Hello Missionary Supporters,
First, some background information: look behind you...that's your background.
Second, we went to Wabag, the town about 20 minutes away. We took video of us going to the outdoor market where you can buy vegetables from the dirt. I don't mean that the veggies came from the dirt, which they did, but that they are sitting in the dirt when you buy them. But sometimes they are on tarps, and sometimes the vendors throw water on the veggies to make them look shiny and wet, and sometimes the water is clean.
As you walk around people, muddy rocks, dogs, and the occasional pig you get to pick up your food. Sounds appealing? You'll have to see for yourself, because I'm realizing that my description is probably creepy. Watch this video, because we didn't take any still pictures. We usually take lots of still pictures (too many, in fact), but we made a concerted effort to get video, because some things must be seen in motion to be believed, things like the Wabag Market:
https://youtu.be/0ilwsycSDmY
Third will have to wait till next time. Seriously, the Wabag market is overwhelming the first 38 times you go. Then you enter a stage of desensitization the next 24 times which leads to resigned acceptance for the rest of your life. The place changes you, and I haven't even told you about the buai market that's up the hill. No, you have to wait. Just enjoy this little slice of PNG for now. Be content. Kroger/W-mart/Meijer/Safeway/Albertson's will take on a whole new joyous pleasurable meaning. There are no pigs (alive) there, are there? No.
God bless you. And us. Christ died for our sins. It doesn't matter where you buy your groceries. Thank God for our daily bread, even if they are dirt covered potatoes. Dirt washes off, and so do our sins in Holy Baptism. Thanks be to God.
