Where in the world are the wilsons?: December 2006

HAPPY 2007 FRIENDS!

Some of us MAF staff decided to go and celebrate New Year early on Saturday with a day out to Kudjip, approximately a hour out of town to the east of Hagen. The Church of the Nazarene run a mission hospital out there, so we packed a picnic, applied large amounts of sun screen and went bush for the day.

After a lovely lunch and catch up with friends, we walked about 15 minutes to a river with a waterfall and small pool. The water was freezing, so of course, only the children got in. It was a beautiful spot and a real treat to get out of the rat-race of town for the day.

Christmas

Hello Friends.
We have had a couple of weeks holiday from blogging, but we are back now.

Christmas eve we had friends over for games and coffee and cake, then Christmas day we were 6 adults and 9 kids - so it was joyful, noisy and lots of fun.

Carols aplenty, phone calls to loved ones, too much food and very excited children....christmas in PNG is pretty much the same as anywhere else. We missed our family very much this year, so it was good to have friends over to keep us from feeling too sad.
Now we look forward to the new year. Happy late christmas everyone - and a safe and blessed new year!

More mumu

The Mu in the Mumu

Okay, we know it’s not the pretties cooking method in the world, but the mumu is THE way to cook here in PNG.

Last weekend we had the MAF base end of year/ Christmas party, and we got to witness the seriousness of the art of a mumu. (And some highly entertaining games of volleyball).

Those in charge had the fires lit at 6am and rocks placed on the flames to heat up. Around 10am the meat of the day (pig and chicken) is layered on to the hot rocks wrapped in edible greens, then covered with more hot rocks. On top of those, corn on the cob, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, taro, and more greens are placed. Around 1pm, it was ready to eat.

Each family brings a bowl and all the food is divided up evenly. There was plenty!

It was eaten with fresh ginger on the side, and fresh pineapple for desert.

A great day of fun.

Big Day Out in Hagen

Yesterday was the official opening of the new Mt Hagen Market, and thousands came into town for the party.
These are just a few pictures as we were driving out of town.