic/XzS_VViKhYI/AAAAAAAAJHs/4gIv6MV1MCQdpQdJqbb784lOVzCOD9e_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200724_122703.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"white man" cake.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oNYAKY74rwQ/XzTAGxrXnoI/AAAAAAAAJH0/Mt0HHZzHbrkZ6_ZUeJWuNml0U80_ouNXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200724_122719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oNYAKY74rwQ/XzTAGxrXnoI/AAAAAAAAJH0/Mt0HHZzHbrkZ6_ZUeJWuNml0U80_ouNXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200724_122719.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Elder Ann is the woman in the island dress in the middle of all the kids.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yY2tL-dL3Lw/XzTAwbsGm5I/AAAAAAAAJH8/3Ktca2l4-1wtzOnc8mbVnCyTRLsdP-EvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200724_122936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yY2tL-dL3Lw/XzTAwbsGm5I/AAAAAAAAJH8/3Ktca2l4-1wtzOnc8mbVnCyTRLsdP-EvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200724_122936.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Two former Prime Ministers came to give speeches and history of Vanuatu.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-60BWoPLXcoI/XzTA7QgnW8I/AAAAAAAAJIA/6_DpACaGfL4Z55IYF37pUEqQMM-ken_dgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200724_124552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-60BWoPLXcoI/XzTA7QgnW8I/AAAAAAAAJIA/6_DpACaGfL4Z55IYF37pUEqQMM-ken_dgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200724_124552.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Matelin and I as well as some of her nieces.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HWyE_6M0tm8/XzTB9AuQ1AI/AAAAAAAAJIM/dGAxSuI0P_IWZXBUt-j6S0keVfQ6DwRVACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200724_130551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HWyE_6M0tm8/XzTB9AuQ1AI/AAAAAAAAJIM/dGAxSuI0P_IWZXBUt-j6S0keVfQ6DwRVACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200724_130551.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mak opening his present from me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-75_WzXozvXM/XzTD26uA5II/AAAAAAAAJIU/zuEc2Si1im0h6VNr19dcDEDFGThwexozACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200724_130720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-75_WzXozvXM/XzTD26uA5II/AAAAAAAAJIU/zuEc2Si1im0h6VNr19dcDEDFGThwexozACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200724_130720.jpg" /></a></div><p>A big truck!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz9fuztQdL6L9KGFYRfNINH_1pnYzHUs0VcBayvELdtqfgPmmZWv54ln36Ge1914-zcsSiJvNvHJOJe7yuYNg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>Marching band. Didn't even notice until a US friend pointed out that it is a Christmas song! They played many different songs and entertained us with their choreography.<br /></p>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-24531721049950256112020-08-13T15:03:00.002+11:002020-08-13T15:03:47.482+11:00Citizens of Vanuatu!<p> In July I went through the official citizenship ceremony to get nice citizenship certificates for myself and the Richards. It was a surprisingly fancy program with food and everything! We are grateful to God for these being approved!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3TCTFRvhUdk/XzSHIP8k72I/AAAAAAAAJGg/_ICuurSlTP8LILmkQG_FMLjNCsFM6Z0RgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200722_152216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3TCTFRvhUdk/XzSHIP8k72I/AAAAAAAAJGg/_ICuurSlTP8LILmkQG_FMLjNCsFM6Z0RgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200722_152216.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ktqGfe1MLnQ/XzSHG4sddlI/AAAAAAAAJGc/gFhN7GGSTIwwKxsBvZRrUPCnE70-TWF2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200722_153413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ktqGfe1MLnQ/XzSHG4sddlI/AAAAAAAAJGc/gFhN7GGSTIwwKxsBvZRrUPCnE70-TWF2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200722_153413.jpg" /></a></div>Nice laminated certificates.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fzgb14VvHTE/XzSHUJLT9TI/AAAAAAAAJGk/SHZ1-KKUhVoXtoR2sJmq4dMUu80nAjXKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200722_162517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fzgb14VvHTE/XzSHUJLT9TI/AAAAAAAAJGk/SHZ1-KKUhVoXtoR2sJmq4dMUu80nAjXKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200722_162517.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I was shocked that 200 people received citizenship for just the period from last June to now! Here's those who could come to the ceremony. That's me in the very middle back.