Visitors! :)

Whitney and Clint! :) (The visitors!)

A week ago today, we were spending time with my cousin and her husband! They were the first family visitors we have had yet! (Hopefully the first in a long line of visitors... :) ) It was fun to show them where we have been living and what we've been doing here in Barunga and in Australia. They were able to go hiking with us in Nitmiluk Nat'l Park, play Settlers of Catan, and eat kangaroo steak(which, in my opinion, is pretty good). It was really encouraging to have visitors come from "home".
The church ladies liked them as well. In fact, within the kinship system, Whitney(my cousin) is actually my sister, because she's my mother's sister's daughter. So, that makes her my sister. PLUS she's also my father's brother's daughter, so she's my sister on that side as well. The ladies had no trouble calling her my sister. I'm not sure how Clint(her husband) fit in...
Unfortunately, it was a very short visit, because Whit and Clint were heading to PNG to visit his parents, and we were a "quick stop" in between. Really glad we got to see them.

Thank you to all of you who have been praying for us while we're here. In a couple of weeks, recording begins for the Luk(Luke) DVD. Our team is currently working on translating/editing from English to Kriol. This is the final stretch, and there is still a lot of work to do before recording. Please pray with us for everything to be set in time for the recording slot we have been given.
Please pray for me(Jared) as I edit, and get the timing down for the script. Thank you!!

We'll be sending out a new (perhaps overdue) update very soon. Thank you for your prayers and love, we wouldn't be here without y'all. God is using you!

Serving Him Together, Jared for all

PS Here are some pics from our time with Whit and Clint! :)
Cam hanging from a Baobob (sp?) tree.

Bethy and Whit share some icecream.

Alice and Whit!

Alice and Clint "out bush". (I love this pic!)Whit and the Kids!