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Amber
Pastor DeMichele was preaching about hell and how if you didn’t get saved you would go to hell and burn forever. That scared me because I had burned myself before and I knew it hurt a lot. After church I talked with my mom and dad and they told me that if I wanted to get saved to talk to them tomorrow (they wanted to make sure I understood and was ready). So, the next morning I woke up bright and early and went to mom and dad’s bedroom. I told them that I still wanted to get saved and that I was ready to get saved. So they showed me, with the Bible, how to get saved and I prayed and asked the Lord to come into my heart and save me. After I got saved I was really excited so I called my Grandma and Grandpa Wells and Aldridge and Uncle Brad and Aunt Deborah, and told them that I got saved.
Hi, my name is Amber Aiya Wells. I am named after John Aiya (eye-uh), the leader of the village of Palipini (where my dad spent 4 years as a teenager). I like to draw, sing and crochet. I like to read – especially dog, horse, and mystery books. I also like to ride horses and like just being with animals. I enjoy working in the garden. I also enjoy cooking and baking. I like to try out different cookie recipes and try to come up with my own variations. In New Guinea I like to sit in the natives’ houses and have them teach me the work that the women do and help them prepare their meals. I do not like it when I don’t know what I am eating (like the rat I unknowingly ate one time). I like walking around with friends (both in PNG and America). When I grow up I want to be a missionary teacher.
Birthday: January 7, 1997
Favorite verse: James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Favorite Color: Hot Pink
Favorite candy: Butterfingers, Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups and Lemonheads
Favorite Food: (America) Biscuits & gravy and rare steak (PNG) Pumpkin soup
Favorite Song: “Have I done my best for Jesus?” In this song it talks about what Jesus has done for me and that He’s done more than I can possibly repay. I need to work and do my best for Jesus, not half-heartedly.
Favorite Flower: Pink rose
Favorite Animal: Husky Dog
Trevor
At the baseball clinic at our church, in the middle of the day, one of the men was preaching a message on “Stop, Go, and Slow”. It was “Stop” if you aren’t saved, and get saved. So, after the message I asked one of the leaders to help me and I asked Jesus into my heart.
Hi, my name is Trevor Telecoma Wells. My middle name, Telecoma (tel-a-comb-uh), means “strong man” in the Wiru language of Papua New Guinea. Telecoma is the name the nationals gave my dad when he was there as a teenager. I like to read all kinds of books, especially science and history. I like the Army, too. I enjoy performing all kinds of science experiments. It’s also fun to be outside, whether riding my scooter or bike or just playing around. In New Guinea, I like going to the sawmill with dad and working in the workshop with him. I am hoping to build a tree house. When I grow up, I would like to be a missionary or a scientist or inventor.
Birthday: March 24, 1998
Favorite Bible verse: Proverbs 10:1 “…A wise son maketh a glad father…”
Favorite Color: Yellow (because yellow is like gold and there’s a lot of gold in heaven!)
Favorite Candy: Bubble Gums and spicy candies (like cinnamon and fire balls)
Favorite Food: Mom’s food! Beef stroganoff and dad’s roasted jalapeno peppers (in PNG – fish and rice)
Favorite song: “Dare to be a Daniel” It talks about being different and doing what’s right when no one else is. That’s what I need to do!
Derrick
When I was 5, on a Tuesday, mommy was talking about how she got saved and I wanted to get saved, too. So, I asked her and she said to go talk to daddy. I went over to the workshop where he was and I told him what mom was talking about and how I wanted to get saved. He said to list all the bad things that I knew of, so I listed as many as I could and knew that I was a sinner. We went over to the workbench and I asked the Lord to come into my heart.
Hi, my name is Derrick Dikoa Wells. Dikoa (di-ko-uh) means “like his father” in the Wiru Tok Ples (language of the Wiru tribe in New Guinea). It’s like putting a “Jr.” after someone’s name in America. I like meeting other kids as we go around the States – I have made lots of friends. I like seeing the churches and seeing what they do. I also like sports, especially basketball. I like to ride my scooter, too. I’ve enjoyed seeing the different canyons at the national parks. In New Guinea, I like to play rugby with the boys when they come over to the mission station (sometimes we play with a ball, sometimes it is with a plastic bottle). I like talking to the people around the station. I also like eating their food. When I grow up I want to be a preacher cowboy or maybe a missionary cowboy – somewhere where they have horses! I like to ride horses! Or maybe a missionary in Papua New Guinea.
Birthday: June 19, 2000
Favorite verse: Revelation 4:8b “…and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.” Sam Gipp preached a message on this verse. God is going to come back and we are going to go up to heaven. These beasts are constantly giving God the glory, and we should be, too! Because he is “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come”!!!
Favorite color: Red
Favorite candy: Reece’s peanut butter cups and sour candies
Favorite food: In America – Chinese food (particularly rat on a stick – although I think it’s really chicken) and enchiladas. In New Guinea – yellow kau kau (like a sweet potato)
Favorite song: “Victory in Jesus” Because He is going to be coming back and I am excited for when He comes back!
Connor
In 2008, while we were in Papua New Guinea, on a Sunday, after Sunday School, Amber asked me if I wanted to get saved. I said “Yes”. She told me to go back into the Sunday School room with Grandma Wells. I asked Grandma if I could get saved. She told me how to get saved and I asked Jesus into my heart.
Hi, my name is Connor Coinyali Wells. Coinyali (coin-yah-lee) is a Wiru word (the Wiru tribe’s language of PNG) that speaks of someone’s good character and inner strength. I like to play with all kinds of toy cars. I like to play with my brothers and wrestle. In New Guinea I like to play with the other kids. There’s a vine swing over by the sawmill and I like to play on that when I go to the sawmill with daddy. I also like to sit in the peoples’ huts and peel their kau kau (sweet potatoes) with them, around their fires. When I grow up I want to be a missionary or a semi-truck driver.
Birthday: February 19, 2002
Favorite verse: Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Because God made everything so that we could live.
Favorite color: Green
Favorite candy: Bubble Gum and suckers
Favorite food: In America – Spaghetti and nachos. In PNG – kau kau (sweet potatoes) and mumu meat (the meat from the underground barbecue pits)
Favorite song: “Rock of Ages”