We have finished our academic requirements and submitted our work permit applications.  Please pray that these permits will be approved very soon, then that our visas will be granted quickly after that.  Only then will we be able to purchase our plane tickets. Once we arrive in PNG, our first three months will be spent in PNG Orientation, preparing us for our new cultural and physical environment and learning Pidgin, the primary trade language.  Please pray for health and safety throughout the course.  After orientation and developing our Pidgin language skills more fully, we're planning to undertake a 3-month Language Documentation project with the Murik language in the East Sepik province.  Following that, we will work with our leadership toward our specific language/translation project.