How things have changed since we first arrived in Papua New Guinea in 1985. In those early days of our work the "mail man" was an MAF pilot who flew over our village every couple of months and threw a bag of letters out the window. And that was the easy part. Getting mail out was nearly impossible.
Now with the internet, we are able to enjoy almost instantaneous communications with our friends, family, and ministry partners. Even while we are in the village, a hundred miles from the nearest phone line, we can send and receive e-mail via an HF radio link. With our kids back in the States, we can't express how great it is to be able to e-mail back and forth every few days.
Good communication with our ministry partners is very important to us. We especially value the ability to get timely news to our prayer partners about things that they can be bringing to the Lord. And we believe that anyone who supports this ministry in any way needs to be completely informed about the progress and challenges of our work. For that reason we have established the following means of communicating with you.
- E-mail: We enjoy getting e-mails from our friends and ministry partners. Feel free to e-mail us at any time at kandkharris@flyingfox.org. We only request that you send text messages with no pictures or attachments. And please, no forwards. Our HF link is very slow and our time on line is limited so it is almost impossible to download pictures and other large files.
- Monthly Update and Prayer Letters: At the beginning of every month we send out an update e-mail. This gives an overview of what has happened in the last month and what is planned for the next. You can sign up for the update e-mail on line. Just click here to see how.
- Quarterly Newsletter: Once each quarter we send out a hard copy newsletter. If you would like to receive this newsletter, just send us an e-mail with your name and mailing address and we will put you on the list. The past issues of the newsletter are available on this web site. Click here to view the archives.
- Weekly Prayer Update: Each weekend we try to update our prayer page on this web site. Besides the immediate prayer needs, this page also gives a brief overview of the past week's activities. So if you want to stay very up-to-date on what is happening over here, check out www.flyingfox.org/pr_prayer.html.