WalkerTalkie: 2008

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Extra Projects!

Picture Scanning, HTML..., what's next?

While our first choice would have been to return to PNG back in November. Nonetheless the Lord has allowed a number of neat opportunities as we have waited for all the necessary red-tape to clear. Currently Chris has recently finished a family scanning project that has allowed him to scan in family pictures some dating back to the 1800's. Now as we prepare for our return to PNG on January 11th, Chris has been studying HTML, it's not directly tied to our ministry in Mibu, but it's an interest of Chris's and it allows us to continue to develop our ministry webpage!

Spagetti

In the mean-time we've seen the focus of our ministry over the last couple of months move towards spending a lot of time with individuals and families, inviting many over for California spagetti! Interested? Ever have CA spagetti? Even if you're curious, give us a call or send us an email!

Roller-Skating!

Stay tuned for pictures. As the snow piles up outside, and we dream the milder climate in PNG, our family has discovered we especially enjoy roller-skating!

Saturday, December 13, 2008

[What's What With the Walkers] It's Here!!

That's right...the long awaited for visa for Titus was wired to the PNG Embassy Friday morning!! And some people say prayer doesn't change things...they don't know our God!! Thank you to all of you who were praying for his visa. It may not have been there for Monday when we wanted, but God's timing is perfect, and He's never late!

So, what's next? We are researching plane tickets right now, and waiting to hear back from a couple travel agents to see if they can beat the prices we found online for ourselves. From the research we've done though, it doesn't appear that the holiday rush (and prices) drops until Jan. 11, so it looks like we'll be around here for a couple more weeks. But who can complain about another Christmas with the family? :) We will let everyone know of our official plans once the tickets have been purchased.

There are times in our lives where we can look back and clearly see the hand of God leading us. Our time home has been, beyond a doubt, one of those times for us. Looking back, everything...all the many details, relationships, and opportunities has had a divine purpose. We stand amazed in the details that we can see, and think in wonder about the details that we can't yet see. God is good, and now, more than ever, we feel the extreme privilege that is ours in being your hands and feet in Papua New Guinea, and most particularly in Mibu. We are SO excited to see what God has in store for us in the months and years to come. Thank you ever so much for standing with us...encouraging us and loving and praying for us. You truly are the backbone of our ministry.

And if anyone is wondering what the kids think of this....I was doing school with Jael when we got the phone call. She figured out what was happening (my huge smile and high squeaky "really?" may have given her some indication), and before I could get off the phone, she was running up and down the hallway here in excitement! We are so blessed with children who are as excited about returning to our ministry as we are!

Enjoy the holidays!! Christ came for a reason, and that reason is worth celebrating!!

Love to all,

Chris, Angie, Jael, Baruch and Titus Walker

__._,_.___

Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic

Also:
If you have any questions, feel free to reply to this e-mail, your message will be redirected to us.

*****************************

Chris and Angie Walker
Sent out by Calvary Church of Wayland Mi, to serve with
New Tribes Mission
planting churches among the Mibu People of
Papua New Guinea.

Business address:
Chris & Angie Walker
New Tribes Mission
1000 East 1st st.
Sanford, FL 32771

Home Address:
Chris & Angie Walker
1134 - 122nd Ave
Martin, Mi 49070

Field Address:
Chris & Angie Walker
New Tribes Mission
Private Mail Bag
Madang MP 511
Papua New Guinea

*****************************
Important Family Dates.
Titus 03/21/08, Baruch 09/08/04 Jael 02/24/01 Walker Anniversary 06/21/96 Chris 03/25/76 Angie 08/12/77

For information about how to partner with us Please visit the partnership page at our website:
http://www.walkertalkie.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=27
*****************************
To View Maps of our Area click on the following link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Walker-Talkie/files/Map%20Links.htm
*********************
To visit our Walker-Talkie Website to view all previous updates please visit:
http://www.walkertalkie.com

If you know of someone who would like to subscribe to the Walker-Talkie E-mail updates have them send a message to:

Walker-Talkie-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Or forward this message and instruct them to click on the following link:
Mailto:Walker-Talkie-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
Walker-Talkie-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
or click on the following link:
Mailto:Walker-Talkie-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

MARKETPLACE

From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods

Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___

Friday, December 5, 2008

[What's What With the Walkers] You guys are still here?

