Being a successful animist requires learning to stay alive in a hostile world of spiritual chaos. Nothing is predictable. Enemies can summon demons to destroy you by using the proper incantations.
I said, “If I had come before you had become Christians, what would you have done to me?” In unison a large group of people said, “We would have eaten you!”
It’s hard to imagine how we ever got along without computers. When Eunice and I first came to Madang in 1981, our office equipment consisted of a rusty manual typewriter and a fairly accurate mechanical adding machine.
Though she had never had the opportunity for formal training, those who worked alongside her recognized her gifts for teaching, leading, and ministering to women.
Our first born, Jason, was six months old when he came to PNG. He learned to speak Tay and English simultaneously as his first languages (mixing them freely)