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Latest Video: Vanuatu Expansion

This recently produced video shows:

  • The New Hangar Homebase in Gaua
  • Merelava Island Bush Strip
  • How God can Keep Doors Open for His Work
  • A Story of Victory & Faith in the Face of Extreme Obstacles
  • Also viewable on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVxGfSyXS6A

Length: 30 minutes.
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Latest Video: Vanuatu's Last Frontier

This recently produced video shows:

  • Medical Ministry in Remote Northern Vanuatu
  • Foundations Laid for the New Hangar on Gaua Island
  • News about the New Matafanga School
  • Shipping Difficulties in Torba Province
  • Visit to Toga Island, Torres
  • Also viewable on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z0F7qdTNqk

Length: 50 minutes.
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The Value of a Soul

This recently produced video shows:

  • A Message Given at Salisbury SDA Church
  • Mark Turnbull's Personal Testimony
  • News From Vanuatu-Insights into Bride Prices
  • A Call to See Your Value in God's Eyes

Length: 50 minutes.
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Laymen Ministries Missionaries to Vanuatu: Interview

This video shows:

  • Jeff Reich Interviews Mark, Naomi and Kay Turnbull
  • News of New Developments in Torba Province
  • Stories of Remote Area Surgery
  • Also viewable on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ngv2EPGPp4

Length: 30 minutes.
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Latest Video: Flying High in Vanuatu

This amazing video shows:

  • How God blessed so amazingly the assembly of the the newly donated Maule aircraft
  • Flying with Jeremy Ainsworth, Maule dealer/expert and bush pilot
  • "Maule on a Mission" arrives in Gaua!
  • Our humble home near the airstrip on Gaua Island
  • The completed Matavanga SDA Church
  • Island food: Laplap
  • Plans for the new Matavanga School
  • First flight to remote Torres Islands
  • Also viewable on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=frFzr-slBUg

Length: 30 minutes.
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Short Video Clip: Laying Plans for the Mission

This short video clip shows:

  • The small home we built in Northern New South Wales, Australia
  • How God delivered us from going into debt
  • How God kept us free to serve Him as missionaries

Length: 5 minutes.
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Short Video Clip: Challenges in Torba Province

This short video clip shows some amazing footage:

  • How dangerous the water can be in remote Northern Vanuatu
  • How God protects and provides for us as we go forward
  • Serious challenges involved in travelling in Torba Province
  • The only vehicle operating on Gaua Island
  • A glimpse of the tropical Cyclone which hit Gaua
  • Powerful volcanoes in Vanuatu

Length: 5 minutes.
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On Location in Vanuatu

This recently produced video is an interview on site in Vanuatu sharing:

  • How God has led the project so far
  • God's amazing provision for the needs of this project
  • The gift of an incredible ultrasound machine
  • Plans to help the people to help themselves
  • How education is the heart of our mission
  • Future plans for the project: a school and a hangar

Length: 30 minutes.
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Miracle Maule

This is the wonderful story of how God provided an aircraft for this project:

  • Looking for a plane
  • Plans to move forward in faith, with not enough money in hand!
  • God's AMAZING providence!
  • The desert storm that DIDNT damage the Maule!
  • Footage of the damaged hangar & plane outside
  • A brand new aircraft in excellent condition

Length: 30 minutes.
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Ring of Fire

This is the first video of the Vanuatu Project showing the early stages of our work:

  • Where is Vanuatu?
  • What is Vanuatu like?
  • Setting up a homebase in a island style building
  • Medical Ministry in a remote village
  • A look at Vanuatu culture, foods, traditional dancing and kava drinking
  • Our vision for the project
  • News Flash: a plane is donated!
  • Also viewable on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dV66WvR_Sw

Length: 30 minutes.
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Blogs Just Posted from Vanuatu

    Back in Vanuatu
 
We have just got back to Vanuatu after a very refreshing time in Australia. Preparations are under way for the soon arrival of a family from USA who will head up our new Rural Vocational Training Program. Just carrried out a Cesarian Section for a lady with Diabetes-the parents are delighted with their new and only begotten son! Only a few days later, another Cesarian for a lady with a malpresentation-both mother and baby are doing well. Praise God for His blessing on this effort to help this family!
 
Posted on 28th January 2012
by Mark Turnbull

    Needles Just Arrived
 
The Needles Family have arrived safely from USA. They had to be rerouted via Australia to due to a storm in Fiji area, then en route to Vila their plane had to abort landing at Santo due to the same weather system in that area. But they are well and making preparations for their new work here in Vanuatu! We are excited to see what the future holds for this family. Please pray for them!
 
