Airplanes: the main mode of transportation
for many people going to and from the village, and also from Port Moresby,
the capital of Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Bible translation: the reason all of us
ex-pats live in PNG—to support the work of Bible translation and end Bible
poverty
Dripping: the sound water makes when it
goes through the gutters and pipes and into the water tanks during a light
rain; also the sound that keeps me awake and makes me have to use the bathroom
at night (my bedroom is right next to the tanks)
ESL: English as a Second Language; what I
teach, so that our non-native English speakers can be successful at our school
Falling: in the mud…something that I do
with surprising regularity
Green grass: all year round! Unless you
have a massive drought for about six months, then it gets brown and crunchy,
but a couple good rains and it’s green again!
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| A burger, chips, and a Coke at Hamburger Night |
Ice cream: if you’re looking for brightly
coloured and creatively flavoured, Gala is the way to go; otherwise grab a
Magnum bar from the novelty freezer or make your own at home!
Jeans: suitable to wear under a short dress or a long shirt (you wouldn’t believe how fashionable I am here! J)
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| PNG kina |
Kina: PNG’s currency
Languages: over 800 languages in PNG, still
more than 300 without any Scripture in their language!
Mail: oh, the joy of checking the mailbox
and finding a card or a golden ticket!
Nogat: Tok Pisin for “no;” I always forget
to say the whole word and just say “no”…my Spanish manifesting itself!
Oh, what a rainstorm!: (I know, I know,
that’s a stretch) what we said the other night when we got 5 inches of rain in
about 2 hours
Pukpuk: crocodile! Yummy in stir fry or
pukpuk adobo (a delicious Filipino dish that I recently discovered in the Wycliffe cookbook)
Quiet: makes my ears ring after a whole day
spent with very talkative children
Rats and Roaches: I couldn’t decide which
to put down, so I’m using both; we’ve been having a rat problem in the basement
and you know how much I love roaches…NOT!
School: Ukarumpa International School—a
pretty great place to work or go to school at
Tok Pisin: the trade language in PNG;
nearly everyone in PNG speaks Tok Pisin in addition to their tok ples (heart language or mother
tongue)
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| My umbrellas |
Walking: to work, to the store, to church,
to Bible study…you get the picture. Also the main reason you don’t want to
forget the umbrella!
eXactly what to write here, I’m not sure.
Yes: not si. Even after nearly two years in PNG, I
still say “si” when I’m speaking Tok Pisin…oh, Spanish…
Zucchini: not my favourite vegetable, but I
couldn’t come up with anything else to put here, and you can buy them at the
market
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