for the Faiwol people on the other side of the mountain from Tifalmin, suggested that they look at the
Tifal area. Frank and Al went out to the area while Susan remained at Ukarumpa.
While there, the Lord spoke to Al’s heart from the Word.
Put your outdoor work in order
Go up into the mountains and bring down timber
and get your fields ready;
and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it
after that, build your house.
and be honored, says the LORD.
Proverbs 24:27 (NIV)
Haggai 1:8 (NIV)
Once the decision was made to restart the work the Steinkrauses had begun, they began to plan their
visit to the area together, waiting for six months until their daughter Betsy was born before traveling.
Their flight took them first to Telefomin, where the plane had to unload half their cargo because the
new airstrip being built at the Upper Tifalmin area where they had decided to live was too short.
Several shuttles had to be made, not only to bring in their goods from the Ukarumpa center, but also
because plank timber was needed for flooring in their house. Needless to say, the airstrip in Okbilibip
where the Steinkrauses had lived was no longer useable. The new airstrip in the Upper Tifalmin area,
begun by the Australian Baptist Mission, was ultimately lengthened and used throughout the Boushes’
time there.
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