A visit to Picton today

A wonderful proud day for Us at RNZAF Base Woodbourne

as our Daughter Anna Graduates as an 

Aircraft women to start a career in the 

Royal NZ Airforce

General Salute Present Arms for the 

Reviewing Officer

A march past 

A fly pass of the RNZAF aircraft

Ollie & Anna having a photo 

with Ollie's family

The team from Leith Valley Dunedin are here in Port Vila 

and they have started their project at Jensen House

(I have notice a bit of sweating going on with the team from Dunedin)

A new bench going in 

The old toilet out and a new toilet one to go in 

We went to Black Sands today to look at a church building

which was funded from NZ  

The children got in on a photo opportunity at the village new water 

system that has been donated by Australian Aid.

This is the only tap in the village that has running water

it's locked to ensure that the village wont get a large water bill. 

Public Notice on a Public Tree

The next team have arrived in Port Vila

to a lovely warm day

for work on Jensen house project

Welcoming the new team at the airport

I think this vehicle may have lost its "jack"

Dental Outreach to South Malakula Lamap is complete.

Organised by The Butterfly Trust - Gloria PCV

A team of 4 Dentists, 1 local Nivan Nurse, and myself were on the Team

The Team was staggered over  Two weeks with Dentists staying 4 to 7 days. Gloria had travelled up in May to get the clinic ready for the upcoming Outreach. Gloria stayed 17 Days.

Lamap has an Ambulance, so here we are off to the first village for screening teeth.

                                           

   

Gear is unloaded and carried to the sight

                     
               The set up done by Gloria, and we are now ready for the Tooth checks to begin

                                                                 Another screening site

      Gloria spent most of her time living at the Hospital sharing a house
with Nurse Elian a local Nivan.

Breakfast buddies at Nurse Elian's cookhouse 

Susan beside me is a Peace Corp Volunteer based at Lamap for Two years.

I cheated towards the end of the outreach with this wee Gas cooker 

 for warm showers 

After Dinner sing along 

A Dentist from Villa Central Hospital and Novo Dentist were part of the team for week Two
Everyone  enjoyed the Outreach, every thing ran smoothly,  and a lot of patients were seen and            treated, receiving Fillings and Extractions, scaling of teeth,  and fissure Sealants, who were

then seen at the Dental Clinic set up at Lamap.

Dental Instruments were sterilised using  pressure cookers  donated by Marlene from the Renwick church in Blenheim '' Many Thanks '' They worked well, and then cooked 

on a wee camp cooker purchased from TheWarehouse NZ.

                                                       A GREAT TEAM EFFORT

 On our Day off we got to go to a Village, to meet and spend time with local people, 

sharing stories and food together

I had a really awesome time, worked hard, and together we all had one successful Outreach, helping the Communities better their Oral Health, treating alot of tooth pain, and saving many Teeth, on the School children, by finding early decay and filling teeth.

 I will be back again in October for Mission Two, with a NZ team to South Malakula Outer Islands. 

Patterson is fast at work painting the

roof of the container

The Hibiscus Coast team

arriving in September to put a new roof on these containers

We will be also putting a new roof on his wash area

at Jensen House next week

Gloria is due back to Port Vila tomorrow Thursday 10 Aug 

Below is a photo of an accident 

and things like this

 just happen !!!

But being close to Vila hospital 

if someone was injured, not too far to crawl.

Garth & Aleisha are heading back to Australia

they spent about 1 and half years

on the remote island of Pamma

teaching and helping with disabilities.

A mission team from Castle Hill Australia are here 

painting the inside of Seaside Paama church

The PCV van in getting repaired 

so it can pass the vehicle Inspection,

Here is another Project for us

to paint this memorial stone 

Paul and his team from Hibiscus Coast Auckland 

are arriving in September to put roofing

onto two containers, these are his material 

starting to arrive. 

Here is Gloria up at the village of Lamap (Malakula Island )

with the Dentist from Port Vila

Their are 3 dentist up on outreach

A picture taken down at the beach

I have had a number of messages come thru

but they left no names, so I cant respond to your questions

 (please leave a name some where on the message Thanks)

A good way to get around the Island  

BUT make sure no parades are on the route

this one is just about to start 

we missed it here !!!

But later we got caught up and 

had a 30minute traffic jam

not as bad a everyday in Auckland though!!

Cricket is a popular sport with the youth in Port Vila

I have all the materials ready for fixing Jensen House

This months project