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MAPANG Missionary Home (Photo Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

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© 2012 Charles J. Micheals Published by the Aiyura Valley Historical Society

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To the men and women of MAPANG who have served the Christian missionary workers of Papua New Guinea so faithfully.

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“My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.”

(Isaiah 32:18)

iving of oneself sacrificially without expectation of payment in return is sometimes seen in a handful of people in the world. However, rare is the person who will do so while achieving someone else’s goals, dreams and visions, unless you get to know the people and workers of MAPANG who have been a gift to God’s work in Papua New Guinea (PNG). They are indeed the mission world’s jewels.

This short book is written to give tribute to these unsung heroes of the mission world and to call attention to the ongoing work of this great organization. While not every name of every staff person or board member is noted, those the author was aware of are included. If the reader knows others who should be included or if you have a tribute you’d like included in future editions, please contact me.

My thanks goes to the following people who helped make this book possible:  Bill Burchett.  Arthur and Jean Charles.  Ray and Marge Frisken.  Wally and Sjannette Hagoort.  Gwen Ison.  Ron Lean.  Murray and Ngaire Phipps.

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A special word of thanks goes to Arthur Charles and Ray Frisken for their help in writing the book. Arthur was instrumental in helping set up meetings with the former MAPANG founders where the stories could be recorded. Arthur also contributed to the book by helping write a large portion of the historical section, by offering manuscript corrections and improvements and editing. Ray also helped with writing, correcting and making suggestions for improving the work and verifying the names of people noted in the photos.

He also helped by connecting up with many other former MAPANG staff and volunteers to collect their stories. Without the help of these two men, this book would not have been written.

I also want to say thanks to my wife Barb for her patience with me during the time it took to collect material and to write this book. She encouraged me to keep working on this project and gave advice on many practical things. She also helped with editing and proofreading. Without her help and encouragement this book would have never been started or completed. Many others also helped with various remembrances for which I am grateful.

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he MAPANG Missionary Home for many seems to have been around forever in the coastal town and capital of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It has always been there when called upon to provide a safe and comfortable place to stay in Port Moresby after a long journey to Papua New Guinea or heading home to another country. It is also a place where mission staff can always find a simple, yet delicious meal to ready them for the day’s adventure or a place for renewing old acquaintances.

Whatever the reason for people’s stay at MAPANG, this has not always been the case in Port Moresby.

Before MAPANG started, missionary staff had a difficult time to find a reasonably priced place to stay.

Rare was the hotel or other guest house accommodations where staff knew and cared about your Christian work and went out of their way to make your stay as lovely as possible and while Christians living in Port Moresby opened up their homes to travelling missionaries, the large number of missionaries working in the country soon meant more missionaries than homes available.

The MAPANG Missionary Home started in 1960 by a group of Port Moresby Christians when it was no longer possible to accommodate, in private homes, the increasing number of missionaries passing through Port Moresby. Over the years, this home became the focus of the association.

When the organization was started it was known as The Missionary Association of Papua And New Guinea or M.A.P.A.N.G.. Today MAPANG stands for the Missionary Association of Papua New Guinea. While the missionary home is not synonymous with M.A.P.A.N.G., the missionary home today is simply called MAPANG by guests. The missionary home in this book will be referred to as MAPANG since that is how it is known to the public.

MAPANG has always been a non-denominational self-supporting association, running under the authority of a board. The make-up of the board has changed to meet changing circumstances over the years since its inception in 1952 when board members (called directors) were individuals elected by the members of the association. There are currently seven organizations that make up the missionary association, MAPANG. They are: BTA (Bible Translation Association of PNG), ECPNG (Evangelical Churches of PNG), Gulf Christian Health Services, MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) NTM (New Tribes Mission), Salvation 6|Page

Army and SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics). Each of these missions/church organizations have members on the Board.

When MAPANG was first formed in 1952, some of the founding members of MAPANG were Bernie and Freda Lea, Bill and Laurel Burchett, Ron and Marion Lean, Alan and Gwen Charles, Vern and Grace Hodgson, Leo Buckman (of the Bible Society), Ted and May Brett, Tom Dietz, and a number of others.

Bernie Lea, Bill Burchett, Tom Dietz and Alan Charles were appointed life directors.

A number of board members need to be recognized who have served over the years. They are: Jim Axelson* (SIL), Robert Bruce, Bill Burchett, Dudley and Marjorie Deasey (Unevangelized Fields Mission), Allan Johnston, Bill Mole, Pauline ToBolton*, Cliff Shelton (SIL) and Kevin White. As the author is made aware of other board members additional names will be included.

* Designates that they have served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at one time.

The current hosts of MAPANG are Michael & Cheryl McDaniel who arrived in February 2015.

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John 4: 35. “I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.”

his is a marvelous story that almost was never written. It is a story of expatriate Christians working in Port Moresby. However, the stage was set hundreds of years earlier when explorers discovered the country and the local villagers along the coast through their efforts and various mission agencies brought the Christian Gospel to a few people located on the coast of the island. Then a world war would be fought in New Guinea which would bring Australian and American citizens both to the coast and inland and thus a greater vision for the Gospel’s advance to all the tribes of New Guinea would being to take shape. In God’s sovereign plan, even the horrible effects of war would be used to sow seeds of the Gospel to this island nation.

After World War II, many young Australians returning from the conflict in New Guinea came home with an urge to return and do something for the people of New Guinea. Not all were motivated to bring the message of the Bible and faith in Jesus Christ to the people on the eastern half of the island. Instead many had dreams only about developing the untapped potential of Australia’s near neighbor. Many others in Australia had seen newsreels of the fighting and the contribution of the "fuzzy wuzzy angels" and heard exciting stories of a wild untamed country where there were hundreds of different tribes of stone-age people who were traditional enemies, and of head hunters and cannibals. Some felt going to New Guinea could be a great adventure and stories of the great wealth of gold discovered on the island before the war could be the ticket to great wealth. For others, their hearts burned for the message of the Christ and the cross to be delivered to the people and plans were soon laid by the men and their wives and families to do just that. However, significant challenges stood in their way.

Most records state that the first inhabitants of the islands of New Guinea and Papua were of Melanesian and Negrito ethnicity, who had immigrated through Asia to get to the island. How long they lived there is 8|Page

fully unknown before being discovered by the explorers of the 16th century. However, by the 20th century the people were divided into thousands of tribal groups speaking more than 800 distinct languages.

In 1828, the Dutch, who had come to Indonesia for lucrative spice trading, formally took possession of the western half of New Guinea (now the Indonesian Province of Papua) as part of the Dutch East Indies. The eastern half of New Guinea was first explored by Spanish and Portuguese explorers in the 16th century, but there was little influence from colonial powers until the late 19th century.

In 1885, Germany formally annexed a northern section of the mainland and the northern islands, and in response Britain annexed the south. In 1906, Britain transferred its rights to the Commonwealth of Australia which administered it as the Territory of Papua, with its capital in Port Moresby. Because of the difficulties of communication with the many different language groups, the administration adopted what was first called Police Motu as a lingua franca for much of its dealings with the indigenous peoples. This language was a simplified version of the language of the Motu people group who lived in coastal villages around Port Moresby. They used it in their annual expeditions in lakatois (three-hulled canoes) to the villages along the coast to their west carrying clay cooking pots made by the Motuan women, which they traded for sago and other food, and also canoe logs. (Because this trade is known by the Motu people as Hiri, the language is now called Hiri Motu).

The Germans in the northern area known as New Guinea, as well as trading with the local population, began active development of agriculture, and extensive plantations, mainly of coconuts but also some cocoa and trial plantings of other tropical crops, were established in the islands and coastal areas of the mainland. Wharves, warehouses and roads on the northern coast were built, and schools and medical services were provided for the small expatriate community and to some of the indigenous people.

Australian development in the southern portion of the main island known as Papua also included some plantations of coconuts and rubber trees, and similar infrastructure and services, though not as extensive as that in the north.

Christian missionaries had come bringing the Gospel before the annexation of the territories by the colonial powers and they provided more educational and medical services to village people than were provided by the governments. During the British period in Papua, the Administrator brokered an agreement between the main protestant denominational missions that they would work in different 9|Page

regions of the island; London Missionary Society (Congregational) on the southern region of Papua from around Daru and Port Moresby in the west to Milne Bay in the east, Anglicans in the northern region of the Papuan Mainland, Methodists in the Papuan islands to the north and east of the mainland, but they worked also in New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville in German New Guinea, while Lutherans worked mainly in the New Guinea mainland. Some non-denominational missions also began work, including the Unevangelized Fields Mission (UFM, whose Papuan work was later renamed Asia Pacific Christian Mission) operating in the western region of Papua.

At the outset of World War I, Australia was deeply concerned by the presence of the German enemy so close to home and sent troops to invade and take control of German New Guinea (called Kaiser Wilhelmsland). After the war, Australia's administration of the former German colony (now known as the Territory of New Guinea) was formalized under a League of Nations mandate. The new administration was separate from that of Papua, with Rabaul on the island of New Britain, which had been capital of the German colony, retained as its capital. The lingua franca was pidgin, a language developed by whalers and traders who visited the islands prior to any European settlement. It was adopted by the Germans for communicating with village people and was retained by the Australians. Melanesian Pidgin or NeoMelanesian as it is now known comprises mainly English words with Melanesian pronunciation, grammar and sentence structure, but including also some words from Pacific Island and other languages.

All German property in New Guinea was expropriated and the plantations were sold, with preference given to Australian ex-servicemen. However, a high proportion of these were acquired by the Australian shipping and trading companies Burns Philp and Carpenters. During the 1930's depression many of the privately owned plantations became bankrupt and were bought up by the companies.

The Territory of New Guinea economy received a major boost in the late 1920's and 1930's with the development of rich gold fields at Wau and Edie Creek. This led to a gold rush and to advances in aviation when components of massive dredging machines were flown from Lae to Wau. At the peak of this operation Lae became the world's busiest airport. This gold bonanza contributed both to the opening up of the interior of the country as prospectors ventured further and further afield in the hope of striking it rich, and also to the use of aircraft as the main means of communication in this rugged terrain.

But development came to a halt in World War II when, after the fall of Singapore, Japanese forces swept south and invaded the northern Islands and most of the north of the New Guinea mainland in 1942.

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However, the influx of allied armed forces to repel the Japanese invaders also had the effect of making people in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. much more aware of this previously little known country and its people.

After being liberated by Australian and U.S. forces in 1945 the Territory of New Guinea became a United Nations trusteeship, administered by Australia, which then established a single administration for both territories, with headquarters in Port Moresby, for what became the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (TPNG).

Initially the administration was headed by an Administrator responsible through the Minister for Territories to the Australian government. In 1951 a Legislative Council of appointed members, some of whom were indigenous, was set up as an advisory body to the Administrator. In 1964 this was replaced by a largely elected House of Assembly with increased powers. Full democracy and autonomy in internal affairs came in 1973 and then in September 1975, the new nation of Papua New Guinea became fully independent, but it retained strong links with Australia and Britain as a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, with the British Queen as head of state. However, the story of MAPANG started in the post-World War II period.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, there was an influx of young Australians, together with some from New Zealand and other countries, to rebuild the administration and the economy which was devastated by the war. There was also a drive to open up the largely unexplored interior of the country and the quite heavily populated highlands valleys, many of which had not had any previous contact with the outside world and were still involved in tribal warfare and in some places cannibalism.

Among those who came were some whose motivation was, or included, a desire to bring the light of the Gospel to the tribes who were practicing their animistic religion and who had never heard of Jesus Christ.

Some came to serve in the existing or new Christian missions and churches, but some came for secular employment with the aim of also spreading the Good News. It was from this last group of "tent-makers" or "semi-professional missionaries" that the Missionary Association of Papua And New Guinea (M.A.P.A.N.G.) or MAPANG as noted in this book was formed in Port Moresby.

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ill Burchett, one of few surviving foundation members of MAPANG when this book was being written, but who since died in October 2014, ascribed the initiative for forming MAPANG to Bernard (Bernie) and Freda Lea. Bernie had been a missionary with the Unevangelized Field Mission (UFM) among the Gogodala people of the western region of Papua before the war. After the war he spent some time working for the PNG Department of Posts and Telegraphs.

Bill and Laurel Burchett with daughter Sandra (Photo Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

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When the Japanese invaded the island, most of the missionaries were advised or directed to leave the country, but Bernie Lea was one of the brave men known as "coast-watchers" who stayed on to help the allied cause by hiding in remote locations from which they radioed information to the armed forces about enemy troop, aircraft and shipping movements. After the Japanese were driven out he retired and lived in Port Moresby.

Bill Burchett, like Bernie Lea, came originally from New Zealand. He had contact with Bernie before he came to Port Moresby in September 1951 and like most other Protestant Christians who came to live there, he joined Bernie and his wife Freda in worshipping at the Ela Church in the heart of the city. This non-denominational church had been established by London Missionary Society (LMS) missionaries in 1890. Its congregation in the early years was mainly expatriates. From the new arrivals in the early postwar years there arose a group of theologically conservative evangelicals who began a separate meeting in the church hall (which Bill described as a tin shed next to the church) as well as participating in the existing church services.

Bill saw the impact of his work early on in his days in Port Moresby when he met Jerry and Elizabeth Wunsch and their two children Faith and David who were new arrivals from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Bill was asked by friends to give guidance to this this young couple and their children as they began work in New Guinea. They had just moved to Port Moresby to take up work with the mission agency, Christian Missions in Many Lands. They decided on this island after Jerry heard another missionary describe New Guinea as “The land that God forgot”. Knowing that God had forgotten no island or people they had come to demonstrate God’s love for the people of New Guinea.

Bill was able to help this couple get off to a good start in the country. The Wunsch’s went on to have a very successful missionary career in the Anguganak area that lasted over 42 years. They helped established a number of churches and mission stations, do land survey for many of the roads in existence today in the country, cleared land for runways in primitive parts of New Guinea and trained many Papua New Guineas in all type of practical skills. Jerry was instrumental in teaching Papua New Guineans the skills of beekeeping that helped Papua New Guinea develop a viable honey industry1.

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Such was the impact Bill Burchett and the others like him who served with MAPANG would have on the work of missions. Each MAPANG staff member or volunteer, like Bill saw their job as servants of the Lord by helping missionaries in many practical ways be successful in bringing the Gospel to the island of New Guinea. These men and women were truly the pioneers of the modern missionary work going on in Papua New Guinea today.

It was to men like Bill Burchett that Bernie and Freda Lea presented the vision for working together in an organized way to help the work of missions and missionaries and to reach out with the gospel message to the indigenous population living in and near Port Moresby. They responded with enthusiasm and decided to form MAPANG and a call went out for others to join in the work.

1952 - MAPANG members at the Koki Market (L-R) Bernie Lea, Laurel Burchett, Freda Lea, Bill Burchett (back row), Percy Bateson and Alf Faulkner. Truck behind them is Bernie’s Blitz Buggy*. (Photo Courtesy of the Ron Lean Collection) * Blitz Buggy was the name that was used by Australians for a small four wheel drive army truck. A significant proportion of the vehicles used in PNG in the early post-war years were those left behind by the United States’ military forces after they left New Guinea.

Ron Lean was one of those men who heard of this need. He had come to Port Moresby in March 1951 as a single man after spending 14 months in the country in the Air Force during World War II, during which time he had learnt to speak the trade language Melanesian Tok Pidgin. After the war he applied for a public service 14 | P a g e

job in Port Moresby and after he and his fiancĂŠe Marion were engaged. After nine months in Port Moresby he had picked up the lingua franca in the area, Police Motu, which later became called Hiri Motu. He then departed for Melbourne, Australia where he got married and returned with his wife.

Ron and Marion Lean Family - Children (L – R) Murray, Elizabeth, Mark, John, Andrea. Their two other children (Alison and Danny) had not yet been born. (Photo Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

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This small group of men and women who went on to form MAPANG soon came to realize that many of the New Guinea and Papuan people who moved from all over the country to Port Moresby to help with the rebuilding efforts after the war did not want to affiliate with a particuliar Protestant denomination in Port Moresby that they were not familiar with from their home villages. Since the work of missions had been regionalized, not all churches working in the country were also working in Port Moresby. Thus, being unfamiliar with the teaching of the churches that were there, many of these people stopped going to any Christian church service. The need to have an independant evangelical organization doing some of this outreach became obvious and these early leaders in MAPANG met that need. God had given them their mission and outreach and the work of MAPANG in holding open air meetings was born.

While Bernie and Freda Lea first started the local outreach in 1950, once Ron Lean and Bill Burchett and the others arrived the work started in earnest. Those who joined the work in the early years included Vern and Grace Hodgson, Alan and Gwen Charles, Leo Buckman (of the Bible Society), Ted and May Brett, Tom Dietz, and a number of others over the subsequent years.

By 1952 the need to create a name became apparent. After discussing various possibilities the term “Missionary Association of Papua New Guinea” was decided on because the acronym “MAPANG” was an easy one to remember and to say. This newly formed group described themselves as the ‘handmaiden’ or ‘servants of missions and missionaries’, serving in humility to those locally in need of spiritual instruction and in a practical way by serving the needs of the missionary workers passing through Port Moresby. (Genesis 29:24). The focus was to serve all the evangelical missions as they were able, almost 50 agencies at the time.

Vern and Grace Hodgson (Photo courtesy of the David Brett Collection)

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At its beginning in 1953, MAPANG’s activities had two facets: direct outreach to the local indigenous community and help to missions and missionaries. Over the ensuing years as circumstances and needs changed, both facets narrowed their focus and ultimately the local outreach ceased as it was taken over by other mission agencies working in the country and the help to missions came to the forefront of MAPANGs activities by the provision of short-term accommodation to Christian workers passing through Port Moresby.

MAPANG fellowship meals (Photo courtesy of the Ron Edwards Collection)

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MAPANG fellowship meals - (Photo courtesy of the Ron Edwards Collection)

MAPANG fellowship meals (Photo courtesy of the Ron Edwards Collection)

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ne of the earliest activities for the men and women of MAPANG was a Sunday afternoon open-air meeting at Koki market, at that time the only place in the town where local people sold produce from gardening, fishing and hunting, and a great gathering point for catching up with friends and relatives.

Bernie Lea had an amplification system which he alone (from his coast-watcher radio experience) knew how to operate; others played instruments like guitars, ukuleles and accordions and translated or wrote up new Gospel choruses into Hiri Motu or Pidgin.

1954 - Sunday afternoon Christian outreach at Koki (Photo courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

Bill Burchett and Ron Lean gave gospel messages in Hiri Motu and others spoke in Pidgin. Often speakers were missionaries visiting town from outstations. It is worth noting that Ron Lean used his gift for language not only in the open air meetings, but also began Bible translation for the Bible Society, beginning with Mark’s gospel. Even after Ron returned to Australia he translated and ultimately completed, with Papuan helpers, the whole Bible as well as other Christian publications into Hiri Motu.

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MAPANG Koki outreach video (Video courtesy of the Charles Micheals Video Collection)

1954 - Sunday afternoon Christian literature distribution at Koki (Expat man in the middle of the crowd - Tom Dietz, expatriate woman at bottom right with purse is Laurel Burchett, expatriate man in the middle at bottom of photo is Peter Murray). (Photo Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

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As well as the Koki Market meetings, MAPANG members also conducted Sunday Schools for children at locations in Port Moresby and nearby villages. One of the men who participated in the Sunday School was Ron Edwards. Ron and his wife Helen spent four years in Port Moresby, from December 1968 to November 1972 and during that time were members of MAPANG. They got involved in this work because the United Church was unable to staff all the Sunday Schools in the area due to the large number of squatter villages around Pt Moresby. Ron was thus approached by the men of MAPANG to assist with the Sunday Schools.