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zkslBzKUmt0/XzSHYBpvR9I/AAAAAAAAJGs/TIP3pVP6M5k2WF4lhI6anp64bxOZjSV6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200722_165739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zkslBzKUmt0/XzSHYBpvR9I/AAAAAAAAJGs/TIP3pVP6M5k2WF4lhI6anp64bxOZjSV6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200722_165739.jpg" /></a></div><p>My new friend Allison (left) got her citizenship, and my friend Jinny (R), who has been a citizen awhile, came to support her and her family!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxD2i8__mwt8sZR5K0eOFlTnCJHdDhxx2CCGvNDf4aFQ32b60JkMEq97OmQvGB13LZV-vz8fVKoEvzZqGtqhQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So surprised at the number of people! <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwByb_H67CcyI1R9zl1SphFw0M8GZCJqcMEJBb_5RvyE1idblHo1G5uOgySmuONBgV6aL5t31NGKJ9GEbRS2A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Singing the national anthem. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DLr6Ddu7K18/XzSWwpE9s4I/AAAAAAAAJHA/xkmYLE7MM4cQvfcSgAJCqy63YtjWo7UEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200527_084929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DLr6Ddu7K18/XzSWwpE9s4I/AAAAAAAAJHA/xkmYLE7MM4cQvfcSgAJCqy63YtjWo7UEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200527_084929.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Harre and Rrut commissioned Harold (left) to make me a mirror as a citizenship gift. What a special and thoughtful gift!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xBQEFwFIdnE/XzSWxPr_RZI/AAAAAAAAJHE/YqqIL5j1pRAJqvqIjMLu-V0PkpqAP7CYACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200527_184904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xBQEFwFIdnE/XzSWxPr_RZI/AAAAAAAAJHE/YqqIL5j1pRAJqvqIjMLu-V0PkpqAP7CYACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200527_184904.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>My name is carved at the top and flowers are beautifully carved at the sides.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TwxHbjDnvWA/XzSWv19wOKI/AAAAAAAAJG8/ND7lT7ARRKEtdSlil7huW3TCfz6qg14GACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200527_185550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TwxHbjDnvWA/XzSWv19wOKI/AAAAAAAAJG8/ND7lT7ARRKEtdSlil7huW3TCfz6qg14GACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200527_185550.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just this week, I picked up passports for the Richards and I. How great to be official in every way! We're so grateful to God!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kGWlZrNSe6I/XzS64q77W0I/AAAAAAAAJHU/5IUEDrDtGVY9f7wdf-e5_nLLwnzn3VUgwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200813_103910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kGWlZrNSe6I/XzS64q77W0I/AAAAAAAAJHU/5IUEDrDtGVY9f7wdf-e5_nLLwnzn3VUgwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200813_103910.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-73929039943204771272020-08-12T19:41:00.010+11:002020-08-13T19:53:45.390+11:00Yumi 40! (We are 40). Vanuatu's Independence Celebrations<p> I spent Vanuatu's Independence in Vila, and got to spend the day with my friend Rrut, her daughter Rrorrin, grandson Mark, and other relatives of her husband, Harre's. Vanuatu had 10 full days of activities planned to really celebrate the milestone of 40 years. I can't imagine how they'll top it at 50!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UQyp8kto9Ug/XzOQqTv4TMI/AAAAAAAAJGI/kz8ODuXCR5sTcZJhCIdfz5qQ8RL9g0zGACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200730_082421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UQyp8kto9Ug/XzOQqTv4TMI/AAAAAAAAJGI/kz8ODuXCR5sTcZJhCIdfz5qQ8RL9g0zGACLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/20200730_082421.jpg" width="225" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our matching "uniforms". Mak, Rrut, Rrosina, Rrorrin.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxPVdiERM5wb2jhY56rbmoadZT_DovnY6mPgGW-Mls7UV2vvgFNkb_Osy6tt74kdgEKulGKL3C4kwlRiblnhg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apparently 40,000 people were crowded in and around Independence Park for the celebrations on Independence Day. Rrorrin and I got separated from Rrut, Rrosina, and Mak, and spent over an hour looking for them. We thought we could easily find them based on our matching uniforms but... We didn't end up being able to see any of the events, so ended up going home, but how fun to see the colors and the numbers of Ni-Vanuatu proud of their country!