Life in Kapuna - GJ Missions Info

Darima (Good Day) from the swamp,

It’s already been 2 months since I arrived at Kapuna Hospital. I’m enjoying the work in the workshop, as well as, a bit of IT work and fixing printers in the office.

The last three weeks I was busy helping build a new school. It has been my first project of this kind and a great experience. We had two guys from NZ to help. Now that they are gone, I get to lead the construction site.

Leaving the Ship in Port Moresby
a new Chapter in my Life begins

10th October, Leaving Port Moresby and a new chapter in my life is starting!

Beeing in the co-pilot seat has the advantage of more leg space and better view 🙂

After so many years, finally I can see from above the area we have been going up and down with the ship so many times.

Just arrived…my new place that I will call home for the next few months. My bed is under the mosquito net.

I was a little nervous in the morning, as we waited to board our plane. Mainly because I did not know if I would get all my luggage on board. I had about 20kg over weight. The scale at the airport showed at least 10kg too much. We had two stops, after the first one I asked the pilot if I could sit the front.
When we arrived we had a 5 hour dingy ride from the air strip to Kapuna. I was so excited the whole time. We almost ran out of fuel but were really close. The firefly bushes near Kapuna ended up guiding our way.

1st day in Kapuna

(1st day in Kapuna) trying to make some hot water for a tea…total fail…only a lot of smoke!

I thought I could take it slow the first day… but there were a few printers to fix in the office. I also fixed an outboard for a guy who I had met 3 years ago. He transports people with his boat. There was also a passenger I knew from another village. The Gulf Province is a small place. 🙂

Simple life is a hard life…
Nothing is simple out here, although we have some comforts that most other villages around Kapuna don’t have, like: tank water, electricity from 6pm to 10pm (the kids in the village shout for joy every time when they here the lights coming on), internet, shower, gas stove, and a washing machine (which I have to fill manually). We also have a small shop with some essentials like rice, flour, sugar, tea, and noodles.
If you want to have a chicken to eat, you have to catch it, kill it and prepare it… Most things you want you do from scratch. So far we did pasta, pizza, and burritos.
Just to have hot water, you make a fire… which I did and failed on my first day. Thankfully, now we have a gas stove with two burners which makes cooking much easier.

2nd time shopping, just some more essentials to survive here… Thats just for lunch. For dinner some of the staff are eating together.

On a Sunday afternoon, I was teaching some music to the boys. We jammed at Morea’s house entrance after the church service. I had to do a sermon for the church service. I shared my story how I ended up in Kapuna, which was fairly long but the people enjoyed it.

School building project

That’s the school in the beginning, just the foundation.

3 weeks later, we got the roof on before a big downpour!

The school after 3 weeks