1969 – (L-R) Ron, daughter Annette, wife Helen with sons Luke and Paul (Photo courtesy of the Ron Edwards Collection)

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Ron was nominated to Superintend one Sunday School in a squatter’s village named Runaguri, which was located behind the government office area of Konedobu where he worked. The people in the Runaguri squatter village were from the Kerema district and in general did not get along well with the local people living nearby who were from other areas of New Guinea.

Sunday School classroom built by the men of MAPANG at Runaguri (Photo courtesy of the Ron Edwards Collection)

Sunday School class at Runaguri (Photo courtesy of the Ron Edwards Collection)

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Christmas time for the Sunday School class at Runaguri (Photo courtesy of the Ron Edwards Collection)

Ron Edwards and local man at the Runaguri settlement (Photo courtesy of the Ron Edwards Collection)

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In addition to the Sunday School work, the men of MAPANG also conducted evening meetings for workers living in labor compounds of firms like Burns Philp and Steamships where large numbers of workers had been brought in for repairing and rebuilding the infrastructure damaged by Japanese bombing during the war.

The MAPANG open air meetings continued in Koki for at least six years. When the Salvation Army began work in Port Moresby with their tradition of open-air meetings supported by brass bands they joined in the Koki meetings and gained some experience of the local ministry. Eventually MAPANG handed this activity over to them. Even before the Salvation Army began work another outreach to the local people visiting the market was created when Crusaders for Christ established an Everyman's Hut. Although this was not formally attached to MAPANG, many of the members assisted in its ongoing outreach ministry.

1954 - Sunday school classes at Koki (Expats L – R - Lorraine Hodgson, John Hodgson, Vern Hodgson, Grace Hodgson) (Photo Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

MAPANG was not the only organization that emerged from the group of evangelicals meeting in the Ela church hall. Many of them lived in the suburb of Boroko and in 1952 they began Sunday morning services

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in Boroko and this was soon formalized as Boroko Protestant Church. Later they decided to regroup as Boroko Baptist Church and built their own building in 1959. One of the ministries this church developed was a Bible Correspondence School as an outreach both locally and throughout the country and this continued beyond the time when the MAPANG magazines had ceased publication.

Other churches and organizations such as YMCA and YWCA were also established as the city grew and through these expatriate Christians in secular occupations were able to be involved in outreach to the indigenous peoples and the Gospel continued to grow in influence as a continuing number of local people received Christ as Savior and began attending the established churches.

2014 - GIna Pukari, Ngaire Phipps (MAPANG) and Esi at Boroko Baptist Church’s 63rd anniversary celebration (Photo Courtesy of the Ngaire Phipps Collection)

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s the success of the open air meetings became evident, Freda Lea had a vision of producing reading matter for the local people that could strengthen their Christian faith during the week. While many people came to the open air meetings, they were getting no Christian teaching throughout the week. There was no Christian literature being produced to meet this need. By 1953 Freda took on oversight of the production of two magazines Kamonai and Harim which were published six times a year.

Kamonai had both general informative and Christian articles written in simple English with a Hiri Motu diglot. Harim had the same material, but in simple English with a Pidgin diglot. The magazine produced

by MAPANG contained articles written from a number of different missionaries and other individuals, but many were written by the members of MAPANG. Eventually a separate typeset printed booklet explaining the way of salvation was also produced in both Hiri Motu and Pidgin versions.

1954 – Freda Lea at a Sunday afternoon Christian outreach at Koki Market (Photo Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

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1950s – Kamonai Magazine (Photos Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

1950s – Harim Magazine (Photos Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

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Ron Lean doing magazine distribution at Hanuabada (Photo Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

Initially the magazines were typed onto stencils and run off on a Gestetner duplicator by some of the MAPANG members and sold for a very nominal price at the Koki Market meetings. MAPANG members also went out to Hanuabada and other local villages selling house to house when each new magazine edition came out.

The early magazines printed on the Gestetner duplicator were about 7 x 8.5 inches and were 16 pages in length. In the late 1950s the magazines were offset printed by Stanmore Missionary press operated by Stanmore Baptist church in Sydney, Australia. Their staff did all the layout, design and some artwork (illustrations for some stories and a comic-strip type Bible story on the back cover). They were 5.5 x 8 inches, mainly typed out, but with a few line drawings. By the early 1960s the format had changed to 8.5 x 11 inches, two columns per page, half-tone photos as well as line drawings and the length was reduced to 8 pages. Eventually this was lengthened to 12 pages and covers had two colours added to the black of the photos and text.

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Ron Lean doing magazine distribution at Hanuabada (Photo Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

Freda Lea edited the magazines until the time she and Bernie went back to New Zealand at the end of 1963. From that point on, Arthur Charles took over from her the oversight of the magazines. Arthur was a brother to Alan Charles who was one of the founding members of MAPANG. Arthur arrived in New Guinea in February 1954 to work with the government Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries Department (with his brother Alan as his boss).

In his first week or two in Port Moresby Arthur saw the men and women of MAPANG hard at work in the Sunday afternoon open-air meetings at Koki market. However, he could not become involved because he was initially posted to work at Keravat Agricultural Experiment Station outside Rabaul. During his time at Keravat he met Jean who was teaching at a nearby Methodist mission station. They were married in 1961.

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Koki Market in the 1950s (Photo Courtesy of the Ray Frisken Collection)

He was there for nine years before being transferred to the agricultural headquarters in Port Moresby in 1963. Once Arthur was back in Port Moresby he reconnected with his friends from MAPANG and took up work on the magazines when Freda left.

After taking on the magazines work, Arthur did most of the Pidgin translation of any articles that were received in English. Many of the photos came from the government (Department of Information and Extension Services), but Arthur was a keen photographer and used many of his own photos.

As the number of magazines distributed locally grew, a growing number of magazines were also mailed directly from Sydney, Australia to missionaries who had standing orders for distribution to the people they were ministering to in the islands. The remainder were sent to Port Moresby and MAPANG members continued going out selling each new issue as they arrived. Eventually in 1968, MAPANG was inviting readers to take out annual subscriptions for the magazine to be mailed out directly to individuals.

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1969 - Arthur and Jean Charles and their children Catherine and Michael (Photo Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

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Women from Hanuabada reading magazines (Photo Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

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y the end of 1963, as more Papuans were able to read English, Kamonai had been replaced by Onward which was all in simple English, while Harim continued to be produced for Pidgin speakers. Harim continued to have some English items, though mostly these were not accompanied by a pidgin translation, and over the years the proportion of English declined.

1966 – Onward Magazine (Photos Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

1973 – Onward magazine

By the beginning of 1973 Arthur and Jean had passed on the work to Shirley Horne. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Horne were long-term missionaries with Asia Pacific Christian Missions (APCM) and Shirley was editor of their Mission's magazine Torch which was then incorporated into Onward magazine and publication was overseen by the Evangelical Alliance which ended MAPANG's publishing work. The magazines Harim and Onward continued for a few years longer, but when the Hornes retired and returned to Australia the Evangelical Alliance was unable to find another editor and the publication ceased. The last copies are dated May-June 1974, and this was Onward No. 72 and Harim No.100.

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Women of MAPANG distributing the Onward magazine at a settlement (Photo courtesy of the Ron Edwards Collection)

Woman of MAPANG distributing the Onward magazine at a settlement (Photo courtesy of the Ron Edwards Collection)

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t the time MAPANG was formed, New Guinea was becoming one of the most missionized places in the world. There were as many as fifty different societies sending missionaries to the territories and MAPANG members recognized the need to extend care to those brining the Gospel to the 800+ different language groups. Bernie Lea was early on particularly keen for MAPANG to serve as a "handmaid to missions" and to offer its help to all missions who sought it.

Help given took many forms. Requests were sometimes received from new missionaries before they left their home country for advice about what they needed to bring with them and what conditions they needed to prepare for. Often it was practical assistance to out-of-town missionaries by buying and sending out medical or teaching supplies or spare parts for equipment; picking up equipment sent for repair and organizing the work to be done; getting information from government agencies; etc. Sometimes knowledge gained through a member's work enabled him to give advice to a missionary on a relevant subject.

Alan Charles, for example, in a senior position in the Agriculture Department, was able to give some help to both Wycliffe Bible Translators and Christian Leaders Training College in locating the properties that became their main centers of operations in the country. Likewise, Ron Lean, who worked as a draftsman in the Public Works Department, drew the plans for an imposing new church building complete with bell tower for the Hanuabada United Church, and over time helped develop plans for a total of thirteen other village churches of various sizes.

One very special, continual and growing need was for temporary accommodation for mission staff passing through Port Moresby and helping newly arriving missionaries find their way around Port Moresby and for experienced missionaries from outstations coming to town for business or medical needs. At first when

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the numbers of people requesting housing and help was small, it was provided by MAPANG members in their own homes. Many MAPANG founding members have fond memories of families they were able to help in this way. However as the numbers needing accommodation increased, it was recognized initially

by Bernie and Freda Lae and then other Christians in Port Moresby that specific accommodation was necessary and that MAPANG should build and staff a missionary home.

Bill Burchett recalled the day that Canon Arrowsmith2, Secretary of the Bible Society in Australia along with Leo Buckman, the New Guinea representative of the Bible Society, were present at a MAPANG meeting and strongly encouraged them to undertake this project. After much discussion and prayer the MAPANG members in a step of faith accepted the challenge.

Although the exact date that Bill Burchett applied to the Department of Lands for a block of land in the main suburb of Boroko is uncertain (1953 or 1954), he was successful in his application. MAPANG was given a double residential block in Port Moresby in a very ideal location in Lahara Avenue, just a short walk from the Boroko Shopping Centre. Bill then drew up plans which were submitted to, and approved by, the Department of Lands.

It was agreed that the association would not go into debt for the project and so it would be built as the money came in. The money to start the project was very limited and only secured by donations from those who heard about the project.

The plan for the missionary home was for a U shaped building that could be erected in two stages. The first stage was to be L shaped with a kitchen, living room and a few bedrooms for the hosts and guests.

The second stage with more bedrooms would be built as more funds came in and the demand increased.

Initially the MAPANG members donated a few hundred pounds and a start was made on the first stage.

As more money came in, materials were purchased and donations came in from number of sources just when it was needed. Bill Burchett supervised the overall project.

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All the labor to build the home was voluntary with much of it provided by the MAPANG members. Work was done in the evenings and on Saturdays, but special mention must be given to retired builder from Sydney, Mr. Smith who gave three months to the project. He saw the first stage through to completion and in 1960, the first hosts Ted and May Brett, with their family, moved in and started taking guests.

Their service, as with those who followed them, was unpaid and Ted continued in his employment at Steamships to support his family while May did most of the running of the home. Some of the MAPANG women came in at times to help, including Grace Hodgson who helped regularly during the early years of the home. Bill Burchett continued to carry out or organize any maintenance needed for the buildings up to the time he returned to Australia in 1975. (It should be mentioned that Bill also assisted in the establishment of a missionary home in Mt. Hagen by drawing up plans for the building.)

Quadrangle at the MAPANG Missionary Home (Photo Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

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In 1961, further funds had come in and the second stage of the home was built, completing the U-shaped building that is still the core of the home, and adding also the brick wall at the front that created a quadrangle between the arms of the U shape. Labor again was all provided voluntarily and Arthur Bartlett, who had been a main builder of a manse for Boroko Baptist Church, filled the role that Mr. Smith had provided for the first stage.

MAPANG soon after its opening (Photo Courtesy of the Arthur Charles Collection)

In the early years the support by local Christians in Port Moresby provided not only great encouragement to the work and workers of MAPANG, but they also took on the role of helping cover some of the costs for the missionary home. There was also an annual thank offering which contributed quite substantially to the costs of the home. Also, each year when MAPANG advised the Christian public of anything that was needed, someone usually donated the needed items. One year, a Roman Catholic Sister in charge of the Bomana Seminary donated a commercial size gas stove and paid to have it installed.

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1962 – MAPANG (Photo Courtesy of the MAF Australia Archives Collection)

1962 – MAPANG Main living room area (Photo Courtesy of the MAF Australia Archives Collection)

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The formal affairs of MAPANG were controlled by a panel of directors which included the life directors mentioned above and others elected by members at an annual general meeting which was held at the home once this was established. Less formally there were monthly fellowship teas in the grounds of the missionary home for members and interested friends and these continued to be held at least into the 80's.

2014 – (L-R) Bill Burchett, Ron Lean, Arthur Charles gather to work on this book (Photo Courtesy of the Ray Frisken Collection)* (Note - * Shortly after these men met, Bill Burchett passed away on October 14, 2014. Ron Lean passed away on August 18, 2015.

Before Bill and Ron died, they along with Arthur Charles were able to record the history of MAPANG.)

It is fitting that Bernie and Freda Lea were still living in Port Moresby when the missionary home was built and they were able to be there for its launch. In 1963 when they said their goodbyes to the people of New Guinea to go back to their home in New Zealand, they were able to leave with a sense of satisfaction knowing that their vision was bearing fruit and that the work was in the capable hands of others.

Bernie Lea (Frank Bernard) died on November 16, 1993 at the age of 88. His wife Freda (Elfreda Beatrice) Lea died on January 17, 1994 at the age of 92. A fitting plaque is on their gravestone in the North Shore Memorial Park, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Plaque on the gravestone of Bernie and Freda Lea – North Shore Memorial Park, Auckland, New Zealand (Photo Courtesy of Billion Graves3)

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ed Brett had a long association with New Guinea going back to 1942 when he served with the Australian Army. At the time of his induction into the Australian military he was already working for the company that later became known as Remington Rand. While in the military and serving in Port Moresby, Ted was an active lay preacher, often preaching at Ela Beach.

Around 1962 - Ted Brett with sons (L-R) David and Mark at MAPANG missionary home (Photo Courtesy of the David Brett Collection)

At the end of the war he returned to work with Remington Rand (typewriters and other office equipment) – based in Brisbane, the city where he and May were born. His territory was Northern NSW, Queensland and New Guinea. In this capacity he made regular trips to various parts of New Guinea. It was during the 42 | P a g e

period from just after the war in 1945 to when they committed to the move to Port Moresby in the late 1950s, that Ted and his wife May built relationships with many people who were already living in Port Moresby. As those relationships deepened they heard from Bill Burchett about the home being built for missionaries passing through Port Moresby. After discussing and praying about that opportunity Ted and May began to explore how they might serve in that missionary home.

As Ted and May were given to hospitality, in 1957 the family, which included three children (John, Marion and David), travelled to Port Moresby to see first-hand the work of MAPANG and to learn more about the missionary guest home which they had by now planned to be a part of. In 1958 their fourth child Mark was born and a year later in November 1959 the family finally moved to Port Moresby to take up the work of being the first host and hostess of the MAPANG Missionary home which was then being built. To see the MAPANG missionary home get started Ted and May literally shared all they had. Such was the love they had for the Lord and those who were bringing the Gospel to the people of New Guinea.

Around 1964 - Ted and May Brett at the MAPANG missionary home (Photo Courtesy of the David Brett Collection)

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1962 – MAPANG courtyard (Photo Courtesy of the MAF Australia Archives Collection)

The Bretts moved to Port Moresby to take up the work with MAPANG, but without a paying job for Ted. He soon found employment at the Steamships Trading Company in Port Moresby as an Agency Manager and stayed working there from 1960 to 1961.

When they first arrived in Port Moresby they stayed for a short period of time with Bill and Laurel Burchett, then with the Dallas family living near Coronation School and within a month of arriving they were provided with a house by Steamship Trading on Budoa Avenue. They lived in that house for a couple of months before the first wing of the MAPANG missionary home was ready to be occupied.

John Brett had just turned 14 years old when he first arrived in Port Moresby in 1959 with his parents. He and his sister Marion were some of the earliest students to attend Port Moresby High School as it was known then. John, although older ended up being in the same class and year as Marion because of shortage of numbers and staff for a higher grade.

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John finished his high school education in Port Moresby at year 10 and left in 1961 to join Qantas as an apprentice Aircraft Ground Engineer at age 16 in Sydney, Australia. Marion followed John to Sydney at age 14 and she finished her high School education at Westmead High in the western suburbs.

Around 1962 - Ted and May Brett with their children (L-R) Mark, John, Marion, David (Photo Courtesy of the David Brett Collection)

Ted and May were the hosts of MAPANG from their arrival in 1959 to 1965. During this time, not only were the two stages of the home completed, but also a section of the second wing where one room had a small kitchen attached for longer term stay by missionaries was added to the buildings on site. (For a list of guests who stayed in MAPANG from 1959 – 1965 please see the Appendix.)

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The work of MAPANG for Ted and May was a work of love and devotion to all they served. It was also an all-consuming job for them as they hosted hundreds of families, some staying on many occasions. Many of these relationships also grew into friendships as host and guest got to know each other. Many visitors will remember May not only for her hospitality, but also for her music; she was a gifted pianist and used that gift in the home.

In 1962 Ted became a representative of MLC Life Assurance Limited selling life insurance and superannuation in New Guinea. Again he was regularly travelling around the country. During this time May continued to serve as the hostess at MAPANG.

After the Brett’s left their work at MAPANG, in late 1965 David Brett left Port Moresby to board at St. Peters Lutheran College, located in Indooroopilly, Australia (just west of Brisbane) for the last three years of his high school education. He returned to New Guinea for summer holidays.

In 1966 May took on work a secretary to Professor Ian Maddocks AO, Head of the Papuan Medical College.

She remained in this work until 1975.

In 1969, the Bretts moved to Redcliffe, Australia just north of Brisbane during David’s first year of university. After finishing that year in Australia Ted and May returned to New Guinea while their children took up schooling and life in Australia.

In New Guinea Ted continued his role with MLC Life Assurance Limited and stayed with that company until they left the country. May continued her work at the medical college. During this time Ted and May lived in a house on Two-Mile Hill [at that time it was called Three-Mile Hill], which backed onto Murray Barracks Army Base.

In all Ted and May lived and worked in Port Moresby for around ten years after they left MAPANG. During the years the Bretts lived in Port Moresby, they were very active members of the Boroko Baptist Church where May served as a musician during all their years in New Guinea.

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apartment in a complex built by Bill for their retirement years. They lived just a street apart in Port Moresby, but they were immediate neighbors in Tramore Street, Redcliffe, for about 30 years.

In Australia, Ted served as pastor of a number of Queensland Baptist churches in Scarborough (1975 – 1978), Mt Isa (1978 – 1981), and Brackenridge (1981 – 1984). May took on work a secretary to the department head at Department of Anatomy, University of Queensland.

They eventually fully retired in 1984. Ted passed away in 2009 and May passed away in 2014.

Ted and May Brett in their golden years (Photo Courtesy of the David Brett Collection)

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Excerpt from May Brett’s ‘A Life Album’ (In her own words) It was July 1958, just prior to the birth of our youngest son when the official invitation came. Visitors from Papua & New Guinea presented us the challenge to be part of the proposal by members of the Missionary Association of Papua & New Guinea, to build a guest home in Port Moresby.

The guest home would provide accommodation, at reasonable cost, for the many missionaries who passed that way, and for whom the local hotels were too expensive.

Specifically, we would fill the positions of Host and Hostess of this new venture – the proviso being that we find our own means of support.

This did not present a problem – in fact it was quite exciting. Ted had recently established a new Branch of the company Remington Rand right there in Port Moresby. Plans for a new building, which included accommodation, had already been accepted; all we needed was confirmation that the business would transfer him from his present position to head up the Branch in Port Moresby.

Now what was wrong with that idea was this – it was OUR idea, and God said ‘Your thoughts are not my thoughts, neither are your ways my ways’ (Isaiah 55:8).

