What was to be the Official Opening of the Hela Provincial Camp on Monday 6th September 2021, became the opening and beginning of the peace process that took place between two tribal leaders that over many years had been involved in tribal fights in the area.

The Piwa-Tebi LLG area had been declared a tribal fighting zone and had been a no-go zone for many years.  Previously was home to local communities and a local church - all had been removed since the tribal fighting took place in the area back in 2015.

When a venue was to be decided upon to stage the Hela Provincial Camp for the Western Highlands Mission, Piwa-Tebi ended up being the chosen site location.   The tribe leader who had left the province and area since the tribal fights, had moved to Port Moresby heard of the church Provincial Camp taking place at his area, and decided to travel back to be part of the event, not knowing that his presence there together with the opposing tribe leader, who is also counsillor of the area, was also present and ended up in an embrace to show the first steps of reconciliation.

During the 1 week camp, gifts of 7 cows came as part of appreciation of the peace process that was taking place and appreciation for the Seventh-day Adventist Church deciding to host the camp at the area.

Councillor Steven, urged the church to continue to pray for the area, for his people and for him to one day join the church.  He offered his land to the church for the establishment of church facilities and called for the local church that was removed to be re-established.

Towards the end of the provincial camp, the Hela provincial church members cleared the land in preparation for the re-building of the church.

Please continue to pray for Piwa-Tebi LLG and the people of Hela Province.

The Jiwaka Provincial Camp took place on the 9th to the 14th August with Guest Speaker Pr Luke Nathan, President of the Western Highlands Mission.  Jiwaka Vision 2020 and Beyond 5 Year Plan was launched which includes: 100,000 souls being baptised, 1,000 organised churches and 10 Health Centres.  Pr Luke Nathan commended the Jiwaka Vision 2020 Leaders with their area supervisor on an outstanding vision board and expressed that the WHM Office will work closely with them in monitoring and evaluating their process through out the 5 years.

"This is the vision of the Jiwaka team - some may happen, some may not, but that is what they want to achieve", Pr Luke Nathan stated during the unveiling of the Jiwaka Vision Board.  The Jiwaka Vision Team consists of 20 teams, each to participate accordingly to achieve the vision targets set.

The first of the Western Highlands Mission Provincial Camps took place for Western Highlands Province. The Provincial Camp Meeting took place at Kerebuk just outside of Mt. Hagen City.  The Guest Speaker was Pr Malachi Yani, Papua New Guinea Union Mission President who shared insights to the 5-year plan of the PNGUM and encouraged church leaders and members to be a part of the "I WILL GO" Theme.

The highlight of the Provincial Camp included the Official Opening of the Western Highlands Provincial Headquarter Office and 34 baptismal candidates on the closing sabbath.  

Over 500 church members in their respective ministries marched from Mt. Hagen City to Kerebuk as part of the Official Opening Program of the Western Highlands Provincial Office.