Solomon Islands We left Madang for the start of our trip home at 7:10am and the plane was on time. Daisy at Divine Word University who does our travel for us had out us in Business Class which was lovely. I then proceeded to cry all the way to Port Moresby! We only had an hour or so for our connecting flight but we were fine. Had to stop in Vanuatu so Ken now says he has another country for his list!! Mind you it took three attempts to landand although it was c...

Again a very busy week and as I type the rain has thrown it down just as I sent Ken out to check my teachers! Tonight Home Economics but all day Maths and HE! As Maths didn't complete their resource handbooks 3 are returning tomorrow. Although I am not doing anything it is tiring and long days. However, late this afternoon I was called over to the Headteachers' meeting which was for a farewell to us both. THIS has never happened before and was so touching. They h...

On Monday 3 May Una took me (Ken) up the North Coast Road to Malala Secondary School where she was observing teachers in the classroom who had attended her subject workshops earlier in the year. That afternoon we travelled on to stay at the Guesthouse in Bogia for a few days so that teachers at Holy Spirit School could also be seen. It was all rather sad to be on our final visit to these lovely places in the bush. Before leaving Malala we were told that there was...

Logging on has been a problem for the last few days and we have experienced very high winds and tides. But hey ho now back on line. Trust that this finds you all well. Any message is appreciated! Bad week for me. The first to be honest and on Tuesday found me tearful in the VSO office!! But Monday was great, eventually AS Ken an I went to Raikos where he'd not been before. Our recovery school. Boat came early and then no security guard for me. It was then OK'd t...

We are now back in Madang after a truly wonderful holiday. The only problem is that Ken's legs are literally covered in bites that have turned quite nasty.so he's gone off to the Doctor. That is after doing the market shopping! So back to Alotau. On Monday we had a second boat trip for a whole day to an island that is where the first missionaries lived and even though a tiny island there is an amazing ruin of a Church that they built! It looks like concrete bu...