Familiar words

Curly hair helps hold in the natural decorations, this young man is showing his style.

Word Challenge

Would you consider yourself to be linguistically curious? Have you ever wondered if an English word might occur in another language (with a different meaning, of course)? Would you like a souvenir from New Guinea? Well, we are here to inform you that indeed there are familiar sounding words in the Pal language and to offer you the chance to win your very own PNG money. The way it works is that the first person who correctly completes the following chart and emails it back to us will receive a 1 kina coin and a 2 kina note as a token of their awesomeness. Good Luck!

Pal Meaning	English Hint	Word:
Tooth	Did you hear that _____? I believe someone is at the door	Knock (spelled ‘nak’ here)
Nasal congestion	‘Dear the bathroom needs straightening up.” (British English)	Messy Loo (spelled ‘mesilu’ here)
Ditch	Add up the numbers to find this.
Skin	Baby talk
Belly	The favorite word of the terrible twos.
Biting Fly	Band of young hoodlums, often associated with criminal activity.
Banana	Wipe your feet on this before you come inside.
House	Not short.

Our boys enjoyed their time with some friends who came for a visit on a school break (their parents teach at the MK School).

Transition

The other day we combed our kid’s hair, it was a big step for us (and them). You might be chuckling, but allowing their hair to get over an inch long is just one of the first steps we are taking to help them make the transition back to the USA for our home assignment. Change in location can bring confusion and stress and we are asking the Lord for smooth adjustments.

‘Are we in America?’ – Tim age 3 entering an air conditioned office at our Madang Center shortly after our arrival here in PNG in 2007.

We have also been spending some time thinking about and preparing for sharing in person with you all about the work here in PNG. It seems that there are so many things that the Lord has taught us and so much that He is doing it will be a real challenge to share it all. Would you pray for us that what and how we speak brings honor to Him?

Transport?

While we are quite experienced at gamboling about here in Pal without the assitance of a motorized vehicle, we are thinking that there will be some occasion for us to use such a machine when we get back to the States. We are wondering if anyone knows of a small reliable sedan that we might buy, rent, or use for our 9 month stint in the states. Any leads, please let us know.

Thanks a bunch and have fun with the challenge.

Nate for the family

PS: A few statistics:

                - Percentage of birthdays that Tim has spent in PNG: 66

                - Pairs of shoes that the Claasens have used up in the last 7 months, living in Pal: 12

                - Percentage of the bush pole rafters of our house that are currently being eaten by bugs: 10

                - Miles our boys have pushed each other across the helipad in the back of a Tonka brand dump truck : at least 5

                - Number of cans of peanuts consumed weekly in our house: 5

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