The Beauty of Diversity

Papua is a beautiful place. The nature, the people, the cultures, the languages, the traditions are great. No wonder so many people want to visit Papua. After they had visited Papua, they felt in love with Papua and then they decided to settle in Papua. There are many people, many tribes, many cultures, many religions, many traditions in Papua. From the westerner missionaries, Netherland colonialist, miners and traders from Java, Sumatera, Borneo, Sulawesi, Bali, Moluccas and many more.

MUSPAS III Obano

Muspas is Musyawarah Pastoral (Pastoral Deliberation) for Mee tribe and Moni tribe. The third Muspas was held in Obano village from Febuary 26 until March 4, 2011. 

There were about 3000 people of Mee tribe and Moni tribe came from Paniai Regency, Nabire Regency, Mimika Regency, Deyai Regency and Dogiyai Regency to have an annual Pastoral Delibration (Muspas) in Obano village.  

When He Has Gone...

Anton Pigome, a Papuan man from Obano village. He had a wife with 2 daughters and 1 sons. They lived in the same area with me and my boss. He worked as a cleaning service in Puskesmas Obano for 20 years. But Anton did more than just cleaning, he helped me to wrap the powder (pulveres) for kids, he planted many trees and vegetables in the garden. He was my translator, my neighbor, my friend. He was just like a family to me. He treated Grace, Victor and I warmly.

On the first day of our arrival in Obano, Anton served us some baked sweet potatoes. It was so nice. He also helped us to fix some parts of the house and made a small bridge on the back of our house. He fixed the water tank on our house. He put many small stones on our yard so we could step on those stones.