Resurrection Cookies and Emergency Flight

Making "Resurrection Cookies" at Ladies Fellowship

On Saturday morning (Mar. 27) I took part in the Ladies Fellowship with the women from church.  Suellyn (MAF) led a devotional based on the Easter story while we mixed ingredients to make Resurrection Cookies.  It was a unique way to remember the sacrifice Jesus Christ made for us at the cross.  (You might want to try this recipe with your kids.  Look up "Resurrection Cookies" on the internet.)  These women cook their meals over an open fire and don't own ovens or electric mixers so they were amazed at what happens to egg whites when they're beaten!

Emergency Flight to Duramin

Later that afternoon, a radio call came in about a woman in a nearby village who was in need of medical help.  She had delivered twins that morning.  One of the babies hadn't survived and the mother was retaining the placenta and losing a lot of blood.  We "happened" (one of God's happy "coincidences") to have a doctor here at the Telefomin clinic who just arrived last week, so Dale & Keith took him along and made the 15 minute flight to the village of Duramin.  After stabilizing the patient they tried to make her as comfortable as possible on the floor of the Twin Otter for the flight to Telefomin.  Upon arriving here they loaded her in the back of the Ute (small truck) for the extremely bumpy 5-minute drive to the clinic where she is receiving care.

Along with the patient came the woman's husband and several other relatives to help care for the woman.  Of course, the tiny baby girl, not yet named, came along with Mama too -- all cozy and snug in a "bilum" (woven bag).

What a privilege to be a part of preserving precious God-given life!