60 year celebration

On the 19th of May 2010 Londua is having a 60th anniversary celebration and all past students and staff are invited to be part of this celebration. For further details please call Londua on 38482 or the Church of Christ office on 37942.

Londua 60 year Anniversary

We had a Londua council meeting in Santo on Saturday. Most reps were there and it was an 8 till 6-30 sesion. There was excitment in the discussion about the Annual Conference being held at Londua this year from the 16th till the 22nd of May and the Londua 60 year celebration day being held on Wednesday the 19th. Every one who has had an involvment with Londua have been invited to come and bring a gift for Londua. For anybody overseas thinking of going to this very auspicious occasion you will need to get organised for flights and accomodation. There are potentially 4 work teams heading to Londua this year and some space for a few people if you want to come along. Londua is in need of corrugated iron for some rooves if anyone has some laying around.

Rain, Rain, Rain!!

Rain, rain,rain!!! After some delays for a cyclone we made it to Londua and it was very good to see 133 students on campus. The singing from the students is awesome and Chaplain Valarie asked Joanne, who accompanied us to Londua this trip to take most of the devotions with the students and also the CWF meeting down the road. Because of the rain some of the students had malaria but otherwise the general health at Londua was fine. Praise God that there are 3 paid Government teachers at Londua this year. This helps with the running of the college and the new staff are well qualified. There was a need for some new bread tins and a project was created for the Mechanics students. After a theory class and a bit of demonstrating you can see the new bread tins being out to good use. Orders have come in from the community and we are waiting for new flat iron. The oven is being put to good use as you can see. The First Aid kit was restocked and the medical incidents are being kept up to date. The ground water tank near the chapel was full to the top with clean water and also the tank at the Gap house. The Construction workshop and class room rooves leak in the rain so this is a priority to get replaced to free up some class rooms. 133 students, 58 vocational and 75 academic year 9 and 10.

Start of a new year

There have been 175 student applications to attend Londua this year with a few stragglers applying late. Not all the applicants will come but it is a good sign that Londua Technical College is regaining the recognition as one of Vanuatu’s leading rural training centres. We have on the books at the moment 3 work teams going to Londua to assist this year. One from Sydney, one from SE Queensland and one from central Queensland. They are going around June, July and September. The Vanuatu Churches of Christ Annual Conference is being held at Londua this year. During that week there is a day set aside for praising and thanking God for 60 years of service that Londua has been ministering to the youth of firstly the New Hebrides and later of Vanuatu. To get more information of this event please contact GMP office. http://www.inpartnership.org.au/ There is still a lot of maintenance work to be done at Londua including water storage, student vocational resources, teaching materials, building repairs and new staff houses and repairs. GMP has an Overseas Aid program called COCOA(Churches of Christ Overseas Aid). Donations to Londua Technical College are tax deductible. In the second half of each year Londua has little or no rain which impacts on the health and comfort of the students and staff. All students regularly wash in the ocean for months at a time. We are praying this year that Londua will have 2 wells drilled to secure fresh water for their future. God has blessed many young people through Londua for 60 years and is continuing His work through His people. Praise be to God.

What a great trip.

The staff and students from Wongutha Vocational College Esperance, in Western Australia put the finishing touches to what has been an amazing transformation. All Wongutha staff and students had time to share their story with the Londua students. And Harrold is "THE MAN".