Last September, Sylvia received the news that her Aunt Phyllis had passed away at the age of 92 years old. Phyllis had faithfully lived her life for Jesus, and had designated that a tithe of her estate would be given to the Lord's work. What a surprise when we were contacted by Sylvia's cousin David letting us know that $7000 was being given to support the ministry in Vanuatu!
The timing was just right for the gift to be designated to help in the completion of the SPNTC classroom. Lots of work needed to be done: Electrical outlets needed to be installed; the walls needed to be plastered and painted; the floor tiled; a dropped PVC ceiling installed; curtains and fixtures installed; and equipment like computers, printers, scanner, file cabinets, and security doors would need to be purchased.
We were so thankful for the volunteers that pitched in to do so much of the work - the Isaac's sons, Ennrich and Junior, and a high school student from one of the Port Vila churches, Christopher, joined his uncle, Pastor David Naunga. Even David and Sylvia put on their carpenter hats for the month of January. The goal was to have the classroom and district office sufficiently completed to host the SPNTC Board of Trustees meeting planned for the first week of February. Here's a few pictures of the guys at work:
