Seeking GOD’s forgiveness

This is a poem humble seeking of god’s forgiveness during the 7.5 magnitude earthquake hitting southern highlands province of Papua New Guinea in 2018.

The Pangia land..
The land of Wiru Mari
Humble yourself before 
Declare your sins 

The land of Kewabians…

Knee down

Before God  

In shame of your sins

The Land of Kutubu..

Declare your sins 

Before God

The land of Mendi Valley…

Declare your sins 

Before the God

Sons & daughter of Southern Highlands…

Confess before GOD

We have sinned

Oh! GOD of Heaven

We look upon You…

Only You

Hear US…

From your Holy Thorn

Forgive US

And heal Our Land…

Southern Highlands

Southern Highland my land

This poem was written after the 7.5 magnitude earthquake hitting entire southern highlands province in 2018. Many lives were buried under the ground while many were injured and traumatized.  Millions of worth of properties were destroyed.

My land Southern Highlands

I was born naked in you  

You wrap me with your love

I growth up to be a man

So, I flew away…

Yet I always remember you  

Despite the distance...

My love for you is always deep

There are no words I can truly express

The enemy have ruined my land

Lying naked before the world

Watching helpless…

As the glory fades away  

Making me sad & disheartened

I will remember 26^th February 2018

The day our flesh was torn apart

We bleed together

We cry together

In memory…

I will never sing on this day

I will tell my children…

They too will carry my memories…

For the generations

My land Southern Highlands...

I cry for you.

People living in fear of 7.5 magnitude of earthquake in Southern Highlands Province

The Papua New Guinea is hit by historical 7.5 magnitude of earthquake which have traumatize many people and they are living in fear.

3:34am: 26^th February 2018 is going down the history book of Papua New Guinea of the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that ruined the Oil and Gas rich Southern Highland and Hela Provinces. The Hela Province once part of Southern Highlands Province but recently separated and become Province of its own.

Papua New Guinea experiences many earthquakes; however, the scale of its impact has been limited in terms of human injuries, fatties and infrastructure damages. The past records of fatalities have occurred indirectly from flood damaged dams caused by an earthquake-triggered landslide that swept nearby riverbank infrastructures, but injuries were minimal.  

Many earthquakes are isolated than the current one. The current earthquake has ruined huge landmass of entire Southern and Hela Provinces. It’s also spread to three other Provinces Enga, Gulf and Western. 

The huge infrastructure damage has occurred in Southern Highlands and Hela Province. The biggest airport in southern hemisphere is ruined and sitting idle in Hela Province.

Many local people homes, church buildings, public health facilities are smashed into dust in a click of a second by the huge earthquake’s shockwave.

The earthquake have directly caused many injuries and fatalities. The twenty people reported died from the disaster .The number of deaths will increase as recovery efforts are slowly moving into the area. Many bodies are buried and people are digging manual to recover them .

Many people’s gardens are under the debris or washed away by river. As such they can’t go into their bush gardens alone in fear of next attack. They are living together in one place.  However, experts are saying that there will be no more aftershock earthquakes.

The Prime Minister Peter O’Neill have visited the disaster provinces and immediately call an Emergency National Executive Council meeting. The Opposition leader have praised the Prime Minister for swift response and directed the PNG defense personnel to provide relief effort and they’re now on the ground.

Given the severity of the problem, the government is putting together relief effort package, on the other people are dying. Reporting coming from PNG Loop News is that three people have died of starvation while waiting for government relief effort.

The Australia Government has thrown its support to help PNG government and hopefully many more will join in the support.