Yes!! Alas, we are still here. As the snow dumps down on our heads, we can't help but dream of the warmer, milder climates of Papua New Guinea. Our last update shared how we were waiting for Titus Visa, and that we would let everyone know as soon as anything came through. 3 weeks later....still nothing new to report. And this is exactly why we are writing again. WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS! The contentment we felt so keenly a month ago is being challenged with the passing weeks. We know that God works through prayer....we have seen it too many times to even question that. We are humbling asking all of you to PLEASE make Titus Visa a MATTER OF PRAYER this weekend. It would be so wonderful if when we call the embassy again on Monday that it would be there. I know we are facing a weekend, but PNG is one day ahead of us...their Monday is our Sunday night, so there is one working day for us to work with!!

Thank you for all your ongoing love and support.

Here because of HIM,

Chris, Angie, Jael, Baruch and Titus Walker

*******************************************************

Chris & Angie Walker (Home Address)

1134 - 122nd Ave

Martin, MI 49070

www.walkertalkie.com

269-509-7551(Home)

616-217-6595(Cell)

269-793-9160(Skype Phone)

Chris & Angie Walker (Field Address)

New Tribes Mission

Private Mail Bag

Madang, MP 511

Papua New Guinea

Chris & Angie Walker (Business Address)

New Tribes Mission

1000 E First Street

Sanford, FL 32771

No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG.
Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.14/1832 - Release Date: 12/5/2008 9:57 AM

__._,_.___

Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic

MARKETPLACE

From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods

Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___

You guys are still here?

Thank you for all your ongoing love and support.

Here because of HIM,

Chris, Angie, Jael, Baruch and Titus Walker

*******************************************************

Chris & Angie Walker (Home Address)

1134 - 122nd Ave

Martin, MI 49070

www.walkertalkie.com

269-509-7551(Home)

616-217-6595(Cell)

269-793-9160(Skype Phone)

Chris & Angie Walker (Field Address)

New Tribes Mission

Private Mail Bag

Madang, MP 511

Papua New Guinea

Chris & Angie Walker (Business Address)

New Tribes Mission

1000 E First Street

Sanford, FL 32771

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

[What's What With the Walkers] What's What with Walkers

Hurry up and Wait!!

As many of you know, we had planned to leave for PNG on Nov. 17...this past Monday. However, we are still waiting on an approval for Titus's visa, so those plans have changed. We were very wisely told, months ago when we submitted our paperwork, to not even purchase our tickets until we had our paperwork in hand. Wise council indeed! So, as we continue to stay in touch with the PNG embassy here in the states, our wonderful mission government representatives in Port Moresby continue to make regular visits to the immigration office to remind them that our son still needs his visa. Besides praying (and asking all of you to pray), that's all we can do right now. Once we have his visa, we can purchase our tickets and be on our way. We're anticipating about a 2 week turn-around from when we get his visa to when we climb on our plane, so things should happen pretty quickly once they start. We will keep you posted as to when we get his visa and what our travel plans will look like, so stay tuned!!

Temporary Change of Ministry

Recently New Tribes Mission asked us to help fill in a critical need at the computer service department for the field of Papua New Guinea, and after diligently praying in fellowship with New Tribes Mission and our sending church of Calvary Church of Wayland we have accepted this direction, seeing the Lord's hand in it. This is temporary assignment is important for several reasons. #1: Our home church has in their missions' bylaws that their missionaries that they send out be at 90% of their recommended support level before returning to the field. (And for good reason...we have learned for ourselves that we don't need that extra stress of finances hanging over us while we face the stress of everyday ministry there.) We are currently at 84% Reasons #2: The IRS...Our status as overseas missionaries gives us certain tax breaks. However, we need to actually LIVE overseas a certain percentage of our time in order to maintain that status. We are already on a special extension to remain state-side to raise more support, and that is rapidly coming to an end. Finally and most importantly there is a dire need of personnel in the Computer Service Department on the field to service the 400-plus families (we have only 1 guy in there right now).

