NTM PNG just put out a new video. Right now our team is wrestling with how to spell and construct Kovol verbs, we're deep in the weeds discussing grammar points. This video was an encouraging little reminder of where we're going with all this.
Sunday night around 1 pm I was woken up by the sound of voices under our houses. The only people who usually wake me are my kids and my cat, we've never been woken by anyone from Kovol. I went to see what all the commotion was about. It was an emergency. A 4-month old baby had a terrible head wound and was in shock. 10 or so people were stood around looking sad and worried in the cold night.
A common thing in PNG culture is to be indirect. Imagine I want to tell my friend that I'd like them to give me their T-shirt; I would say "Hey, that's a nice T-shirt!" The message comes loud and clear that I really would like to have her shirt. Imagine the potential for misunderstanding as, when we as westerners say "nice T-shirt" we intend to give a compliment and bond with our friend.
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Lynette Cottam · 30/07/2020 at 11:12 am
I am SO glad that you have a twin tub washing machine. We had a Hitachi twin tub which lasted half of out time in PNG and then we got another Hitachi for the second half of our time. In 2012 Hitachi stopped making twin tubs in Australia. We were SO disappointed because we had been recommending them to all the new missionaries.
What brand is yours?
I am glad that you have now finished setting up your home.
Loving greetings to the three of you,
Lynette
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