<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DIMkGZnPwh0/XzOPI1qqY7I/AAAAAAAAJFY/nTWkpZZNggUO5gX4rVnamusY-idATUdTACLcBGAsYHQ/s1040/IMG-20200723-WA0000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="780" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DIMkGZnPwh0/XzOPI1qqY7I/AAAAAAAAJFY/nTWkpZZNggUO5gX4rVnamusY-idATUdTACLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h320/IMG-20200723-WA0000.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Parade through Vila.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-giaWMojN9aQ/XzOPQe3xehI/AAAAAAAAJFc/Pv3gYvpMoj41flrUBXh-kXR6EITwJB7hACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/IMG-20200726-WA0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-giaWMojN9aQ/XzOPQe3xehI/AAAAAAAAJFc/Pv3gYvpMoj41flrUBXh-kXR6EITwJB7hACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG-20200726-WA0002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Meanwhile on Ambrym, Jesiah and Gwen were involved in soccer tournaments with their friends. Houghton continues to coach.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HiC-ZnkHKls/XzOPX00bWvI/AAAAAAAAJFg/61pKthN_yKQjmB0m5mp3-LyTqDLSxHuCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/IMG-20200730-WA0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="1280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HiC-ZnkHKls/XzOPX00bWvI/AAAAAAAAJFg/61pKthN_yKQjmB0m5mp3-LyTqDLSxHuCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG-20200730-WA0006.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ambrym traditional dance.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-itz2mB0SVMM/XzOPuNv4OzI/AAAAAAAAJFs/qyZj3A9DRlEJDoT2cetW5gN1fxsjhvfvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/IMG-20200730-WA0007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="1280" height="194" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-itz2mB0SVMM/XzOPuNv4OzI/AAAAAAAAJFs/qyZj3A9DRlEJDoT2cetW5gN1fxsjhvfvQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h194/IMG-20200730-WA0007.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Casey and Val and the boys went and stayed with the Richards and Casey did some showing off of the Rral language Bible materials, including the Mark video. He drew lots of crowds!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zzCjspGyh_8/XzOP0VjGDoI/AAAAAAAAJFw/8DLrkadFzUI7mKTOGN5kcHetkcuizEKKACLcBGAsYHQ/s1160/vu.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1160" height="192" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zzCjspGyh_8/XzOP0VjGDoI/AAAAAAAAJFw/8DLrkadFzUI7mKTOGN5kcHetkcuizEKKACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h192/vu.webp" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-25336186871958970052020-03-11T17:38:00.000+11:002020-03-11T17:38:47.640+11:00Kids' reading competitionThe week of Christmas, Yanik, one of our local translators, made a full schedule of all kinds of activities. I asked if a reading competition could go in the plans, and we had a great turn out. I assumed that a handful of kids would be brave enough to compete after our few weeks of practicing in their weekly literacy class, but parents somehow got all the kids to be a part of it. I had 42 kids from K-12th read various things according to their age. Three judges joined me and did an awesome job. All the kids got alphabet book/songs and a fun pen just for participating, and winners got to choose from other prizes. The adult competition is scheduled for March 22!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I asked Jenita to lead the kids in singing the alphabet song with our alphabet book while I tallied the judges scores for the competition.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judges organizing our tallies. I asked George, on of our local translators, along with my literacy helper, Nini, and a new helper Jowed to judge the kids' competition. Yanik, in the foreground, MC-ed the event for us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maria just graduated this year from a high school in Vila. She came home for Christmas and participated in the reading competition.</td></tr>
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<br />Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-82080342690041427162020-03-11T16:53:00.000+11:002020-03-11T16:53:12.487+11:00Some fun random pics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A few years ago I got to go to a friend, Talita's wedding in Fiji.
