Blog change

Dear Friends and Family, I have been completely caught up in life, work and wedding planning. I hope you are watching the countdown:) Our wedding day is getting closer. I think you probably have also noticed that I haven't been blogging. But, my dear fiance' has....so, I am going to make life easier and join his blog: mattinpng.com. So, from now on, you can get stories and pictures about our life on his site. This will be our joint blog from now on...(new design to come) God bless, thanks for following what has been happening in PNG over the last few years. Love, Becky

Grandma Hilton- a life well lived for Christ

My dearest grandma, Gerry Hilton-Glidewell died July 14th, 2011. She had been struggling with her ovarian cancer for over a year. I was saddened that I couldn't be home to share in the grief of her passing with my family. However, I was so blessed to know that she was with Christ, in Heaven, whole-new-full of joy. She was with her Savior! I was able to write a letter that was read during the celebration of life service. I did my best to capture her sweet spirit, her giving and servant's heart, and her love for Jesus. Her biggest desire was that every child that she touched would come to know Christ. She served for over 40 years with Child Evangelism Fellowship and taught Sunday School (among other ministries) at her church for over 50 years. Now that is serious dedication. She did it with joy and with passion. I will miss her dearly, but am so grateful for her life, her love, and her legacy. Someday I will see her again, when I join her in God's kingdom. I love you grandma!!

Radcliffe kids get baptized

On Saturday, our station shared a lovely gathering to watch the Radcliffe children get baptized. Priscilla, who is 19, had never been baptized before and wanted to do it in PNG before heading back to college. Josiah and Lydia were in agreement that they should do it as a family. Jim and Kathy were absolutely beaming as their kids one at a time shared their testimoies and some life verses. Then Harmon shared about the meaning of baptism. What a beautiful picture of us trusting in Christ who died, was buried and was raised to life for our salvation! These three students were willing to proclaim to the world that they are believers in Jesus Christ and want to follow him all their days. After the short service where we sang a few songs, we headed to the river. Pastors Harmon and Philip baptized the kids. Then we greeted them afterwards and enjoyed the amazing creation surrounding us. It was a special afternoon.

Matt's weekend visit

This last weekend, Matt was able to come out to Kudjip to visit. It has been great that he can stay two doors down at the Chapman's. Since we have to follow the rules, we have at times become creative in what we do. This actually was a posed picture, but Matt didn't want to sit outside anymore, so he kept his feet out the door and laid on the floor while I cooked us lunch! It was pretty funny. Later we worked in the yard. This is our first project together. We are recycling some unnecessary fence from one part of the yard to make a dog fence for Vida when they move out to Kudjip. It was fun to work on something together, and it was outside, so we didn't have to take turns being indoors! haha.

Diagnosis-goiter

This older woman came in with a complaint of a cough, but I couldn't miss the huge thyroid mass on her neck. We have referred her for surgery for what appears to be a benign goiter (overgrowth of her thyroid gland).

New Doctor-Imelda

We are so pleased to have Dr. Imelda Assiago join us on staff at Kudjip hospital! (on the left) She is from Port Moresby and has been a part of the rural medicine program. Steph had us over for dinner with Maggie, another rural registrar, who is here doing a surgery rotation. She has a trial period with us and if all goes well, we will offer her a 6 year contract for her to work with us. We already love her and hope that God's will is that she stays on. We believe it would be a great step towards nationalizing our hospital someday. What better way to reach PNG than through it's own people. Welcome Mel!!

Car i klostu pundaun

Our car was close to rolling over...(ok not really, but it felt a bit like that). A group of us were heading to town, and we decided to pick up on of the group directly at her house. Well, in doing so, we got a bit close to the flower garden and fell into the ditch between the path and the flowers. Thankfully we were able to recruit a bunch of maintenance men and college of nursing boys to help pull us out!