

Hope Restored
Returning from Fiji in October 2017 we found ourselves in the midst of a very busy family time. Robs dad passed away and my father moved...


Do I need it or just want it???
How often to we find ourselves staring at a potential purchase and weighing up if its a need or a want. I know I can quite easily...


Found me some friends!
I love the kids in the villages. They still play outside till its dark. They create fun out of the simplest things. A wheel nailed to a...


Hands up...
Looking around the place we see a lot of needs. Sometimes it is hard not to feel over whelmed by it all. Where to start, who to help,...


Lovely Smells
I consider myself fortunate to live next to an Indian family who’s cooking smells waft over the fence. They are always varied and the few...


Pack for a purpose
I was recently checking out a webpage of a local eco resort here and I was taken with a catch phrase they used -'Pack with a purpose'...


A smile is a curve that sets a lot of things straight.
Most days you will find Ted and I wondering through town. We always have a mission and more often than not we end up at the fruit and veg...


Safe journeys little one...
11 years of working into the South Pacific in various ways and forms and one gets to witness some amazing things. Our focus has always...


Family ties
There is nothing like sitting around a table with family and spinning yarns and sharing a laugh. Being so far from our own family we have...


Have we lost "Simple"??
The simpleness of some people’s lives in the islands challenges me often. As I go through he markets I see stall holders sitting in front...