Posted on 2nd February 2012
by Mark Turnbull

    Needles First Blog From Vanuatu
 
Hello Friends! My husband Mike, our kids Taylor 13, Sidney 11, and Ethan 8, and I want to extend to each of you a warm greeting from Gaua, Vanuatu! Our family arrived here about a week and a half ago and plan to stay a year to help the Turnbull familys work. We are adjusting to the difference in both temperature and landscape. Our family came from Iowa, U.S.A. where it is currently the middle of winter. We came from snow covered trees and farmland in the middle of the United States to a very hot and humid jungle island here in the South Pacific. Quite a change! We hope to assist the Turnbulls in the much needed medical, construction and education work that they are undergoing here in Gaua. My husband is a builder by profession, I am a Registered Nurse, and our kids are willing to help out in all different areas as they can. We are homeschooling our kids and came here specifically to give nursing assistance to Dr. Turnbull, for Mike to develop and begin a Trade School and also for us to build a much needed staff house on the school campus. The Lord has provided about half of the funds for the staff house through many faithful donors like you. Thank you! Please keep us in your prayers as we get settled and help with the Lords work here in Gaua, Vanuatu. We will keep you updated on our progress!
 
Posted on 17th February 2012
by Becky Needles



  • GOD has helped us to establish Matafanga SDA Church on Gaua Island:
    • 2007 Matafanga SDA Church Building Project Started
    • 2008 Matafanga SDA Church Building Project Completed
    • 2008 December Matafanga SDA Church Officially Dedicated by President of Vanuatu SDA Mission
    • 2009 March Matafanga SDA Church Officially Organized
  • GOD has helped us to establish Matafanga SDA Primary School on Gaua Island:
    • 2007 Matafanga SDA Kindergarten Started
    • 2008 Matafanga SDA Primary School Started in a humble shelter with open sides
    • 2008 Matafanga SDA Primary School Land Purchased & Titled in the Name of the Vanuatu SDA Mission
    • 2009 Matafanga SDA Primary School First Double-Classroom Building Constructed
    • 2009 Matafanga SDA Primary School First Staff House Building Constructed
    • 2010 Matafanga SDA Primary School Officially Dedicated by Education Director of Vanuatu SDA Mission
    • 2010 Matafanga SDA Primary School First Local-Style Staff Buildings Constructed
    • 2011 Matafanga SDA Primary School More Local-Style Staff Buildings Constructed
    • 2011 Matafanga SDA Primary School Second Double-Classroom Building Constructed
  • GOD has helped us to establish the Wings of Hope Flying Doctor Service
    • 2006-2007 Small Rural Clinic established in Small Thatched Building at Kiriliu ('Small Water')
    • 2006-2007 Health Educator Training Program Conducted
    • 2006-2007 Extensive Travelling by boat in Torba Province, Conducting Health Programs & Mobile Clinics on Different Islands
    • 2008 Move to Gaua Airport Area-Larger Rural Clinic Established but still in Thatched Building
    • 2008 Donated 2003 model Maule Bush Plane for Flying Doctor Service
    • 2008 February-March Donated Aircraft Dedicated at Portoroki SDA Church by Officials of the Vanuatu SDA Mission, with widespread media coverage on National Television/National Newspaper.
    • 2008 Bush Pilot Training Provided by Jeremy Ainsworth
    • 2009 First Major Emergency Surgery Procedure in Torba Province-Emergency Laparotomy for Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy-Patient Survived
    • 2009 Moved into Rural Clinic with Larger & Cleaner Facilities & Cement Floor and Walls in Gaua Airport Area-but still a Rented Building
    • 2009 Land for Hangar & Health Facility Purchased & Titled in the Name of the Vanuatu SDA Mission
    • 2009 Hangar-Homebase Building Project Started
    • 2009 Two Bush Airstrip Projects Started in Torba Province-Toga Island, Torres, and Merelava Island, Banks
    • 2009 August More Advanced Bush Pilot Training Provided by Jeremy Ainsworth
    • 2010 August First Bush Airstrip Completed on Toga Island, Torres: First Ever Landing on Toga Airstrip: Opening of Toga Bush Airstrip
    • 2010 August First Ever Landing on Meralava Island's (then uncompleted) Bush Airstrip ('Big Stone Airstrip'), Banks
    • 2010 October Third Bush Airstrip Project Started in Torba Province-Mota Island, Banks
    • 2010 November Hangar-Homebase Completed-Moved into Hangar!
    • 2010 December Opening of Merelava Bush Airstrip
    • 2010 December Opening of Mota Bush Airstrip: First Ever Landing on Mota Airstrip
    • 2011 First Emergency Cesarian Section Performed in Torba Province-Mother and Baby Survived
