Most readers of this journal have heard of Wycliffe Bible Translators, and probably know something about it. Fewer people know about SIL International. In order to understand the purpose of Charlie and Amie’s mission at Ukarumpa in Papua New Guinea, one first needs to understand the mission and methods of SIL and Wycliffe in Papua New Guinea. Read the rest of this entry »
A number of folks have asked about current photos of the Browns. Cindy and I returned with around 8,000 photographs, so the effort to cull through those and organize the remaining ones is huge. We plan on publishing some more complete photo albums later, but for those who cannot wait… Read the rest of this entry »
As mentioned in the Dorelo post, Townsend is another of the three hostels sharing a large, common yard area, including Dorelo. I wasn’t planning on describing any of the others besides Dorelo, but on the Saturday before we left, July 5, Charlie and Amie decided to accept an opportunity they had to move from Dorelo into Townsend.
On Wednesday, June 25, we ate breakfast (Cindy, Jeff, and I had two breakfasts) and then loaded up to head out of Jais Aben. After we paid the bill (they took Visa!) we had to go into Madang to the SIL guest house so Charlie could return some paperwork. In typical Charlie-Amie fashion, we had turned the van around and had gone about 50 feet when someone realized Kate wasn’t with us. Amie retrieved her from the bathroom in the office/restaurant building, and we were on our way to Madang. Read the rest of this entry »
Just a quick note, more later. We have arrived in Ukarumpa via Port Moresby (Mapang Guest House), Lae (Lae SIL guest house), and Madang. Wonderful week so far, great visiting and snorkeling. Very interesting ride on the Lae<->Madang “highway.”
After about 35 hours in transit, Cindy and I arrived at Treetops Lodge in Cairns (actually Stratford), Queensland, Australia. The trip went smoothly, no real hitches. Our suitcases weighed in at 48 and 48.5 lbs, so we should be good in that camp until the POM->Lae segment. Read the rest of this entry »
Cindy and I leave Chattanooga at 11:22 this morning, flying to Atlanta. An hour and a half in Atlanta and we head for Los Angeles, where we’ll get our luggage from Delta and check it in on Air New Zealand. (We saved several hundred dollars by booking each segment separately; it’s yet to be seen whether it was worth it to have to handle our luggage each time we change airlines.) Read the rest of this entry »
Gerry and Cindy Williamson (and Ernie and Lynda Brown) have a child (daughter Amie for the Williamsons, son Charlie for the Browns) stationed as house parents for the Ukarumpa International School (UIS) on the SIL facility at the village of Ukarumpa near Kainantu in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Along with Amie and Charlie, their five children - five of our grandkids! - have been away from us for just a few days short of a year, as of this writing.When Charlie and Amie confirmed that they were going to stay a second year, after much prayer and discussion the Williamsons resolved to make a visit to them during the UIS winter break starting in mid-June, 2008.
