I have NOT been good at keeping up with my blog...Facebook usually wins as far as getting pictures posted, etc....But, I really want to keep this up, so I am making this post and only sharing it to Facebook!  Today we celebrated Independance Day here in Papua New Guinea.  We are thankful to be able to work here.  Although it is so much different here from home, it IS a free country and that is a privilege to not take for granted!  We went to the festivities today, which was mainly some marching and speeches.  We were so far away that we couldn't really see or hear what was going on, but it was nice to mingle with the local people and talk with some of them.  We did go to a festival a week or so ago, that, I believe is tied into the Independance Day, so I will show you some pictures of that.  They had different groups of people who represented different places from here in the Sepik region.  They dressed in their traditional dress and did some traditional dancing, singing and playing music.  It was interesting and colorful for sure!