Global AIDS - Papua New Guinea

24th June 2004: AIDS-Radio: Talk 17 "The Cause of HIV/AIDS" 1: Introduction Good evening everyone. I am Fr. Jude OFM - a Franciscan priest - and welcome to: "Tok Stret long HIV/AIDS". This is our 17th talk. Last week I talked about "Protecting your Children from HIV/AIDS ". This week I want to talk about "The Cause of HIV/AIDS".

2: Story - School
So what causes HIV/AIDS? How do you get the HIV virus? The answer is receiving into our bodies body fluids from a person who has the HIV virus. This can happen through sexual contact, PMTCT - mothers passing on the virus to their new babies, blood transfusions, use of infected needles and medical equipment, and accidents.
Now, we have dealt with this before and the reason why I am back on this is because I am hearing that there is confusion out there about the HIV virus and AIDS. HIV is the virus - the "infection" that gets into your body and starts to attack your Immune System. AIDS is when the Immune System begins to weaken - you start to get sick, and you know it!

The word we are getting is that the "Awareness campaign" in PNG has failed and more and more people are getting infected with the HIV virus - getting infected - not going for testing and treatment - not aware they are HIV+ and thus still spreading the virus - getting very sick and dying!

There is confusion about what is causing the spread of HIV/AIDS in PNG. It seems that many people do not believe that it is caused from "receiving into our bodies body fluids from a person who has the HIV virus!" So what do people know? What do people believe about HIV/AIDS?

Why am I sick - the Cause?
Let's take a different approach. Let's look at the sick and dying! In PNG a question that is always asked is the CAUSE of the sick - as they say in Tok Pisin: "Wanem as bilong sik" = "What is the cause of the sick?" There has to be a reason why people are sick. Most of the reasons given have to do with relationships with other people. If I am sick then it is because - someone has done this to me = "worked sorcery/black magic, in Tok Pisin: "ol I wokim poison" = I was poisoned.

Who could have done this and why? Well you could have offended someone in the family circle - you have an enemy - you did wrong to someone and they are getting back at you - even in our Christian context: I have sinned and God is getting back at me. What we call in Tok Pisin: "Bekim" = getting back/repaying someone.

Story:
I was in a village some years ago that was full of "glasmen" = sorcerers. The way the system worked was pretty simple. The sorcerer ("glasman") knew what was happening in the village. He knew all the gossip, who offended who, the in-family conflicts, the recent wrongs and grudges. In that village, when people got sick, they went to two places. They went to the clinic to get medicine and to the "glasman" to find out the cause of the sick and what can be done to appease the offence/offender.

A young mother - her baby was sick. She went to the clinic to get medicine - the baby had malaria. She also went to the "glasman". He told her that the reason that the baby was sick was that her uncle had worked "poison" on her. And why did the Uncle work poison? The reason - she had caught a lot of fish last week and did not share any with her Uncle who was offended. So the Uncle worked poison. The cure - give her uncle a present. This she did and the baby got well in a few days. Everyone was happy.

"Glasmen" are clever fellows. This is not only their power base but also their source of income. They keep a village ticking over with fear and conflict. And don't say that it (sorcery/"glasmen") has nothing to do with Christianity. These fellows will be seen in Church and holding a firm grip on the Bible. They will use anything to enhance their power and profit base.

The Glasman:
Sometimes the "glasman" will give "bush medicine" = some leaves or water from roots of trees or shrubs or something from the ground. Others, make what we call "pasin bl tumbuna"= custom of the elders. Others have what they call: "spetim man"= a type of spitting on or washing a person with water, or blowing smoke from the fire over a person - o performing a type of ritual like a form of prayer - or even using the Bible, rosary beads and holy water. It all gets a bit confusing and nobody is sure who or what cures the sick person. The important thing is that he is cured!

What causes the sick:
People in PNG are just beginning to accepting that sickness can be caused by such things as mosquitos, dirty water, and spread from person to person by such ways as sneezing, lack of personal hygiene etc.