While I was there I met one of her friends, Sulia. Talita moved from
Vanuatu to the US with her new husband, so I don't get to see her
anymore. :( However, Sulia came for a semester to Vanuatu to the
University of the South Pacific while she is training for new work as a
lawyer. It was a great joy to get to know her more and hang out with
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Houghton coached a soccer team of high school boys (including Jesiah) that competed the week of Christmas. It was fun to watch their games!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the last game. Jesiah got sick and couldn't play in the final!</td></tr>
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<br /><br />Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-59010262582453625662020-03-11T16:03:00.000+11:002020-03-11T16:03:09.528+11:00Another throw back to 2010-2012. Girls Bislama Bible study<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Here's another post that I never published from when I was teaching a girls' Bislama Bible study back in 2010-2012. These girls are all good friends now, and many of them come from a family that runs the airline we use to get to Ambrym! Fun to see this again! </div>
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I've been privileged to lead a ni-Vanuatu girls Bible study in Bislama the last few months. The girls are mostly between 20-30 but a few teenage siblings come when they are in town on breaks from school. Secondary schools are tough to get into in Vanuatu so often kids end up in schools on totally different islands than their families if they pass their exams and are able to make it to secondary. Anyway, these girls have been a joy to teach and have helped me a lot with learning language and culture and have become good friends. <br />
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Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-71458926831745212842020-03-11T15:57:00.002+11:002020-03-11T15:57:53.084+11:00Throw back - a LONG WAY BACK! Christmas Program 2013I was updating my blog today and saw that I had drafts of posts I never published. No idea why I didn't post this one! So here's a post from Christmas 2013 in Australia! Please pray for the current pastor of Grace Baptist, Mark Pitts, who is undergoing cancer treatment in the US.<br />
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The church we were involved in when we were students in Australia, Grace Baptist, hosted a Christmas program and we were able to be a part of it! It was called The Littlest Angel and was organized by our friend Dolly. She did a great job and the kids were so cute!<br />
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All the little angels - practice.</div>
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Addy and her friend, Meridith.</div>
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Dress rehearsal. All the angels talking about where in the world they think Jesus should be born.<br />
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Jesiah met some "native" ni-Vanuatu and decided that Vanuatu would be a good place for Jesus to be born!<br />
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The "animals" with the littlest angel in Bethlehem.</div>
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Adults watching the production practice.</div>
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Joel and Houghton</div>
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All the kids from various locations around the world with the angels in the background. How awesome is it that the teens were willing to dress up as animals?! :) These guys are great.<br />
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Dolly directing the songs.</div>
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This is Grace (Watsonia) and Cornerstone (Craigiburn) church kids. </div>
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Si with friends Marshall and Jaimie.</div>
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Addy, Lucy, Ella, Meridith</div>
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Addy and Meridith are such a good match. The perfect combo of girly-girl-ness.<br />
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Pastor Don from Cornerstone opening up the program</div>
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Bethlehem manger</div>
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Gretchen and Kaiden made the cut for Mary and Jesus. Hought was out of town so couldn't be Joseph.</div>
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Singing an ensemble piece following the program.</div>
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A beautiful homemade cake!</div>
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Gretch and I sang "O Holy Night"</div>
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Gretch and the kids singing together</div>
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<br />Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-36134125206895008612020-03-10T17:28:00.003+11:002020-03-10T17:28:52.634+11:00Heritage Bible Work TeamIn July we had a work team visit from my church, Heritage Bible Church in Boise, ID. We loved having them to talk and fellowship with, and were encouraged by them. They got to know our local helpers and friends in the village, and helped out with a lot of projects we needed done as well! We enjoyed Anderson so much, we told his dad we'd love to have him out again, so he spent Christmas with us too!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our local translator Yanik's family had the team over for dinner a few times.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George's family (Jenita's mom from Ambae island, Jenita, and her 2 daughters Rrorrin and Gretchen. Her 3 sons Edmon, Samsen, and Filemon not pictured.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Philip, our other local translator hosted them one night with his wife Sophia and son Jeson.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We spent the 4th of July together. Fun for us to get to celebrate it with other Americans!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They painted the walls of the office, and James also painted several walls in our houses as well.</td></tr>
