Outside of Comfort Zone

Before I left Port Moresby to go up to Wapenamanda near my home in the Tsak Valley of Enga I ran into some "Early Pioneers"of this country Papua New Guinea. I was fortunate enough to be able to sit down and spend some time with them talking about PNG life and culture. These four gentlemen were "Captains of Industry" here in PNG who as young PNG men had blazed a trail from the bush and coastal lands into high finance, engineering, law and business. Their stories and advice were quite noteworthy and I was lucky enough to be able to glean from their experiences. One thing I took away was the encouragement to share the journey to my homeland of Papua New Guinea with my fellow PNG brothers and sisters. Being a somewhat private person, this represents a big step out of my "comfort zone". However, as pointed out to me by one of our country's early pioneers in engineering, this isn't just about me it's about many people here in my homeland as I journey to connect to my family, culture and land. Not to mention their are so many people in the United States who have invested their time, energy, love and resources into my life so to keep it private would be doing them all a great disservice. So bear with me as I journey on my way!

Meeting my younger brother Alo for the first time.