Sunday, October 21, 2007





This morning after church I went for a walk around our "neighbourhood" with a few of the kids. These are some of the houses we saw while we walked. I think it is pretty obvious where all the money in this neighbourhood went . That is a very nice church isn't it? There are a lot of Christian churches here. Especially this hill that we live on; it's Dani territory. The Dani tribe are from Wamena and if I'm not mistaken was one of the first tribes to come to know Jesus.
That house in the first photo is what I call a Papuan town house complex. There are about 5/6 "houses" in that row! Pretty tiny ones, they are probably used by single people or couples. Also, just below the house surrounded by bamboo was a pen with a big pig in it. Some people here do that, raise a pig and they can make pretty good money selling the meat. I haven't tried any yet myself... I'm sure that one of these days someone will come by the door selling pig meat.
This area is so much prettier than where we lived in Bandung. There is just so much more greenery it never ceases to amaze us. Behind us is Mount Cyclops and beyond that is nothing but jungle and some villages. We really do live on the edge of the jungle here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Erica and Hugo,
Hope you're having a good Sunday... Take an opportunity to go for a walk towards Mt Cyclops, and enjoy the scenery! And then to think that the Pacific is right behind the mountain! To find out about the Ndani or Dani people's conversion, you could read John Dekker, Torches of Joy (Crossway Books, 1985). He worked in the Karubaga area for the Regions Beyond Missionary Union.
Regards.. Uncle Keith