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We had a double wedding in the village while the team was all here, so they got to see the preparations and ceremony.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gwen and Addy were attendants for one of the brides.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mounds of food heaped up to go to various members of the brides' families (as part of the bride price). This is taro, banana, and yam.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The grooms family members calling forward members of the brides' families to receive their money for the bride price. Note that some of them are covered in baby powder!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric, James, and Larry watching the bride price proceedings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noeline and Anies were the brides (the two with the most powder on their faces and hair) and Rose (also powder in her hair) is a fiance, but didn't want to go through the ceremony yet. They all married brothers from our village, but the girls are all from different islands. The other ladies are from our village and surrounding ones who are now related by marriage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Putting food in ground ovens (laplap and bunia).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The men shifting hot stones on top of the largest ground oven.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More heaps of food for brides' families (cooking banana and water taro). It has to have been a good garden year for a family to consider having a wedding because so much food is cooked for the event itself and so much is given out as part of the bride price.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Covering up the hot stones of the ground oven.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brides and grooms don't smile at weddings. It is not considered a happy occasion necessarily, but rather a separation of the bride from her family.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wedding attendants Seera and Gwen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wedding cakes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the grooms (middle right) with his bride (far right) sitting in the gift line for people to come and powder them, spray them with perfume, and give them their gifts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chief Job talking with Anderson and Jesiah.</td></tr>
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We are so grateful to Heritage Bible for their sacrifice of funds and loan of great people to come and help and encourage us.Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-84959506042521986592019-11-15T13:47:00.001+11:002019-11-15T13:47:48.928+11:00Team Vanuatu Update November 2019.<br /><br />
Houghton made this video for our main sending church Grace Bible in Miles City, MT USA. But it is a good overall update of what we're working on now and what our needs and goals are. Thanks for praying!<br /><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Ou4uy_TBfk" width="480"></iframe>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-30260951381106889582019-11-13T20:46:00.001+11:002019-11-13T20:50:49.059+11:0059% NT drafted!Just this month we hit a huge mile marker! Nearly 60% of our New Testament in the Rral language of North Ambrym has been drafted. By drafted we just mean that a first draft has been written. This is of course a small step in a long process including exegetical checks (checking that the language says what the Greek means), edits, formatting, translating it back into either Bislama (Vanuatu's trade language) or to English so an outside consultant can check it for us, and checking for naturalness and meaning with native Rral speakers, but we are excited that we have gotten to this point.<br />
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We now have the following books completely finished: Genesis, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, about 200 other OT verses, and Mark. Acts is nearly in this category but we are awaiting an available consultant to check it before we print it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My screen for Acts. On the left is the back translation in Bislama, on the right is the Rral language, left bottom is Bislama Bible, various English versions, and translation notes.</td></tr>
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The books we have fully drafted but not finished yet include: Exodus, Matthew, Luke, John, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and James.<br />
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Praise God with us for His faithfulness to us in giving us great helpers and wisdom as we work through these books!<br />
