He is Risen!
He is Risen indeed!
Easter Sunday at Ankem Church with MAF friends from Mt Hagen.
Yakona - The Joy in the Airplane’s First Landing
We both had the privilege of taking part in a first landing at Yakona airstrip. The community have been building this airstrip for over 30 years and finally they saw the plane come in and bring God’s Word to this remote community!
Broken Bread Knife
Getting a replacement for something as small as a Knife is not simple when living in a remote bush village in PNG, 20mins flight from the nearest town. Buying all our groceries & supplies takes planning and a trip to MAF’s HQ, more than an hour’s flight away and only once every 3 months!
Fun with Telefomin Friends
The Christmas Party for my Telefomin Church Fellowship Group. We had such fun and shared lots of food together. I am blessed to have these friends & neighbours!
Challenges & Blessings
We’ve had several break-ins with items stolen recently, the security situation for us in Telefomin is being reviewed by our bosses. Despite these challenges, we still love living here and were recently blessed by some of our friends.
Puppy’s 1st Birthday
Koda recently celebrated his 1st birthday with a home-made bone-shaped liver cookie, as if he wasn’t spoiled enough! He has brought us so much joy and laughter. Here are just a small selection of moments with our beloved puppy, we hope they will make you smile.
Eliptamin Women’s Conference
The Women’s Conference in Eliptamin at the end of June was a wonderful experience. I praised God with bush women from 14 language groups and, with help from some friends, gave out education, encouragement and “Days for Girls” Sanitary kits to 100 young women.
Heading Home to Telefomin
We met some interesting people along the way home to Telefomin on Thursday. We were SO happy to see our 11 month old puppy, Koda, and we got home in time to celebrate PNG’s 48th Independence Anniversary.
Annual Leave 2023
After a lovely stretch of annual leave in Australia, we’re heading back to PNG, hopefully more rested, and ready for whatever lies ahead. First stop, Mt Hagen, MAF’s HQ, for a flight check and buying groceries for the next 2 months.
A Pilots’ Start to the Day
It’s 5.45am on a flying day, before he even has breakfast Ryan has logged on to check the weather forecast for the day ahead. Koda is also trying to make the most of Ryan being at home wanting snuggles and to play. But Ryan only has a few minutes to spare whilst he gets ready to fly through some of the most challenging terrain in the world…
Traditional PNG Craft
The traditional craft of Bilum weaving has been passed down through generations in PNG. Bilums are used to carry everything from coins to vegetables to firewood and even babies! Shiv filmed her friends weaving together…
Collecting Gravel
With the help of our local friends, we spent the day moving gravel from the river to the MAF base in preparation for the maintenance team laying new cement in our passenger waiting area. We all got soaked in the afternoon rain storm!
Easter Weekend
We had a fun and busy long Easter weekend with visitors, a picnic, Easter Egg Hunt, meals with friends and a visit to one of the local villages. Lots of fun but it ended with saying goodbye, as things so often do in our life in PNG…
The Cole Communiqué - March 2023
Our March Newsletter went out to all our subscribers over the weekend, but for those of you who don’t want to receive our news in your inbox, you can read it all here…
Click on the picture, left, to watch a video of our friend, Nurse Rhema, one of the local health care workers who MAF supports and we fly out of Telefomin.