Remington Rand’s national management rejected the idea of a State Manager assuming the lesser role, and we were left with a choice, whether to obey God’s direction, [in which case] Ted would need to resign, and look to the Lord to provide for us.

The formulation of these ideas, and discussions with [the Company] had all taken several months. Time was running out for us to find a house to live in, and a job to go to, and there was the necessity for permits.

[Papua was then a territory of Australia, but re-entry permits were needed].

Confirmation of a ‘leave-house’ being available arrived in the mailbox the very day Ted resigned from Remington Rand. [Government employees in Port Moresby took three months leave every two years, and typically returned to their home-country for a break].

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Arrangements to sail for Papua and New Guinea were under-way next; with 10 days to spare, Ted flew to Port Moresby to knock on doors in search of employment. One company manager saw fit to call a special director’s meeting, where the decision to create the position of Agency Manager was taken.

Once again we proved that when God has a plan He provides in every last detail, even to the opening of the first International High School just when we needed it for our two older children.

From November 1959 to January 1974, our years spent in the land of Papua New Guinea, or even since returning to Australia, have been a continuing experience of God’s faithfulness and provision of all our needs (Philippians 4:19).

It truly has been an adventure of a lifetime.’

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hen the Bretts finished their work at MAPANG in late 1965, Rev. Doug and Joyce McCraw4, who were missionaries with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), came with their three children (Graham, Kenneth and Alice) and filled in for a two year period.

Doug McCraw grew up in Willoughby, Australia. While attending St Stephen's Anglican church he was converted during his teenage years while attending a Bible class. He was schooled at North Sydney Boys High School. After high school he worked for a while for a stockbroking firm.

He joined the RAAF in 1941 and was seconded in 1943 to the RAF as an instructor. During this time he met his wife, Joyce Johanson. They married soon after he returned to Australia in 1946. In 1947 he entered a seminary and was ordained as an Anglican pastor in 1950. He served one church in Australia for three years and then became the home secretary from 1954 – 1956 for Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Melbourne, Australia5. In 1956 he became a pastor of another Anglican church in Australia for three more years.

In 1959 he was presented with an opportunity to fly with MAF in New Guinea and flew with them in the Wewak and Highlands area until 1965. Doug was well known for his distinctive leather apron he always wore on his scheduled flying days! He also wore a throat mic from his WWII days! His characteristic voice on the radio was also well known to the controllers in the Port Moresby Tower. “Moresby Tower, good morning. This Alpha Whiskey Mike for Efogi received information Alpha, taxi clearance.” The tower would respond, “Alpha Whiskey Mike, good morning Doug, clear to taxi for runway 24.”

Doug’s passengers were often missionaries with the various agencies working in the country. However, one very important passenger on one of those flights was a member of the New Guinea Parliament, Dr. John Guise who used MAF to fly back to his home district. At the time Dr. Guise was serving in the New Guinea East Papua Legislative Council, but he eventually served as the first Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from 1975 – 1977.

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In 1963, a young man Mungo Maxtone-Graham was adopted by the McCraws after Mungo’s father Peter Maxtone-Graham died in a tragic drowning accident in New Guinea in April of that year. Mungo’s father, who had started working in the country with Department of Agriculture Stock and Fisheries (DASF) was working for Bobby Gibbes planting coffee in Tremarne, just outside Mt. Hagen when the accident happened.

Map 1: The Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea (Source: CartoGIS, The Australian National University, CAP 14-130JS)

The tragic accident happened when Mungo, his father and his father’s friend John Jones were duck hunting on the Wahgi River in the Western Highlands. Their boat hit a whirlpool and capsized. Peter grabbed Mungo and they floated with the river for a short distance and finally ended up on a steep bank on the fast flowing side. Peter instructed Mungo to climb up the bank and wait for him as he was going to retrieve the boat and come back. Meanwhile John Jones had made it to the other side of the Wahgi River and yelled at Mungo to stay put after his father had disappeared around the bend in the river.

Jones told Mungo he was going to walk to Banz and get help. Four hours later a local woman found Mungo and helped him across the river and gave him food to eat. Around 5:00 pm Mungo heard a plane flying into the Wahgi Valley. It was a MAF Cessna airplane based in Banz and piloted by Doug McCraw.

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Doug and several other men, Tom Cole and Peter Harbeck came out to assess the situation. They told the local people to bring Mungo to Banz that evening which they did and so Mungo spent his first night with the McCraws at their home in Banz.

On Monday, the following day, a full scale search was launched and around lunchtime Noel Rutledges’ sons found Peter’s body in an eddy in the Wahgi River. The week that followed was consumed by funeral arrangements and on the day of the funeral Doug took Mungo on a flight to see the Wahgi River area before they proceeded to Mt. Hagen to bury Mungo’s father. At the time, Doug did not know that in around 15 years it would be his final resting place after another tragic accident took the life of Doug.

Mungo lived with the McCraws for a couple of years in New Guinea. In 1965 the McCraws took a furlough year and moved back to Australia and Mungo would finish his high school years there. During that furlough year Doug and Joyce helped Mungo get settled into Trinity Grammar School, which was an Anglican boarding school near Sydney, Australia where the McCraw’s lived. Mungo stayed at the school in Australia for the rest of his formal education, other than for short visits to New Guinea during school breaks to be with the McCraws. In 1971 Mungo decided to move back to New Guinea where he worked for Sepik Air Charters in Wewak. Mungo eventually got married in 1986 and started his own business in Port Moresby which he still owns.

In late 1965, the McCraws made plans to move back to New Guinea. Doug flew a MAF Cessna from Sydney, Australia to Port Moresby, where they stayed at MAPANG. However, the stay at MAPANG was brief as the McCraw’s were on their way to a remote part of the country. They were assigned by MAF to serve at Eroro, which was a small outpost located near Oro Bay in Oro Province. They lived in such a remote place that when looking outside the windows of their house which overlooked the dirt airstrip, there was no one else in sight!

After living for only a short time at Eroro in early 1966, the McCraws were asked to serve for a couple of years as managers of the MAPANG missionary home. The family moved to Port Moresby and served at the missionary home until 1967. During this time the McCraws were at MAPANG, Doug also served as the honorary chaplain to the Army units stationed in Port Moresby.

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After leaving MAPANG in late 1967 Doug again took up flying, but this time for the Anglican church with an airplane stationed in Port Moresby. In 1969 Doug began flying with Sepik Air Charters (based in Port Moresby) and then Talair (also based in Port Moresby) when Talair bought out the Sepik airline in 1971.

While stationed in Port Moresby Doug often flew into the Highland areas and those visits highlighted a need for Anglican pastors there. From 1972 to 1977 the McCraw family lived in Mt. Hagen, in the Western Highlands where Doug was the Rector in charge of an Anglican parish. During their time in Mt. Hagen the McCraws also managed a different missionary guest house there.

In early 1977 the McCraws were transferred to Lae, Papua New Guinea. While traveling to Lae on February 24, 1977 Doug was killed in a road accident on the Highland’s Highway near the town of Kainantu. By Divine Providence, Mungo was in the area of the accident and was able to provide help in the tragic situation. Doug was buried in Mt. Hagen and his grave is just a few grave plots away from where Mungo’s father Peter was buried. After the accident Joyce and her children returned to Australia and lived there until she died in September 2004. Sadly, the bronze plaques that were initially on the headstones for Doug and Peter have been removed by grave robbers and sold likely as scrap.

Doug and Joyce McCraw and daughter Alice (Photo Courtesy of the MAF Australia Archives Collection)

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Doug and Joyce McCraw (Photo Courtesy of the MAF Australia Archives Collection)

Doug McCraw at work in Wewak with a Cessna 180 (Photo Courtesy of the MAF Australia Archives Collection)

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The following reflection, two stories and two photos about Doug come by permission of an acquaintance of Doug’s, Ian Bean who flew with him in New Guinea.

Reflection:

An aeroplane was simply an extension of Doug's body. He was born to fly, and more than any other pilot I have known, he had a consummate knowledge of aircraft performance gained during thousands of hours of aeronautical experience which enabled him to put his craft precisely where he wanted it, whether in the air or landing it on the ground.

When, later on, I was also to do my pilots training in PNG, he was my inspiration.

New Guinea is one of the most dangerous countries on earth for conducting light aircraft operations, partly because of sub-standard airstrips and high mountains separated by deep narrow gorges, but primarily because of the speed at which weather conditions can deteriorate and give pilots no escape route.

All such flying was nominally conducted under the Internationally accepted Visual Flight Rules which govern minimum distances, both vertically and horizontally, that pilots are required to keep away from cloud. Reality however necessitated that virtually every New Guinea bush pilot contravened these conservative rules, almost on a daily basis.

Flight safety was more dependent upon a pilot's skilled airmanship, timely decision making, and knowledge of local terrain and weather patterns, than strict adherence to any set of written rules.

Story Number One: It needs to be remembered that there were no navigational aids at any of these airstrips, and planes were not equipped, as they are today, with GPS's.

At the very top right hand corner of the Lumi picture, there is a deep forested river valley running at right angles to the landing direction of the airstrip.

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Quite often in the mornings an extensive solid cloud layer would obscure the mountain tops, and the cloud base would be only a few feet above airstrip level. In these conditions Lumi was inaccessible to all pilots except Doug.

He would navigate his own well practiced indirect route from Anguganak (at a lower altitude) to Lumi following a maze of clear river valleys beneath the cloud base, before making his landing approach from below the level of Lumi airstrip.

1970 - Lumi Airstrip (760 meters long) at a government center and a Roman Catholic mission center Pilot Doug McCraw flew in to. (Photo Courtesy of the Ian Bean Collection6)

As onlookers we would watch in wide-eyed amazement as an aircraft climbed up out of the valley through mist and fog to deposit itself on the runway threshold. This was not some irresponsible act of daredevilry. It was an exhibition of sublime piloting and navigational skills.

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Story Number Two: This event happened on the day when I (Ian) took the following Kabori picture.

1971 – MAF Pilot Doug McCraw in a Britten-Norman Islander loading bags of copal gum and massoi bark for export at Kabori. (Photo Courtesy of the Ian Bean Collection 7)

Copal gum is the solidified sap of the Kauri pine tree, and Kabori is one of the few locations where there are naturally occurring dense stands of this tree. The trees are "tapped" in a way similar to that used to obtain latex from rubber trees. Copal was used in many products, including high quality paints and varnishes.

At 2000 feet elevation, Kabori is only 400 meters long and comes with a notice to pilots "slippery when wet". I have included the Kabori picture primarily because the aircraft was being piloted by

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the legendary Reverend Doug McCraw. The warning to pilots "slippery when wet" was an understatement.

Doug had landed the empty Islander at Kabori amid a huge spray of mud and grass kicked up by the wheels and propeller wash, after which he slithered to a stop not too far short of the top end where the parking bay was located. After loading our bags of produce, with weather closing in, I was the passenger in the co-pilot's seat as he gave maximum takeoff power to both engines, commencing his takeoff run across the parking bay to gain extra momentum, before initiating a skidding realignment onto the top end of the airstrip proper.

The Islander's four small main wheels rolled up strips of sodden grass like a harvester at a turf farm. With 50 meters of strip left before plunging into an area of swamp, only the nose wheel was in the air. I was terrified that I might have made an error weighing the bags of copal gum we had loaded, and that eventually The Inquest was going to establish my culpability for causing this terrible accident.

Doug, sensing my unease, casually turned to me and smilingly noted "Ducks with mud on their feet take a while to get airborne" then with barely perceptible inputs from him the aircraft flew off the ground missing all the bullrushes by just a few feet.

It seemed at the time to me like some sort of miracle. Today I understand that he knew precisely how his Islander was going to perform under those conditions. Thank you Reverend Doug McCraw for the memories and also for initiating my dream.8

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ev. Keith Redman of the Boroko Baptist Church recommended Rev. Doug and Gwen Ison fill in at MAPANG in 1967 when the McCraws left. The Isons had been Baptist missionaries for 25 years in Bangladesh and being retired they were seen as an ideal couple for the position. MAPANG sent them an invitation to fill the vacancy and they graciously agreed. To financially support the family Doug first worked with the Public Works Department, but after a short time he became a lecturer in the government's Administrative College. That allowed Gwen to serve in the missionary home full time as a very hospitable hostess.

Rev. Doug and Gwen Ison and their two sons Greg and Barry (Photo Courtesy of the Gwen Ison Collection)

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During the time the Isons were managing MAPANG, they operated the missionary home with a very small number of national staff members. There were only three local workers hired to help with cooking, cleaning, laundry and yard work. MAPANG also was limited in size and had only 16 beds.

Prices for a night’s stay during this time, as they have been throughout the history of MAPANG, were very reasonable. Prior to a posted amount, the cost was covered by whatever donations the guest wanted to leave for the night’s stay. By 1966, a fee had been established and according to the MAPANG brochure, a night’s stay with all meals was only $3.00. Other guests who were not associated with a missionary agency paid the higher price of $ 6.00. Cars were available also for hire.

Rev. Doug and Gwen Ison (right) with MAPANG guests (Photo Courtesy of the Gwen Ison Collection)

The Isons managed MAPANG from 1967 to 1974. After serving at MAPANG for seven years they had to leave due to Gwen's poor health. After a time in Australia, Gwen’s health returned and a year later they were able to return to Bangladesh for 18 months. Upon their return to Australia and this time full

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retirement, Gwen was able to have printed for her family and friends her autobiography about their family’s experiences in Bangladesh in a book entitled, Isons’ Anecdotes.

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A MAPANG POEM

By Gwen Ison

Keith wrote us a letter and said: "To tell you our need I've been led.

A job here awaits - there's not any pay, But there are rich rewards at the end of the day."

We'd thought by then we'd ceased to roam, But then we moved into the MAPANG Home.

The need had been seen, the building erected, And no one in need was ever rejected.

At first, and with style, then, did Ted and May Minister for years, both night and day, To the sick and weary and many depressed Who came there to stay and always found rest.

I pull out from memory store A thousand memories - even more.

They bring a grin and laughter shared Like finding black bugs in the bed.

The Pilgrim Group with preacher Bell Went up country the message to tell.

They slept in the village, and with them came back These little insects, shiny and black.

We had a man and his kids - a little bit rum Sent by the Sallies - deserted by Mum. In the midst of devotions we heard, with a lurch, "Shut up, kids, we're 'avin' church."

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Just when you'd need him he'd be up the street.

Doug taught him to drive, patience the factor Next week he's driving the big council tractor!

Folk came to stay, a constant flow, But often would not let us know; So meat was stretched and extras fed Our family sat down to gravy on bread.

Romance, new births, weddings, gladness Planes down, lives lost, breakdowns, sadness We shared them all as though our own And from this strong bonds have grown.

At MAPANG teas we got together; Kids ran riot - hell for leather.

Max showed films to them in the shed; Jean brought smoked oysters on Lebanese bread.

Margaret and Jean, Margery and Ray, Helped give a break and the odd holiday.

Max brought the bargains, especially bashed tins; Transport provided, by courtesy the Kings.

The church and all who worshipped there Became our family and as such we'd share.

On Sunday, if we stayed away Jean would ring, "Gwen, are you OK?" Leaving home and our boys I had felt despair; In the end they came too, and found wives there.

So thank you, Oh Lord, for the special time spent, And to you too, our friends, and all you have meant.

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udley and Marje Deasey both came from missionary minded families. Marje had always wanted to serve the Lord overseas. Not long after they married they joined the Unevangelized Fields Mission (UFM) in 1939.

They decided that India would be a wonderful place of service, but after receiving their Bible and missionary training they felt called to serve in New Guinea. In preparation, Marje spent time in various hospitals learning about basic health care and not only how to treat sores and tropical diseases such as malaria, but also how to deliver babies.

Dudley and Marje Deasey (back row) with church leaders and other church workers (Photo found in the book, Never Say I Can’t, written by Marje Deasey as told to Gwyneth Priestly Ward – Photo used by Permission)

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They were sent to Balimo, located in the Middle Fly District in the Western Province which is a large, coastal district that forms the central area of the Fly River basin. To this day it remains one of the most underdeveloped economies in the world9. They were sent there to minister to the Gogodala people. Over the years of service there, they grew to love the people and were greatly loved in return.

In 1969 Dudley was appointed the Field Leader of UFM.

Eventually nearing retirement they left Balimo and moved to Port Moresby so that they could still be in touch with the people and be of assistance to the Balimo Church, which was formed in 1940. In 1966 this church became the Evangelical Church of Papua New Guinea, separate from the UFM. (Note – In 1969 the Australian and New Zealand branch of UFM separated from the parent mission and renamed itself Asia Pacific Christian Mission.)

The Deaseys served with UFM for 35 years until they retired in 1974 when reaching the age of 65. Upon moving to Port Moresby the Deasys both took an active part in the MAPANG Missionary Home by meeting missionaries at the airports and with Marjory relieving in the home from time to time and helping make evening meals for the MAPANG guests. Eventually in 1980, Dudley became MAPANG’s Chairman of the Board.

The Deaseys returned to Australia and settled in the Blue Mountains in 1985, but at the request of the then UFM field leader they returned to PNG to lecture at the ECPNG Bible School at Mapodo in the Western Province, living there from 1987 to 1989 and going back for further periods there in 1991 and 1992.

Dudley had medical problems that took them back to Australia for treatment and they returned to their home in the Blue Mountains finally in 1992. Dudley died on February 16, 1993.

Marje then learned to drive at age 82 and according to the Sydney Morning Herald as being the oldest person in New South Wales to get a driver’s license. She continued driving until past her 95th birthday.

She stayed on in her Blue Mountains home where she held Bible studies and went on speaking

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engagements, but moved into a unit in a retirement village when she was 94. She made several visits to PNG, including celebrating her 90th and 95th birthdays at Balimo and made her final visit to Balimo after her 98th birthday. She remained active and vigorous for most of her remaining life, but suffered several months of illness before passing away just a few weeks before what would have been her hundredth birthday. Before her death she published an autobiography, Never Say I Can’t.

Dudley and Marje Deasey with village child Sepia (Photo found in the book, Never Say I Can’t, written by Marje Deasey as told to Gwyneth Priestly Ward – Photo used by Permission)

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ay Frisken had been serving as the Secretary for the MAPANG board since he and his wife Marge and two children, arrived in Port Moresby in 1966. He was employed at the time with Papuan Airlines. Later, Ray worked with Ansett Airlines and eventually with the Papua New Guinea national air carrier, Air Niguini.

They began work as managers of the missionary home in 1974 when the Isons left.

1971 - Ray and Marge Frisken and children (L – R - Heather, Graham, Phillip) (Photo Courtesy of the Ray Frisken Collection)

While living in Port Moresby, Marge often looked after MAPANG, giving Gwen Ison a break every Monday or whenever the Isons took a vacation. After the Friskens took up supervision of MAPANG from the Isons in 1974, they oversaw the building of a small house or flat which was added to the back of the office. This allowed the Friskens to have a home on the same property while still giving them separated living quarters 67 | P a g e

from the rest of the MAPANG guest rooms. Eventually an additional bedroom was added on to the flat as the Frisken family grew in number.

Eventually Ray stepped out of his role as Secretary of MAPANG as Marge had taken on the role of Manager for the missionary home. A retired missionary couple who had spent all their married life in PNG, Dudley and Marjory Deasey, took on the Secretary responsibilities.

The Friskens served at MAPANG until December 1980.

