Busy week at Work

The Executive of the PCV met this week, made up of the Presbytery Clerk from each of the 8 presbyteries around the country, and some of the PCV staff from our office. The meeting lasted 3 days and included a bit of ceremony as it only happens 3 times a year.

There is a special banner and ceremonial drum used for such occasions. 

On Wednesday a team including some of the PCV Health staff left on the Medical Sailing Ministries yacht Chimere, bound for Tanna, Futuna and Erromango Islands to carry out part of the National Oral Health Survey and provide some medical services to isolated communities there. Anyone interested in following their journey, check out their blog:
 http://msm.org.au/things-are-going-our-way/    (much more professional than ours)

I will be working on the survey as well next week, but only around Port Vila. Here are some of the team I have been doing some training with.

 L-R: Nicola Young (Kiwi nurse living in Vila with her husband and son), dentist Aussie Barry Stewart, Sarafina (PCV Health staff), me, then Joanna, Jessica and Marie in the front row (youth volunteers).

Martyn was hard at it most of the week, but didn't feel too good on Thursday, so he took the day off and we both got our hair cut by a lovely lady called Yolanda who did a great job (well we think so).