28/09/2026
NEED YOUR PRAYERS FOR GOD'S INTERVENTION
HORRIBLE INCIDENT AT KAIPALE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH -SURINKI, LAIGAM DISTRICT, ENGA PROVINCE
A tribal fight that broke out near Surunki in Laigam District has resulted in the burning of the church pastor's house, with personal properties, evangelism equipment, and other valuable items worth thousands of Kina destroyed.
The conflict erupted between Paip, Panap, and Wapam clans against the Warin clan. Due to the escalating ethnic confrontation, the pastor of Kaipale Organized Church, Minister Noah Yapao, was forced to flee with his family to Laigam Station at the District Headquarters, leaving all his belongings behind.
As the fighting intensified, warriors set fire to the pastor's house and kitchen, burning everything to ashes. They also attempted to burn the church building, but faithful church members bravely intervened and extinguished the flames, saving the church.
Minister Yapao lamented, “All my household items, including my evangelistic equipment, were burned by the warriors and opportunists.”
Satan is more aggressive now than ever like a roaring lion and a venomous viper. Let us uphold Minister Noah Yapao and his family in prayer as they have lost everything, and let us pray for our church members in Kaipale, that God's grace and peace will prevail over violence.
Pr Paul Bopalo- Enga AS