1965 (L-R) David Denner, Marge Frisken, Betty and Colin Denner, Ted and May Brett and Heather Frisken (Photo Courtesy of the Ray Frisken Collection)

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By Marge Frisken

oon after arriving in PNG in 1966, to take up a position with an airline, my husband Ray felt drawn to the work of the Missionary Association of Papua New Guinea, and took on the role of Secretary. He did that till I became the hostess, as he thought it would be better to hand over to a new secretary.

I very much wanted to be able to serve the Lord in some voluntary work and the MAPANG Missionary Home was just the situation I knew I would enjoy; serving those who were serving the Lord.

It was with great delight and a little bit of trepidation that I stepped into a very large pair of shoes to fill the vacancy of Hostess of the Missionary Home in Port Moresby; that occurred when the Reverent Doug and Gwen Ison returned to Australia.

That opportunity came in 1974, and it was one of the highlights of my life.

I love to cook and entertain; I was in my element. Even though the work was constant and often long days, it was such a joy to serve the large number of missionaries that came through Missionary Home, and I had a team of wonderful ladies who gave me a day off once a week.

I did have a lot to learn about serving other people, I always thought that Missionaries were special people and would always appreciate what I did for them (not so), I had to learn we all have clay feet, and to just appreciate the lovely folk who stayed with us.

It was not always the bed and meals that was the most important need, sometimes it was just to have someone to share a problem with.

It was a joy to be a companion for mothers-to-be, who were having a lonely wait for a new arrival, or to help sick folk having to leave family while they sought treatment in Port Moresby; this was very special to me, to become a friend to many in need.

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Many very interesting folk came through the Missionary Home from distant places and to hear their stories of how God called them to leave home to serve overseas, made for times of rich fellowship for me, and often for others staying at the Missionary Home.

They came as Teachers, Doctors, Nurses, Linguists, Tradesmen, or just helpers.

They were great people; one that stands out in my memory, was Kenneth Taylor (author of the Living Bible) who stayed with us. He was such a humble man, and it took me a while to get him to tell the dinner table guests who he was and why he wrote the ‘Living Bible’.

When he did, our daughter ran into our apartment and brought out our copy of the ‘Living Bible’ and asked Mr. Taylor to please sign it for us. We still have it.

Other amazing missionaries who came to stay with us were Harrie E. Standen from the ‘Bamu River Mission In The Mud’, kept us enthralled us with stories of life and ministry on the Bamu River.

Another was Lillian Dixon from Taiwan, still opening orphanages for abandoned children when she was in her late 70’s. She told me that during one furlough she went home to America, told them about what she was doing and asked the Rockefellers for a large donation for her work, “She said, why not it’s God’s money anyway’.

The Deasey’s: Dudley and Marjory, what a wonderful couple.

They married and immediately came to PNG and stayed until they retired and moved to Port Moresby. Dudley became a Director of MAPANG, and displayed much wisdom and kindness to me. (Except when he thrashed me at tennis).

Marje Deasey was always ready to help. She was a great cook, and always looked like she had stepped out of a fashion magazine.

July 1962 - First page of the Reader's Digest article (Photo Courtesy of the Presbyterian Church in Canada - Item from file 1997-5006-4-2 at the PCC Archives)

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(February 19, 1958, The Sydney Morning Herald, Page 2)

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Others who impressed me, were Rev. Dr. Gil McArthur (Founding Principal of the Christian Leaders Training College) was a man who wore many hats. He was fondly remember for his many talents and skills that he had. We used to often drink coffee together and have a very enlightening chat about the support projects he organized, saw mill, poultry farm, transport, etc..

Another was Jim Decker, a dentist with SIL; whenever he arrived, which was fairly often to consult with the Government, he always gave me a hug, which I thought was special, until his wife told me he hugs all the nice ladies!!!

Another regular was Leonard Buck10 (Melbourne Bible Institute) and what a gracious and humble leader he was, he was known as a Missionary Statesman. I liked him very much, and he always brought me a chocolate!!

I could go on and on about the blessings that were part of those wonderful years for me at the Missionary Home. After all these years I still count those times as so precious, and thank God that I had a small part in the ongoing work of the Missionary Association of Papua New Guinea.�

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enis and Jean Bates began helping out at the MAPANG missionary home soon after arriving in Port Moresby in 1972. They were befriended when they arrived by the Friskens who met them at the Boroko Baptist Church where they attended. Marge Frisken had been filling in for the Isons when they were on a furlough leave and needed help for a few weeks before they returned. She asked Jean if she wanted to help her out since she was still working in another job in Port Moresby and the rest they say is history.

Jean helped in the office for about a month by working in the missionary home five days a weeks while her family waited for their household belongings to arrive from Australia. This meant making the meals for the missionary guests, cleaning and making up the rooms and keeping the cake and cookie jars well stocked.

Once the Isons returned Jean helped with the MAPANG teas and fellowships that were held regularly at the missionary home. She also filled in as a regular hostess on Thursdays so the Isons could have a break from their work in the missionary home. All this was remarkably done with two small Bates children in tow! Denis helped out too and became a member of the board of directors for MAPANG.

Gwen Ison and Marge Frisken had others that helped during this time. Margaret Murfet was just one of many others whose names have passed from memory helped out at the missionary home.

Denis and Jean continued their work of supporting MAPANG this way for four years until they left Port Moresby in 1976. It was a time that the Bates thoroughly enjoyed.

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urray and Ngaire Phipps served as managers from 1981 to 2001. They were the longest serving managers of the missionary home. Over the years they served, they touched hundreds of lives as people moved though the missionary home. They also developed a special bond of friendship with many families and the support the Phipps gave to the work of missions is very significant.

Murray and Ngaire Phipps in Australia with Grandson Jack – Son of Nathan (Photos Courtesy of the Murrary Phipps Coolection)

They Phipps first heard about MAPANG from Christian friends in New Zealand, but left New Zealand in January 1980 and arrived in Port Moresby for Murray to take up a three year contract with the Electricity Commission of Papua New Guinea (Elcom). They came to Papua New Guinea with their three children Sharron (11) Kylie (10) and Nathan (5).

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During that first year Ngaire worked as a teacher aide at Boroko East International School. The Phipps met the current managers at the time, the Friskens, at the Boroko Baptist Church where they both attended.

Eventually Ngaire began helping out at MAPANG by being on the cooking roster on a regular basis on Thursday afternoons so that Marge Frisken could have the afternoon off.

After the Frisken’s left in 1980, the Phipps family was invited by the MAPANG Board to take up the position as managers of MAPANG. They accepted and Ngaire became the Hostess while Murray continued working for Elcom. They served at MAPANG for twenty one and a half years.

(Editor’s Note – The Phipps now live in Brisbane, Australia where Murray works part time for the Bridgeman Baptist Community Church and Ngaire works for the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane in their finance area. Their daughter Sharron and her husband and family worked in the Solomon Islands for four year and are now working in Swaziland. Their oldest daughter Kylie is now a director in the Community of Housing in Queensland, Australia; while their younger son Nathan and his wife and children live near the Phipps in Brisbane where Nathan is studying.)

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andy and Colleen Karcher from the Summer Institute of Linguistics Papua New Guinea (SIL-PNG) took over oversight of MAPANG after the Phipps left and they managed it until the next full time managers arrived. At the time they were government relations staff assigned to work in Port Moresby with SIL-PNG.

Randy and Colleen Karcher with Chuck and Barb Micheals (Photo Courtesy of the Randy Karcher Collection)

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obert and Margaret Love took over management of MAPANG from the Karchers in 2001. Robert and Margaret Love also served with SIL-PNG. They were assigned from SIL-PNG to work in the area of finances with the Papua New Guinea Bible Translation Association which had its headquarters in Port Moresby, but managed the missionary home until April 2003.

Robert and Margaret Love (Photo Courtesy of the Elyse Patten Collection)

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ohn and Helen Hobson took over management of the Guest House when Robert and Margaret Love left in April 2003. They too served with SIL PNG. They worked at MAPANG for about nine months. During this time Helen did the actual management of MAPANG while John continued his government relations work with SIL PNG in Port Moresby.

1986 - John Hobson (Headmaster) and Helen Hobson (Administration) serving at Aiyura International Primary School, Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea (Photo Courtesy of the SIL PNG Branch Archives)

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ally and Sjannette Hagoort, arrived from New Zealand in January 15, 2004. They served at MAPANG until 2014. Before the Hagoorts managed MAPANG, they took over from John and Helen Hobson.

They were sent by the Reformed Churches of New Zealand to support the Reformed Churches of PNG and also to upgrade and develop MAPANG Missionary Home. At first MAPANG was not in the picture at all. Wally was on the church leadership and expressed interest in the calling to go and serve the churches in PNG. When they approached their mission board they said they were really more interested in an ordained minister and that there wouldn’t be enough work in PNG for two full-time workers. In God’s Providence the team leader of the Reformed work in PNG was a man called Stephen ’t Hart and he was the Chairman of the Board at MAPANG. Stephen said to the Hagoort’s mission board that they could still use Wally, in various roles within the churches and that Wally and Sjannette Hagoort (Photo Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

there was a missionary home in Port Moresby which desperately needed committed and permanent hosts. The Hagoorts expressed interest in the work and after much prayer took up the work as host and hostess of the missionary home.

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Although Sjannette’s primary work was in the MAPANG missionary home, twenty percent of her work in PNG was with the Reformed churches. Wally spent around forty percent of his work with MAPANG with the remainder with the Reformed mission.

During the time they served in MAPANG the missionary home underwent extensive upgrading, remodelling and painting. This work covered almost every part of the home. The list below details much of that work. 

They bought all new beds for the bedrooms.

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Made a family room available moving the Prayer Room to the room between the back door and two sets of bathrooms (not conducive to good sleeping).

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Remodelled five bathrooms.

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Tiled the majority of the guest house, bedrooms, bathrooms and living areas.

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Painted the entire missionary home, inside and out, several times.

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Put in a total drainage system because the home would be sitting on a small lake in the rainy season.

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Put in a back-up water system in case of water shortage and because of Eda Ranu (city water) problems.

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Installed a new powerful generator which can run the whole missionary home complex.

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Installed air-conditioning in every bedroom.

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Fundraised for and built in a new commercial kitchen, including new dishes.

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Installed a walk-in pantry room with built-in cupboards below the kitchen area.

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Remodelled the linen room including a locker area for the women.

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Built a kitchen in the two bedroom flat.

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Built a sturdy steel playground and purchased a trampoline and plastic playhouse.

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Continually trimmed the trees and redid all the gardens to make them reflect more of the New Guineans styles.

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Installed wireless internet service.

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Extended the office which was much needed using part of the Manager’s flat. This required an extension to the Manager’s flat living area.

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Built a new kitchen in the Manager’s flat.

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Upgraded the bathroom in the Manager’s flat.

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Put in a computer system for the specific needs of the missionary home. (e.g. a specifically designed reservation file, invoicing system, monthly statements to various missions etc.)

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Set up the website for MAPANG.

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Built a storage facility in the laundry area for the men’s belongings (locker area).

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Plans were drawn up for a 5 bedroom extension to the missionary home. The building permission and funds for the project have been secured. However, the project did not come to fruition during the Hagoort’s time at MAPANG. Perhaps it will come to pass in the near future.

One of the major projects they worked on during their time was not to add more building to the missionary home, but to rebuild the MAPANG Board of Directors. Over the years, a number of Board Members had left and no replacements were found. To safeguard the continued existence of the missionary home they worked to bring representatives from seven member missionary organizations on board that were the highest users of MAPANG. These organizations are: SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics), NTM (New Tribes Missions), BTA-PNG (Bible Translation Association of Papua New Guinea), MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship), Salvation Army, Evangelical Churches of PNG and Gulf Christian Services. They together with the host and hostess of MAPANG continue to give leadership to the operations of this exceptional missionary enterprise.

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Michael and Cheryl McDaniel arrived in February 2015 to manage MAPANG. They come from Plant City, Florida. They serve with Wycliffe Associates, an organization started in 1967 to support the work of Wycliffe Bible Translators with support services.

Prior to serving at MAPANG, they were assigned in 2012 to work as Regional Center Directors for SIL on Buka Island, in the Bougainville Region of Papua New Guinea. After serving there for three years they moved to Port Moresby to take up the work at MAPANG.

Michael and Cheryl McDaniel (Photo Courtesy of Wycliffe Associates)

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here are a host of others who served in one way or another at MAPANG over the years that are not fully detailed in this book. These members and volunteers of MAPANG helped out in innumerable ways.

Not all the names of those who helped are remembered by former MAPANG staff, but the ones noted in this book certainly represent well all of the staff and volunteers over the years. As new names come to light, they will be included in future publications of this book.

One of the couples (Ron and Helen Edwards ) who served as members of MAPANG in the late 1960s, but never managed the missionary home shared their memories of assisting traveling missionaries:

“The hostess of MAPANG would, on occasions, where she felt there was a need, call on us to invite folk to our home for a meal and fellowship. I recall two instances in particular, the first being a young family who were working up at Efogi, on the Kokoda Trail, Roger and Sue Garland, and family, we had the privilege of later visiting them in their village.

The second occasion was for a young family, who were heading over in to Irian Jaya, to work on a mission, up in what was called the Birds Head. Gwen Ison felt that they would benefit spending time with another family. Their son was pleased to have a wiener (sausage) with his evening meal.

We were also pleased, on receipt of a Radio phone call, or a letter, to do shopping for both families, and would forward their goods via MAF.�

These stories could be multiplied hundreds of times and certainly speak well of the level of dedication these MAPANG members and volunteers had for Christ and the work of the church in New Guinea. Theese volunteeers also stand with the other MAPANG staff as real hereos of faith for their love of the missionary staff working with dozens of mission agencies and also of the local Papua and New Guinea citizens.

Here is an addition list of the people who provided volunteer services for MAPANG:

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MAPANG in the 1970s (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

Dr. Ken Cleasy and Dr. Clifford Smith who made themselves available any time the Host called them for medical advice or attention, and that continued for many years.

Michael Stark who served as the MAPANG Treasurer for a number of years.

Ken and Rhoda Flemming who bought tomatoes and vegetables which they received as part of their salary while working.

Max and Nancy Garlick of Asia Pacific Christian Mission (APCM). They were stationed in Port Moresby and he did the buying and business for APCM, but always looked out for bargins for MAPANG (dented packages of ice-crème, fish, baked beans, etc.) which Steamship and Burns Philp gave free or at a greatly reduced price.

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Bruce King was a teacher in Port Moresby and then later a Doctor of Medicine in Northern New South Wales, Australia. He loaned vehicles to MAPANG for the use of missionaries. He paid for all repairs, MAPANG paid for the gasoline, insurance and registration and MAPANG charged the missionaries a small mileage fee. Bruce provided this service for around 20 years.

Jean Bate and Margaret Murfet who came to MAPANG to give the hostess a day off and while they were there they filled the cookie tins!

Elsie Matthews and Myrtle Davies were volunteers who helped out in the various activities of MAPANG during the early days of the organization.

Marjorie Perry from the Summer Institute of Linguistics Papua New Guinea (SIL-PNG) was always happy to fill in the gaps and served as hostess, such as when the regular host and hostess had to return to Australia for medical attention or took a vacation (holiday).

1981 - MAPANG Staff (L-R): Efebo - 20+ Years of Service, Roko, Marjorie Perry (SIL Volunteer Vacation Manager), Ngaire Phipps, Hawa - 30+ Years of Service (Photo Courtesy of the Murray Phipps Collection)

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MAPANG paid staff members over the years have also made a very significant contribution to the missionary home. One staff member, Hawa, has spent his entire working career (over 30 years) serving at MAPANG! MAPANG staff have always served with a cheerful smile and a helping hand in any way needed. They have also readied the guest rooms, kept the missionary home cleaned, kept the grounds mowed, handled security and if on the kitchen staff team helped prepare the wonderful meals as requested by guests.

2004 - Summer Institute of Linguistics – MAPANG staff assist in unloading missionary suitcases (Photo Courtesy of the Michael Johnson Collection - Kahunapulej's Flicker Photostream)

Over the years the staff have had various uniforms. Currently staff are recognizable by their uniforms of blue and yellow shirts.

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2012 - MAPANG Staff (Photo Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

2014 - MAPANG Staff in informal wear (Photo Courtesy of the Wally Hagoort Collection)

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he years of expansion of MAPANG Missionary Home took place between 1980 and 2000. During the years the Phipps managed the home many major and minor improvements were made. One major addition, which was undertaken by Jack Ruth from SIL, was the addition of the new lounge area which took up approximately half the then courtyard. This meant that guests were able to spend time in a shaded lounge area outside rather than in their bedrooms or in the dining room.

1985 - Verandah and Outdoor Dining Area Built By Jack Ruth (Photo Courtesy of the Murray Phipps Collection)

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It was a change greatly appreciated by guests. Later on, a veranda was also built over the remainder of the courtyard which also proved to be a delightful area outdoors to relax under the shade of the large tree.

Another good improvement was when the small separate flat to the side of the main home was lifted, turned around and another bedroom was added. This flat was often used for missionaries needing extra time in Port Moresby for holiday, medical or shopping trips.

Several remodeling projects also took place during these years. Ian Wylie of Asian Pacific Christian Mission (now Pioneers) used his creative skills to modify and improve the bathrooms and Salvation Army vocational training staff carried out improvements to the kitchen. When it was remodeled the kitchen and larder area (cool area for storing food prior to use) was designed to move the office area near the entrance to the home where guests arrived. The old office was changed and made into part of the Hosts Flat where the MAPANG managers lived.

Selling Mendi baskets (Photo Courtesy of the Murray Phipps Collection)

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Recently the missionary home has been completely rewired and re-piled, making sure the foundations were strong. All five bathrooms have been re-fitted and a new commercial kitchen installed along with a new kitchen in the two bedroom flat and the manager’s flat. The outside verandah built by Jack Ruth had decayed over the years due to the tropical conditions and so was removed. In its place currently is a nice pebble garden with plants native to the area, chairs and tables. The large Rosewood tree continues to provide shade to the area.

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here were many people over the years who have used MAPANG for their stays in Port Moresby.

However, the MAPANG Missionary Home not only served missionaries working in the country and only passing through, but they also had an outreach to missionaries and other Christians living and working in Port Moresby. Monthly MAPANG Teas were held on the grounds of the home. The teas gave the Port Moresby missionaries an opportunity to meet up with others of the wider Christian community to share their experiences. During the teas many mission agencies gave talks about their work, showed films or videos and shared news of interest to the group. Many times, there were almost 100 people attending.

Air Niguini in Port Moresby (Photo Courtesy of the Craig Campbell Collection)

The main group of guests MAPANG served were the missionaries on their way into or out of the country.

That meant that many of the flights with missionary staff arrived at MAPANG after midnight and often this also meant very early morning departures. The most difficult times were when scheduled guests did not arrive due to missed flights or flights that were cancelled. This meant many empty beds and no revenue or a crowded lounge filled with suitcases and people. The MAPANG managers often had sleepless 91 | P a g e

nights when the very late flight arrived and they were happy when the airlines stopped such flights. The staff from the various mission agencies who picked people up and dropped people off coming and going from MAPANG to the Jackson International Airport in Port Moresby were also happy to have these flight changed to more reasonable hours.

2010 - Port Moresby Jackson Airport (Photo Courtesy of the Michael Johnson Collection)

1970’s - TAA Airlines Flies in to Port Moresby Jackson Airport (Photo Courtesy of the Gail May Collection)

In addition to the missionaries who were serving long term in the country, guests came from all countries and all types of Christian work. Along with missionaries from all over the globe and from innumerable mission organizations, there were work parties who came from all over the globe to help the local church and other aid organizations in Papua New Guinea. However, there were also backpackers, bird watchers, butterfly collectors, anthropologists, Christian business men and women, politicians, teachers, doctors, pastors, music groups and students who stayed there. A group that came regularly was from the prestigious Melbourne (Australia) Grammar School who walked the Kokoda track twice a year as well as doing a partnership with the Anglican boy’s high School at Popondetta.

