‘In Samé’. For days now whenever we have made an admiring remark about the country we have been told to wait until we are in Samé. Timor Leste would have been far from the minds of The Hollies when they sang: ‘The road is long with many a winding turn’ but a better description of …
We back-track along the road, which in places actually follows the apex of the range. We can literally look down the mountain from either side of the car. Huts seems to follow this jagged line, clinging precariously to the peaks. As it turns out the second church we are visiting is on the intersection where …
The car is stopped. Robert Benn is listening to stories and Rob Duncanson will be taking photos and listening as well. I have decided to sit and type, since the motor still runs and the air-conditioning operates. A government funded road improvement scheme has halted our journey to Aileu Province. Flexibility. I began the day …
The Dili congregation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Timor Leste is one year old. It meets to worship in the second largest lecture room of the University. Even as we gather at 9.00am, it is hot and humid. Though the room is on the second floor there is not a breath of a breeze, …
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