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FACES OF PAPUA
WHY LORD ? ? ? During
these beginning days of working among the Moi people, we often find ourselves
shaking our heads and asking “Why?”
There are so many unknowns for us – why they do the things they do. Why
do they break the legs or wings of an animal before they cook and
eat it? Why
don’t the ladies admit they are pregnant even when they are obviously nine
months along? Why
does the Moi word for rainbow – mbaadamo
– literally mean “spirit’s walking stick”? Why
did Daiipupu (above) bite off a piece of Maseaaba bark, chew it up, and spit it
all over Stephen’s arms, chest, neck, and face? Why
do they slash themselves all over their bodies when they are bitten by a
centipede? Why
did the people in the hamlet across the valley from us response to a young
boy’s centipede bite by cutting him repeatedly until he bled to death? And the BIGGEST “why”
of all!!! Why did that young boy die without having a chance to hear the gospel in his own language?
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