With each group, the visitor was always treated with the same personal, friendly, helpful and prompt attention. Meals were always thoughtfully prepared, appropriate for the traveler and delicious and each person was offered as much rest or activity as required.

Often times, visitors were either extremely tired due to long overseas flights or anxious to get on their way. However, whatever the requirements of the guests have been, the MAPANG Missionary Home has always been a clean, quiet, safe, cool, comfortable and hospitable respite in an otherwise busy, hot and

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often dusty capital city.

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(For a list of guests who stayed at MAPANG from 1959 - 1965, please see the

he MAPANG Missionary Home continues as it has from the beginning to serve the Lord by providing quality affordable accommodation to missionaries and Christian church workers. It has been the desire of MAPANG to see the home fully used (currently the occupancy rate is 95%) and so plans are underway to expand the facility from its current 36 person capacity overnight to being able to accommodate 44 people.

The MAPANG Missionary Home is located close to the shops in Boroko, Port Moresby. The home provides short term transit accommodation for missionaries, church workers and commercial clientele with reduced rates for missionaries and their associates (see our accommodation rates in the Tarriffs section).

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he MAPANG Missionary Home is known for its family friendly atmosphere and so the rooms are set up for children’s sleeping arrangements as well as adults. All bedrooms are air-conditioned for a comfortable night's sleep.

There are bathroom and shower facilities in each hallway for guest to use. Towels are provided for guests, but each guest need to bring their own toiletries. Each room not only has sleeping accommodations, but a small desk for writing or basic office work.

MAPANG rooms

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MAPANG rooms (Photos Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

MAPANG flat was added to allow families to stay in one unit. The flat has two separate sleeping areas so it can be used for small groups of people coming to Papua New Guinea as a group.

MAPANG Flat (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

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MAPANG Flat (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

MAPANG offers guests the availability of an Internet Hotspot which they can access with their own laptop anywhere on the premises using their wireless connection or through a cable in the main dining room.

They can also use the guest computer which is set up in the main dining room.

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APANG has a large, comfortable indoor lounge area for reading and visiting, an area arranged for viewing cable television (55 channels), and space for small children to play with toys. It also has a shaded outdoor area as well.

A small selection of PNG craft items for sale to guests. Ceiling fans in the lounge area and dining room provide welcome relief from the warm weather of Port Moresby.

MAPANG indoor and outdoor guest lounge (Photos Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

MAPANG kitchen and indoor guest lounge (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

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ne of the joys of staying in MAPANG is the opportunity afforded guests to eat at a table with new friends if desired. Morning, noon and evening meals are prepared with a taste of the tropics in each meal. Local staff prepare meals that are nutritious, tasty and filling, but with the right portions for those who have just sat in airplanes over long distances.

MAPANG dining area and kitchen staff (Photos Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

For the convenience of the guests, the continental breakfast which is included in the room rate, is selfservice in the dining room. Milk, yoghurt and fruit etc. are available in the refrigerator in the dining room.

The Kitchen Supervisor normally clears the dining room at 8.30am. Lunch is at 12 noon and Dinner is at 6.15pm. Guests must sign up for requested meals on the whiteboard in the dining room upon arrival.

Meals will not be available unless it is pre-ordered in this way.

While the water in Port Moresby is safe to drink straight from the tap, MAPANG has a water cooler in the dining room for the guests’ enjoyment. This dispenser provides cold water only and is filtered. Hot drinks are available using the electric jug which may be filled from the kitchen area.

Lunch and dinner meals can be requested and are billed at a separate rate. Costs are very reasonable.

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n extra provision is space for guests to have some quiet time and reflection, as well as a modest library of Christian and secular reading materials. The prayer room is dedicated as a tribute to Harrie E. Standen from the Bamu River Mission. He was a frequent visitor to MAPANG and since he was a man of prayer, the room was named in his honor.

MAPANG Prayer Room (Photo Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

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MAPANG Prayer Room door sign (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

APANG has a small variety of gifts and Papua New Guinea handicraft items available for guests to purchase. The gift shop area is located in the lounge area. Handicraft items are made by local artisans and the bilum string bags are made by MAPANG staff or their families.

MAPANG Gift Shop (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

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APANG has provided for the physical needs of children and teens, especially for those traveling long hours in a plane. MAPANG offers a small playground area for the younger children and climbing bars and trampoline for older children and teens.

MAPANG playground (Photos Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

MAPANG playground (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

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he office is open whenever possible between the hours of 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM. There are sometimes circumstances when the office will be closed within these hours and guests will be notified with a notice on the counter. As the staff also live at the MAPANG facilities, the managers do appreciate if out of office hour contact is only for emergencies.

If the hostess is not available upon a guest’s arrival, the hostess does appreciate an introduction when she returns. All guests are asked to see the hostess before checking out to finalize payment of accounts or make arrangements for charging. Unless prior arrangement has been made ALL accounts must be settled before the guest checks out

MAPANG guest check in desk (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

Art Work On MAPANG Door (Photo Courtesy of http://blogs.mycrowsoph.com)

The MAPANG office sells snacks and drinks and Digicel and B Mobile top up cards for cell phones. There also is a phone in the lobby where guests can receive phone calls (inbound only).

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As of January 1, 2015 - Rate includes bed & breakfast (in PNG Kina) – Subject to change

Full time missionaries and members of a missionary society, PNG residents and dependents who are in full time service for a church or mission organization within PNG and who rely fully for all their physical needs on that church or mission organization.

Single accommodation Shared accommodation rate – per person Children 0 – 5 years Children 6-15 years 16 years and over

K 80.00 K 50.00 K 10.00 K 20.00 Adult Rate

(This includes friends & family of Missionaries) Overseas Pastors, Short term missionaries (less than 6 months), extended family and supporters of missionaries within PNG, PNG residents and dependents who are in full time service for a church or mission organization within PNG and who rely fully for all their physical needs on that church or mission organization.

Single accommodation Shared accommodation rate – per person Children 0 – 5 years Children 6-15 years 16 years and over

K 120.00 K 75.00 K 15.00 K 30.00 Adult Rate

Commercial customers or all others

Single accommodation Shared accommodation rate – per person Children 0 – 5 years Children 6-15 years 16 years and over

K 250.00 K 150.00 K 30.00 K 60.00 Adult Rate

Cots/cribs for babies and toddlers are available on request. Laundry facilities are also available for a small fee. The use of alcohol and buai on the premises is not permitted at any time and for the comfort of others smoking is only allowed outside in the garden or on the verandah.

To aid the MAPANG housekeepers, guests are asked to make sure they vacate their room by 10.00 am on the day of departure.

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APANG is not set up to accept online bookings. To make a reservation, please download the form found at the web site below and either email it or fax it to MAPANG. Please note that due to MAPANG board policy to serve the mission community, they are only able to take commercial or tourist bookings if it is within 7 days of the date of the request.

MAPANG Reservation Web Site: http://www.mapang.org/reservations.html MAPANG Phone: (Office): 675-7700-4269 MAPANG Phone: (Guest lounge): 675-7700-6243 MAPANG Fax: (675) 325 3241 MAPANG Email: office@mapang.org

Lot 17, Section 25 Lahara Ave Boroko, NCD, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea

MAPANG Missionary Home PO Box 1865 Boroko, NCD, 111 Papua New Guinea

Office Phone: (675) 7700-4269 Guest Lounge Phone: 675-7700-6243 Email: office@mapang.org Web: www.mapang.org

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Time Zone: UTC/GMT + 10 Hours (No Daylight Savings time in 2012) Time Zone Abbreviation: (PGT – Papua New Guinea Time) Local Airport: Jackson International Airport (POM)

Weather: Port Moresby has a tropical wet and dry climate with relatively constant temperatures throughout the year. The wet season starts in December and ends in May; the dry season covers the remaining six months. Port Moresby's average yearly rainfall is just over 1000 mm. Average daily high temperatures range from 28°C to 32°C depending on time of year, while the average low temperature 106 | P a g e

shows very little seasonal variation, hovering around the 24°C mark. It tends to be slightly cooler in the city during the dry season.11

2009 - MAPANG (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

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APANG has 24 hour security and the entrance gate is locked at all times. However, guests are still asked to take care with their personal belongings.

For the security of others, all visitors visiting guests are requested to check in with the hostess. Visitors should be entertained either in the longue area inside or outside on the verandah.

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he MAPANG missionary home is located in a quiet residential area of Port Moresby, the Capital city of Papua New Guinea. It is conveniently located just a short drive away from the airport and a business district. The home has had at times a number of vehicles during our time there both for the use of the host and hostess, but also available for the use of guests. While staying in the MAPANG Missionary Home has all the comforts of home, but guests should consider several things when venturing into the city or nearby areas.

Most people in Papua New Guinea are friendly and welcoming. However, it is important to respect the cultural values of the people. Therefore, because Papua New Guinean's are fairly conservative in their dress (especially in villages and small towns outside of Port Moresby), guests are asked to wear long loose fitting shorts (knee length) or pants and if you are wearing a skirt please wear one at knee length or longer.

For women, it is considered promiscuous to wear very tight clothing around the thighs or wearing something so short that it exposes the thighs.

While MAPANG does not have a swimming pool, if one is used in the city or going to a beach, swimming suits or swimming costumes that are revealing or bikinis should not be worn. Men should wear shorts and women should either bathe in long and loose shorts or a sarong wrapped around their legs, especially in a public beach area.

The Tabari Place (Boroko Shopping Centre) is about a five minute walk from MAPANG. Shops available in this area are the Post Office, banks, Brian Bell Plaza, gift shops, pharmacies, and hairdressers. There is also

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a tourist market here. If you are buying at this market it is acceptable to ask for a second price when bargaining. Please remember however, this is some people's only means of livelihood. It is rude and offensive to ask for a third price.

If you are shopping in Boroko or traveling in other areas of the city, please seek the advice of office staff and please take due care and sensible precautions. It is not always advisable for women to go on their own to town and it is unwise to attract attention to oneself by carrying handbags, cameras, etc. in a noticeable way. It is best to keep these items hidden from plain view.

Travel at night on your own has additional safety concerns to consider and so additional caution should be noted.

2014 - MAPANG (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

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2014 – Road in front of MAPANG (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

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urray and Ngaire Phipps were always so helpful and friendly that each time we stayed in MAPANG, we felt we were returning home.” Chuck & Barb Micheals – Worked in PNG with the Summer Institute of Linguistics for 15 years and were frequent visitors along with their four children at MAPANG as they moved in and out of the country.

2014 – Wycliffe Bible Translators’ GET Global short term mission team with team leaders Charles and Barbara Micheals (front row far right) (Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

n the way out of PNG for furlough, MAPANG is the first place you can crash after the flurry of events, cleaning, packing, planning, goodbyes...and the beginning of the part of the journey where a flight delay won't cost an arm and a leg to reschedule missed flights.” Craig & Stephanie Campbell and their four children served with the SIL and stayed frequently at MAPANG on their way from their home in Washington, USA to Ukarumpa, PNG.

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The support these workers of MAPANG have given to the Christian church since the time of the very beginnings of MAPANG in 1950 has been significant. Not only have countless lives been directly impacted for the Gospel through the outreach of the early leaders of MAPANG, but many more have been impacted in the same way as they have supported the vast missionary enterprise that has taken place in the country.

In addition, valuable hours have been saved by missionary staff through the service of the missionary home as well as tens of thousands of mission dollars through the low cost of such service to the mission community.

That help, plus the love shown and the words of encouragement by the MAPANG staff have kept many missionaries in their jobs and well looked after as they passed through the capital city, Port Moresby. All of the mission agencies who have used this missionary home owe a great debt of gratitude to those who have served so faithfully.

The words of Scripture come to mind when reflecting on the work of all the men and women, both expatriate and nationals, who have served with MAPANG.

“God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.�

Hebrews 6: 10

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MAPANG in 1985 (Photos Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

MAPANG in 1998 (Photos Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

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MAPANG History by Freda Lea – Page 1 (Paper Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

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MAPANG History by Freda Lea – Page 2 (Paper Courtesy of the MAPANG Collection)

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MAPANG brochure sometime before 1966 (Photos Courtesy of the Ron Lean Collection)

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MAPANG Visitor’s Guest Book – September 22, 1960 to May 31, 1966 This list of guests to the MAPANG Missionary Home and reflections on some of these guest are from David Brett, whose parents were the first hosts and hostesses of the home.

GUESTS Dr. C.A. Moody, Unevangelized Fields Mission (UFM), who stayed about 12 days from 22 September 1960, was possibly our first guest, certainly he was the first to sign after we bought the visitors book! He left the enigmatic remark ‘Hagai 2,9’, which the King James Version has as:

‘The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.’

Dr Moody listed his address as ‘Daru’. Daru was the administrative centre for the Western District of Papua, and it had a reputation for being ‘rough’. Many of our guests in those early days hailed from the Western District, a UFM heartland.

Stan and Alice Varidel (Oct 18 1960, and Dec 04 1960 respectively) lived in Wasua, UFM Headquarters, and I heard my earliest stories from them about that area of the country, where it rained and rained, and the ground was frequently mud.

Many of our visitors in 1960 were with the strangely named Unevangelized Fields Mission, later re-named the Asia-Pacific Christian Mission (APCM): names like Hadlow, Sexton, Deasey, Rule, Snowden, Blackley, Merriweather, all became familiar faces in my childhood spent at MAPANG.

One of my favourites from the UFM clan at this time was the energetic and perfectly enunciating Alwyn Neuendorf (Awaba, 1961 Sep 12). I associate him with education – I think he was headmaster of Awaba High School. His remark in the Visitor’s Book is: ‘A household of treasures! Was he thinking of me?

On Jan 17 1961, a guest called Michael Ryan managed to leave his name and remarks written neatly backto-front! His remarks, like those of CA Moody, turned to peace. ‘And thous shalt dwell in Peace!’ How did he even do that!?

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Theo and Alma Hoel made several visits (Tari, Dec 03 1960, Jan 26 1962, Oct 18 1965). Theo Hoel was Canadian, and Alma came from a farm near Wangarrata in Victoria. A nurse and midwife, Alma first went to New Guinea in 1941, during the 2nd World War, and passed away in 2013 at 97.

And of course Leonard S Buck (Oct 16 1960, Dec 02 1963, etc.), a UFM VIP, later Chairman of APCM, was a regular visitor, as was Ron Clough, Executive Officer (May 15 1963).

Kerema, in the Gulf District, had the highest rainfall in Papua, so much so that a mission there was known as the Mission in the Mud. Eva (Oct 29 1961) and Harrie Standen were stalwarts at the officially named Bamu River Mission. Harrie died in the early 1970s, Eva died much later, in 2005.

Thinking of Ruth Blackley (Erave) reminds me that many visitors stayed in the last few weeks of pregnancy.

I have fond memories of Ruth because she ordered me to play several vigorous games of table tennis to help ‘move things along’. My recollection is that she also jumped up and down on the bed, and tried standing on her head.

Both Ruth and her husband Philip were characters, highlights in a steady stream of somewhat stodgily upright men and women of God. I also remember Ruth and Danny Hoisington (Santani, West New Guinea, Dec 18 1963); Ruth spent some weeks at MAPANG expecting her first child.

The Sextons had grown-up children, David and Peter, (Wasua, Dec 16 1960), or they seemed grown-up to me. The Sexton children introduced playing cards to MAPANG, and that was continuing education for my parents May and Ted, who had grown up understanding that cards were the work of the Devil. Apparently not – what a surprise for the Brett family!

I always considered the Deaseys as the leaders of the UFM clan. Marjorie Deasey (from their home in Balimo) visited on Dec 06 1960. There were stories of her reluctant exit from Papua during wartime, and she has gone down in history as the oldest person in New South Wales to earn a driver’s licence.

Other missionary Royalty included Sheila Abel and Russell Abel (Kwato Island, Jul 24 1962). The Kwato Mission was founded by Russell’s father Charles, who came to Papua in 1890 with the London Missionary

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Society, and died in 1930. Charles established something of a personal Utopia on the tiny island at the toe of Papua seceding from LMS in 1918. The elder son Cecil died in 1994.

Sheila Abel, born in India in 1913, spent 40 years in Papua, and died in Alotau in 2006. Russell Abel died in 1965. Our whole family had visited Kwato, a gem of an island on the tip of the ‘foot’ of Papua back in 1957. As a 5 year old my own memories are rather dim, but old photos help maintain my recollections.

The London Missionary Society (LMS) missionaries generally stayed at MAPANG; in November 1961 we had the Browns (Rev. H. A. and Anne), Jean Chapple, Bev Emeriton, Don Cullingford, Laurence Gray, and Constance Fairhall, all at once.

Later LMS guests included Margaret Douglass (Saroa, Apr 26 1962), Myra Kennedy (Gemo Island, Jul 10 1963) – the seemingly mysterious leper colony, Christine Nicholls (Gemo Island, Jun 24 1964), Edwin and Freda Yates (Sep 05 1963), Jennifer Anne Brown (Mar 25 1964), and Peter Loy (Saroa, Mar 31 1964).

Notable Baptist guests included Garth and Valma Manning (Baiyer River, 1962 Dec 12), Thelma Beecroft (Baiyer River, 1963 Feb 12), Max and Pat Knight (Lapolama, via Wewak, 1963 Jul 11), Betty Burley (Baiyer River, 1964 Jan 15), Dorothy Harris (1963 Nov 27). Elaine and Don Doull (Telefomin, 1964 Jul 02) stayed before they moved to Port Moresby to live.

The Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) pilots and their wives were frequent guests. Ian and Joan Stacey (Wasua, 1962 Apr 04), Max Meyers (Wasua, 1962 Dec 11, 1963 Dec 18), Max and Bessie Flavel (Wewak, 1960 Dec 23, 1963 Nov 24), Harold Morton (May 12 1961), Vic Ambrose (1961 May 24), Bruce Lindsay (1962 Mar 24), and Ken Mobbs (1963 Jan 28) amongst others.

It was Ian Stacy who took time to make me gliders from chunks of balsa – even if kits were available in those days, he assured me that the best approach was to work from raw timber, using your own design. I was afraid of losing them because they flew so long without losing height.

Before the end of 1960 we had hosted a number of missionaries from the United States – representing the Lutheran Mission, Assemblies of God, New Tribes Mission, Foursquare Gospel Mission, Christian Missions in Many Lands Inc., and the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), to name a few.

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One German Lutheran guest, R. T. Diepen from Madang, left this message: ‘Wir waren gluecklich, einilie talfe der ruhe finden zudurfen und danken allen “Brettern”’. I sort of understand: ‘We were happy …’ … ‘found tranquility’ … and ‘thanks to all the Bretts’.

From SIL we had Dick Brett, no relation, originally from West Paris, Maine (Ukarumpa, 1961 Jul 31, 1964 Jun 03), Ray and Ruth Brown (1961 Aug 01), Greta Hackert (1961 Aug 05, 1962 Aug 05), Betty and Jim Baptista (1961 Sep 01), Lorna Luff (1961 Apr 22), and Mrs Al Stucky (1962 Dec 11). Greta Hackert cannot have been very old, because she referred to my parents as ‘mother’ and ‘father’.

The Americans were fascinating for me, not least because of their strange version of the English language.

I sensed that they were richer than Australians, a position reinforced by my father Ted who had stories of the standard of food enjoyed by US soldiers in Papua during the Second World War.

