Martyn & I delivering more cement to 

Epule to complete the septic tank

The Avocado's are large here

Teachers are in the new Duplex's at Epule and

are now cleaning their yards and planting food

This ford seems to be a good place to wash your vehicle

This 6000 ltr water tank was donated by 

Rotary Blenheim

its now on a concrete base

We repaired this toilet cistern for one of the 

office staff at PCV

she was soooo happy !!!

I was shown what the locals do to their young 

Banana trees to protect them in cyclone cook

they cut off the leaves

This is the latest image 

of TC Cook

near New Caledonia

Their seems to be a lot happening 

in the South Pacific

I hope the red arrow is indicating it's a Cat 3

and not the new direction of TC Cook

it time to remove some of the water 

that has found its way in

This is the 3rd bucket of water removed today

from the bed rooms

Gloria is cooking a Pizza for the people upstairs and

us for lunch.

All wet outside but a nice lunch is on 

its way yummmy 

as the storm hit I went out and put some 

black plastic over the windows

to add protection from the driving rain

These warnings come to your cell phone every hour

This is the tracking map to follow the progress

The humidity is 99%

A wet wet and wet feeling

The latest tracking map 

it seems not to be moving 

just sitting their !!!

Here is an Image of Cyclone Cook

We have just received a red alert warning

winds are at 75km hr and a time of 6- 12 hour duration

for cook to pass

we are getting water inside around the windows

of Sutherland house

we are fine just need to wait out the cyclone 

This is the image on Friday of a Low 

coming past Vanuatu

This is the Image of the Low starting to hit 

Vanuatu

There is a bit of wind & rain around today

we hope it will continue its move south 

and not form a cyclone

A new Image about 3pm on Saturday

Here is a diagram update

so 0500am tomorrow 9/4/17 we should 

see this low head away

the diagram shows a change for L to a 1 at 0500am

maybe a cyclone cat 1 not sure!!

 New Caledonia may get hit 

Todays challenge was Gloria taking the morning lessons English and Maths 

for 35 students.

First it was sort out the footwear so we could get in the door.

Then  the lesson and off to your tables to do your work.

 MATHS lesson, these students finished their maths in record time, then decided to use the play dough to create some face masks. They were Happy to see my reaction, as I was busy marking workbooks, so she wondered over to me, I smiled, and out came my camera.

Then it was off to  the Korvan centre for the afternoon Seaside class, Annette Vincent our PVC partner joined me  in helping the students to read, learn words, and do some puzzles, and she finished the session  with a lovely story.  

The next project for Onesua college

putting up ceilings

We will be replacing and fixing the ceilings in 3 classrooms

The Science Lab is getting new ceilings

We looked at these tables and 

have decided to do something 

similar 

We got our first cable drum table 

for the container shop 

Today on arrival to school, and feeling very surprised, that the teacher had a training course on in a different location,  so I was left in charge of the mornings English and Math lessons,  and marking 36 students work.  PHEWWW

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 Then this afternoon, to the Korvan centre to take the students after School,  for Special Reading classes. 3 of my students below, are  from Seaside, it was so good to see them and help them again.

another two students with grandmother, arrived at 3.30 for their class 

Malasi tapu students are happy to see me this morning at 7.15 am 

Neville in a cookhouse at Onesua College on todays visit to the Duplex house 

Today Gloria did some training with Joanna in Dental procedures, Instrument identification, Cross infection,  and Oral Hygiene. She is a 3rd year student at VCNE

Vanuatu College of Nursing Education, and  is enjoying her placement at VCH Dental.

Dr Jeni will be going on Maternity leave soon, so today she took Gloria to  the Anti Natal checkup

weight, blood pressure and they  listened to the babys heartbeat. Baby  is due in a few weeks . 

Gloria  also got to observe  denture making,  some lucky people will soon be wearing these teeth soon

  also our technician likes to make up gold inserts, teardrops, stars, etc , this is a gold heart on a partial denture  tooth.