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Here we are standing at the spot where their house once stood. They plan to relocate close to this spot.
I also recently visited another work about an hours’ drive from us. Here I was challenged to see another existing work which desperately needs another family to join the team. The previous family left last year and here is currently only one family and a single lady working here.
Here we are standing close to the house of the previous missionaries. It is ready for anyone to move in!!
This is the case in more than one work in Papua New Guinea and also internationally. New Tribes is putting strategy into place in order to get these existing works completed. This is definably a prayer point for those considering to join the mission! WE NEED PEOPLE WILLING TO ASSIST EXISITNG WORKS IN COMPLETING THEIR TASK! This will be a calling equal to any other and people with abilities to disciple others are especially needed.
With our language learning thins are also going fine. Part of our language learning is also to spend as much time in the culture as we can! Therefore I decided to tell you about one the ways the people prepare their food. Those living further away from town do not have power or stoves and therefore have different ways to prepare their food over fire. This method is called a moo-moo and is one of their favorite ways to prepare food. First they will prepare some stones which they place ontop of buring wood. Eventullay when the wood is burned out the stones will be very hot. and sometimes they would even prepare soem food ontop of these hot stones.
When the stones are ready they would start building a wall with some gras or more often they would use banana leaves.
They would then prapare a bed for the first layer of food. this bed is also made with gras and comes ontop of the stones.
The first food that is placed on the prepared bed is called Kau-Kau and in language it would close to sweet potatoes. The fist food would also be for the pigs. Pigs are an very ipmortant feture within their culture and are treated very well!! Here you can also see how the wall is now made of banana leaves.
As second bed is now made ontop of teh Kau Kau which is the bed on which other vegatbles will be cooked for the people. This would concist of more kau kau, Tapio, Taro and Komu. Later on we will give more info on what this all is and how it tastes.
Eventually a third bed is made and ontop of this all would then come some meat, which could be pork or kakaruk which chicken. In this case how ever it was only vegetarian! eventually the whole thing would be covered up with with leaves and then with ground in order to seal it well. As they have completed covering the moo moo that add water in a whole at the top, which then creates steam and allows the food to be steam cooked!
This is the final product just before it is covered and water is added.
Water is now added in a hole made at the top. this water then causes steam to be created and teh food is steam cooked!
Here you can sea the food as it is ready to eat, just at the bottom of the food you can see the ‘kaukau bilong long pig’. So there you have have it, a quick lesson in making a moo moo. Well some time I will tell you a bit more about the food these people like to eat.
I also need to add a photo of our last hike. Just the men went and we hiked 21 km’s. This was a lovely experience and we hope to do it soon again and even to sleep over in some of teh villages. the purpose of teh hikes is to get acuinted with the area and the people and also to prepare ourselves physically for some of the surveys which we would start doing later.
Finally but not least a picture of our friends from the UK who just recently joined us here in papua. They are very close to our hearts and we are prayerfully concidering to join them as team mebers later on. They are Simon and Annika Flanagan.
Thanks for coming around and thanks for your support! Please check out our other links and continue to pray with us for this work!
wanderingfamily says
>Me kukim kaukau bilong Mama!Ha! It’s funny that you’re actually learning all that stuff now – good luck with all the decisions etc. that you’re making. We’re thinking of you.