Neville & Gloria Jones on Mission in Vanuatu

The working hours of a Mission worker

If your asked! what does a plumber or mechanic do you would be able to give a brief description so I thought I would let you know what I do as a mission worker so if your asked you can give a brief description,

6.00am wake (to hot to say in bed) turn on the computer to catch up with overnight email and log                               onto the breeze wellington radio on the laptop

                        Answer any emails for around the world

6.30 – 700am  shower / breakfast  (I like toast & bananas)

7.30am -8.00am   head down to the Presbyterian Church office and catch up with

                              other for a sharing time followed by a 2-hour meeting on Mon/fri

                              on the disaster issues

8.30am                   Monitor containers arriving clearance thru NDMO and customs               

                               Agriculture and hand the containers over to the distribution team

                                Update Blog Page

                               Computer emails and keeping everyone informed of there

                               requirements for container movements  & arrivals shipping

                                   

                              Monitor mission teams coming and going checking on their Materials being

                              On site prior to them coming.

                              Following up on building projects

                              Answering questions via email for people wanting to come help

                              (How ,when & where.) so they can come and experience and help

                              Sometimes people have been referred to me to check out

                              The state of the accommodation after cyclone as no contact with

                              Hotels receptions has been able to reached

                             Mission Organizations like United World / PCANZ/ Koreans church

                             Wanting a answer to questions on different projects and my view

                             So that they can make decision.

                             Being available to travel to outer island to get answers and overviews

Lunch time          11.30 – 1.30 two hours  (great we all should adopt this)

Afternoon            continue planning and preparing information and help

                             Keeping people informed here (as NZ errs) we a very informed on what

                             is happening, But here it can get (island Time) no worries it will

                             Happen when it happens.

Finish work 4.30

                              Come home do the washing ironing & cooking followed by vacuuming

                              Clean toilet /shower and dust before Gloria gets home

After 6pm             check more emails & Blog Page

8pm                        Log onto TV3 News (delayed) and try to get full coverage without

                               Picture freezing

9pm-10pm sleeps after cleaning teeth (married a Dental Nurse)

Any jobs or shopping needed to be done just stop and go and do it like

haircuts we don’t have to wait till after work, as it seems we are full time here

 so if we need to do things when they pop up , instead of scheduling

Them into after work or weekends as it may not be there or closed so

It makes sense to do it when it needs to get done.

We also meet a number of people at airports & hotels who are coming going and need to pass on items on prior to departing a kind of drop box. We have a guitar to hand over on Friday.

also host friends & Family time to time