The American missionary kids had piles of comics, printed on the glossiest paper I had encountered in my short life. They also ate sugar, honey, and syrup, with almost every meal, even with their eggs at breakfast.

The SIL Baptistas were apparently the first guests to use the ‘flat’, in the corner of the original wing, once the new wing was completed. In 1965, as a 13 year old, I took over that flat because I wanted a little privacy.

I remember the New Tribes Mission people, particularly a larger-than-life chap called Richard (‘Chippie’) Trigg (Apr 06 1964), who visited with his wife Edna Mae Trigg. Chippie taught me life lessons like … ‘don’t walk around with your hands in your pockets, you’ll fall and hit your bugle!’ He was charming, really. In 1964, my mother May and I travelled, after their visit, to their base outside Goroka, with its views of Mt Wilhem (4,509m).

As well as helping out pregnant women, we often witnessed blossoming romances. Notable in this respect was Lois Usmar (Hula, 1962 Nov 25, 1965 Jul 29), who later married the extremely respectable and likeable Humphrey Babbage (1962 Dec 19).

Some local guests included MG owner and general larrikin Stan Dickfos (Oct 16 1961), bank-employee Geoff Green (Aug 26 1961), Caleb Kolowan (Manus Island originally, (Jan 05 1964), Diana Schwenke (Jul 12 1963), Norman Hohl (Aug 29 1965), and Graham Denner (Aug 29 1965).

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Some locals were just looking for some respite, or a home away from home. The Lutherans had their own accommodation, but occasionally some like Martin Helbig (Lae, Jul 15 1961) stayed with us, and we had a Catholic missionary, whose name escapes me, staying at MAPANG rather than the Catholic guest house.

We had many Australians and New Zealanders visiting. Let me just mention Beryl Ham (Jun 09 1964), Godfrey and Winnifred Theobald – leaders of the Tahlee Bible College (Jun 09 1964), Judy Thomas (Sep 18 1965), Betty and Colin Denner – of ‘Kingswood’ convention centre, Warwick, Qld – and their son David Denner (Sep 24 1965), as well as my aunt Elva Krause (Nov 04 1961). Arthur Bartlett (Jun 27 1961) was there because he built the second wing. He called MAPANG his second home!

We had a lot of entertaining characters passing through MAPANG, but perhaps none as professional as Clifford Warne, AO (CETS, Feb 20 1963). He was the guy with the puppets! A ventriloquist’s doll – who could forget that? He did magic! He worked on radio (obviously not as a ventriloquist), TV, and as a lecturer and author. He worked at Channel 7 for 37 years. Clifford Warne died in May 2003 in Sydney, at 73 years of age. So he was just 33 when he was showing us his stuff in Port Moresby – he seemed at least 50 to an 11 year old like me.

On the subject of entertainment, we also had renowned film producer, director, and fishing photographer Ossie Emery as our guest (Nov 17 1961). His cinematographer son, Ross Emery ACS, has probably eclipsed the father, with credits such as The Wolverine, I, Frankenstein, and the recent Woman in Gold.

Last but not least, no less than Freda and Bernie Lea stayed with us for about three weeks, from 31 Dec 1963 – 19 Jan 1964. Their comment was:

‘We helped plan and build it. Now we have tried and tested it. Passed. … OK’.

High praise.

David Brett Jun 17 2015

Note: I spent the period 1960 – 1965 inclusive at MAPANG, leaving to attend boarding school in Australia in early December 1965. The text above is of course not an exhaustive list of guests – quite a number of guests left without signing the book! I selected names from the book to create a picture of life at MAPANG 122 | P a g e

in that period. I have tended to over-select from the earliest years, unless there is a name in the later years that generates strong memories, in which case I have told their story. We had visitors from all over the world: the Americas, Europe, Africa, elsewhere in Asia, and Papua New Guinea itself. I have also provided Appendices with a comprehensive list of names from the Visitors Book for the benefit of those with a better memory than my own. When I’m certain that consecutive family names mean husband and wife, and they stayed at the same time, I have usually made them a one-line entry; otherwise they are shown on separate lines.

Visitor Book Appendix A: Organizations and societies serviced in this period (not exhaustive): Ambassadors for Christ Assemblies of God Mission (AOG) Australian Baptist Missionary Society Australian Churches of Christ Overseas Mission Australian Council of Churches Australian Volunteers Abroad Bamu River Mission Bible Society Catholic Mission Society China Inland Mission Christian and Missionary Alliance (CAMA) Christian Brethren Churches in Papua New Guinea (CBCPNG) Christian Leaders Training College (CLTC) Christian Missions in Many Lands Inc. (CMML) Christian Radio Missionary Fellowship (CRMF) Church of England Television Society (CETS) – now Anglican Media Churches of Christ Mission (CCM) Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries (DASF) Department of Education (The) Evangelical Bible Mission, Inc (EBM) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea Evangelical Bible Missions Evangelical Mission 123 | P a g e

Four Square Gospel Mission Gospel Recordings Australia Gospel Recordings Inc. ‘Kingswood’, Warwick Convention Centre Kwato Mission of Papua London Missionary Society (LMS) Lutheran Mission/ New Guinea Lutheran Mission Memorial Hostel, Rabaul Methodist Overseas Mission (MOM) Mission to Lepers Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Nazarene Mission New Tribes Mission (NTM) Nipa Apostolic Christian Mission Oakland Evangelistic Association Papua Ekalesia (see LMS) Papuan Infantry Regiment (PIR) Qld Bible Institute Qld Temperance League South Seas Evangelical Church (Malaita) South Seas Evangelical Mission (SSEM) [founded in Queensland] Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) Swiss Evangelical Brotherhood Mission T. L. Osborn Evangelistic Association Tahlee Bible College, Karuah, NSW Unevangelized Fields Mission (UFM) Whitley College, Melbourne Young Women’s Missionary Movement (Victoria)

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Visitor Book Attachment B: Guests 1960 – 1965 (as recorded in Visitor’s Book)

Ambassadors for Christ Dr. Dallas Clarnette (Dec 11 1963) R. E. Akers (Rugli, via Mt. Hagen, Jun 03 1965)

Assemblies of God (AOG) Don Badham (Maprik, Jan 22 1963) Fred Evans and Betty Evans (Maprik, Jul 07 1964) Esther Smith (Maprik, Nov 30 1965)

Australian Churches of Christ Overseas Mission R. M. Lean (Jun 26 1965)

Australian Council of Churches Frank G. Engel (Jun 27 1965)

Australian Volunteers Abroad Valerie Laidlaw (Elizabeth, SA., Jan 18 1965) Marjorie Uddles (Lockinton, Vic., Jan 18 1965) Ian Prosser (Adelaide, SA., Jan 18 1965) – going to Kwato

Australian Baptist Missionary Society (Baiyer River, unless otherwise stated) Valma Manning and Clive (Dec 12 1962) Garth Manning (Dec 12 1962) Thelma C. Beecroft (Feb 12 1963) John Laurence (Baptist Hospital, Pit River, West New Guinea, Mar 14 1963) Elizabeth Laurence, with Peter and Ruth (Pit River, West New Guinea, Mar 14 1963) Max Knight (Lapolama, via Wewak, Jul 11 1963) Pat Knight (Lapolama, via Wewak, Jul 11 1963) Betty Burley (Jul 27 1963, Jan 16 1964, Jan 04 1965) 125 | P a g e

Dorothy Harris (Nov 27 1963) Laurie Cawley (West Irian, Jan 06 1964) Jean Cawley (West Irian, Jan 06 1964) Eileen Fucher (Mar 05 1964) Elaine Doull and children, Valerie, Heather and Robin (Telefomin, Jul 02 1964) Don Doull (Telefomin, Jul 02 1964) E. Jean Crowe (Pit River, West Irian, Aug 04 1964) Gwen Williams and children, Marilyn, and Owen (Dec 27 1964) Bob Williams (Dec 27 1964) Beryl Fitten (Oct 18 1965) Joan and Trevor Ross and family (Oct 28 1965) J. Andrews (Melbourne, Vic., Jun 28 1965)

Bamu River Mission Eva Standen (Oct 29 1961) Karl Venz (Beaudesert, Qld., Oct 02 1965) Donald J. Staines (Oct 02 1965)

Bible Society of Papua and elsewhere Don Mosely and Joan Mosely (Dec 11 1960) Kay L. Bint (BFBS, NZ, Nov 09 1961) Stan Arrowsmith (BFBS, Nov 15 1961) Leo Buckman (Port Moresby, Nov 15 1961) H. G. Bischoff (NZ, Apr 17 1962) Wesley J. Culshaw (Canberra, ACT., Nov 26 1963)

Catholic Mission Society Margaret E. Johnston (Goroka, Apr 24 1964) China Inland Mission Irene Kurlle (Malaya, Apr 28 1961)

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Christian and Missionary Alliance (CAMA) William T. Cutts (c/- MAF Sentani, Sukarnopura [previously Hollandia and now Jayapura], West Irian, Jun 23 1964)12

Christian Brethren Churches in Papua New Guinea (CBCPNG) Faith L. Wunsch (Chicago, and Lumi, via Aitope, Jul 03 1963)13 David Wunsch (Lumi, Jul 03 1963) Kay Liddle (Mt. Eden, Auckland, Sep 12 1962) – lived in Lumi in 1952 Gwen Liddle (Mt. Eden, Auckland, Sep 12 1962) Ossie Fountain (Anguganak, via Wewak, Jan 21 1964)

Christian Missions in Many Lands Inc. (CMML) Bob and Hope Dobbie (Paremata, NZ., Sep 29 1961) Jack McNab (Angugumak, Aug 21 1962) Kenny McCulloch (Angugumak, Aug 21 1962) Valerie Anwardt (Angugumak, Aug 21 1962) Muriel Salisbury (Wewak, Apr 01 1963) Beverly J. Hendricks (Jul 03 1963) John Sturt (Jul 23 1964) Agnes Sturt and children Elaine, Geoffrey, Priscilla, Rose-Anne (Jul 23 1964) Bessie E. Lewis (Nov 25 1965)

Christian Leaders Training College (CLTC) Gil McArthur (Mar 05 1964) - he was founding Principal of the Christian Leaders Training College Clyde Parkinson (Mar 25 1964) Robin Cowie (Dec 08 1964) Thomas Strahan (Dec 08 1964) P. J. Meppy (Jul 10 1965)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_and_Missionary_Alliance http://www.amt.asn.au/Sixty%20Years%20of%20Mission%20History%20in%20PNG.pdf

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Christian Radio Missionary Fellowship (CRMF) Kevin J. Woods (Jan 10 1961) Claude Llewellyn (Oct 24 1961) Alan Nutt, Elaine Nutt, and family (Rugli, New Guinea, Jun 26 1962)

Church of England Television Society (CETS) Clifford Warne, AO (CETS, Feb 20 1963)14

Churches of Christ Mission (CCM) Mary Lou Joyce (Jun 20 1964) F. W. Beale (Jun 23 1964) W. M. Beale (Jun 23 1964)

Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries (DASF) Georgina Coghill (Kandrain, New Guinea, Mar 19 1963) Bruce Coghill (Kandrain, New Guinea, Mar 19 1963) J. Burgin (Goroka, Apr 19 1964)

Department of Education Terry Faulkner (Kerema, Jun 09 1963) Allan Jones (Administration, Saroa, Mar 31 1964) Jim Ian (Primary ‘T’ School, Saroa, Mar 31 1964) B. Field (Primary ‘A’ School, Cape Rodney, Mar 31 1964) James M. Kendall (Lae Technical School, Jan 14 1965)

(The) Evangelical Bible Mission, Inc (EBM) Bruce Blowers and family (Tambul, via Mt. Hagen, Mar 30 1962) Merna M. Blowers and family (Tambul, via Mt. Hagen, Mar 30 1962) Marilyn Meckes (Kauapena Station, via Mt. Hagen, Feb 06 1964) – originally from Box Hill, Vic. Mark Meckes (Kauapena Station, via Mt. Hagen, Feb 06 1964)

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Evangelical Bible Missions Rev. Grover Lytle (Pangia, Southern Highlands District, Sep 20 1964) – originally from New Castle Pennsylvania, the Lytles settled in St. Louis, Missouri. The Lytles were in New Guinea for 16 years from 1964 – 198015.

Idah Cleola Lytle and children, Dianne, Mark and Joel (Pangia, Southern Highlands District, Sep 20 1964) – Idah Cleola Lytle died in February 201516.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea Ted Hilpert (Lae, Jul 20 1963)17 Ted himself wrote an impressive tract on the dangers of smoking mariwana (Marijuana) titled ‘Yu mas save gut long spak brus mariwana’. A copy can be found here on the website of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM)18.

Evangelical Mission Caleb Kolowan (Loniu village, Manus Island, Jan 05 1964)19.

Four Square Gospel Mission Dorothy L. Kitto (Goroka, Jan 22 1963) Merrilyn Teague (Goroka, Mar 06 1964) Pauline Kelly (Goroka, Mar 06 1964) Bernice Halley (Goroka, Mar 31 1964)

Gospel Recordings Australia John Dekker (c/- Anglican Mission, Samarai, May 26 1963) Eunice Richter (Aug 15 1963) Stuart Mill (Feb 18 1964) Donald M. Richter (Los Angeles, Ca., Jun 30 1965) Lily D. Ruby (Nov 03 1965)

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http://www.stewartstrathern.pitt.edu/papua_new_guinea/pangia.html http://www.shepardfuneralchapel.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1522828 17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hilpert 18 http://www.agsm.edu.au/bobm/drugs/spakbrus.pdf 19 https://www.facebook.com/U1207 16

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(The) Kwato Mission of Papua Sheila Abel and Russell Abel (Jul 24 1962)20 E. Ruth Hutchison (Oct 17 1964)

London Missionary Society (LMS)/ see Papua Ekalesia after Nov 1964 Anne Brown (Nov 19 1961) Rev. H. A. Alex Brown (Nov 19 1961) Jennifer Anne Brown (Moru, via Madang, Nov 19 1961, Mar 25 1964) Jean Chapple (Nov 19 1961) Bev Emerton (Nov 19 1961) Don Cullingford (Nov 19 1961) Laurence Gray (Nov 19 1961) Constance Fairhall (Nov 19 1961) Margaret Douglass (Saroa, Apr 26 1962) Betty Scarlet and Albert L. Scarlet (Saroa, Nov 22 1962) Myra Kennedy (Gemo Island, via. Port Moresby, Jul 10 1963) Rodney Yates (Kerema, Gulf District, Sep 15 1963) Edwin Yates (Kerema, Gulf District, Sep 15 1963) Freda (Kerema, Gulf District, Sep 15 1963) Q. S. McChesney-Clark (Delena, Jan 25 1964) Elizabeth C. McChesney-Clark (Delena, Jan 25 1964) Nicholas McChesney-Clark (Delena, Jan 25 1964) Ian McChesney-Clark (Delena, Jan 25 1964) Arthur Eric McChesney-Clark (Delena, Jan 25 1964) Lez Lister (Koanu, Feb 03 1964) Peter Loy (Saroa, Mar 31 1964) Christine A. Nicholls (Gemo Island, via. Port Moresby, Jun 24 1964) Robin Bain (Dagona, Aug 11 1964, Dec 12 1965) – 12 Albert St., Island Bay, Wellington, NZ. Norman Cocks (Sydney, NSW., Jun 25 1965)

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Lutheran Mission Rev. William P. Wagner (Wabag, May 14 1961) Ruth Wagner (Wabag, May 14 1961) Martin S. Helbig (Lae, Jul 15 1961) R. T. Diepen (Jalfaum Hospital, Madang, Aug 09 1961) Mike Jenson (Cranfill Gap, Texas, Jul 23 1963) – Cranfill Gap, Ta., pop. 281 persons21.

Korinne Okland (Forest City, La., Jul 23 1963) Paul Gulandy (Ipswich, Qld., Jun 27 1965)

Memorial Hostel, Rabaul Margaret Kent and Brian Kent, and daughter Vicki (Jan 13 1964)

Methodist Overseas Mission Nancy P. Carter, with children Ian, Judith, Ann and Donald (British Solomon Islands Protectorate [BSIP], Aug 26 1962) Avrille Clarke (Salamo, Fergusson Island, in the D’Entrecastreaux Islands, Sep 02 1963) Dorothy Pederick (New Britain, Feb 02 1964) – originally from WA. Kathleen Rashley (Ubuia, Feb 10 1964) Pauline Rashley (Adelaide, SA., Feb 10 1964) Ron Pattinson and Gladys Pattinson (Munda, BSIP., Mar 25 1964) J. A. Dawes (Misima, Milne Bay Province, Apr 28 1964)22 Jan Dawes (Misima, Milne Bay Province, Apr 28 1964) Allan L. Taylor (Rabaul, Jun 10 1964) Laurel Pearson (Rabaul), Jun 18 1964) Marjorie Conn (Jun 24 1964) Eric T. Lawson (Jun 29 1964) Ruth Lawson (Jun 29 1964) Barbara Garrett (Jun 29 1964) Muriel Cropp (Munda, BSIP., Dec 10 1964) J. F. Cropp (Munda, BSIP., Dec 10 1964)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranfills_Gap,_Texas

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misima_Island

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L. Rashley (Ulrya, Samarai, Milne Bay District, Dec 11 1964) K. Rashley (Ulrya, Samarai, Milne Bay District, Dec 11 1964) W. David Unwin (Salamo, Samarai, Milne Bay District, Dec 19 1964) Lynette Maxwell (Salamo, Samarai, Milne Bay District, Dec 31 1964) Cecil Gribble, General Secretary (Sydney, NSW., Jun 26 1965) Ralph Lawton (Kiriwina, Jul 29 1965)

Mission to Lepers Australia and NZ Murray Feist (Jun 02 1965) R. McKeown (Collins St., Melbourne, Vic., Jul 03 1965)

Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Bessie Flavel, Max Flavel, and family (Wewak, Dec 23 1960) Max Flavel (Wewak, Dec 23 1960, Nov 24 1963) Harold Morton (Tari, May 12 1961) Vic Ambrose (May 24 1961) Bruce Lindsay (Wewak, Mar 24 1962) Ian Stacy (Wasua, Apr 04 1962) Joan Stacy (Wasua, Jun 19 1962) Max Meyers (Wasua, Dec 11 1962, Dec 18 1963) Ken Mobbs (NZ, Jan 25 1963) Jo Meyers and family (Wasua, Feb 15 1963) S. M. Fairhall (Mar 26 1963) Hank Worthington (Santani, Hollandia, West New Guinea, Oct 06 1963) – American MAF Donald W. Berry (Philippines, Nov 24 1963) David R. (Dave) Hoisington (Santani, Hollandia, West New Guinea, Dec 18 1963) – American MAF Danny Hoisington (Santani, Hollandia, West New Guinea, Dec 18 1963) – American MAF Ruth Hoisington (Santani, Hollandia, West New Guinea, Dec 18 1963) – American MAF Clell and Mareela Rogers (West Irian, Mar 20 1964) – American MAF Phyllis Buter (West Irian, Sep 05 1964) Vi Hall (Melbourne, Vic., Oct 15 1964) Graham Smythe (Melbourne, Vic., Oct 15 1964) 132 | P a g e

Nazarene Mission [all at Jimi River unless otherwise stated] Will Bromley (Oct 03 1963) Margaret Bromley (Oct 03 1963) Helen Bolujack (Banz, Western Highlands District, Oct 03 1963) Wanda Knox (Banz, Western Highlands District, Nov 05 1960, Oct 03 1963, Sep 17 1964) W. F. White (Banz, Western Highlands District, Dec 18 1963) Lee Eby (Oct 30 1964)

