Our Chapel in Savusavu and Brother Peni in Vunivesi June 2013

This is our chapel.

Our chapel and to the left is restroom and small kitchen.

Welcome to Vunivesi.

The sign at the school entrance and community house.

                                       

The school

Bro Peni Waqacirilala and his water tank.

Water tank in shed closer to school and village.

                                     

The source of water.

Bro Peni at the catchment. 

The pipes of water coming down the mountain.

The nearest neighbor. Tent in back keeps hung clothes dry.

This sister has a daughter on a mission.

Bro Peni's home and Sunday meetinghouse for 25.

Bro Peni, wife in pink, Melania and neighbor, all in Sunday best!

The muddy road to see Bro Peni

Cow on road near the airport.

Goat crossing.

Safely on other side.

We stopped here to gather some shells.

Truck parking.

Madilyn gathering shells, standing in the ocean.

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Ralph using our new cane knife on a coconut.

Finally successful!

Pacific ocean & sunset out our backdoor.

Final flash before it set.

RS Society Sewing Class and Police Station

We are sewing with a nice brother machine, in our little chapel. Emele is sewing. She is waiting for her mission call.

We are making hotpads. Hopefully we all get done! Some have come from another village.

Yanique, also waiting for her call.

Helping Mere with her hotpad. She had to travel the longest to get here.

Tevesia sewing. I bought kumquats from her at the market. Like little oranges and  the juice added to  tang was delicious!

Lavenia, the RS Pres, sells fish in the market.

All finished! After 21/2 hours and everyone is thrilled. The missionaries came by to lock up. We gave them my sample hotpad. We had lots of kids come with mom. Everyone wants to know what we will do next.

The tourist police station. We need to stop by and see what they offer.

The 'real' police station, right next door!

It looks like 'dorms' behind the police station.

A New Life in Savusavu and our visit to Nabua

We were on our way to Jean Michel Cousteau Resort and Ralph wondered if this was their dive boat. Probably not!

This is finally the place...down the end of a bumpy dirt road.  Quite fancy inside. 

This is the view from my kitchen window. The windows need washing, but will be replaced soon.

This is some lava rock in the middle of a field. R took picture.

A sunset from our backyard.

The old water tank at Nasavusavu School close to us.

Donated by the Red cross and Gernany.

The school sign in front.

We finally get to Nabua school, 40km on a dirt and muddy road.

Some of my cute friends!

These hand done signs are everywhere, just as a reminder. The coke bottles are painted in the school colors and help make a fence.

This is Ralph's favorite!

The chickens live under the school.

All thoughful sayings.

Assistant head teacher  Waisea Busa

These are the water tanks at our chapel. 2 of 3 leak.

A beautiful sunset from our back porch.

Ditto

We stopped here on our way back to Nabua and had a picnic!

The local nursing station.

Cooking coconut into copra! The main livelyhood in this neighborhood!

The water tank in Nabua donated by the red cross and Japan.

These are the bathrooms and showers for the school. Of the 97 students, 39 live at the school during the week.

Someone fixed the sagging pipe.

The porch of the school.

Mrs. John and class. They will do the puppet show.

A good thought.

A picture of the school in the field in front.

Joeli Kalougata (on the right) and his bro-in-law The village chief!

Some boys trying my soap on a rope. They don't usually wash with soap.

Another serious copra cooker.