Beyond North Side

Are you up to the challenge?
Read about the experiences of the Northside Community Church team.

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Work Teams

Have you thought about a short term work team to Londua Technical College? Why not??

We have just arrived back from Londua with a group of young adults from North Sydney Community Church. It was a great time of work and ministry and we will see what the team says now that they are home. The new principal is doing a good job and the staff are all engaged in their respective duties. There are 90 odd students and they were all studying hard for their end of term exams. The Sydney team took 10 laptop computers and spent many hours in classes for both students and staff. That was in between the multiple classes of english, math, science, business studies and hygiene that were taught by the team. The students friendship was won over early through music. The team could not sing as well as the students but they were very gracious with us. There are 3 large gardens under way at Londua and the first fruits should be harvested in September. 2 brand new lawn mowers turned up the week before we arrived donated by last years Tasmanian team. The chaplain thanked God for the provision of these and all of the blessings that the Sydney team had brought to the Londua students and staff. There is a building program to get the dinning hall and kitchen rebuilt for next year, the concrete tanks sealed and roofed, 2 bush houses for staff and the possibility of 2 water bores to secure the year round supply of water. We thank God for the safe travel of the Sydney team and the ministry they brought to Londua. Please pray for the continued growth of Londua Technical College and for the ministry to all of the students.

March 2009

Amon the new principal and his wife are living at Londua and Londua is moving ahead. We have been blessed with some Government salaried teachers this year and the rest of the teaching and ancillary staff are at work. There is a work team from North Side Community Church in Sydney traveling to Londua in April and another group from Tasmania heading over in July/August. The staff are working together and the students are all very keen to learn. Our student numbers are down a bit from what was anticipated with some students still arriving late. The principal has started plans for 2 local bush staff houses and 2 new garden plots to assist with food production for the college. Upgrading of water storage is high on our priority list with materials on the way for this purpose. 2 new lawn mowers paid for with assistance fromlast years Tasmanian team are in transit to the college which will assist to keep the grounds tidy. Kitchen equipment for the Tourism classes is also to be sent shortly donated from church ladies in Brisbane. Thank you one and all for your prayer and assistance in helping to raise the standard of technical teaching at Londua Technical College. God is Great.

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.

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.

Christmas is almost here.

All the students have left the college and most of the staff have returned to their homes. A few are staying on to maintain the facilities and keep the grass down. We have received funds towards some new lawn mowers which has arrived just in time. The temperature is rising in Vanuatu and the cyclone season is close. Give thanks to God for His many blessings on Londua this year and for His continued guidance for the future. Please pray that God will fill the college with students next year and that the staff will be eager to rise to the challenge of lifting the teaching, management and discipline standards. Thank you one and all for your support and pray for Londua. I know that God is please when he sees his children in prayer. Merry Christmas to all and please keep safe on the roads.