Sunday, January 25, 2009

New Staff Selected

Hi all. We are back from our first visit to Vanuatu in 2009. Hot and humid. We spent our time on Santo at a Conference Committee meeting and the the College Council meeting. All the staff have been selected and are waiting for employment agreements to be signed. 191 student applications have been received. God is good. There is a lot of work to be done around the college. The EU funding for new toilets and wash rooms has come through and will be started shortly. The new kitchen will be started shortly after. The new lawn mowers will be heading over shortly. Londua will be a very busy college over the next few weeks. A very big thankyou to all who have prayed for Londua last year and your prayers have produced results. We have been told that we have 3 government salaries so far for this year and we are continuing to work on increasing this number. We head over again to Londua in February. We would value your continued prayer support for the college.

Friday, January 2, 2009

It's 2009 already??

Lyn and I are heading to Santo on the 11th January for the Conference Committee meeting and then the Londua College Council meeting. The new principal should be selected during this time and the 2009 staff. We ask that you pray that God's person is appointed. The weather is really hot over there at the moment and cyclone season is coming. Also for those who have not heard the 10 seater Islander plane that we normally fly from Santo to West Ambae and back crashed on West Santo the week before Christmas. John Bani the Pilot died in the crash and is from West Ambae, the late Ps. Dickson Bani's brother who died eartlier this year. I passenger was taken to Brisbane with serious injuries and the other 7 were ok. Last year was a big year in the life of Londua College and this year will be twice as big. There have and are some big changes happening to the College and everyone is slowly adjusting to these changes. Please pray for the people who are part of these changes and for their continued support to move Londua into the 21st century. Thanks you all.