HIV/AIDS as Sickness:
So , where does HIV/AIDS fit into all of this? Those who have seen HIV/AIDS and recognize it as HIV/AIDS are shocked by what they see and are afraid. But most people in PNG have not seen HIV/AIDS and don't recognize it. So if they do get the virus, what do they do? They follow the same road looking for a cure. They go to the Clinic and then to the glasman. Both do their best but the patient just get worse and goes down until he dies. General diagnosis: "Poison!"

But HIV/AIDS is a new disease and although much is written about it, when it comes down to curing and caring, the world's response is rather poor and inadequate.

• Do we even know what caused the epidemic? - There are various opinions on this!
• We know how HIV/AIDS is transmitted - by body fluids - but, to be honest, the experts are still are not too clear on many issues - they are still putting together information, and this information can differ from place to place, situation to situation, person to person.
  • Like: why do some people who have taken risks get infected and others do not?
  • Is it safe for a HIV+ mother to breast-feed her child?
  • How long does the virus stay alive in blood, in body fluids, on needles, etc.
  • Is HIV being spread by the medical profession - through accidents, etc.
• There is no vaccine, to prevent the spread of HIV; - there is no proper treatment program if you are HIV+; - ARV's are not all they are made out to be.
• The point: the messages regarding the HIV virus are, at best confusing, at worst liable to change next month.

Before we go to the nation of PNG and make our grand statements regarding HIV/AIDS, let us look at a few facts:

• If we could get the 50 thousand we know to be HIV+ in PNG to come out tomorrow for testing and treatment, there is no way we could cope with those numbers.
  • Our doctors and nurses are only now learning how to diagnose HIV/AIDS symptoms. Patients personal medical books are full of months of mis-diagnosis - the medical staff never picked up that it could be HIV/AIDS - they treated for various illnesses but never put them together! We have to retrain our medical staff to think HIV/AIDS!
  • We don't have the VCT's set up with "rapid testing kits" and we don't have the counselors to go with these VCT's.
  • If we find people who are HIV+, then we don't have a care program - with the medicines available for prophylactics and treatment of the "opportunistic infections".
  • As the epidemic explodes it is unreasonable to expect the medical profession to cope with the increasing demands. Families will have to do the caring of their sick ones at home. At present we do not have a Home Based Care plan and system and we are only beginning to talk about a back up support system for the families involved. The families are going to carry the burden of HIV/AIDS.
  • An excuse to set up proper treatment procedures for OI's is to place emphasis on ARV's. This approach is noticeable in PNG now. Can we get it clear: we are not going to get enough ARV's to supply the whole country. And even if we did get such a supply - you would still have to treat OI's for the ARV's to work effectively. Lets get back to basics - can we have treatment procedures and medication available to treat OI's?
• The message we keep giving in PNG is prevention. That is necessary but not much good for anyone who is infected. We have always said that care is a great means of prevention. We need both with HIV testing and counseling sites and Care and Treatment centers. It seems like PNG is asking people to face up to the HIV/AIDS epidemic but is not going to supply the wherewithal to have this fall into place.

Where to now?
Where does all of this leave a fellow in POM or in the bush who is HIV+, could be HIV+, or has yet to hear of HIV. Somehow, that is where we are at in PNG now!

In the old days - 50 years ago now - when leprosy was a problem, patrols went into the bush - visited all the villages - talked, explained, examined people - and then took action on those who had leprosy. Plans were made "on top" has to how to deal with the epidemic - there was a simple plan of operation - a forward thrust, out amoung the people - a back up base with medical professionals and medication and community support systems. It was hard work but it worked very well. They were great man and women who did this work and PNG must be grateful to them.

Okay! What is our national plan to combat HIV/AIDS? Well, we don't really have one.

