Good News Story

Today Pastor Allen called Martyn and me outside to be part of an impromptu dedication of a new truck. The owner is one of two young men who have been working in Cromwell on the Recognised Seasonal Employment (RSE) scheme. Every Wednesday John, the one in the middle, would put his prayer for a truck for his village on a piece of paper and drop it into a prayer box somewhere in Cromwell, and pray for it himself too of course. When he received his full payment at the end of the time he had worked, it was way more than what the workers can usually earn over the same period. He used the money to buy the truck in Vila and now has to get it by boat up to his village, Likon, on the north side of Ambrym Island. He is pictured here with Peter on the left and Moses on the right. All of them have been RSE workers at some time.

They wanted Pastor Allen to bless and dedicate the truck to be used for the good of the village.

L-R: Peter, Moses, Pastor Allen, John, me, Elder Kalopa, and Elder Job who comes from Ambrym but works here in Vila. Martyn was on the other side of the camera. We only got in on the act because we are Kiwis, and this amazing blessing came through working in NZ. It will be the first truck ever to be owned by this village, so it will make a big difference in their lives, carrying people and all kinds of goods.