Independence Day
Today Papua New Guinea is celebrating its 30th year of independence. PNG was given peaceful independence from Australia in 1975. The city of Madang was packed with people celebrating. On Sunday all the churches of Madang joined together in the park and had a 4 hr service, with singing, several choirs performing, and a great sermon. The country’s motto for the 30th anniversary is “Put PNG First”, but the preacher encouraged all those in attendance to change the motto to “Put God first for PNG”. We were encouraged, but are still getting used to this event oriented culture, where it doesn’t matter how long the service goes, rather than our time-oriented culture, where everyone is looking at their watches if the service goes longer than an hour!
1 comment:
Sounds like a great event, you were blessed to be a part of.
The Zaks
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