• The NAC is working on a new 5 Year Plan. Many thoughts, many areas covered. Nice words and thoughts but it will not get people into a "forward thrust" = to go out and do something according to a national strategy. The NAC line is that they are not "implementers" -and I quote, "other departments will have to pick it up!" But what Departments will pick HIV/AIDS up and own it and do something about it?
• The UN and other "overseas experts" - keep telling us what to do. But if you write down what they say this month - wait for 6 months and they will say something different. The present line seems to be:
  • Take on the "high risk" settings
  • Take on "stigma and discrimination"
  • Condom distribution
  • New Partnerships - (this means somebody else will actually do the work)
  • Direct talking (awareness programmes)
  • The Government - the Pollies - the different Government Departments, don't have a "heart" for HIV/AIDS. You get the impression that they hope that "HIV/AIDS is a bad dream that will soon go away".
• No, I did not forget it. Condoms! Now there is a national plan worth applying. Give everyone a condom and we will live happily ever after!
• But the NAC tell us - a survey they did (we presume they interviewed in urban semi-urban areas) - of those interviewed: 45% had used a condom and 25% has used a condom last time they had sexual intercourse. Those who work with sex-workers complain of a lack of supply of condoms. No doubt there are condom vending machines available in all the villages in PNG? As my PMV driver said to me once: "Mi gat wanpela?" = "I have one!" And that is all he uses - one condom!

HIV+ in 2004
At the end of each radio program you are given 2 telephone numbers, a postal address and an e-mail address.

If you are in POM and you contact me, I can do something for you - maybe even provide you with all the services I mentioned today: counseling, HIV BT, medical care and treatment, home support and care - even ARV's.

If you are in the towns and cities around the country, I probably can refer you to someone or someplace where you can get most of these services.

Now, as regards the "bush" areas - that is different. I am not sure I can be of much help.
When the day arrives that I can reply to everyone - refer them to a HIV/AIDS response team - then we will be taking this epidemic seriously.

Sadly, at present, we are not going anyplace. There is a great need for us to get out into the villages and settlements and talk to people - to start explaining the sick to them where they can see it amoung themselves - to start attending to the sick with what is needed - to work with families and mobilize and create institutions to work with families.

Summary
HIV is now in the general population. We need to continue to do prevention but we need to combine prevention with care. How can we get a message over to those who are sick:

• The true cause of their sick - and, also, to prevent them from spreading the virus.
• To tell people that there is treatment and care available (even if one has to travel for it)
• That there is a National response - the nation cares that you sick - and help is on the way.

HIV/AIDS is more a social problem than a medical one. The medical profession can only contribute so much - the community has to contribute everything else.

So what to do now? We do what you can at the local level - and with God's grace and the help of good people - let love move little hills - then maybe the big shots will come and join with us and together, in love, we will move mountains.

4: News
You know, I mention something one week and within a few days it appears in the newspapers. Such a news item appeared in the Post-Courier on Friday, 18th June. The heading was: "Man arrested for assault. Boy charged with sodomy". The assault was on young girls, by a 54 year old man, at 9 Mile settlement in POM. The girls were aged 5, 6,8,and 9 year old. The sodomy was by a 13 year old boy on a 5 year old boy. We hate to mention this disgusting stories but to follow up on what I was saying last week: "Parents - protect your children!"

5: Prayer
Psalm 76: prayer of a perplexed man

2: I cry aloud to God, cry aloud to God that he may hear me.
3: In the day of my distress I sought the Lord.
At night my hands were raised without ceasing; my soul refused to be consoled.
4: I remembered my God and I groaned. I pondered and my spirit fainted.
5: You withheld sleep from my eyes. I was troubled, I could not speak.
6: I thought of the days of long ago and remembered the years long past.
7: At night I mused within my heart. I pondered and my spirit questioned.
8: "Will the Lord reject us for ever? Will he show us his favour no more?
9: Has his love vanished for ever? Has his promise come to an end?
10: Does God forget his mercy or in anger withhold his compassion?"
14: Your ways, O God, are holy. What god is great was our God?

24th Jun 2004: AIDS-Redio: Tok 17 "As bilong HIV/AIDS"

1: Bigin
Gutnait olgeta. Nem bl mi Pater Jut, mi wanpela Fransiskan brata - na mi tok welkam long yupela olgeta I harim dispela program: "Tok Stret long HIV/AIDS".

