Pettygrove Progress: Driving to the tournament

Landscape on the way

Goroka is a town about 2 hours away. We made two trips there in the last couple of weeks for softball. Well, it is not like driving in the States. I am not sure what to compare it to. Fortunately Jay did not have to drive to the first tournament. The other coach had driven in PNG before, so he was willing to drive. Remember we drive on the left hand side of the road. The road to Goroka is paved. However, portions of it are missing. One can be driving along and all of a sudden the road is gravel with big holes, or it is one way because part of the road is missing, or it is just one way only. In some areas there are signs warning one way but not all areas.

Thinking of

my brother

who drives

semi.

The road goes up and down the mountains and curves. They do have semi-trucks on the road too. It can be challenging to pass. There are also people walking on either side of the road at any given time. There are pigs, goats and dogs in the mix. It is not wise to drive at night for this reason. Someone said people like to lay on the road at night for the warmth.They are very hard to see in the dark.

I keep saying the road because there is only one road. I think there is only one possible turn, so we did not have to worry about pulling out a map. I understand there is always a possibility of thieves. They call them rascals. The rascals like to set up road blocks either charging you to cross or robbing you. Thankfully we did not meet any rascals. It is not wise to travel at night for this reason also. We are grateful for the many people praying. I know God protected us.