We're Heading Back to Vanuatu

We are delighted to be returning to Vanuatu in February for 3 weeks. Annette has been asked to assist on another student intake of the Village Health Worker Course. So after prayerfull consideration, and discussions with Nicola Young and others we made the decsion to travel to Vanuatu.  Nicola Young will also be working on the course. 

This has been a quickly developing assignment - we knew the course was coming up sometime soon but did not get the invitation to go till last Saturday. Annette is very much looking forward to working with Nicola and Elder Jara again and also this time Elder Cyrilline who will be the course administrator. Nicola will teaching one module, but we will mostly be equipping the local staff to run the course themselves.

A quick reminder of what the Village Health Worker Course is all about:

The Vanuatu Ministry of Health trains up volunteers who have a passion for the health of their community in basic First Aid, prevention of illness/injury through educating people about healthy living, and how to run an Aid Post - where people can go to get medical help/advice when they don't have access to a doctor or nurse. he course is 12 weeks long including 2 weeks practicum in an Aid Post.

Martyn is unsure at this stage what he will be doing and is in contact the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu (PCV) administration about how they can make good use of his time. 

We look forward to catching up with friends in Vanuatu and brushing up on our Bislama.

We thank God for providing us with the opportunity to return to Vanuatu.