Tyler and Emily in PNG

This past Saturday we had the pleasure to travel about 1.5 hrs outside of town to a village. The village of Uria rests in the jungle mountains where our teammates live and minster to the Somau Garia people. The reason for the celebration was there oldest daughter is returning to the USA to attend college this Fall. The village community and family wanted to have a good bye celebration and feast. The parents bought a $300 pig and cooked it all night long in dugout pits. They dug holes in the ground, placed the meat and vegetables around the meat and wrapped everything in banana leaves. Then they placed very hot stones around the meat to cook all night. This is the PNG cooking method of a slow cooker or crockpot.

It was a pleasant day to get out of town and encourage our teammates. The food wasn’t too bad but the people were better. We also got to play volleyball, soccer, and a little bit of frisbee. Just like a good ole family picnic.