September 15: Last Thursday night (Sept 8th) we went to “haus bilong wasfemili bilong mipela” (our host family’s house) for dinner. We were looking forward to spending time with them again, but also very tired. All of the POC students gathered outside at about 5:30 p.m. to wait for their “wasfemilis” to arrive and lead…

September 10: Well, we’re in the middle of our second “haus kuk” (temporary outdoor kitchen) weekend. It’s Saturday night and I need to go to bed soon. Just finished taking care of everything that had to be done tonight. James is quite sick so he’s been in bed since about 3 p.m. this afternoon. Sometime…

Sept 3 Our “wasfemili” (host family) came to visit on Thursday night. We enjoyed meeting them and getting to know them a bit. We’ll be spending time with them about once a week for the next few weeks. And at one point we’ll spend a night at their house. Our “waspapa” (host papa) and “wasmama”…