New Tribes Mission (Mrs.) Nell Dreghorn (Bulolo, Feb 25 1961) Marv Sconce (Sep 23 1962, Dec 02 1963, Dec 28 1963) [husband of Harriet Sconce]23 Harriet Sconce (Jun 20 1963, Dec 28 1963)24 Dane and Ruth Frone (Nov 10 1963) Marv Sconce and Mark Sconce (Dec 02 1963) Marv Sconce and Harriet Sconce with children, Steve, Jim, and Mark (Dec 28 1963) Edna Mae Trigg (Goroka, Apr 06 1964) Richard (‘Chippie’) Trigg (Goroka, Apr 06 1964) Ted Fitzgerald and Sandra Fitzgerald (Bulolo, Jun 28 1964) Jerry Fitzgerald (Bulolo, Jun 28 1964) Ruth Parry (Nov 09 1965)

Nipa Apostolic Christian Mission Vic Schlatter (Oct 16 1961) Vic and Elsie Schlatter and family (Nov 19 1963)

Oakland Evangelistic Association Rev. Benjamin Wertz and family (Goroka, Jun 03 1964)

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http://www.thebookpatch.com/BookStore/tri-pela-amamas/617b58b0-db29-47da-8385-a5b92c3c0b28 http://clbcamp.org/camps/womens_retreat/documents/womens_retreat_2014.pdf

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Papua Ekalesia Don and Molly Cullingford, with children, Philip and Andrew (Iruna, Dec 05 1964) Margaret Cole (Moru, Dec 09 1964) Jeanette Murray (Mailu, Dec 15 1964) Jan and Nick Thomson, and family (Iruna, Jun 21 1965) Lois Usmar (Hula, Nov 25 1962, Jul 29 1965) Barbara Wedde (Jul 31 1965) Else and Gordon Bate and children, Helen, Graeme, Rodney (Dec 10 1965)

Papuan Infantry Regiment (PIR) Rex Sharrad, IPIR Padre (Dec 07 1964) Phyllis Sharrad, and Paul Sharrad (Dec 07 1964)

Queensland Bible Institute Rev C. Harold Nicholls (Principal, Toowong, Brisbane, Qld., Dec 09 1963) – Harold Nicholls was Principal from 1957-196925

Queensland Temperance League Alan Borgeand (Jan 03 1963)

South Seas Evangelical Church (Malaita) Jotham Ausuta (Malaita, BRIP., Jul 20 1965) Ariel Bili (Kwai Island, BRIP., Jul 20 1965)

South Seas Evangelical Mission (SSEM) Ken Griffiths (Oct 22 1961) Jim Dickson (Solomon Islands, Aug 09 1962) Graeme Furlong (Balif, via Wewak, Sep 12 1962) Jack Finch (Balif, via Wewak, Jul 17 1963) Pauline Finch (Balif, via Wewak, Jul 17 1963)

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Mabs Boyle (Balif, via Wewak, Mar 24 1964) Keith Duncan (Balif, via Wewak, Mar 24 1964) Douglas C. Haldane (Honiara, BSIP., May 17 1964) – an old friend of my parents Charles J. Briscoe (Kansas City, Miss., May 18 1964) Roland Trowell and Edith Trowell (Parramatta, NSW., May 25 1964) Kath Crouch (Jul 20 1964)

Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL)/Wycliffe Bible Translators [Ukurumpa, via Goroka, unless otherwise noted.]

Ellie and Katherine Deibler (Jan 03 1961) Lorna Luff (Apr 22 1961) Kathy Barker (May 17 1961) Virginia Barker (Jul 26 1961) Velma Faeman (Jul 31 1961) Ruth and Ray Brown (Aug 01 1961) Mary Stringer (Aug 05 1961) Dick Brett (Jul 31 1961, Jun 03 1964) – originally from West Paris, Maine, US. Hal and Glad Skinner (Aryura, Aug 04 1961)26 Greta Hackert (Aug 05 1961, Aug 05 1962) Betty and Jim Baptista, and Steve, Gail and Heidi (Sep 01 1961) – 1st residents of the flat Dave Glasgow (Sep 04 1961) Peter M. Lauren (Oct 24 1961) Margaret C. Cunningham (Roseville NSW and SIL Philippines, Nov 15 1961) Kenneth L. Pike (Feb 06 1962) James C. Dean (Feb 06 1962, Feb 06 1964) Elmer Wolfenden (Manila, SIL Philippines, Mar 30 1962) Jean M. Christie (Lae, Apr 23 1962) Ken Wiggers (Dec 04 1962) Mrs. Dellene Stucky (Dec 11 1962) Wayne Dye and Sally Dye, and children Erle, Joy and Tom (Oct 02 1963)

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Ray Nicholson (Nov 05 1963) Kay Pittman (Nov 05 1963) Nancy Fisher (Dec 22 1963) Daryl Irene Price and children, Tom, Sharon, and Jeanne (Dec 22 1963)27 Jim Baptista (Feb 06 1964) – see also Sep 01 1961 Bob and Jo Ann Conrad (Mar 06 1964) Mrs. Helen Appleton (St. Lucia, Brisbane, Qld., Mar 19 1964)28 A. Barnett (WBT., Sydney, NSW., Apr 25 1964) Margaret Barnett (WBT., Sydney, NSW., Apr 25 1964) Harland Kerr, PhD (Bolona village, May 02 1964) – Harland Kerr had a doctorate in plant genetics and pathology, and previously served in the Philippines. He was also a Sydney University colleague and close friend of Alan Charles, who died in March 2004. He studied anthropology and linguistics later in life. He then headed up SIL in Australia, and worked with the Witu people in New Guinea.29 Ken, Pat, Rodney, and Judi Wiggers (Clymer, NY., Jul 04 1964) Gordon Bunn (Sep 01 1964) Ruth Bunn, with children Dean and Ailsa (Sep 01 1964) Ken Lowe (Lae, Aug 30 1965) Lesley Lowe and three children (Lae, Aug 30 1965) Ruth Pin (Sep 20 1965) Don, Laura Davis and children (Oct 06 1964) Bruce and Joyce Hooley and children, Bryan, Catheryn, and Lois (Nov 28 1964) Jerry and Jan Allen (Nov 06 1965)30

Swiss Evangelical Brotherhood Mission Christian Schindler (Bern, Switzerland, Dec 09 1964) – Stadtbachstr.10, Bern 300

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http://issuu.com/cbmicheals/docs/our_aiyura_home Ibid.

29 https://witumowituda.wordpress.com/our-story/ 30 http://www.amazon.com/Light-Our-Path-PersonalJourney/dp/1453771433/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1434547359&sr=1-1, http://jerryallen.tumblr.com/ 28

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T. L. Osborn Evangelistic Association GPO Box 54, Sydney P. C. Frank (Jul 27 1965)

Tahlee Bible College Godfrey Theobald and Winnifred Theobald (Karuah, NSW., Jun 09 1964) – leaders of the ‘Tahlee’ Bible College

UFM/APCM Dr C.A. Moody (Daru, Sep 22 1960) Stan Varidel (Wasua, Oct 18 1960) – husband of Alice Leonard S Buck (Head Office, Oct 16 1960, Dec 02 1963) Fred Snowden and Shirley Snowden (Nov 01 1960) Barry Hadlow (Nov 20 1960) – husband of Joan M. Hadlow Wilma Scarf (Nov 27 1960) Gwen Crawford (Nov 27 1960) Theo and Alma Hoel, and family (Tari, Southern Highlands District, Dec 03 1960, Jan 26 1962, Oct 18 1965) Alice Varidel (Wasua, Dec 04 1960) – wife of Stan Mary Sexton (Wasua, Dec 04 1960) Murray L. Marx (Dec 04 1960) David Sexton (Dec 16 1960) Peter Sexton (Dec 16 1960) F. W. Gardner (Otaki NZ., Mar 31 1961) Beryl L. Long (Balimo, Apr 17 1961) Murray Rule and Joan Rule (Lake Kutubu, via Goroka, April 17 1961) George Sexton and Ranee Sexton (Wasua, Apr 04 1962, and Apr 19 1961) Clement Smith (Suki, via Wasua, via Daru, Apr 19 1961) Jean Wrigley (Balimo, May 12 1961) Brian Wrigley PhD.(Balimo, May 12 1961) Joan Errkila and Jim Erkkila (Tari, Southern Highlands District, May 13 1961) Edna M. Booth (Balimo, Jul 24 1961) Sylvia Wesley (Wasua, Western District, Jul 24 1961, Nov 27 1963) 137 | P a g e

N. Wardel (Wasua, Aug 21 1961) Alwyn Neuendorf (Awaba, Sep 12 1961) – husband of Fay J. Neuendorf Olive Nowland and Rex Nowland (Sep 14 1961) Vi Walton (Sep 22 1961) Ian Lindsay and Joy Lindsay (Sep 28 1961) Barbara Wade (Wasua, Western District, Sep 30 1961, Nov 27 1963), Kenneth W. Furlong (Oct 07 1961) Garnet Ericson (Dutch New Guinea, Oct 07 1961) Delys Ericson (Dutch New Guinea, Oct 07 1961) Joan M. Hadlow (Jan 29 1962) – wife of Barry Hadlow Val and Bob Callaghan, and Joy (Feb 04 1962) Dick Donaldson (Orokana, Feb 26 1962, Nov 25 1964) [‘This home fully realises all we have heard about it in the interior’.]

Ernie Thompson (Rumginae, Feb 05 1962) Jean Hardy and Jillian Hardy (Suki, 1962 Apr 04) Philip Blackley and Ruth Blackley (Erave, Jun 26 1962, Mar 09 1965), Ruth Merriweather and John Merriweather (Jul 11 1962) Fay J. Neuendorf (Awaba, Jul 11 1962) – wife of Alwyn Neuendorf Jean Stewart (Rumginae, Jul 24 1962) Peter Bailey (Wasua, Sep 06 1962) Ian Collingwood and Grace Collingwood (Sep 19 1962) Flo May (Oct 20 1962) Pam Goodlet (Nov 05 1962) Betty Scarlet and Albert Scarlet (1962 Nov 22) Rona Cochrane (Debapari, Dec 11 1962), Malcolm Dunjey and family (UFM Council, WA., Feb 02 1963) Mike Hadlow and Ellie Hadlow (Wasua, Feb 06 1963) Betty Vincent (Wasua, Apr 06 1963) Jim Stenney (Apr 06 1963) Robyn Gilchrist (Apr 06 1963) Lorraine Balme (Wasua, May 13 1963) Pat Christon (Wasua, May 13 1963) 138 | P a g e

Ron Clough (Melbourne, May 15 1963) Constance C. Whyte (Invercargill, NZ, Aug 05 1963) Lillian Dennis and Keith Dennis (Oct 15 1963) Cliff Robb (Wasua, Oct 29 1963) Willa Robb, and children David, Janet, Alison and Lois (Wasua, Oct 29 1963) Pamela A. Walker (Nov 07 1963) Mr and Mrs K. L. Eden (NZ, Nov 30 1963) Saebi Giwade (Balimo, Western District, Dec 10 1963) Bulima Keme (Balimo, Western District, Dec 10 1963) Bagawa Duba (Awaba, Western District, Dec 10 1963) Baila Didiga (Awaba, Western District, Dec 10 1963) Val Sinclair and children Donald, Lyn and Ray (Tari, Southern Highlands District, Dec 17 1963) Alan Sinclair (Tari, Southern Highlands District, Dec 17 1963) Alison MacWilliam (Wasua, Western District, Feb 03 1964) Ross M. Weymouth (Feb 18 1964) Ruth Elvery and Ray Elvery (Awaba, Western District, Apr 13 1964) Charles Horne (Jun 16 1964) Doreen Ritchie (Jun 23 1964) Pam McKewan (Jun 30 1964) Bill Carne (West Irian, Aug 11 1964) Wilma Norman (Aug 26 1964) Alf Norman (Aug 26 1964) Max Garlick and Nancy Garlick (Erave, 1964 Nov 13) Audrey Donaldson and children (Nov 25 1964) Ruth Blackley (Erave, Southern Highlands District, via Mt. Hagen, Mar 09 1965) Allan Batey (Aug 23 1965) Keith Briggs (Aug 23 1965) Steve and Rona Cochrane (Debapari, Oct 23 1965)

Warwick Convention Centre, ‘Kingswood’ Betty Denner (Warwick, Qld., Sep 24 1965) Colin Denner (Warwick, Qld., Sep 24 1965) 139 | P a g e

David Denner (Warwick, Qld., Sep 24 1965)

Whitley College, Melbourne D. Mervyn Himbury (Whitley College, Melbourne, Vic., May 11 1964) – ‘'Here I came and learned much about the territory, about missions and about myself'. Mervyn Himbury, who died in September 2008, was Principal of Whitley College, which is now a teaching college of the University of Divinity.31 Geoff Ryall (Feb 11 1965)

Young Women’s Missionary Movement (Victoria) Rona Funes (Melbourne, Vic., Jul 14 1964) Marjorie Foster (Melbourne, Vic., Jul 14 1964)

‘Locals’ Stan Dickfos (Oct 16 1961) – MG owner and general larrikin Arthur Bartlett (Jun 27 1961) – builder of MAPANG’s 2nd stage Ian G. Robertson (Hastings Deering, Aug 15 1961) Geoff Green (Manly, NSW, Aug 26 1961) Diana Schwenke (Jul 12 1963) Freda Lea (Jan 19 1964) – ‘We helped plan and build it. Now we have tried and tested it. Passed. OK.’ Norman Hohl (Aug 29 1965) – Beaudesert, Qld. Graham Denner (Aug 29 1965) – Warwick, Qld.

MAPANG Workers Marjorie Deasey (Balimo, Dec 06 1960) Dudley Deasey (Balimo, Western District, Oct 23 1961) Freda and Bernie stayed for about three weeks to Jan 19 1964, visiting from Campbell’s Bay, Auckland, NZ., E. B. (Bernie) Lea (Jan 19 1964) Ray Frisken and Marge Frisken (Tamworth, NSW., Sep 28 1965)

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Visitor Book Appendix C: Other names from that era (private travel, or unclear affiliation) A. G. Bain (Auckland, Sep 29 1960) Miss J.M. Moore (Leichhardt NSW, Sep 30 1960) Mrs. C.J. Hansen (West Ryde NSW, Sep 30 1960) Arthur L. Gregory (NZ, Oct 15 1960) Grace Lanzu (Nov 14 1960) Peter J. Moody (Nov 20 1960) Doreen Best (Daru, Nov 20 1960) Alex Gilchrist (Sydney, Nov 29 1960) Bernice Kirchoff (Kansas, Dec 08 1960) Arthur Goward (Dec 27 1960) Michael Ryan (EOW. I. B. M., Jan 17 1961) – distinguished by writing his entry neatly back-to-front Hazel Taylor (Reservoir, Jan 20 1961) Don Greer, PhD (Rigo, 1961 Jan 23) Peppi Beavis (Surrey Hills, Vic., Jan 30 1961, May 21 1962) Russ Dixon (Jan 30 1961) W. Munyard (Clayton, Feb 06 1961) Frank M. Horwill (Burwood Vic., Feb 07 1961) Allan McLeod (Minneapolis, Feb 10 1961) Leonard Ravenhill (Minneapolis, Feb 10 1961) Mr and Mrs Brian L. Byrne (Feb 13 1961) Jacob Serde (Denmark, Feb 17 1961) Sophiasode Sopia (Denmark, Feb 17 1961) Ross Brouerhall (Feb 17 1961) Mrs G. T. Bustin (Summerfield, Fla., Feb 19 1961) G. T. Bustin (Summerfield, Fla., Feb 19 1961) (Mrs.) Frances M. Maling (Sandy Bay, Tas., Feb 25 1961) (Mrs.) Grace Brimblecombe (Rosanna, Vic., Feb 25 1961) L. E. Maguiniss (Samarai, Mar 05 1961) Winnifred Brooks (Mar 06 1961) John F. Sievert (Mar 23 1961) M. G. Rowe (Goroka, Mar 24 1961) 141 | P a g e

Max A. Conder (Banz, Mar 24 1961) Allister Davidson (Wewak, Mar 25 1961) Lilian E. Muller (Apr 04 1961) Ron Muller (Apr 04 1961) Lillian Long (Warragul, Vic., Apr 19 1961) Freda Sievert (Apr 21 1961) Jean Goddard (Apr 22 1961) Margaret J. Johansen with Sandra, Stuart and Paula (May 16 1961) Rowland Johansen (May 16 1961) Kingsley Rirgavey (Pascoe Vale, Vic., May 20 1961) Walter Hotchkim (Pascoe Vale, Vic., May 20 1961) T. V. Goodrave (Jun 12 1961) Peter & Marion Grant, with Jill, Geoffrey and Peter (Jun 13 1961) Mrs. Murray H. Seale (Jun 13 1961) – the Grant children’s grandmother Rev. and Mrs. A Walck (Jun 21 1961) Beverly Hilldich (Jul 24 1961) Miss Ogelberg (Jul 24 1961) Carolyn Schurr (Eustis, Nebraska, Jul 24 1961) [Eustis pop. (2010) is 401 persons] Marlyce Sorensen (Oregon, Jul 24 1961) Jacquelin and Ursula Boy (Aug 09 1961) J Morrison (Herne Bay, Auckland, Aug 12 1961) L. Pollock (Mission Bay, Auckland, Aug 12 1961) S. L. Bext (Treasury, Aug 21 1961) Edith Casson (St. Louis, Missouri, Aug 23 1961) May Wannan (Sydney, Sep 03 1961) Sabina Coombe (Melbourne, Sep 04 1961) A. Coombe (Melbourne, Sep 04 1961) M. Coombe (Melbourne, Sep 04 1961) Norm Fels (Wau, Morobe Province, Sep 24 1961, Feb 03 1964) Colin Kotzer (Sep 24 1961) Don and Lilian McGregor (Oct 05 1961) John and Heather Akhurst (Oct 16 1961) 142 | P a g e

P. M. Radford (London SW12, Oct 31 1961) Elva Brett – later Elva Krause (Brighton, Qld, Nov 04 1961) V. M. Munyard (Nov 13 1961) Fred and May Ezard and Courtney Ezard (Nov 14 1961) Ossie Emery (Nov 17 1961) – film producer and renowned fishing photographer Peter Harigan (Blakehurst, Sydney, Nov 19 1961) Phillip Griffiths (Bardwell Park, Sydney, Nov 19 1961) Ross Bartel and family (Dec 11 1961) Patricia Knell (Dec 15 1961) Sara Mason and Ruth (Dec 15 1961) Anna C. Hogg (Feb 03 1962) R. A. Histler (Feb 19 1962) J. G. Harris (Brisbane, Feb 24 1962) Rose Dickinson (Nhill, Vic., Mar 16 1962) Reg Wright (Brisbane, Qld., Mar 18 1962) – Baptist minister Ross Liddle (Popondetta, Mar 31 1962) Eric Madsen and Marion Madsen (Koroba, Southern Highlands, Apr 02 1962) Owen Cumming (Canterbury, Melbourne, Apr 18 1962) Laurel Gray, David, Robert and Paul Gray (Apr 29 1962) Arthur and Flo Dalton (Church of Christ Boys’ Home, Pendle Hill, May 16 1962) David Kent (May 21 1962) Bruce Kent (Bruce Hall, ANU, Canberra, May 21 1962) A. W. Rose and family (Wamena, via Hollandia (Jayapura), Dutch, New Guinea, May 23 1962) Darlene M. Rose (Wamena, via Hollandia (Jayapura), Dutch New Guinea, May 23 1962)32 Doug and Myrtle Harrigan (May 25 1962) Robert C. Tracy (Victoria Park, WA., May 31 1962) Rob Pocklington (Oakleigh, Vic., Jun 02 1962) – Baptist minister Frank Jennings (Oakleigh, Vic., Jun 02 1962) Michael Ducking (Rabaul, New Ireland, Jun 02 1962) J. B. Stacy (Cronulla, Sydney, NSW, Jun 04 1962)

