Category Archive for 'Solomon Islands'

My fingers are not as fluent as they are with a pen as they are with a keyboard so here is my confession that my journal writing was not so up to scratch as I would have liked while being away. In a small way my brain stalled. I will share what I did wind [...]

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Should there be some almighty drumroll? I surely don’t deserve it, I haven’t put half as much thought into any of this as I would’ve liked.
Tonight we fly to Brisbane, tomorrow to the Solomons - about a 3.5hr flight - the country I grew up in.
They spot interviewed us at a ‘team meeting’ the other [...]

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SI.01 Pre-thought

I have made some allusions to heading overseas shortly. We leave on July 2nd for the Solomon Islands, where I grew up, for the Pijin Bible dedication - which is what my parents have been involved in for a very long time. Geoff and I are overseas for 10 days, the rest of the crew [...]

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Dancing cultures

If you do nothing else today, watch this video (link via theLongbrake). I was sucked in by the ‘Auki - Solomon Islands’ tag in the preview as I lived over there for a few years. But just wow. I nearly cried watching this, it’s so fantastic.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on [...]

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Year of completion

Some great news re. the dedication of the Pijin Bible this year. That and Geoff and I will also be heading overseas in the middle of the year so I can show off where I grew up and celebrate with family and friends about it all being done. Finally!
Dear Friends,
I have just heard some wonderful [...]

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