Madang, it's hot!

Our trip is now less than two months away (!!!!).  We continue to meet regularly as a team to prepare and become more cohesive.  Last night we met, and one topic of conversation was the conflicts that can often occur within ministry partners.  Please pray that we would all be sensitive to one another and strive to live in peace with one another. 

That has nothing to do with what I originally planned to write about. 

Those of you who live in AZ know that the summer months are the hottest, and contrary to what everyone says, it is not always a dry heat.  We don't often have to deal with humidity (that is why Texans are known for their big hair, not Arizonans), but it comes at what seems to be the most inopportune time. 

However, this summer, I am treating the humidity as training for our trip.  Everyone who has been to Madang, PNG, which is where the bulk of our time will be, references how hot it is there.  And no one has even hinted at dry heat; from what I have heard, we may as well walk around with cups and get our water from the air.  AC is not commonplace, so there is not necessarily the relief that we get here simply by staying inside.  Basically, it's going to be hot.  Madang hot. 

I don't think any of us look forward to that aspect of the trip.  And some people may be asking, why on earth would you take two weeks away from your lives, away from family, away from important schedules, to travel somewhere to be sweaty and sticky all day?  The only reasonable answer is because we hope that God will be glorified through us.  We have this opportunity to encourage others and, through God's power, we will be able to do just that.