One thing they tell you about Papua New Guinea is that it is the “Land of the Unexpected”. Things change here quite a bit, and often quite quickly. In fact, just recently I had a few things happen…
It all started on a Tuesday. My plan was to fix an annoying belt squeal on our only vehicle with working air conditioning- a job that requires the removal of a good bit of the vehicle’s interior bodywork. I found the loose belt, and was in the final stages of putting the van back together when I received a phone call. There was a family from the NTM Sepik region who needed to be picked up from the airport.
There was a problem there at their airport- vandals had wrecked a bit of equipment. Thus, small Cessnas could fly in and out, but jets could not, which meant that these folks could not get to Port Moresby to catch their international flight. So, our mission pilot flew them to our airport so they could catch a commercial flight from our airport early the next morning. Of course, as I picked up our visitors, the pilot had a request.
The Sepik region, sadly, does have a rather pathetic selection of veggies available in their local markets. Basics like carrots, lettuce, and green peppers often have to be flown in. So, as our pilot was due back the next day to return an airport inspector, would I be able to buy veggies for our missionaries there?
So, I had a rather interesting Wednesday. First off, I had to be at the airport by 5:30am to drop off our Sepik folks for the first leg of their trip back to the USA. That was followed up by a few hours in our local market tracking down a rather large list of basic veggies. Praise the Lord I was able to find everything on the list.
And that’s just a minor way things tend to change here. Please keep us in your prayers as we work to support the work of Church planting here in PNG.