Easter in PNG

Happy Easter Everyone! Apenun!
We have had a beautiful and sunny Easter here in Papua New Guinea. There was a sunrise service this morning at one of the missionary homes at 6:30 a.m. I wasn't there, of course, but Ben said the sunrise was beautiful. We then had an Easter pot-luck at one of the missionaries homes. What great people we have here representing our faith. The more I get to know them, the more I know for sure that God hand selects these amazing people.
I wanted to write about a special event that occured last night. Our first tribal fight. At about 4 p.m. we started hearing loud shouts and cries coming from the market on the corner. (Not a market that we attend, or any of the missionaries really frequent becuase of the shady nature). Every once and awhile we would here a group of men break out in song then there were sounds of gunshots . We thought at first that a bride price had been named. This is what Sam (an MK) said last time we heard groups of people shouting. The shouting, however, sounded much more aggressive and unpleasant. The singing we heard was a victory song from one of the tribes, but as soon as they started singing, the other tribe came back with rocks full force. Pretty soon, we started seeing native workers that live on the compound crossing our yard and going to the back gate to see what was happening. That was when we knew this wasn't a normal occurance. We came to find out later that the hospital lies on land in between two tribes that are traditional enemies. The government gave the land to the Nazarene church to try and create a buffer zone. How lucky for us! This meant that we were in the middle of all of the action. If you know me, I was, of course, out with the camera trying to record some of the action. (I definitely get that from dad.) The shouting went on for about 3 hours, then at nightfall it suddenly stopped. Come to find out, there is an unwritten rule that the fighting stops at dark. Later, at dinner, we also found out that the gunshots we heard were the police trying to break up the fight. They, however, don't get too involved because they are scared as well of the large groups of people. Dr. Bennet informed us, however, that we are safe on the compound. He said that no one would do harm to the hospital because each tribe knows that it is the health care for the whole area, and whoever laid harm to it would enjoy the wrath of all of the other tribes within days of this vacinity. We were, however, all happy that the fighting did not pick up again on Easter Sunday morning.
I hope you all have a wonderful Easter. As you go to service today, remember these two tribes in prayer, that through the hospital more and more of them would come to know the Lord.