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Our Wedding
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Our House
Cutting up trees for lumber
Rolling trees to where they can be milled
Transporting supplied by Helicopter
Helicopter transports larger items in a sling
Building a fence around the house
Setting the Piers for the house to sit on
Installing the floor joists
The view our our bedroom window!
Installing the truss and roof supports
Carpenters who help build the house
Installing the mats on the inside of the walls
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Airstrip Construction
Purchasing the land for the airstrip
Purchasing the land for the airstrip
What the airstrip looked like when Jeff started on the project
Building a retaining wall
Flying in fuel for the dozer
transporting fuel for the dozer by truck to Kiari
Servicing / Repairing the Dozer
Stuck on the road trying to transport supplies for the airstrip
Cutting away the hill to extend the airstrip
Building a fence around the airstrip
Building a fence around the airstrip
Building a fence around the airstrip
Planting grass on the side of the airstrip
Installing drains for the airstrip
Installing drains for the airstrip
Grass is planted now it just needs to grow!
Purchasing the land for the airstrip
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Elizabeth
Us with the students on the last day of school
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Misc
Clearing a Landslide off the road
Clearing a Landslide off the road
Carrying our bags out 18 miles to we could return to the US to get married
Us after we hiked 18miles so we could return to the US to get married
Clearing a Landslide off the road
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Tim's Trip to help build our house
Eastern Highlands Region in Papua New Guinea
Houseline near the village of Kiari
Helicopter in Kiari delivering supplies and transporting people
Part of the Village of Kiari
Kiari Baptist Church (exterior)
Kiari Baptist Church (interior)
View from the Kensa houseline in the Village of Kiari
Pigs which are used as bank accounts and exchaged for payments
Jeff with some of the men assisting him with the building of his house
Jeff with Thomas and his son (left), and Jeremiah (right)
Kiari airstrip as of Sept 2010
Stuck on the Road to Kiari
Site where Jeff is building his house
Jeff cutting a tree down to be milled into lumber
Rolling logs into place to be milled into lumber
Setting one of the posts that the house sits on in cement
Installing the floor joist system
Cutting the flooring to fit
Predrilling the flooring before nailing it
The status of the house when Tim left
Weaving the mats that will line the inside of the walls
Jeff talking with Peter (left) and James (right)
Many of the houses are built on the tops of the ridgelines
This is the houseline where Jeff is building his house
Note that the front right wheel is off the ground
This is the houseline where Jeff is building his house
The wood is so hard that every nail hole must be predrilled to prevent the wood from splitting
Peter and James are assisting Jeff in the building of his house
Eastern Highlands Region in Papua New Guinea
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Pictures of Papua New Guinea
Part of the villiage of Kiari
Part of the village of Kiari
Some people who live in Kiari
People from the community called Kunol
Talking with some people in Kunol
Talking with and learning about the people
One of the church families by their house
Two of the preacher boys, Peter and James
Bomax and James Building a round house
Clearing a mudslide off the road with the dozer so we can go get more diesel for the airstrip project
Fixing a bad place in the road so we can drive over
Broken down on a remote part of the road
A Cessna 206 delivering diesel fuel to the village of Nomani so we can drive it to Kiari
The pilot unloading the drums of diesel fuel from the airplane
Tieing down the load of diesel drums for the rough ride to Kiari
Pushing dirt down a hill with the dozer
Airstrip as of November 2009
Airstrip as of December 2009
Airstrip as of January 2010
Airstrip as of February 2010
Airstrip as of March 2010
The scenery of Papua New Guinea
A view from the village of Kiari
Part of the village of Kiari
Inside Kiari Baptist Church
A view from the helicoper of the bush road leading to Kiari
Another section of the bush roading leading to Kiari
The meeting at which the land was purchased to build the airstrip on
One of the previous owners of the airstrip land signing over his section of the land
The progress of the airstrip as of October 2009
Another view of the progress of the airstrip as of October 2009
Jeff operating the track loader working on the airstrip
Jeff and the trackloader with of the people from Kiari
Bulldozer hard at work moving dirt for the airstrip
The bulldozer with some people from Kiari
The bulldozer and trackloader hard at work moving dirt
Building a bush fence to contain fill dirt
The airstrip work in progress
Checking the slope of the airstrip
Jeff fixing the trackloader
The bush repair to the trackloader
Fixing the trackloader again
Once again fixing the trackloader
Helicopter landing in Kiari
Kiari airstrip progress as of November 12
Another view of the Kiari airstrip as of November 12
Kiari with an almost completed Airstrip!
Early morning fog fills the valleys in a view from the village of Aibai.
Rodney leading singing during a church service in the village of Kilau.
An evangelistic outreach meeting in a man house in the village of Perwee.
The highlands of Papua New Guinea are a great display of the beauty of God’s creation.
A service at Kiari Baptist Church.
A missionary preaching to a group of people who have gathered around.
Looking down the mountain at the village of Perwee.
People waving in front of a house in the village of Aibai.
Sawmilling a gum tree into boards for a school building in the village of Gomrie.
People preparing food for a traditional feast, called a mumu, in the village of Kiari.
Some men and children who live in the village of Gomrie.
Typical House in Papua New Guinea.
This is just one of many villages scattered throughout remote regions of Papua New Guinea.
These are typical houses which the people of the Papua New Guinean highlands live in. They also plant gardens around their houses which is their source for food.
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Part of the villiage of Kiari
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.JPG "A view from Kiari")
.JPG "Part of the village of Kiari")
.JPG "Scene from around Kiari")
.JPG "Typical house is Kiari")
.JPG "Scene from around Kiari")
.JPG "Some people who live in Kiari")
.JPG "Some friends from Kiari")
.JPG "People from the community called Kunol")
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.JPG "One of the church families by their house")
.JPG "Two of the preacher boys, Peter and James")
.JPG "Bomax and James Building a round house")
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.JPG "Sunrise from Kiari")
.JPG "Clearing a mudslide off the road with the dozer so we can go get more diesel for the airstrip project")
.JPG "Fixing a bad place in the road so we can drive over")
.JPG "Broken down on a remote part of the road")
.JPG "A Cessna 206 delivering diesel fuel to the village of Nomani so we can drive it to Kiari")
.JPG "The pilot unloading the drums of diesel fuel from the airplane")
.JPG "Tieing down the load of diesel drums for the rough ride to Kiari")
.JPG "Pushing dirt down a hill with the dozer")
