November 2014 Newsletter
For those who want to know more about us and what we do here in Papua New Guinea, here is our latest newsletter. You can also check out http://spesinpng.wordpress.com/.
Birthday Week
Oral Bible Storytelling
Happy Independence Day, PNG!
Sepik and Israel
Covenant Day
Tuesday was “Covenant Day” also known as the “National Repentance and Prayer Day” and was a national holiday. In the Melanesian world view where the spiritual and physical are intricately entwined and the government openly Christian, this holiday takes on a very different flavour than a national day of prayer…
Cultural Documentation
Travelling to Arop and Back
Faith vs Depression, Which Wins?
As I’ve been reflecting on my recent experiences, I’ve been contemplating on what determines if faith or depression will ultimately triumph. I’ve thought about other people who have pulled through difficult circumstances like a man I met last year named Johnson. Johnson is a Papua New Guinean who lives in…