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<br />Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-89343947778490713712019-11-12T14:06:00.001+11:002019-11-12T14:06:38.571+11:00Mark phone appAnother tool we have to go along with both our Gospel of Mark and our Family Story Bible is an app for smart phones. It plays audio for the chosen chapter and highlights the scripture that is being read, which is a great literacy tool! We also have pictures to go with each chapter, to give visual interest to those listening. It can of course just be read on the phone too, without audio. The tool allows links for glossary words, footnotes, and cross references, as tools for church leaders. Please pray with us that as more and more people get smart phones here, this is able to be an effective tool to get God's Word heard and read in our communities of North Ambrym.<br />
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<br />Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-78958733722328262302019-11-12T14:02:00.001+11:002019-11-12T14:02:26.538+11:00Mark Video<br /><br />
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Our teammate, Casey, worked with a friend (who translated the Bible for a language on a southern island of Vanuatu) who works now with Faith Comes By Hearing to dub the Lumo video for Mark with our full Gospel of Mark! Each chapter of Mark has its own video so they can be used with Sunday School lessons, or along with sermons or devotionals. Praise God with us that these types of media are available to our people in North Ambrym!<br /><br />
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usable for our people. One of these options he's been looking into is comic-style videos and books. A company called Kingstone has these on offer that we hope to translate and get in the hands of the people of North Ambrym. Here is a sample of one video we hope to do to go along with our completed Genesis:<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jalMFSI5K3s" width="480"></iframe>Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-31903914779839420772019-07-25T18:30:00.004+11:002019-07-25T18:30:58.300+11:00Literacy classesThis year our local translator Elder Harre asked us to continue to offer literacy classes to both children and adults in our village of Ranvetlam. Because we are the village where Bible translation is based, he wanted us to also be the village of great readers of the translation! I teach a kids literacy class every Monday afternoon for an hour or so and an adult class Sunday afternoons when I can wrangle them in.<br />
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Hand washing station before we start our lesson. Hand washing isn't common in the villages so this keeps my classroom set of books clean and nice and contributes to hygiene practices too. </div>
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Teaching the lesson. My helper, Nini, is in the orange shirt on the left in the front. Sometimes she teaches the first half of the lesson for me.<br />
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Sounding out the letters they know so far.<br />
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Kids reading one of the easy readers in small groups.<br />
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Literacy activity where I ask "who has __?___?" and the child who has that letter or word stands and we all read the letters/words in order. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George and Elder Harre are our two main local translators, but they still come to adult literacy class, which is great!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wotan and Lala working together. Lala (R) is one of my local helpers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lili and Elsie looking through the letters. Elsie is another helper with my children's literacy class.</td></tr>
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See if you can recognize the story - it's a Bible one! No? It's the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. The video shows us reading until the end when I am saying where the story is found in the full Bible. We read slow so no one gets (too) lost! We get great Biblical questions from the adults who come!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the men's groups. The young men are pretty good natural readers right off the bat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poor adults don't get any snacks, but I'm pretty sure some of the kids only come to literacy class for the free popcorn at the end! Here are Addy and Gwen passing out popcorn that Gretchen so faithfully makes each Monday afternoon for us!</td></tr>
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<br />Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-32151023634418154772019-07-21T19:21:00.001+11:002019-07-21T19:21:29.236+11:00Printing and distribution of the Gospel of MarkIn April we were in the capital city and were able to print some copies of our completed Gospel of Mark in the Rral language of North Ambrym.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magreet and her husband were here from Canada and she helped a full day.</td></tr>
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If you are retired and want to spend some time helping out Bible
translators in Vanuatu, there are always odd jobs for skilled and
unskilled people looking to volunteer. Or if you are a student and have
summers off and want to come, please do! These kinds of volunteers
save us thousands of dollars in travel to come to Vila to do these
things ourselves and of course save us time so we can continue
translating the Bible!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casey Ellis also helped a full day (as you saw in the video above). Had I done it myself it would have taken 4 days instead of 2 for just 80 copies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">In June, Casey organized a distribution and workshop time for leaders in the northern villages of our language group for our completed Gospel of Mark. About 20 came and we (Houghton, Casey, myself, and our local translators) each taught various sessions throughout the day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casey taught how to use an app for smart phones/tablets to listen to the audio version of Mark.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He also taught how to find the main point in a passage and to preach using the tools in our Gospel of Mark.</td></tr>