Las wik mi bin toktok lg "Papamama I mas was long ol pikinini long HIV/AIDS". Nogut ol I kisim dispela sik nogut. Dispela wik mi laik toktok long "As bilong sik HIV/AIDS". I olsem - mi ken kolim as bl sik - tasol ol manmeri na yangpela I gat wanem tingting? Ol I ting sik I kam lg we?

Pastaim bai yumi mekim wanpela beten:
Pre bilong Bel Isi bilong Santu Francis bilong Assisi; - mi senisim liklik:
Bikpela, mi laik stap wokman bilong yu. Mi laik yu bosim mi.
Yusim mi long bringim Gutpela Taim long ol manmeri I karim hevi long sik HIV/AIDS.
Mi laik soim pasin bilong Marimari, long ples ol I kros na pait - bikos sik AIDS I stap.
Mi laik kirapim pasin bilong Sekan, long ples ol I lez long pogiv - bikos sik AIDS I stap.
Mi laik strongim Bilip, long ples ol I no gat stronpela bilip - long lukautim ol manmeri I gat sik AIDS.
Mi laik bringim Hop, long ol I laik givap - bikos ol I kisim pinis sik HIV/AIDS.
Mi laik bringim Lait, long ol sikmanmeri is stap long tudak.
Mi laik bringim Amamas, long ol I sori na karim hevi I save kam wantaim sik AIDS.

2: Stori na Skul
Orait! Sik HIV/AIDS I save kamap lg wanem rot? Haw man o meri I save kisim dispela sik? Ol dokta I tok: wara bl bodi bl man I gat dispela sik- HIV vairas - I go insait lg bodi bl narapela man, na em I kisim sik HIV nau. Dispela samting I save kamap lg pasin pamuk, man I prenim meri, meri I prenim man - PMTCT-mama I givim lg bebi bl em - kisim blut "transfusion"I gat dispela HIV vairas lg en - brukim skin na go insait wantaim nil o naif I no klin na I gat dispela HIV vairas lg en - sampela asua ol I mekim lg haus sik - sampela ol aksident!

Orait, skul yu harim nau I no nupela. Yu harim bifo lg dispela Program. Mi kambek lg dispela skul gen bikos mi harim planti man na meri I no klia tumas - ol I tok ol I "konfuse liklik". Orait. HIV em I vairas - binatang nogut I go insait lg bodi bl man na I stat lg bagarapim "Immune System" = em defens Fos bl bodi bl yumi I save paitim ol kainkain sik I laik bagarapim bodi bl man. AIDS em taim ol kainkain sik I klostu winim "Immune System"na I wok lg bagarapim bodi.

Nau, mi harim olsem planti I no save bilipim sik HIV/AIDS I kamap lg pamuk pasin - ol I no bilipim: wara bl bodi bl man I gat dispela sik- HIV vairas - I go insait lg bodi bl narapela man, na em I kisim sik HIV nau. Ating, yumi mas skelim as bl sik?

Olsem wanem mi gat sik?
Man I save kisim sik na indai. Lg PNG - man I sik na indai - yumi mas painimaut as bl dispela samting! Ol I tok - man I no save sik nating - I mas I gat as bl sik. Sik I hangamap lg we yu sindaun wantaim narapela man.Olsem na, ol I save ting olsem: Man I sik I stap. I gat man I wokim dispela sik? - birua I wokim? - wanpela masalai nogut I wokim? - sanguma? Planti I save tok: "Ol I wokim poison!" Sapos I gat tok olsem: "Ol I wokim poison" - em I olsem, yu gat birua - o yu bin mekim wanpela rong - bekim pasin nau! Lg sait bl ol Kristen bilip - man I ken bilip olsem God I bekim em bikos man I bin mekim sampela bikpela rong. Yumi mas klia lg wanpela samting: sapos man I bilip ol I wokim poison lg em - em I samting bl bilip bl em nau - dispela bilip inap kilim em indai. I gat wanpela rot bl stretim nau - askim "glasman"lg helpim yu painim rot bl stretim dispela rong. Mi laik stori nau.

