When John Yinowut from the West Sepik province of Papua
John (left) is ready for his long, dusty and bumpy ride back home  |
New Guinea heard Denis Delaney and Roly Runciman were visiting Laif FM in Wewak, he travelled 180 kilometres to ask about Christian radio for his village.
In Western terms 180 kilometres isn't very far - probably 2 hrs drive on a good road.
John has a 'business class' seat away from the dusty outside  |
For John it meant between 10 and 20 hours over dusty and badly potholed roads on the back of a truck. Six hours for the truck ride and many hours walking or waiting for the truck to arrive.
John
finally arrived in Wewak late on Wednesday evening. We met on Thursday but he
couldn't find a truck going back to his village until Monday.
The truck eventually arrived about 6.00pm Monday after he
The long (10 to 20hr) trip home begins  |
had waited all day. Then he had to
squeeze himself and his luggage on the back with all the other passengers and their possessions (including a 40 litre drum of diesel fuel).
John arrived back at
his highway drop off point on Tuesday afternoon. Then he had a 6 hour walk from
the road back to his village.
Roly and
Denis agreed
this young man was certainly called - and also driven.
But it was
a very long ride!