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I taught a session on difficult letters/sounds in the language for new readers, and I also taught about the various study tools in their Gospels of Mark (footnotes, headings, glossary, cross references, illustrations and captions, reference headers, etc).<br />
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Please pray for Casey as he follows up with attendees of the workshop that they would do the hard work to practice reading in their language and use their translated Scripture. Please also pray for salvation of those who are reading and hearing for the first time in their own language!<br />
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Below see a bit of comic relief of our trip to and from Olal village where the workshop was held (just over an hour's drive for us).<br />
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Jesiah brought some music and a speaker so we listened to the Muppets soundtrack and Christian rap on the way to Olal. Interesting combo...<br /><br />
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<br />Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-34368685911344115412019-07-20T17:03:00.002+11:002019-07-21T19:36:57.506+11:00Some of the everyday hard stuffLiving in a village can be quite a challenge for someone raised in a sterile, clean, organized, convenience and comfort-oriented country like the US or Australia. Here are some of the everyday hard things that can cause annoyance and stress. <br />
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Kaiden and I went through multiple rounds of pink eye this year, as well as getting weird eye infections turning us in to temporary aliens. Fortunately they always clear within a few days of taking meds!<br />
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Gwen had several rounds of small boils on her face, one of which got dangerously close to her eye and just wouldn't heal up. Huge armpit boils seem to be common too!</div>
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Rats are fortunately now mostly only a problem when we are in the
capital city to resupply (and for the week or so after we return),
thanks to our killer cat. He makes a big mess when he's chasing/playing
with them, but typically always finishes them off in the shower, so it's easy to clean up! He also goes after any geckos, lizards,
skinks, spiders, moths, beetles, and crabs that come in as well. Or
sometimes he brings them in...the other day there was a big green lizard
in my pillow case where he lost it after an extended play session.
Fortunately I knew it was lost somewhere in my room so it wasn't too
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rats made a huge nest under my bathroom vanity out of pieces of mat, toilet paper, and other scavenged items. Gwen kindly helped me clean out as much as we could get to!</td></tr>
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It is difficult to be unable to help friends who could get great medical care in the US, like Douglas, in the center, above, who was sent home with cancer because the hospital in the capital city couldn't do anything for him. Or Lising from our village who died last month at barely 50 of something not even diagnosed that the local clinic gave her Tylenol for. Or baby Atel we helicoptered to Vila for treatment for pnemonia who died in the hospital a few days later. These are hard things to see our friends and neighbors facing.<br />
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Sometimes it is just hard to live here, and regular stressors get under our skin. Please pray for us for faithfulness when the little things add up some days!Laura Thulesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648934840843144022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345132519335519860.post-15176991765863341542019-04-11T16:49:00.003+11:002019-04-11T16:57:02.163+11:00Our first Scripture printing!When we were in Vila last, we were able to print and bind our very first verse-by-verse portion of the Scriptures with our completed Gospel of Mark!<br />
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Margreet and her husband Henk came from Canada to Vila to help with grounds and office projects for our group. She assisted me with several very useful things that would have been very time consuming to do myself, not the least of which was the binding of our Gospel of Mark!<br />
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As you'll see in the video, Casey and I did the printing and collating of Mark. This was our first time using all of these machines and is quite a process! It took a total of nearly 40 hours of labor just to print and bind 80+ copies of our Gospel of Mark!</div>
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Our plan is to hold a workshop in June with village leaders from around the language group in order to demonstrate the features of Scripture productions (headings, illustration captions, footnotes, glossary, cross references, etc), and how to preach exegetically through Mark. Our hope and prayer is that people come to know Jesus through His Word in their own language! Please pray for Houghton and Casey as they prepare and for the hearts of those who will attend.</div>
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