July | 2015 | johnandbrena

THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS as we made the journey back to Papua New Guinea. After several flights (about 20 hours total), sitting in airports and a two night layover in Australia, we arrived back July 10th. Besides seeing friends and reuniting with Joey, the adjustment to being back here has not been easy. Cleaning, getting personal things out of storage, figuring out the house’s unique pipe system for clean and unclean water, starting the process of cooking three meals a day, hanging laundry, etc. are some of the things we’ve been experiencing.

Please PRAY for us as we continue to settle and get into a routine. John has started back to the translation desk getting ready for his trip to Solomon Islands at the end of August. The boys start school on Wednesday. Luke is starting grade 9, Joey grade 12, and Kairu grade 12. Yes, you read that right. Kairu is living with us for the upcoming year while his parents live in another town. We’re glad he’s part of our family again!

*The owners of our house just went on furlough so we can live here for a year. We have the use of a little beater of a car which is nice when it rains! The boys have named it the Zucchini Mobile :).

*the side view of our house – you can see our rain tanks which we use for drinking. The toilets, shower, hot water, and washing machine all run off the not-so-clean river water.

To Be In Touch:

PO Box 1 (134), Ukarumpa EHP 444, Papua New Guinea

john_bruner@sil.org

To Give:

https://www.wycliffe.org/partner/Bruners

TONIGHT WE LEAVE on our journey back to Papua New Guinea. We would appreciate your prayers:

for safety as we fly
and as we get set up again in another rental house, unpack, stock up the kitchen, and then get into a routine of work and school. The first couple of weeks back are not ones I (Brena) look forward to, so please pray for me especially that I would take one day/minute at a time.

We’ve had a great two weeks here in California catching up with supporters, friends, and family members. We’ve met the newest member of the family, my step-niece, Audrey Donley. We’ve also been able to share in three group settings about our work in Papua Guinea. I wish I could post every single picture of every single person we saw, but of course that would be a little bit over the top :). Here are just a few.

(our good friends, the Burtons)

(a surprise visit to my teacher from junior high days, Yolanda and Chris Osborne)

(John and Luke catching a wave. Luke has been a good sport with all the visiting we’ve been doing. A fun day for him was boogie boarding with our friends, Keith and Lois Anderson, and his cousin, Kenzie)