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What Memories

We were over at Mike's and Carol's place the other night for dinner. It was fun to sit at their new dining room table and share a meal together. They finally have all of their shipment from the US, and their place looks good. When the career missionaries come down, they ship all the household furnishings, as they are exempt from paying import taxes on it that one time. But, it often takes a long time to get things through customs. Mike and Carol had an extra long wait, as import regulations changed just as they were sending their shipment. Carol, Ellyn, and I grew up together in PNG. It's amazing what Carol remembers about our childhood. I am fascinated to hear the stories she tells of our growing-up years in Ukarumpa. I wish I had a memory like that! I've written down many things about each of our five years here, and I'm going to enjoy going back and reading over them in a few years. I wish I had done the same when I was much younger.