In late March and early April 2012, I and my wife, Rode, visited Papua New Guinea together with Marianne and Sven Goransson. As stated in Chapter 1, this was the reason that I would write the story of Marianne´s and Sven´s lives and missionary work. Below there are some "extra" photos from the trip. Leif Kennerberg |
![]() In the countryside you still live ... ![]() ... largely in traditional huts and ... ![]() ... use these kinds of toilets. ![]() When to cook pork you start ... ![]() ... to heat the stones that ... ![]() ... you then put in a pit like this. Hot stones in the bottom and you wrap the meat in large sheets. The heat from the stones allows the meat is cook. ![]() Maybe you want to have sweet potatoes with the meat. Here Kundi Pok´s brother Kende Pok, shows a large specimen. ![]() Kende Pok dries coffee beans. ![]() Instead of washing line you can dry your laundry on bushes or ... ![]() ... on the ground as they did at the motel where we were staying. Sven speaks at a mourning ceremony to which several hundred ... ![]() ... people had gathered to mourn the dead. ![]() Speaking of grief, this woman has according to tradition cut off a finger because she has lost a child. |
![]() Some churches still have dried grass on the floor and you ... ![]() ... sit on the floor with no chairs and if you get ... ![]() ... tired of the long church services you just lie down. ![]() And this beautifully was the pulpit decorated, at least before the pastor put his bible there. ![]() Orderliness, here is described what main functions... ![]() ... there are in the church and in detail what duties every function has. ![]() And the music stand is in a class by itself. ![]() A nursery school in the countryside and ... ![]() ... a school class. ![]() Leif and Rode Kennerberg |