The Andersons are back in the States

Dear Friends and Family,

We have arrived back in Spokane after a long trip from Papua New Guinea. Here is a summary of our stops the last few weeks.

February 9: Said goodbye to Fukutao village. Lots of tears but happy that the Folopa New Testament is in the hands of the people at last!

February 28: Said goodbye to friends at Ukarumpa, SIL's main center in Papua New Guinea and home to the Andersons for almost 35 years to the day. (We arrived in PNG on March 5, 1972)

March 1: We were presented with the Logohu National Medal by the Governor-General of Papua New Guinea in a ceremony at Government House in Port Moresby. A great way to end our 35 years in PNG!

March 4: Said goodbye to over one hundred Folopas gathered in the capital city, Port Moresby, to again dedicate the New Testament to their use. Almost half the crowd was from the second largest village in the language area and many New Testaments were bought by them.

March 7: Said goodbye to Papua New Guinea and flew to Brisbane, Australia.

March 8: Said goodbye to friends David and Nancy Earley and left for Japan

March 11: Presented the Folopa New Testament dedication video to a crowd gathered to celebrate the translation of "In Search of the Source" into the Japanese language. Neil spoke and was interpreted by the Japanese Pacific Area Director for Wycliffe, Takashi Fukuda. Had a great time eating real Japanese food and visiting the museum of history for the Tokyo area.

March 12: Said goodbye to Japan and arrived in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. We were greeted by Wendy and Stu Talene who now live in Lyndon, WA again. Stayed overnight before driving to Spokane on March 13.

Now that we are in Spokane we are making plans for the next step of our move to the area close to the Canada Institute of Linguistics in Langley, B.C. Canada. Neil has hernia surgery scheduled for March 27 (Wendy's birthday as well) so we are planning to go back to Langley and begin house hunting and be back in Spokane before the surgery.

If you would like a copy of the video about the Folopa New Testament let me know. Ron Hauenstein of Spokane has put together a short video with the highlights of the ceremony and is willing to make more copies for us. Write to us for details.