Yu save tu olsem laip bilong man long dispela graun em pait a? Yumi stap long pait, maski yu laikim long stap long pait o nogat. Yu mas long gutpela pait na winim pait. Dispela niupela buk long pait em buk we olgeta ol lida mas ritim.

“Buk Baibel tokim yumi olsem yumi olgeta save mekim olsnti ol asua – tasol ol pasta em nogat wanpela as bilong ol long mekim. Ol asua em ol gat wei bilong ol yet long mekim yu go bek gen na i no long gohet. Asua ken stopim yu long gohet. Wanem kain ol asua em ol pasta ken mekim? Wanem samting bai inap long mekim 10pela bikpela asua bilong pasta? Yu ken ritim dispela gutpela buk na yu yet ken painim aut long 10pela bikpela asua we yu stap long mak bilomng mekim nah au long abrusim bikpela asua we pasta bai klostu mekim long en. Dispela bikpela buk bai wanpela blesing long yu na long ministri bilong yu.”

Singaut long ministri em sinagut long lidim ol manmeri. Yumi lukim gen isi isi na daunim pasin pasin we Dr. Heward-Mills i tok klia long ol ki samting mekim kamap wanpela gutpela Kristen lida stret. Ol tok tru yu lukim long hia bai pawarim planti long pasin bilong lidasip.

Mak bilong God em bikpela ki we yu nidim long opim dua long mekim gut long laip na mekim wok ministri stret. Planti manmeri bin traim long mekim wok bilong God long gutpela bel na i no save go longwe long wanem, ol i no luksave olsem em “Yu no inap mekim wok long strong bilong ami o long strong bilong yu yet. Nogat. Strong bilong spirit bilong mi bai i stap wantaim yu, na long dispela strong tasol bai yu mekim wok” [Sekaraia 4:6] Dispela gutpela buk, “Yu mas kisim Mak/anointing” bilong Bisop Dag Heward-Mills bai skulim yu long hau long yu mas kisim mak bilong God! Larim laikim bilong mak bilong God kirap long bel bilong yu insait long dispela buk!

Yumi olgeta lukluk long gutpela laip we bai “NOGAT BAGARAP!” Dispela em olsem long laip, yumi save bungim planti ol hevi, nogat hamamas, kros, pait na i go… Na kes em luk olsem em inapim ol dispela nogut ekspiriens yumi bingim long en. Yumi inap long abrusim? I gat wanpela rot stap long go aut long dispela? Dispela buk bai helpim yu long save gut long ol kes na save long hau long sanapim yu yet long hap bilong kisim blesing.

Laip em hat long olgeta lain. Planti taim, long daunim wanem samting em mekim yu hevi em wantaim save. Save em hait samting bilong God we i bai helpim yu long kirap long ol hevi bilong yu na kamap long wanpela kain sindaun. God em makim yu long kisim glori. Hait samting bilong God em save bilong God long haitpela wei we i makim yu long glory bilong yu na naispela bilong yu. Kamapim tok hait bilong dispela buk bringim yu win long olgeta de! Dispela buk bai givim yu save long win!

Lainim dispela pawa bilong pulim kam we i mekim ivengelis wok gut na karim kaikai maski ems tap long ai bilong birua, giaman tingting, nogut tingting na i go… Dispela buk bilong Dag heward-Mills ken mekim yu kamap man bilong winim ol planti go long sait bilong God na i no olsem yu bin stap long en bipo.

Nora Vagi Brash was born in Dagoda village, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. She wrote her first play, The High Cost of Living Differently, in 1975 while working as artistic direct and actor for the National Theatre Company of Papua New Guinea. Which Way, Big Man? followed later that year. In 1985 she was awarded the independence medal for her play Taurama. The plays in this collection make use of Papua New Guinea's three national languages, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin and English, and reflect the changes affecting life in a diverse society.