Solution: Our church has agreed to allow us to go back to help out in the Computer Service Department for a short-term basis (up to 6 months) to help out in this critical ministry. Since it is less expensive to live on our support center at Lapilo than it is to live in Mibu, we have the 90% of what we'd need to do that. We trust that our support will continue to rise while we're overseas (a number of churches and individuals have yet to get back to us with what their intentions are, and some have told us that they will do so after the first of the year), and come time for us to return to Mibu, we will have the 90% that we need! Currently, translation continues in Mibu, as Geoff has essentially caught up with Chris in his abilities...and come the time we'd be looking to head back in to Mibu, the Husas will be looking to leave for a furlough a short time later, so there can be a translation hand off. In the mean time, Chris will be a huge asset to the Computer Service Department as he puts his computer skills to use to help the rest of the field.

That pretty much sums up where we're at right now. We welcome any questions you might have about any of this. And we appreciate your support and partnership as we strive to see the church in Mibu grow to maturity. Our hearts remain deeply rooted in Mibu, and we are so looking forward to the day that we can return and resume our ministry there. Sometimes we don't understand all the reasons of why God works and leads the way He does, but it always works out in the end when we heed and obey His calling.

Waiting on His timing,

Chris, Angie, Jael, Baruch and Titus Walker

*******************************************************

Chris & Angie Walker (Home Address)

1134 - 122nd Ave

Martin, MI 49070

www.walkertalkie.com

269-509-7551(Home)

616-217-6595(Cell)

269-793-9160(Skype Phone)

Chris & Angie Walker (Field Address)

New Tribes Mission

Private Mail Bag

Madang, MP 511

Papua New Guinea

Chris & Angie Walker (Business Address)

New Tribes Mission

1000 E First Street

Sanford, FL 32771

No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG.
Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.4/1790 - Release Date: 11/15/2008 9:32 AM

__._,_.___

Messages in this topic (4) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic

MARKETPLACE

From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods

Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___

Sunday, November 16, 2008

What's What with Walkers

Hurry up and Wait!!

As many of you know, we had planned to leave for PNG on Nov. 17...tomorrow. However, we are still waiting on an approval for Titus's visa, so those plans have changed. We were very wisely told, months ago when we submitted our paperwork, to not even purchase our tickets until we had our paperwork in hand. Wise council indeed! So, as we continue to stay in touch with the PNG embassy here in the states, our wonderful mission government representatives in Port Moresby continue to make regular visits to the immigration office to remind them that our son still needs his visa. Besides praying (and asking all of you to pray), that's all we can do right now. Once we have his visa, we can purchase our tickets and be on our way. We're anticipating about a 2 week turn-around from when we get his visa to when we climb on our plane, so things should happen pretty quickly once they start. We will keep you posted as to when we get his visa and what our travel plans will look like, so stay tuned!!

Temporary Change of Ministry

Waiting on His timing,

Chris, Angie, Jael, Baruch and Titus Walker

*******************************************************

Chris & Angie Walker (Home Address)

1134 - 122nd Ave

Martin, MI 49070

www.walkertalkie.com

269-509-7551(Home)

616-217-6595(Cell)

269-793-9160(Skype Phone)

Chris & Angie Walker (Field Address)

New Tribes Mission

Private Mail Bag

Madang, MP 511

Papua New Guinea

Chris & Angie Walker (Business Address)

New Tribes Mission

1000 E First Street

Sanford, FL 32771

Sunday, October 26, 2008

[What's What With the Walkers] What's What with Walkers 10-25-08

Thank You LORD!! - (Farewell party summary)

Wow, thank you to so many of you who were able to come and spend some time with us yesterday. It was a beautiful picture seeing so many of our ministry partners meeting one another as we celebrated our soon return to Papua New Guinea! Thank you to our in-laws Jim & Donna Tuinstra and Terry & Jean Smit and others who worked to see the event turn out so well! With the intention of raising money to purchase plane tickets, we saw a total of $4,885.00 raised just yesterday alone. Added to other gifts we've been receiving for months now, we can now say that barring a doubling in ticket prices, our tickets have been paid for!! Now we can begin to chip away at the other ministry expenses involved in our return to ministry in PNG. Additionally several individuals took information on how to partner with us financially. With additional commitments given yesterday we are now calculating our support to be at 78% that brings to within $788.88 of meeting Calvary Church of Wayland's minimum requirement of 90% of our monthly support. (For further details on our support status and out-going needs, click here)

Instant Buddies!