Stori
Mi bin stap lg wanpela viles I pulap tru lg ol "glasman". Glasman I save lg olgeta samting I save kamap lg laip bl viles: husat I mekim wanem lg husat - husat I krosim husat - wanem tok I stap na ol I no stretim yet - husat I birua tru - man I paitim meri - wanem kros I stap! Man o meri I sik, em I mas go lg tupela ples wantaim bl stretim dispela sik: em I mas go lg klinik bl painim marasin, na em I mas go lg glasman bl stretim wari. Mi laik stori lg dispela.

Wanpela yangpela mama I stap na bebi bl em I sik. Mama I go lg klinic - nurse I skelim em sik malaria - bebi I dring marasin. Bihain Mama I go lukim glasman. Glasman I tokim mama - as bl sik em bikos Unkle bl em I wokim "poison" lg em. Glasman I stori olsem. "Las wik yu bin painim planti pis na yu kambek na tilim nabaut lg ol, tasol yu no givim wanpela lg Unkle bl yu. Unkle I kros na em I mekim nogut lg yu." Bl stretim, yu mas go na tok sori lg Unkle na givim liklik presen lg en. Mama I mekim olsem na 2, o 3 de samting pikinini I kamap orait gen - sik I pinis - na mama I amamas.

Ol Glasman
Sampela taim, ol glasman I save tilim "bus marasin" wantaim - ol lip o wara ol I kisim lg wanpela diwai o samting bl graun. Tu, arapela I save mekim ol kain pasin bl tumbuna- "spetim man" - o wokim samting lg smok bl paia - o ol kain kain pre bl ol - o usim Buk Baibel, Korona, Santu Wara, tu wantaim. Yumi no klia nau. Wanem samting I pinisim sik bl man na man I kamap I orait gen? Yumi no save nau!

As bilong sik
Nau tasol, ol man bl PNG I stat lg senisim tingting lg as bl sik. Sampela nau inap skelim sik na tok - em sik malaria, na bebi I kisim sik malaria bikos planti mosquito I stap - o em sik pekpek wara, bikos man I drink wara I doti - o skin I bagarap bikos man I no save waswas gut. Ol PNG nau I stat lg lukluk nabaut na painim as bl sik I stap lg mosquito o wara I no klin o man yet I no lukautim skin bl em.

Nupela sik HIV/AIDS
Nau yumi gat dispela nupela sik ol I kolim HIV/AIDS. Em I nupela sik olgeta - yumi no lukim bifo. Man I lukim HIV/AIDS na em I save em HIV/AIDS, em I save dispela sik em I nogut tru I save kilim man indai na em I fret lg dispela sik. Tasol, planti PNG I no lukim dispela sik na ol I no save gut lg ol mak bl dispela sik. Olsem na, sapos man I gat dispela sik, em I trai lg rausim dispela sik lg olpela we bl bifo. Em I olsem, go lg klinic na go lg glasman. Klinic I traim best bl ol na glasman I wokim samting bl em - sik I stap I go I go na man indai. Ol I mekim wanem tok nau? Ol I tok "Ol I wokim poison".

HIV/AIDS em I nupela sik na ol dokta na saveman bl graun I gat wok painimaut lg en yet.

• As bl sik - I no klia yet. Sampela ol enimel, ol I kolim Manki I gat wankain sik.
• Ol I tok rot bl kisim sik em I olsem: wara bl bodi bl man I gat dispela sik- HIV vairas - I go insait lg bodi bl narapela ma - na em I kisim sik HIV nau.
• Tasol, olsem wanem sampela man, I save pamuk nabaut, I kisim HIV na sampela nogat?
• I orait lg mama I HIV+ I givim susu lg pikinini o nogat?
• Sapos blut o wara bl bodi I kapsait - vairas I stap lg blut o wara longpela taim o nogat?
• I nogat ol "vaccine"= shut bl banisim sik - I nogat ol program I save makim rait we bl lukautim man I HIV pinis - ol nupela, strongpela marasin, ARV's, I no wok gut tumas.

