A month in paradise

Well we've past the one month mark! Strange thing is the bank STILL hasnt been able to give us access to any money yet, most days consistof a least 1 visit to the bank and invariably they tell us, " come back tomorrow" , we gather thats the answer to most hard tasks..... island life, no hurry man, plenty coconuts and bananas!!! 

Positives.........most days we are given something by some one in the field or cong. I have learnt to carry a bag with me. Avacado, pomplemous,  all of which are 3 times the size of aussie equivalent. One beautiful sister gave me a bag of huge red passion fruit,  her last for the season ( yep, and triple our size) & a chook, or fowl , as they call them. So here we are carrying 1 said fowl, and 1 bag of fruit as we go out in the ministry, walking of course. That day I'm guessing we walked8- 10 km. Wish I had brought a foot spa with me, but a dish of water does the trick. On Saturday afternoon, as we meandered back from a study on the other side of town, a car whizzed by and a head appeared out the window calling my name, one of the sisters had seen us. It brought a smile to our faces instantly. It's the small things in life that makes you feel special sometimes.  Yesterday a taxi cruised past, checked us out then came to a halt, I told him we were fine walking, he explained that Royce had spoke to him a few days earlier and had recognized us andstopped to see if he could get some new magazines please as he loves reading them!! Little things that make your day!!!!! Change the ordinary into to extrodinary.  Mind you, being here, doing this, NOTHING is ordinary. We are so privileged.

And you thought you had Rurals?

 

Back to the food donations!!!! One young sister tells me she has some bananas for us, 2 huge hands of bananas ( we're talking 30 plus) so home we trott with bananas hanging from us, up the huge hill we climb in 30 degree heat to get home, occasionally feeling a creeping feeling on my neck........ earwigs....... crawl up the bag and across my neck, eventually realizing the bananas were the host. I quickly hand ball the bag to Royce, telling him his 6 week post op is up!!!!! No, he offered to lug them home, cutting off circulation in his fingers along the way.

We have added a shelf to our bedroom, Royce reminded me that as soon as we finish renovations,  we move, so he is concerned our time in this room is comming to an end! We now have 2 shelves and a desk on which to place our belongings, me may need to simplify. Lol

Well its all systems go here for the memorial, clean up day is Friday ( why wait till the last minute, tomorrow.......) 6.00AM★★★★★ start. When I asked if we should bring some thing, the reply, your bush knife, MACHETTE!!!!!! At least we won't wake the neighborhood with lawn mowers and blowers! Our haus Kingdom is in the same street as the Mormon chuch, and that is immaculate.  We will let you know attendance here, all are keen and ready to go. By the way, not one easter egg, seen in shops here! 

Food relief  for the smaller Islands affected by cyclone, has been organised by New Caledonia and will be distributed this week. 

The C.O. Jon Luke & wife Virgini, flew out to island of Banks today, they had been affected by the cyclone,he will visit and have the memorial with them. He only just cme back from Port Vila, as they had gone too the zone talk in New Cal when cyclone struck. 

Well I think I could sart my only news joural! May not be interesting though! No TV or radio, so who knows what happens in the world outside Vanuatu!!!! The only news we hear of is the cyclone!!! 

Till next report, stay safe, thanks for reading, thanks for the comments, ale tata. ♥♡