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Thursday, 10 September 2015


Here is one of the mumas helping with the mesh wire flooring 
on the duplex house at Onesua College

This is a community project all money on this building 
will go to the community


This is the coral for the block filling 
for the duplex houses at the college
paid yesterday, arrived today
WHOOOO!!!


This is the last floor of the 2 staff houses at Epule
next week the block work


Here is the other floor at Epule.



The 1st floor at the 3 Duplex site at Onesua College 
mixed by hand still


2 sheets of Plywood is the way to mix the cement



The 3rd Duplex at the school just being prepared
for cement work soon


The Dormitory site floor completed


David & Andrea from our home town Blenheim 
 at Paonangisu School North Efate  
they are with the organisation called "Volunteer Vanuatu" 
 helping to make a different




Was an old tank now a store room!!


Always paint on the shady side 


We had a wee look at the duplex sites 
together



Gloria with her dental chairs ready to go
out on outreach next week


The rest of the pack up happened today



Wednesday, 9 September 2015


Not to many photos today,
we have a meeting on Wednesday's (sometimes goes 4 hours)
 so tomorrow I will get to go to Onesua to see progress on MMM 
project houses 

Here is Melten he one of the main men
on the Projects and a great guy and keeps us 
up to date 
Thanks Melten ***


Monday, 7 September 2015

The Dormitory site starting to 
get its floor


I had to buy another wheelbarrow to
speed up work


At Epule the men a are filling in the floor
before pouring the slab



Great to have the roof over head its nice and cool 
in the shade about 25 degs and a sea breeze


Sunday, 6 September 2015

A Chaplain in need
Pastor Martin Manses from Tekara Village North Efate
His house was destroyed in Cyclone PAM
He has been given housing at Onesua College until November
then he has to return to his house which is as you see it
He is wanting to rebuild again but doesn't have the income 
to rebuild we are seeking any assistance 


No time to save anything before PAM came


Now 6 months has passed and the weather & time has 
taken its toll


This is his house 



Saturday at Tekara Village



 The Dormitory is already to pour the floor


Gloria with Willy visiting from Ambrym


The two ton of cement arrived in time to pour the floor


also the cement arrived at Epule
but the prep work needs to be done on Monday/Tuesday 


Gloria ,Willy & Patterson(Willy Son)


One of Ship wrecks still littering the Port Vila shores
from cyclone PAM


Friday, 4 September 2015

Here is a sign for you to work out 
"its in Bislama" 

In a few days I will tell you what it says



The Australian Mobil Mission Maintenance team tent's
being handed to the scout leader of
the Patron Memorial Church scout group
Mr Morris Rakau

Thanks MMM



Thursday, 3 September 2015


Not the safest place to be !!!
but cooling when its 33 degs
"not an unusual site to see"



The Banana tree bring transported thru town


Love the sign in green on front door window



just when we were getting comfortable 
 we are hit with 33 Degs days
 





The PWMU training house is finished for now
A coat of paint is coming soon


The new Kitchen installed 



A few touch up by the ladies later
and it will look great


The back door with a seal coat of paint 




Wednesday, 2 September 2015


Steve from MMM your 2 bicycles tubes were delivered !!!


One of the builders with me getting materials for
the PWMU house


Gloria spent this week helping with reading at Seaside School
  


Today they were able to read her a story 
very exciting !!!




Two New Zealander's help with reading today







Tuesday, 1 September 2015


Putting the pipes in the correct position before
the men start putting the floor in


Out with old kitchen, AND


In with the new




3 Utas Village men from South East Ambrym Island 
all from different decades
Neville / Martin / Jack 


Don't buy cheap Chinese tools


I'm going to pack my togs for the next time I'm at Onesua
and I have a lunch break 
I will soak in the hot pools at the Beachcomber
"Now Open"



This schools has a new roof, you may have seen it 
a few months back on the blog only Tarps on the roof