Happy 4th of July!

We had a fabulous 4th of July party on Saturday night. It was fun because there were people from five different countries there, so we ended up singing everybody's national anthems! We even had a couple of our British friends there to help us celebrate.

Fireworks are not readily available in PNG, but we have found a very fun substitute in "flaming steel wool" . . . you know, that stuff you use to scrub really nasty pots that have lots of stuff burned on to the bottom. If you get a little piece of steel wool, tie it to a string, light it on fire and then swing it around in a huge circle it gives a pretty specatcular show, as you can see for yourself in the photo. You just have to make sure that you swing it in the right direction so you don't shower flaming bits of steel wool onto your audience. Hmmm, now I feel like I should give a disclaimer: do not try this outside of PNG!