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O. M. Stacy (Cronulla, Sydney, NSW, Jun 04 1962) Mason B. Hughes (Manilla, Philippines, Jun 07 1962) Raymond Goldsworthy (Melbourne, Jun 11 1962, Mar 04 1963) – husband of Joyce Goldsworthy May Furlong (Emerald, Vic., Jun 14 1962) Leslie A. Furlong (Emerald, Vic., Jun 14 1962) Jean Ridgway (Melbourne, Vic., Jun 14 1962) Alan McClymont (Jun 30 1962) Bec Brinkley (Greenslopes, Brisbane, Qld., Jul 14 1962) Joy Harnett and Denis Harnett (Jul 23 1962) Jack Ganett (Heidelberg, Vic., Jul 29 1962) Beatrice Henry and Arthur Henry (Samarai, Aug 01 1962) Mildred Williams (Aug 12 1962) Dorothy Hotchkin and Walter Hotchkin (Aug 12 1962) Ian van Zuilecom (Dumantina, via Goroka, Aug 23 1962) Greg Tingson (Manilla, Philippines, Sep 05 1962) Bruce Rattray (en route to Borneo, Sep 11 1962) Paulet Collyer (Wabag, Sep 20 1962) Lorna Hamilton and Bruce Hamilton (Heidelberg, Vic., Sep 25 1962) Jean Hardy and Bill Hardy and children (Hamilton, NZ, Oct 10 1962) Rae Fraser and Bruce Fraser (Nov 05 1962) Mildred E. Bath (Nov 16 1962) Pat Foster (Thornleigh, NSW, Nov 19 1962) Lee H. Kanagi (Nakashihetsu, Japan, Nov 22 1962) Rosemary Etherton and Betsy (Nov 23 1962) Humphrey Babbage (Dec 19 1962) Keith Pickett (Dec 20 1962) Terry Beeby (Dec 27 1962) Glenice Long (Dec 30 1962) Joyce Heselton (Magnetic Island, Qld., Jan 13 1963) Jane Bienvenu and Wayne Bienvenu (Jan 22 1963) Ron Parry and Audrey Parry (Bundaberg, Qld., Jan 22 1963) Lesley Downing (Five Dock, NSW, Jan 24 1963) 144 | P a g e

Cyril Marshall and Marg Marshall (Jan 29 1963) Anna Steingraber (Hawthorn, SA., Jan 29 1963) Ruth Stoll (Nuriutpa, SA., Jan 29 1963) David Laurence and Althea Laurence (Feb 04 1963) John McIntyre (Toowoomba, Qld., Feb 12 1963) Dinch Orchison (Feb 26 1963) David A. Groves (Mar 01 1963) Joyce Goldsworthy (Mar 04 1963) – wife of Raymond Goldsworthy Wilhemina A. ten Kate (Hollandia [now Jayapura], West New Guinea [Indonesia], Mar 21 1963) Henry Dahlgren (Wabag, New Guinea, Mar 23 1963) S. Smit MD. (Baliem Valley, Mar 23 1963) Mrs. S. Smit and two sons (Baliem Valley, Mar 23 1963) Robert Bennett (BOORT, Mar 26 1963) Bruce T. Shields (Apr 06 1963) Fred Mullins (Apr 06 1963) Ken Macnangptan (Apr 06 1963) Dorothy Tracker (Apr 06 1963) Barbara R. Wadson (Apr 06 1963) Verdi M. Mitchell (Apr 06 1963) Ivy M. Mitchell (Apr 16 1963) Margaret R. Street (Apr 18 1963) Francis L. Manly (Apr 25 1963) Alice Wedepa, MLC (Kwato, Apr 27 1963) – Member of Legislative Council Lois Davey (May 03 1963) Margaret Drew (Burnie Tas., May 07 1963) A. K. Drew (Burnie Tas., May 07 1963) Elizabeth Sexton (Bethesda, Melbourne, May 13 1963) A. J. Ayling (Glenelg, SA., May 21 1963) Nina Polson (Tari, May 21 1963) Mrs. Charles Moseley (Wau, May 23 1963) Gwen E. Parker (Sheffield, Tas., May 26 1963) Kathleen Bogle (Cairns, Qld., May 26 1963) 145 | P a g e

Jim Hummel (May 27 1963) Cathie Parsons (May28 1963) Marion E. Smith (Black Rock, Vic., Jun 02 1963) Kathy Lock (Jun 02 1963) June Furlong (Jun 04 1963) Valmai Gallard (Jun 04 1963) John Ottway (EWISM, Jun 12 1963) Frank S. Phillips (Jun 18 1963) H. Muller (Jul 11 1963) Marilyn Moore (Jul 20 1963) Penelope Bond (Kerema, Gulf District, Aug 14 1963) Morty Heist (Lae, Aug 23 1963) Flo Stevens (Melbourne, Aug 24 1963) Florence Heist (Lae, Aug 25 1963) Graham McMurray (Kerema, Gulf District, Sep 04 1963, Dec 10 1964) Edward H. Rontee (Warragul, Vic., Oct 06 1963) Rick Pullman (Nov 05 1963) Gilbert James Matthews (Nov 07 1963) Pat Andrews (Nov 13 1963) James M. Rendall (Nov 27 1963) Mr. and Mrs. Hotchkin and family (Nov 29 1963) Val Morse, and children Sue, Brian and Garry Morse (Dec 02 1963) E. Morse (Dec 02 1963) Harley Beck (Forest Park, WA., Dec 02 1963 Barrie Sutton (Melbourne, Vic., Dec 12 1963) Grandma Morton (Dec 13 1963) Penny Bond with Sylvia and Margaret (Dec 13 1963) Charles Craig (Dec 16 1963) Pam Craig and children Jennifer, Fay, Susan, and Jonathon (Dec 16 1963) Chester Trorty and family (Dec 21 1963) Barbara F. Gotch (Dec 29 1963, Jan 28 1964) Rae Telfer (Shepparton, Vic., (Dec 29 1963, Jan 28 1964) 146 | P a g e

Lilian Hutchison (Wynyard, Tas., Jan 05 1964) Margaret Park (Jan 08 1964) Frances Park (Jan 08 1964) Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Goswell (Castle Hill, NSW., Jan 20 1964) Arthur Goswell (Carlingford, Sydney, NSW., Jan 20 1964) Ivor Panglase (Wewak, New Guinea, Jan 20 1964) Bethia Penglase and children Charles, Andrea and Marina (Wewak, New Guinea, Jan 20 1964) – Bethia was a journalist who had four children, only three of whom were born as at Jan 1964.33 Henry Joseph Klink (Madang Marine Workshops, and St. Brendan’s College, Yeppoon, Qld., Jan 25 1964) Francis Kramer (Madang, and St. Brendan’s College, Yeppoon, Qld., Jan 25 1964) Danny Klink (Madang Marine Workshops, and St. Brendan’s College, Yeppoon, Qld., Jan 25 1964) William Kramer (Madang, and St. Brendan’s College, Yeppoon, Qld., Jan 25 1964) George Leahy (Mt. Hagen, and Mt. Carmel College [Christian Brothers Boarding School], Charters Towers, Qld., Jan 25 1964) – George is one of Dan Leahy’s sons; Dan was the younger brother to Mick Leahy.34 Jerry Wilson (Wabag, and Mt. Carmel College, Charters Towers, Qld., Jan 25 1964) Mary Brechtefeld (Honiara, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands Protectorate [BSIP], Jan 28 1964) – BSIP lasted from 1893 to 1976.

Anna M. Gelulamae (Buma, Malaita, BSIP., Jan 28 1964) Geoffrey Sieper (King George VI School, Auki, Malaita, BSIP., Jan 28 1964) Lionel Loryamma (King George VI School, Auki, Malaita, BSIP., Jan 28 1964) Changol Manuai (Manus Island, and Ipswich Grammar School, Qld., Jan 29 1964) Paliau Lukas (Manus Island, Toowoomba Grammar School, Qld., Jan 29 1964) John C. To Vue (Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, NSW., Jan 29 1964) J Paliau (Manus Island, Toowoomba Grammar School, Qld., Jan 29 1964) Kipling Chari (Gona, Popondetta, Feb 01 1964) Dorothy Garner (‘Chesalan’, Woonona, NSW., Feb 02 1964) Yvonne Fels (Wau, Morobe Province, Feb 03 1964) – originally from Brisbane, Qld. For information on the town of Wau.35 Lin Burnet (Auckland, NZ., Feb 13 1964)

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E. Alice Beck (Perth, WA., Feb 18 1964) John Dawman (Boys’ Brigade, Sydney, Mar 26 1964) Eugenie Koepper (Hurstville, Sydney, NSW., Apr 04 1964) Hazel McGill (Belmont, Ca., Apr 04 1964) Robert R. Frazier (West Irian Station, Apr 07 1964) Mr. M. and Mrs. Ann Vincent (PO Box 1, Ouyen, Apr 11 1964) M. S. Liddle (Kerala, India, Apr 12 1964) Annie Tucker and Frank Tucker (Heatherton, Vic., Apr 15 1964) Rev. Wallace White and Mrs. White (Apr 16 1964) Robert White (Apr 16 1964) Steve White (Apr 16 1964) Helen Vera (Sydney, NSW., Apr 19 1964) Murray Sandland (Melbourne, Vic., Apr 21 1964) The Aviy family (West Irian, May 04 1964) Muriel Petus (Greenslopes, Brisbane, Qld., May 06 1964) Hazel Sharpe (Lismore, NSW., May 06 1964) Ruth Berger (Lismore, NSW., May 06 1964) Geoffrey Mgikanga (Kiambu, Nairobi, Kenya, May 11 1964) Raymond P. Chuma (Daressalaam, Tanganyika, May 11 1964) Manasses N. Kusia (Nakuru, Kenya, May 11 1964) Pastor A. Broughton (Jun 03 1964) L. Robertson (Clayton, Vic., Jun 04 1964) W. Robertson (Clayton, Vic., Jun 04 1964) Graeme Smith (Box Hill North, Vic., Jun 08 1964) Beryl Ham (St. Lucia, Brisbane, Qld., Jun 08 1964) Will S. Clack (Jun 10 1964) Cyril Westbrook and Evelyn Westbrook, and children Delwyn and Cheryl (Jun 15 1964) Ian R. Ederidge (Jul 02 1964) Rex and Gay Eden (Jul 07 1964) Brian Eden (NZ., Jul 07 1964)

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Mr. Austin Lockhart (West Irian, Jul 15 1964) – originally from West Virginia, Austin and Lorrie Lockhart spent 12 years [1959-1971] in Dutch New Guinea (West Irian) and self-published ‘A Missionary’s Journal’ in 1972.

Mrs. Lorrie Lockhart (West Irian, Jul 15 1964) Winsome Crouch (Ringwood, Melbourne, Vic., Jul 16 1964) Max Yarrow (Sydney, NSW., Jul 27 1964) Ian Rankine (Marshall Lagoon, Central District, Jul 28 1964) – about 130 km south-east of Port Moresby Kay Polden (Jul 29 1964) Aubrey Polden (Jul 29 1964) Frank and Betty Beitzel and family (Melbourne, Vic., Aug 01 1964) Harrold Steward (St. Mary’s, SA., Aug 04 1964) Jean Bird (Brisbane, Qld., Aug 11 1964) Val S. Johnstone (Aug 15 1964) Paul White (Epping Road, North Ryde, NSW., Aug 31 1964) Helen Hammersley (Eastwood, Sydney, NSW., Sep 05 1964) Bert Power and Gwenda Power (Sep 15 1964) Marjorie Merritts (Sep 17 1964) Lilian Strange (Hobart, Tas., Sep 21 1964) Chas. W. Craig (West Irian, Sep 30 1964) Gail D. Moore (Merriweather, NSW., Oct 03 1964) Eveline Moore (Merriweather, NSW., Oct 03 1964) Don, Laura and children (Oct 06 1964) Janice Greenfield (Oct 13 1964) Jenny McArthur (Oct 18 1964) E. Dene Martin (Costa Mesa, Ca., Oct 23 1964) Frances Leak (Oct 24 1964) Ernie Pickett and May Pickett (Oct 26 1964) Rev. Donald L Seymour and family (Nov 11 1964) Avis Ipsen, PhD (Kavieng, Nov 11 1964) Brian E. Macpherson (Nov 14 1964) John F. Arnold (Nov 17 1964) Graham Bartley (Dec 03 1964) 149 | P a g e

Margaret Bartley (Dec 03 1964) Olive Wynn (Baptist Manse, East Gosford, NSW., Dec 03 1964) A. Maxwell Wynn (Gosford, Dec 03 1964) Melvin Williams (Baptist Church, West Ryde, Sydney, NSW., Dec 03 1964) Madge Williams (Baptist Church, West Ryde, Sydney, NSW., Dec 03 1964) Neil Adcock (Baptist Church, Haberfield, Sydney, NSW., Dec 03 1964) J. B. Chick (Drummoyne Baptist, Sydney, NSW., Dec 03 1964) J. Lomas (Dec 07 1964) Mr. and Mrs. P. Elliott (Cootamundra, NSW., Dec 08 1964) George Tweedale (Kedron, Brisbane, Qld., Dec 16 1964) Ian Smith (Asquith, Sydney, NSW., Dec 19 1964) Margaret E. Crawley (West Irian, Jan 04 1965) Graeme W. J. Parker (Sheffield, UK., Jan 11 1965) Martha Jean Waugh (Columbus, Ohio, Jan 14 1965) Dorothy Tweddell (Brisbane, Qld., Jan 14 1965) Dora Lennox (Auckland, NZ., Jan 20 1965) John Appleton (Yeronga, Brisbane, Qld., Jan 23 1965) Carol Gay Appleton (Yeronga, Brisbane, Qld., Jan 23 1965) Joan and Geoff Fewster, with child Stephen (JTS, Margarida, Central District, Feb 02 1965) – originally from Northam, WA. Corallie Davis (Grafton, NSW., Feb 08 1964) Lloyd Stewart (Feb 08 1965) Kathy and W. G. (Sutherland, NSW., Jun 01 1965) Mrs. Y. Berger (Lismore, NSW., Jun 03 1965) Mr Joe Sharpe (Lismore, NSW., Jun 03 1965) Mrs Wilma Finch (Ivanhoe Baptist, Melbourne, Vic., Jun 09 1965) Mr Fred G. Finch (Ivanhoe Baptist, Melbourne, Vic., Jun 09 1965) William and Evelyn Gould (Carlisle, Penn., Jun 10 1965) May Stanton (53 Te Mata Road, Havelock Mountain, NZ., Jun 19 1965) Mrs. Joan B. Deck (7 Bushlands Ave., Gordon, Sydney, NSW., Jun 19 1965) Frank W. Coaldrake (Sydney, NSW., Jun 27 1965) – Anglicare Arthur Coates (Jul 05 1965) 150 | P a g e

Mrs. Doherty (10 Mervin St., E. Bentleigh, Melbourne, Vic., Jul 06 1965) Marian Mooney (Newport Baptist, Newport, Sydney, NSW., Jul 07 1965) W. Poole (38 John St., Moe, Vic., Jul 22 1965) J. J. Poole (Moe, Vic., Jul 22 1965) L. J. Ross (Jul 22 1965) R. Poole (Moe, Vic., Jul 22 1965) Robert G. B. Graham (Upper Hutt, NZ., Jul 23 1965) – Royal NZ Air Force Mayave Smith (Goroka, Jul 23 1965) Owen Squires (Jul 03 1965) Mr. & Mrs. Merle Clark (Santa Barbara, Ca., Aug 31 1965) Mr. George Francis (Sep 14 1965) Mrs. E. Moore (Hurlstone park, Sydney, NSW., Sep 16 1965) Judy Thomas (NZ., Sep 18 1965) Mrs. Lillian Jones (Melbourne, Vic., Sep 19 1965) Ern Jones (Oakleigh, Melbourne, Vic., Sep 19 1965) Inge Andersen (NZ., Sep 23 1965) Neil Wykes (Dulwich Hill, Sydney, NSW., Sep 29 1965) D. H. Bath (Sheffield, Tas., Oct 13 1965) T. C. Slater (Sheffield, Tas., Oct 13 1965) Molly and Ted Jones (Padstow, Sydney, NSW., Nov 03 1965) V. Strange (Revesby, Sydney, NSW., Dec 07 1965) Paul Collins (Shepparton, Vic., Dec 07 1965) Rosemary Arnold (Middle Cove, Sydney, NSW., Dec 10 1965) Leala Yarrow (Coorparoo, Brisbane, Qld., Dec 20 1965) Darrell Fisher and Heather Fisher (Gosford, NSW., Dec 24 1965) Margaret P. McIntyre (Kensington Park, Adelaide, SA., Dec 26 1965)

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Hurstville Salvation Army, Web site, March 15, 2014 <http://salvos.org.au/hurstville/our-history/the-salvos-in-hurstville/the-band/>

Charles, Arthur, Alan Charles, PNG AA, online, December 17, 2014 <http://www.pngaa.net/Vale/vale_june2004.htm >

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harles Micheals is a native of Michigan and lived the first thirty years of his life there, eventually working in the grocery industry. In 1985 his wife Barbara and their four small children joined Wycliffe Bible Translators and moved to the country of Papua New Guinea (PNG) where they worked with the internationally known non-profit linguistic organization, SIL International (formerly the Summer Institute of Linguistics). Charles served in a variety of administrative roles in PNG, including several years as the Chairman of the SIL PNG Job Evaluation and Wage Review Committee and on the SIL PNG Executive Committee.

During their 15 years of service in PNG, Bible translation work was completed in 67 languages and over 100 additional Bible translation projects were started. Today, almost 180 language communities, representing 1.8 million people in PNG have access to the Scriptures in their own languages.

In 2000, Charles and Barbara moved back to the USA and Charles served for several years as the Regional Director for Recruitment for Wycliffe, living in the Chicago, Illinois area. In 2004 they moved to Orlando, Florida where Charles served for six and one half years as the Vice President for Recruitment Ministries for Wycliffe. He currently heads up Wycliffeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Management Recruitment and Professional Department and speaks at various mission conferences and colleges each year. Barbara coordinates several Wycliffe short term mission trips each year.

Charles holds a BS degree in Food Distribution from Western Michigan University and a MA degree in Organization Management from Dallas Baptist University. He served on the Board of Directors for The Finishers Project, a non-profit mission dedicated to helping people in the second half of life find places to serve in missions. He has also been involved in helping create and develop Mission Teach, a ministry dedicated to helping place teachers in MK (Missionary Kid) mission schools around the world and Military 153 | P a g e

Believer, a growing ministry dedicated to helping military personnel who are leaving the military, find opportunities for service in global missions.

Charles has also authored a number of articles about the work of SIL in PNG and other historical articles about life in the Aiyura Valley in PNG. (http://issuu.com/cbmicheals/docs)

Both Charles and Barbara are members of Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, FL and are involved in a variety of church activities there. Charles serves as an elder at the church. However, they are still members of Second Christian Reformed Church, in Kalamazoo, Michigan which is the church that commissioned them for their work with Wycliffe. All four of their children are actively supporting missions and church ministry work. Two of their four children are serving with Wycliffe around the world.

2014 – Wycliffe’s GET Global Team at MAPANG (Recreated Photo Courtesy of the Charles Micheals Collection)

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