April 2006

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Meet the “in-laws” !!

Eli’s family came over for lunch yesterday afternoon. Her Mum and Dad, her sister Lena and Lena’s daughter Clementene. And who’s the little ankle bighter I hear you asking. The little boy in Eli’s lap is Isaac – her adopted son !!

Opening of a new Kickboxing School

On the 10th of April a new Kickboxing school opened at Tent Siti just on the outskirts of Lae. I have mentioned in previous blog posts that I have been assisting John Wal (Chief Instructor) to grow the sport of kickboxing in Lae

Only God can save PNG !

The following article appeared in the Post Courier 15 March 2006

Besides the locals…

Whom do I socialise with? This photo was taken a few weeks ago at Geoff’s place here at UNITECH. Geoff is another volunteer whom works in the Distance Learning Department (DODL)

Remember “Big Foot” ?

I posted the following photo a little while back

The local Money Market

Is it a valuable service on offer to the locals or just plain highway robbery?

One last word on Simon the Gardener…

Simon’s body has finally been laid to rest in his home town of Tari in the Southern Highlands. The following email was circulated the other day on this matter

More happy kids !

A few weeks ago I ventured once again into West Taraka and gave away some more clothes and a few toys. Like always the experience helping these people is beyond words – one that inevitably brings a smile to many faces

Another box of goodies…

Thanks to Mum another box of clothes and toys arrived a few weeks ago – March the 17th to be precise. Thanks heaps Mum! I have had a squiz inside the box and it is packed full of 2nd hand clothes and a variety of kids toys. The locals will be over the moon

Back in April 2005…

I was to spend my 1st week in PNG at a hotel called The Comfort Inn in Port Moresby (see photo). The purpose of this 1st week was to receive intensive language training (Tok Pisin) and also get exposure to the new culture of PNG

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