The year 2020 will go down in world history as a year marked by radical changes. 2020 was marked by non-critical, manipulative, polarizing, and one-sided media reporting, as well as the restriction of personal mobility, the suppression of freedom of…
Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year 2021 to all our friends, relatives, and people we know worldwide, and all the best for the new year. May all your wishes come true. 2020 taught us a lot. We wish for…
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With our friends Andre, Ute, Andi and his family, Amina and MTA were able to move a little around. They went to Sohano Island and to Bonus beach, a sand beach where children are able to enjoy the sea …….
A traditional ceremony was done to us or better to our feet – “The feet washing ceremony” to keep away the bad spirits we might have brought from overseas. Our feet were washed and we got leave necklaces. This was done by…
Yesterday we went across the passage – from Buka Island to Bougainville Island (also called “main land”). It’s a quite strong ocean current and sometimes big waves. On the way to Bougainville Island the skipper saw the fear from my Mama and…
I was looking forward to the first day in school. I got a pink schoolbag, a pink lunch box and a pink water bottle as I told my Mama and my Papa that for girls there is nothing else than pink…
Saturday afternoon – at long last we arrived in Buka – our home for the next two years. Andi S., who is also working for the Diocese of Bougainville, his wife Margaret and their two children, Hapea and Franz picked…
The day of travelling! The start to a long journey to the far east – to the beginning of the world or to the end – you name it. We said Good-bye to our family, neighbours and friends and then…
The long awaited news! The work permit and visas are here, at last! But we have been told that we have to leave immediately – Shock! We still have to do this; we still have to do that! We tried…