The Vanuatu Military force preparing

for Sunday's Independence day celebrations

This is the old Toll Bar

the phone is in a lockable wooden box

One of the Wairau Valley men, we use to look after him 

in Blenheim now he's the Onesua Bus driver 

Some Plywood arriving to make 

some shutters before the next 

cyclone season

I found out that banana's 

do grow on baby trees

this tree is about 3 foot high

 A cruise boat is in also,

the hospital ship Pacific Hope from NZ

(a white boat in the middle of the photo)

New road rules

which is quite simple 

This is Lamap Dental surgery

Some photo's from Lamap Village

Gloria & the Dentist ready to fly to Lamap, Malakula 

from Port Vila

The short 40 min flight

is over

Set up the accommodation and

its all go.

Gloria's after school class is growing,  this is the first lot of students, as you can see 

TWO to a chair. These students are really progressing well in their reading, and offer help to the younger students attending

This proud chap read this story to Gloria today with a big grin.

The boys love to play games and play with the Army toys  as a Reward

We are having trouble with road repairs gangs

cutting the internet cable

The internet provider is Wantok

not so HOT Price 

This interruption was due to damage done to 

one of our fibre cables at the Tebakor area which 

was caused by the road project.

We have a mission team here from Dunedin

they have been out on one the Outer Islands

and have returned to Port Vila so, we gave them 

a round the island tour today

A beautiful spot to cool off but 

it is winter here but at 29 degs 

a nice place for a swim

All the team enjoyed the fresh cool water

Every boy racer should have one of these

Cheap on gas , cool running

in NZ they wouldn't be on the road too long with 

the cold wet weather 

you wont need to clean it so often as I do 

with the Ford Ranger

This little guy loves the green Monkey

They were a lot better than me at this game

Andrew Scott's team have returned to VILA  today after their mission trip to South West Bay Melakula 

They had an amazing exciting wonderful  time up there and didn't want to return to Vila today. 

Don and Shirley Anton and us visited this team in Dunedin last year to share about  our time and experiences in Vanuatu and encourage them in their planning for their trip 

Happy to say they,  SO Loved it,  and it has enriched their lives 

As a welcome back treat PCANZ partners Annette and Gloria spoilt  them with some home baking  Cookies  which they gobbled down pretty quick . 

Off to town now for Burgers chips and Pizza  they don't want to see  or eat  any 

RICE at the moment .

You can see it does get cold here 

It dropped to 19.2 deg one night Brrrrrr

Jonny & I had to go to the ferry to drop off

some bibles to go to the Island of Paama

everybody was there!!! its a weekly sailing  

to the outer islands

its the hustle & bustle of morning life

And everything was their ,including small calf's

coming and going

Not too much to eat for this little fello!!

Traffic jams are part of the journey.

I have become very patience 

over the last few years 

I had a quick trip around the Island on Wednesday 

with some V.I.P's from the Solomon Islands

Stoping at Siviri Village for a meeting

I was able to mix and mingle with the village people

These children were hungry so their mums

gave them some dry rice to eat

while they prepared dinner

This is where the men bend up the reo bar for their reinforcement 

for their buildings

This is the Bull beam which get covered in cement

and forms the top ring around the top layer

of blocks 

We were shown a cave at the village before 

heading back to Port Vila

Here are the two V.I.P. 

who I took around to Siviri Village

they are inside the cave

'TUESDAY'

It was a special day at Malasi tabu Primary School as we celebrated the schools 1st Anniversary

of the School opening  one year ago.

                                 Principle Mrs Pakoa and Head Kindy teacher Miss Serey Abel

                                           Mrs Pakoa and Miss  Gloria are teachers in Class 1
                                  Gloria is  working on the reading programme for the school
                                                 as they are learning English in the 1st Year

                                         
                             The cake which was beautifully decorated,  an enjoyed by everyone

         Cutting the cake ceremony,  by a Student from Class 1, and a Student from Kindy

                 The Principle Mrs Pakoa in Orange,  and her teachers at Malasi tabu Primary School