A bus and a boat

The School and Center for Children with Disabilites (Special School) requested a school bus to transport their students to and from school.  We had a "handover celebration" at the school. There was lots of music (directed by Sister Martin who teaches music at the school twice/week and is also our mission nurse) a dedicatory prayer and lots of food, of course.  There is such a good feeling there at the school. I love these children.  

Students in front of the bus.

Young man playing the ukelele

Group of students playing traditional Kiribati"bells"

Cutting the cake

The dedicatory prayer, the teacher is signing the prayer 
for the deaf students

Linda is the one who helped us get them the bus.  
Really - She did all the work. 

 Poor Abatao village!  They requested a boat a long time ago. However, if something could go wrong, it did.  But finally, they got their boat.  What a glorious day it was.  They also received an oven, and 10 sewing machines.  The sewing machines can work with or without electricity.  

This is what the boat will look like, but not the actual boat

Testing the motor 

Our big helper

Each machine had to be tested to make sure it works. 
There are no returns here. 
This machine has the hand crank attatched.  

I had to put this one in.  The stores and government
still use carbon paper. 

The whole gang.  It was such a happy day. 

Kiribati was the first to receive a natural disaster humanitarian warehouse.  It was funded by 5 different countries, namely Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Great Britain, and Germany.  They are putting these warehouses in throughout the pacific area.  They stocked the warehouse with a portable desalination unit, shelters, tools, etc.  The goal is to be prepared in case of a natural disaster.  We attended the handover celebration.  The President of Kiribati spoke as well as a representative from each of the countries.  
Cutting the ribbon

Elder Tune with the President of Kiribati

Opening the warehouse.  It was raining pretty hard then. 

We toured the Parliament Building with Sister Martin and her friend Stacey who came to visit her.  It was really interesting. 


The room where parliament members meet 3 times a year for 2 weeks.
Government members on the left and the opposition party on the right 

A closer view

The map of Kiribati that sits just outside the Parliament Building

There is so much joy in this work.  God truely loves all his children. 







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