The Stewart Family in New Guinea, January 2019

We are back in Papua New Guinea!


The last you heard from us we were still lacking some monthly support and were celebrating Christmas. Then we took off into the sunset and disappeared! So sorry about that! The GREAT news is that God faithfully provided the remainder of our support and we were able to get back to work.

We spent a wonderful sunny week in one of our favorite places on earth, Cairns, Australia, getting over jet lag and doing some last minute shopping (a blender, shoes, nine pounds of cheese…not kidding). We always like to get over jet lag in a country that has McDonalds. Then bright and early on January 7th we flew back to Papua New Guinea. As our Kodiak was circling Ukarumpa and preparing to land Paul turned to me with his eyes filling up and said “We’re back!”

Everyone keeps asking “How was furlough?” And we answer “It was great!” The next question is “Are you happy to be back?” And we say “YES! We are thrilled to be back!” The answer is gloriously BOTH! Our furlough was everything it could be AND we are excited to be back. Lots of people have said that we seem different, more joyful, healthier in every way. And that has everything in the world to do with YOU guys. Your love and grace and patience and laughter and support have sent us back to the field stronger than we have ever been. I truly believe we have the best senders of all time!

cid:2827314955958176009750841Soon we will fill you in on what we have been up to since we got back, but mostly we just wanted you to know that yes…we are alive! We love and miss all of you! We are hearing about the great American freeze-out and are thinking about you while we cid:8095114551361403832994087sweat it out in the tropics!

Thanks for sending us back to PNG. And a special thanks to everyone who sent in a gift in December! WOW! You knocked our socks off! We love partnering with you to serve the people of Papua New Guinea.

Love, The Stewart Six
Jan 5, 2019


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