May 7 2008
Well it’s supposed to be the dry season now – and we did have a pretty good week last week – but we have just had 40 hours of continuous rain and it is still thundering! In the middle of the night it felt a bit like the start of Noah’s flood. This morning while walking around the school Paula heard big crash and saw a huge branch of a tree crash down. But there seems to be no major flooding as yet and we are grateful for a warm and dry house. Speaking of warm – we must be adapting as yesterday we woke up to a rainy day the kids put jerseys on. Over we breakfast we checked the temperature out of interest and it was 26 degrees c!!! Many of our local friends are wearing jersey.
Ebule RTC
It is holiday time for the students this week and next week. But Ebule is hosting a short course in Refrigeration.. So10 students have come and had their first day of classes yesterday. Roger is enjoying a break from teaching but is still present to make sure they have power and food and so can sit in on some classes. We’re hoping they might have a look at our fridge later in the week and see if it is at all fixable. The freezer works but not the fridge. There are still huge maintenance issues at Ebule so Roger is working at getting wider community support to help and perhaps a team from NZ.
The term finished well for the students. They have finished fixing up a chicken house for the 14(?) that are now laying, have fixed up a pit to look at and repair vehicles and have prepared ground and planted a garden. After the holiday there will be many seedlings ready to be planted out. In addition they get regular teaching in mechanics, electronics maths and some carpentry.
Family
Its holiday time from preschool too and all the students at Onesua have headed home so its lots of playing with local kids. When it fine its off to the beach for a swim or walk on the reef – or gathering nuts – or kicking a soccer ball. We are working at improving our Bislama and are making progress – but because many people at Onesua speak English it’s easy to revert. David probably gets the most frustrated when he can’t understand We have tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelons and Island Cabbage coming on well in our garden as well as corn, beans and lettuce seeds germinating. Paula is helping out with cataloguing the 700 books in the school library and also with Sunday School.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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