Today was Resurrection Sunday, our first in PNG. Without the resurrection, we certainly wouldn't be here in PNG. There would be no good news to preach, and there would be no Great Commission from a resurrected Lord to his disciples. Thankfully, our Lord did rise from the dead – and not just to give our family something to do in PNG, but to give life to all who believe in him.
Tim preached on the resurrection story in church this morning. After the service, as is done more often on such a special day, we had a time where people could come forward and sing songs as a group. We really enjoyed that! Here are pictures of a few of the groups that sang.
We also handed out our latest issue of Tulait magazine. That's a magazine that we put out a few times per year and encourage everyone to hand out to all their friends. It seems to go over very well. One lady from our congregation got her hands on 100 of them on Friday and handed them all out at the market with great enthusiasm.
And to top it all off, we had a potluck lunch at church. We got to enjoy typical Papua New Guinean dishes of rice, greens, chicken, sweet potato, and cooking bananas. To be honest, having spent some time in the country now, we do find the food more enjoyable now than we did at first.
In the evening, we had another potluck, this time with ex-pat friends. Also very enjoyable and relaxing. The power did go out, which is not at all unsual. The building's generator also kicked in, but it seemed the building's designers had decided to prioritize on which areas of the building get generator power. And the entrance gate (which is the first one I've seen in Lae that's electric-powered) was, apparently, low on the priority list. So when we wanted to go home, we found out that we were trapped in the parking lot until the power went back on. There was no way of telling how long that might be (it had been off for well over an hour already), and we were already starting to wonder if we should walk home or sleep over. After about 10 minutes of waiting, the lights (the ones that were also low on that priority list) flickered on and off a few times, and finally stayed on long enough to open the gate. As soon as the gate was open, the power went off again, but at least we were on our way home!
Tim preached on the resurrection story in church this morning. After the service, as is done more often on such a special day, we had a time where people could come forward and sing songs as a group. We really enjoyed that! Here are pictures of a few of the groups that sang.
We also handed out our latest issue of Tulait magazine. That's a magazine that we put out a few times per year and encourage everyone to hand out to all their friends. It seems to go over very well. One lady from our congregation got her hands on 100 of them on Friday and handed them all out at the market with great enthusiasm.
And to top it all off, we had a potluck lunch at church. We got to enjoy typical Papua New Guinean dishes of rice, greens, chicken, sweet potato, and cooking bananas. To be honest, having spent some time in the country now, we do find the food more enjoyable now than we did at first.
In the evening, we had another potluck, this time with ex-pat friends. Also very enjoyable and relaxing. The power did go out, which is not at all unsual. The building's generator also kicked in, but it seemed the building's designers had decided to prioritize on which areas of the building get generator power. And the entrance gate (which is the first one I've seen in Lae that's electric-powered) was, apparently, low on the priority list. So when we wanted to go home, we found out that we were trapped in the parking lot until the power went back on. There was no way of telling how long that might be (it had been off for well over an hour already), and we were already starting to wonder if we should walk home or sleep over. After about 10 minutes of waiting, the lights (the ones that were also low on that priority list) flickered on and off a few times, and finally stayed on long enough to open the gate. As soon as the gate was open, the power went off again, but at least we were on our way home!
That you're finding the food a little more enjoyable now is an interesting observation to me. I found the same thing in Korea.
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Tim
Lol at getting trapped. Glad you managed to get out eventually. Sounds like you had a very rich Easter celebration! Blessings to your family. <3
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