Here we have the Paama Island team of 18, led by

 Geoff Skilton , returning to Port Vila.

They have been helping with maintenance, and painting 

with the local school and a medical clinic.

Off the plane and straight  into Gills cafe in Vila,

and it was hamburgers chips and Icecream.

on the menu

Here is Gloria, she  popped in after work, catching up on their 

stories and  adventures. then she's heading home on the quad.

                                           The team are then  going to see the Fire Show tonight,
                                                        and they head back to NZ  tomorow Saturday.

Mission Visit 

PCANZ Rev Phil King and his wife Keryn have been in Vanuatu,

 connecting with mission partners, and visiting two Islands.

Keryn is a teacher,  and spent some time with Gloria looking at her class,  her

 resources, and sharing some tips and ideas, 

and encouraging her in her work at Seaside. 

Keryn got to spend some time, helping with the Students. 

They loved meeting her and playing games.

Here we have Yowell's grandchildren 

playing in their tree hut.

looks like we are underway with the

installation of 2 extra water metres at Jensen house 

Some tenants at Jensen house blocked the pipe

with a piece of clothing, and the water hasn't been able to 

run away for quite some time. 

The repair job for the blockage

was to replace the pipes.

Thanks to Yowell & Noel

Its another 4.30 am start today to get 19 people to the 

International departure flight to Auckland

Goodbye guys  and Tank u tumas.

its not fog but small fires in Port Vila 

The first meeting to discuss and plan for the use of  Dental room at  

Teouma Family Care Centre run by Marine Reach.

This is very exciting for the communities out there. 

This is the wee clinic that has been set up by Dr Marion, for the opening of the complex last week.

It was all smiles at VCH Dental as Gloria went up and helped  out with some surgery work.

It was great to catch up with some friends and enjoy a local lunch 

in the hospital grounds

There are three eating stalls with a selection of food,  and a great price 

at VCH 

It was nice to have some local  lap lap 

Thanks to our Blenheim Church  team for sending over these great quality school shorts.

Today they were received with thanks by the Principle at Vila Eat School.

TANK U TUMAS  

Striped shirts bought in by the St Kentigern team from NZ 

were handed over to a Catering business today so the team

will  now look very neat at there next function .

Today we went to Judy's house to

look at a roof leak problem she has.

Judy was an Instructor on the Village Health Course at Korvan.

This is the Aid Post which is attached to Judy's house 

"No Nurses striking here"

cost of consultation 

This is Judy's roof, she is going to need two new sheets 

of iron, to repair the damage, caused by a falling branch 

which bent the iron sheets, which now allows water to leak inside. 

Judy has holes in other sheets of iron ,which

also allows water to come inside.  

This is Judy's yard

These men are building the base for a water tank.

Here is the tank donated by Australian Aid

for this village at Etas

The tank building team needed some rubble,

to fill the tank base in before cementing. 

They asked me if I could take a load of rubble back to 

the village 2 km away

Lending a hand to make a difference

All in a days work

Alice from the container kitchen has got a 

new 2 ring gas cooker , and her smile says it all

COMMUNITY BLESSING.

Yowell (Our handy man)

has a neighbour who has installed

a new water line to his house, 

The  people can now buy water at 

50 vatu (NZ0.70) for  a 20 liter container

No more walking to collect water. 

Leinagus has painted her shower at Twin Cains

and it looks great ...PCV here is your painter for your Rental properties 

trained by us over the past two years .Now Qualified A+++

Amazing where little critters come from.

                                                       This wee one took a ride with us
                                           from Seaside School to the Airport this afternoon.

Holding on for dear life at 30 kmh

Here are the goal posts at Etas school 

which St Kentigern School brought to this school.

The children have now made a new field.

This is the Landing Pad for this helicopter

on the waterfront in Vila.

Its another Saturday morning English & Maths

 class for Gloria

I did some shipping on Friday 

this box of hymn books had to go to Malakula Island

Its Barbecue Friday at  the Police station 

these ladies are cooking chicken wings & sausages 

This wooden structure is used to place your rubbish on

it stops the dogs ripping your bags to pieces in search for food

These are water tanks that are donated by the Chinese Govt

These ladies put on a custom dance for

The St Kentigern's team at the end of their project.

The Big Bay team have returned from Santo

They have put on the church roof at Jerivu village.

This will gives the community somewhere to go in a cyclone.

This team is from Hawera NZ

It's an early morning start for the Big Bay team 

as they head back to NZ

They are all checked in and are having banana's for breakfast.

I'm still trying to get the Paama Island materials to 

the Liro Clinic, Im hoping the boat will leave on Thursday morning.

The team from Dunedin are still waiting on Paama Island.

This boat looks like it has been cut in half.

The Cafe Container staff are making good use

of the big black boards which was painted by the St Kent's team.

It was great to have a BBQ with the Village Health workers course

on Monday night