Halloween looks a little bit different here and it’s actually super refreshing. Here is just a little peak into regular life here in Ukarumpa. In Canada, we would head out to Costco or Superstore and pick up mounds of candy and probably expect around 200 kids over the course of the evening. Here in Ukarumpa, we could go and buy candy from our store but, since it is a small store, that is focused on bringing the basics and some comforts of home to our community here, Halloween candy isn’t … [Read more...] about Ukarumpa Halloween
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Creativity & Relationship
In Ukarumpa, every other year, the middle schoolers go on a field trip to Lae. They tour around various factories, like the factory where they prepare much of the chicken we eat here in PNG and a factory for making Gala Ice Cream which is a magical, interesting version of ice cream that even those with lactose intolerances can somehow consume safely 🙂 (Our store also graciously brings in ‘real’ ice cream sometimes and we have the option to make our own if you can buy cream in the country - which … [Read more...] about Creativity & Relationship