Our partner Geoff Husa has been involved in a translation workshop the last couple of weeks. We were so blessed to hear how his translations helpers (also dear friends of ours, and some of Chris's translation helpers) enjoyed the fellowship of other Christian men. Below is an email excerpt from a letter that Geoff wrote while at a translation workshop along with Sesi & Lucas.

"The first evening we were here, I went down to hang out with Sesi and Lucas and see how they were feeling about things. I got there and Sesi has this huge perma-smile going and starts telling me about how happy he is that all the other nationals at this workshop are believers. He explained how that within an hour or two of everyone being there they'd all shared how they came to know the Lord and even shared some songs that they typically sing in worship to God. I seem to recall him excitedly commenting something to the effect that we're all different but we're all the same. Later, we were all outside sitting around a little fire. The whole conversation was filled with joy and happiness as these guys talked about the different things that they're learning about God and how His truth has been affecting their lives. I listened to this continue on well into the evening, just soaking it in. It was so great to watch and listen to the fellowship of these men! I mean, here are these guys who are separated by many many miles, rivers, mountains, etc. They all speak different languages (yet share a common trade language). They've never met each other in the past and many of them have never even heard of the places that they all came from. Yet as soon as they find out that these total strangers share the commonality of Jesus, they're instant buddies. They took such joy in talking about and discovering how, though their cultures are so different the truth that they're learning to live by is the same. It was just so spontaneous and genuine and I really treasured that moment sitting there listening to and sensing the joy that Sesi and Lucas felt as they met these other brothers in the Lord! It deeply challenged me about the fellowship that I often take for granted in my own life!"

3 Weeks left!

Though we haven't yet purchased our plane tickets, our current plan is to return to PNG the 17th of November. One particular matter of prayer right now is (yes, we've seen this before) we haven't yet received our visa for Titus! The rest of the family has received our approval for our visas, so we now just wait for Titus. Speaking with some friends of our who have fairly recently returned to PNG with their new babies, some have had to delay their return by as much as 2 months!! We pray this isn't the case for us. So while we can't be 100% of our departure date at this point, we are nonethess 100% looking forward to returning ASAP. In the meantime, we are relish every opportunity to spend time with friends and family. If you weren't able to visit us yesterday but would like to make a point of doing so, allow us to extend an open invitation to anyone to give us a call or stop in on us. Our contact information is as follows.

Angie Cell# 269-509-7551

Chris Cell# 616-217-6595

Skype Phone 269-793-9160

Our apartment address is 1029 129th Ave, Wayland MI (NOTE: Please do not send mail to this address!)

No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG.
Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.8.3/1744 - Release Date: 10/24/2008 6:08 PM

__._,_.___

Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic

Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___

Thursday, October 23, 2008

More Sample Text

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Curabitur arcu lacus, hendrerit non, blandit vel, molestie at, purus. Praesent posuere. Aenean vehicula. Proin enim dolor, eleifend lacinia, venenatis id, sagittis condimentum, metus. Quisque eros. Vestibulum pede nibh, iaculis id, tempus in, hendrerit sit amet, dolor. Cras at felis. Mauris velit nulla, eleifend nec, lacinia ac, imperdiet nec, lorem. Integer ut nisi eu nisi aliquam accumsan. In mattis vehicula libero.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Curabitur arcu lacus, hendrerit non, blandit vel, molestie at, purus. Praesent posuere. Aenean vehicula. Proin enim dolor, eleifend lacinia, venenatis id, sagittis condimentum, metus. Quisque eros. Vestibulum pede nibh, iaculis id, tempus in, hendrerit sit amet, dolor. Cras at felis. Mauris velit nulla, eleifend nec, lacinia ac, imperdiet nec, lorem. Integer ut nisi eu nisi aliquam accumsan. In mattis vehicula libero.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Curabitur arcu lacus, hendrerit non, blandit vel, molestie at, purus. Praesent posuere. Aenean vehicula. Proin enim dolor, eleifend lacinia, venenatis id, sagittis condimentum, metus. Quisque eros. Vestibulum pede nibh, iaculis id, tempus in, hendrerit sit amet, dolor. Cras at felis. Mauris velit nulla, eleifend nec, lacinia ac, imperdiet nec, lorem. Integer ut nisi eu nisi aliquam accumsan. In mattis vehicula libero.