Yumi skelim wari I stap nau.

• WHO I tok I mas I gat 50 tausen manmeri I HIV+ lg PNG nau tude. Sapos dispela lain i laik testim blut bl ol tumora - sori, yumi no inap! Bikpela namba tumas!
• Nau ol dokta na nurse bl yumi I wok lg skul bai ol inap skelim sik HIV/AIDS.
• Nogat ol VCT's - ples bl sekim blut hariap na nogat inap ol kaunsila bl toktok na skulim ol lain I laik sekim blut bl ol.
• Sapos yumi painim ol lain I HIV+ - yumi nogat "care program"bl lukautim ol.
• Tu, nogut yumi ting bai Haus Sik I lukautim ol sikmanmeri. Bai ol I no inap. Yumi mas lukautim ol sikman lg haus bl yumi yet. Ol I kolim: Home Based Care. I mas I gat program na ol samting bl helpim famili lg mekim dispela wok.
• Nogut yumi ting dispela nupela marasin - ol I kolim ARV's- bai stretim sik bl man. Nogat tru! ARV's bai helpim sampela tasol.
• Tok I stap yet em prevention = banisim sik, bifo narapela man I kisim.

Bai yumi mekim wanem nau?
Sik HIV/AIDS I stap na planti manmeri I kisim dispela nupela sik. Yumi mas lukautim ol. Nogut yumi giamanim yumi yet na tok "poison". Em I nupela sik na yumi save lg rod bl kisim dispela sik. Komuniti I mas painim rot bl testim ol man - na lukautim ol man I sik. Bai hatwok tru!

Orait! Tingim nau! Man I stap lg bus stret. Em I no save lg HIV/AIDS - o em I kisim hap skul na em I no klia tumas. Bai yumi mekim wanem nau?

Bifo - mi gobek 30-50 yia samting, taim bl ol lepro. Ol I save sik Lepro I wok lg kamap bikpela na ol I wari. Ol I mekim wanem? I gat lain I go patrol insait lg bus. Ol I go lg ol viles nabaut bl painim ol manmeri I sik lepro pinis. Ol I givim skul - skelim ol man - painim sikman - husat I nidim helpim, bringim ol I kam lg Haus Sik. Haus Sik I stap lg Misin Stesin o lg taun na I gat olgeta saplai bl lukautim ol sikman. Dispela wok I hat tru tasol ol I wokim I go I go inap nau na na sik Lepro I no bikpela wari nau lg PNG. Ol I win!

Sori - ol bikman I wok lg toktok yet. Planti ol miting nabaut na planti toktok - tasol lg gohet na wokim wanpela bikpela program nogat! Ol I wok yet lg painim rot!

• NAC I wok lg stretim nupela "5 yia Plen"bl ol. Tasol ol Dipatmen bl Gavaman I mas wok wantaim dispela plen bl winim HIV/AIDS lg kantri.
• UN I wok lg tokim PNG lg ol samting em I mas mekim nau, olsem:
  • Mas wok lg ol "High Risk Settings" - ol sex-woka - nait klab - mining - man I spak
  • Pinisim ol "stigma na discrimation" - em I olsem ol pasin nogut na tok bilas lg manmeri I HIV pinis.
  • Tilim ol kondom
  • Tok stret lg bikpela wari - HIV/AIDS I stap namel lg komuniti bl yumi nau.

Gavaman mas kamap insait lg dispela wari nau. Na I mas I gat HIV/AIDS program insait lg olgeta dipatmen.

• Sampela I gat ting olsem: condom bai pinisim wari. Tasol nogat! NAC yet I skelim dispela na ol I tok - liklik lain man I save usim kondom: lg usim wanpela taim = 40%. Na lg usim las taim ol I pamuk nabaut: 25%. Na olsem wanem lg ol lain bl bus - ol I gat saplai tu? Ol lain I save lukautim ol Sex-woka lg POM I tok olsem, saplai em wanpela wari! Man I no save laikim kondom na man I no save usim kondom lg PNG.

