Its all go at Macses School, Etas Grace School and the PCV containers this week.

with the team  of 44 from the Saint Kentigern School in Auckland.

Great progress is been made and many blessings to the communities. 

After school today was Bra Day. 1000. All the mumma's in the area were told,

 and arrived to meet the ladies from the

 Saint Kentigerns group to be fitted with new bras.  

There were plenty to choose from, and a great selection of  Sizes  and styles and colours.

All the children were called to class at 2pm and received  a  family bag of clothing, 

A shirt for Dad, clothing for Mum and the  pikininis.

The team have done a great job of sorting all this. 

The school kids got new shirts, shoes and sun hats 

The biggest smiles were seen today

Happy kids on there way home after a GUD FELA DAY .

Sports equipment was donated here they are pumping up the balls.

A donation of material  came with the team, and will go to 

Mumma's laef  sewing factory in Pango. 

and a sewing machine,

 This team have done a fantastic job of getting donations of goods

 and filling a 20 ft container to 

help these communities.

The playground equipment has been assembled at both schools

Post and frame for the swing set

Down here at the PCV cafe we caught these students filling and level rolling the potholes.

Great Initiative

These men are preparing the area to erect tables and seating, at the Cafe containers 

Sunday 

Our day started with a March with the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu (PCV)

as it celebrates its 70th anniversary as an independent church.

It has been 170 years since the first church was built in Vanuatu, on the island of Aneityum.

                                          The scouts were the first lead for the parade.

MISSION TEAMS 

Two Teams  have arrived in Port Vila on Saturday.

We welcomed this team in from Tauranga led by Jaco Reyneke

Today they departed for Tanna to carry out their mission work.

Second team are from Saint Kentigern School in Auckland  led by Rueben Hardie

Group of 44...... Students and Parents 

       It was time to unpack and sort the 20 ft container at Macses School in Teouma Vanuatu 

 and transfer some equipment and materials to Etas Grace school.

This afternoon was a great team effort to prepare for the start on their mission work tomorrow,

to build playgrounds at Etas Grace and  Macse's schools and

also paint the cafe containers at PCV. 

Unpacking and sorting 

These strong lads move the poles for the swings.

 Some of the students decided to clean up the school grounds and pick up rubbish  ''Thanks ''

Two trucks and the Ranger were loaded, and the gear was moved 

to the other school location 8 km away.

Girls can do anything ....Truck one

 Anna from Teouma Medical Centre and Gloria 

transport the equipment to the location.

                                   It is a very rough road,  the trucks went in in 4 wheel drive
                                            while the team, arriving on buses had to walk in.

The roof is on at the new Macses school

this is the second block of 3 classrooms 

built by Mr Kim from Auckland

This block of classrooms will be

completed by September 2018 

Beyond the truck is the first block of classrooms for

Macses school built and opened last year 2017

Gloria is having a drink of green coconut 

a refreshing drink when it is hot

we are at a fund raising activity for the Etas community

The ladies are selling second hand clothing

at the Etas fundraising 

 The cooks are busy in the kitchen

preparing food to sell at Etas community fundraiser

These men are looking for hoo hoo bugs

in the logs of wood to roast and eat. 

We have found two bugs in this piece of wood

I remember my Grandfather eating many of these bugs

but these aren't for me!!

 too fatting, I'm on a diet

They got this lot of bugs today

We went looking today for culture shows progams in the area

for teams that are arriving soon

We found a few different shows in 

Port Vila 

Today's blog is a bit about vehicles which travel around 

Port Vila, This is a shopping basket !!

parking on the foot path is Ok

These quads are common around the streets of Vila

For bigger groups coming here, these buses 

will take you to your hotels

but can be a wee bit expensive 

The meeting of the "Rangers"

I'm delivering a hospital bed to the ship

"Kiwi Trader" 

this bed is bound for Paama Island next week

Here is the office of Seasonal Solution in Port Vila

they recruit for RSE workers to go to NZ

we were Pastoral Care for them a few years back

in Blenheim

These students came on Saturday morning to do study

they read all the books on the table then were given time 

on the ipads

Gloria has encouraged them to read.

now they enjoy reading