Sample Day

Testing takes a long time, especially when I have to figure out what to write for my sample data.

No pics yet

Hiya there, just thought I'd throw in a picture while I was a

t it!!

Yahoo

Yahoo, yahoo.

We would really like to make this work! And the reality of it is????????????????????

Yup, It's working :) Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!!

Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!!
Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!!

Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!!

Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!! Hurray, Yahooo, Bugaboo!!!

One more test

It's been really goofy sometimes, but oh well, what does that really matter.

Not bad, not bad at all

New! feed2post version 2.6 Native component for Joomla 1.5 framework.

Demo site available, check it and use: user: demoadmin pass: demoadmin

Demo for joomla 1.5 component, check it at demo2.elcansoftware.com with the same access credentials as stated above.

Bad Bad Bad Garbage!!!!!!!

Feed2Post, the ultimate time saving tool. Feed2post allows you to get content in minutes from any RSS/Atom feed and repeat the content gathering with just a few clicks. It will also improve your page SEO as it can filter the content using keywords and negative keywords. Items posted can get advertising inserted automatically, no more editing to get your google ads into each post, just set the advertising field to your ad code...
Fully configurable, each feed can be configured with different parameters (such as section/category, etc).

New! feed2post version 2.6 Native component for Joomla 1.5 framework.

Demo site available, check it and use: user: demoadmin pass: demoadmin

Demo for joomla 1.5 component, check it at demo2.elcansoftware.com with the same access credentials as stated above.

Endless Junk

Endless Junk.

I have long thought that emails and blogs without content shouldn't be thought of, shouldn't be see, should be left to the forgotten wastes of dead pixels and floppy disks. But alas, they keep showing up in searches, I keep seeing them encroaching into my day.
I am annoyed. But what can be done.

Endless Junk.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Ok, testing 123

Does posting via email really work? If it does, this should be the only post this blog has right now.

chris

Monday, September 1, 2008

Just bloggin.

Profane blogging is capable if this post gets posted!!

Yup.

Chris Walker [c_a_walker1@yahoo.com]

Ok, problem with Yahoo smtp, so lets give this one a
try.

Hello,
Simple blog, main function? Blog by email. Since
WordPress's blog by email function is terrible, I'm
giving this way a try.

chris

Testing

Does this posting to blog via e-mail work? Let’s give it a try!

WalkerTalkie

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Extra Projects!

Picture Scanning, HTML..., what's next?

Spagetti

Roller-Skating!

Saturday, December 13, 2008

[What's What With the Walkers] It's Here!!

Friday, December 5, 2008

[What's What With the Walkers] You guys are still here?

You guys are still here?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

[What's What With the Walkers] What's What with Walkers

Sunday, November 16, 2008

What's What with Walkers

Sunday, October 26, 2008

[What's What With the Walkers] What's What with Walkers 10-25-08

Thank You LORD!! - (Farewell party summary)

Instant Buddies!

3 Weeks left!

Thursday, October 23, 2008

More Sample Text

Sample Day

No pics yet

Yahoo

One more test

Not bad, not bad at all

Bad Bad Bad Garbage!!!!!!!

Endless Junk

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Ok, testing 123

Monday, September 1, 2008

Just bloggin.

Chris Walker [c_a_walker1@yahoo.com]

Testing

Blog Archive

About Me