HIV+ na 2004
Dispela Redio Program I pinis nau bai meri I kolim 2pela namba bl telifon, bai yu inap ring - na PO Box namba, bai yu inap rait - na e-mail, bai yu inap salim tok o askim.

Sapos yu stap lg POM, mipela inap lg helpim yu lg olgeta samting yu harim lg dispela Program.

Sapos yu stap lg taun o citi, mi ken salim tok bai yu go lukim sampela man o meri o Senta bl painim helpim.

Tasol, sapos yu stap lg bus stret - sori, bai hat nau. Yu sik, bai yu no inap wokabaut. Mi no save haw bai mi helpim yu. Ating mi mas I go lg ples bl yu na helpim yu!

Nau, yumi mas patrol - lusim ol ofis na haus sik na klinik -na go insait lg bus, lg ol setelmen - lg ples ol sikmanmeri I sindaun - na toktok wantaim ol manmeri, explenim sik - na stat lg lukautim ol sikman na sipotim ol famili bai ol inap lukautim ol sik lain bl ol.

Maski toktok moa. Yumi mas wokim wok nau!

Pinis
Bl pinis. Mi laik tok stret nau lg ol man o meri husat I sik I stap na sik I wok lg winim ol.

Sik HIV/AIDS I kam pinis lg PNG na I stap insait lg komuniti. Hia Lg POM I bikpela tru nau na planti man I karim dispela hevi.

Yu sik, yu nidim helpim. Em tasol! Kisim helpim nau! Nogut yu hait lg haus o yu pas lg tintin bl yu yet. As bl sik I bikpela samting tasol nogut sik I kamap lg pren-pasin. Nogut tingting bl yu I pas lg "poison"o bekim I kam lg wanpela birua - o God I bekim rong bl yu - na as tru bl sik em narapela samting olgeta. Skelim gut sindaun bl yu nau na sapos yu bin pren nabaut planti liklik - go sekim blut bl yu na askim dokta o nurse lg skelim yu. Mipela I stap lg SCC bl helpim yu tu.

4: Nius
Sampela wik lg dispela program mi save toktok lg wanpela samting nogut I stap insait lg komuniti na wanpela o tupela de bihain stori lg dispela samting I save kamap lg niuspepa. Long Fraide, 18 Jun, Post Courier I stori lg wanpela bikman bl 9 Mail setelmen, krismas bl em 54 I bin mekim pasin nogut lg ol yangpela girls, krismas bl ol I 5, 6, 8, na 9pela yia tasol. Na I gat narpela stori lg wanpela manki, krismas bl em I 13 tasol I mekim rong lg wanpela boi 5pela krismas. Long Program lg wik I go pinis mi tokim ol papamama lg ol I mas was lg pikinini bl ol. Nogut wanpela I mekim nogut lg ol na bagarapim ol!

5: Prayer
Sam 77: man I singaut long God long taim bilong hevi.
Mi singaut strong long God. Mi laik bai em I harim beten bilong mi.
Long taim bilong hevi mi save prea long Bikpela.
Long olgeta nait mi save pre long em, tasol mi no kisim bel isi.
Mi tingting long God na bel bilong mi I krai.
Mi tingting I stap na bel bilong mi I hevi.
God I no larim mi slip. Bel bilong mi I hevi tru, olsem na mi no inap toktok.

Mi tingting long guttaim bilong bifo. Tru tumas, mi tingim gen ol dispela yia I go pinis…
Mi tingting planti na mi askim mi yet olsem:
"Ating bi Bikpela I givim baksait long mi oltaim? Ating em I no moa laikim mi?
Em I no laik sori long mi nau?…
Ating God I lusim tingting na I no laik marimari long mipela, a?
Ating kros bilong em I pasim marimari?…

God bai mi tingting gen long ol bikpela wok bilong yu…
God, olgeta pasin bilong yu I holi tasol…
God, yu wanpela tasol I save wokim ol mirakel…
Yu olsem wasman tru, na yu go pas, na ol manmeri I bihainim yu.