Tiffany and I both have trouble saying goodbye. Lucky for us Papua New Guineans are great at expressing themselves, especially with those they are close to. We are leaving next Monday and our friends here are making plans to say goodbye.
When people leave for extended periods it is essential to say goodbye and to make a big deal about it. The grandmother of our children’s closets friends said they were going to have a little goodbye party for the children this week.
My best friend, Miani, and his family are coming Saturday and we are going to make a big meal and hangout. His wife, Judi, has also given us a bilum for the new baby to sleep in. She wanted us to take it with us so the baby will know how to sleep in it right away.
{Judi, holding Evie, visiting with neighbors}
What makes that an even harder goodbye for me is that he is going to a different part of the country to build houses for a big liquefied natural gas project. He will be gone for 6 weeks at a time and then home again for 2 weeks. The pay is really good and I am happy about that. But his family will be here without him and we won’t be here either. Luckily they have a lot of family here.
matt
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