Background: The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997 after claiming some 20,000 lives.
May 27th 2008Oceania » Papua New Guinea » National Capital District » Port Moresby Hey Everyone, I realized that is has been a while since I last updated my pictures. So here are the pics from my Team in Port Moresbey. I had the chance to go on an A-team. Which basically is an onsho ... 11 photos[full story]
April 29th 2008Oceania » Papua New Guinea » National Capital District » Port Moresby Today the singles in the missionary group went out to tour the Hope School here in Port Moresby. It was really eye opening to see the level and standards for education here in this country. The Hope S ... [full story]
April 28th 2008Oceania » Papua New Guinea » National Capital District » Port Moresby Hello Everyone,
We are having a great time with all the disciples here in Moresby. Truly, it has been an inspiring time visiting with the disciples in Gumine and in Moresby. It has been extrem ... [full story]
April 28th 2008Oceania » Papua New Guinea » National Capital District » Port Moresby Hi everyone! We have had a very encouraging trip thus far. I am very proud of the missionaries here. They have done such an outstanding job serving and loving the people here in PNG. They have gon ... [full story]
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