    • 2011 June to November: Construction of Wings of Hope Flying Doctor Service Health Facility & Medical Center, Adjacent to Hangar
    • 2011 July Two Bush Airstrip Projects Started on the West Coast of Vanua Lava Island, Banks
    • 2011 November Wings of Hope Flying Doctor Service Health Facility & Medical Center Dedicated by Health Director of Vanuatu SDA Mission
    • 2011 November Construction of, and First Ever Landing on Vanikoro Island's First Ever Bush Airstrip, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands
  • GOD has helped us to establish Merelava SDA Primary School at 'Big Stone', on Merelava Island:
    • 2010 Merelava SDA Kindergarten established at Levet-Mise Village, Merelava
    • 2010 August First Ever Landing on Meralava Island's (then uncompleted) Bush Airstrip ('Big Stone Airstrip'), Banks
    • 2010 December Opening of Merelava Bush Airstrip
    • 2010 December Merelava SDA School moved to 'Big Stone', near Big Stone Bush Airstrip, Merelava
    • 2011 Merelava SDA Primary School established in Rented Building at 'Big Stone', Merelava
  • In Medical Aviation:
    • 2 More Bushstrips are under construction on West Vanua Lava Island
    • In November 2011 we made the first ever aircraft landing on Vanikoro Island, Southern Solomons
    • 2011 we successfully built the Health Facility/Medical Center (and another Classroom at Gaua)
    • In November 2011, the Health Facility & Medical Center was dedicated by the Health Director of the Vanuatu SDA Mission
    • The Health Facility/Medical Center was featured recently on national television
    • In January 2012 we carried out two emergency Cesarian Sections in the new Health Facility-Medical Center
  • In Teaching:
    • Student Intake is Always at a Maximum & Interest in both Schools is Growing
    • Multiple Students with Special Needs/Late Starting/Slow Learning Issues are Finding their Way into Education & Learning
    • Characters are Being Changed
    • First-fruits of the School-9 Students were Baptized in 2011
    • New Classroom Block is almost Complete
    • Some New Thatched Staff Housing is almost Complete
  • For Matafanga SDA Primary School:
    • Volunteer Teachers Needed to Help the Children at Gaua:
      • English Speaking Volunteer Student Missionary or Other Teachers Needed
      • Previous English as Second Language Teaching Helpful
      • But Previous Teaching Experience not Necessary
    • Upcoming Building Projects Assistance Needed to Help the Untrained Youth of Gaua:
      • Vocational Training Program Staff House Building: Urgent
        • Some Funds in Place but Still Short of Funds for the Building Project
        • A Fly & Build Team is Ready to Come & Build in April
        • Purchase of Materials Must Happen Late February or Early May for Shipping Deadlines
      • Vocational Training Program Workshop Building:
        • Starter Funds in Place but Most Funds Still Lacking
        • Same Fly & Build Team for Staff House is Willing to Build in April if Funds & Materials are Ready on Time
        • Purchase of Materials Must Happen Late February or Early May for Shipping Deadlines
    • Teacher Sponsorships Needed to Help the Volunteer Teachers at Gaua:
      • Teacher Stipends for Several Important Local Teachers Needed at Matafanga Primary School
      • Each Worthy Teacher Stipend is $260 per month (Minimal Wage in Vanuatu)
      • Worthy Teacher in Training Tania Adam Needs another $1500 this year to complete her first year of a BA in Education at Fulton College, Fiji
  • For Merelava SDA Primary School, Merelava Island:
    • Upcoming Building Projects Assistance Needed to Help the Children at Big Stone, Merelava:
      • Land to be Purchased by Mid 2012
      • Classroom(s) to be Constructed by End 2012
    • Teacher Assistance Needed to help the Teachers & Community at Merelava:
      • Teacher Stipends for 2 Important Local Teachers at Merelava Primary School
      • Each Worthy Teacher Stipend is $260 per month (Minimal Wage in Vanuatu)
  • For the Wings of Hope Flying Doctor Service:
    • Upcoming Building Projects Assistance Needed to Help all Workers & Helpers based in Gaua:
      • Cement Slab Needed on Hangar Ground Level:
        • For Aircraft Workshop Purposes
        • For Periodic Usage of Hangar Bottom Floor for Educational or Evangelistic Hall Purposes
      • Post-Construction Afterthought Anti-Earthquake Reinforcement of 6 Main Bearers in Hangar
      • Construction of Sliding Door for Hangar for:
        • Theft & Tamper Proofing of Hangar Contents while We Are Away As it Contains:
          • A Valuable Aircraft (Tampering can be costly!)
          • Building Materials
        • Cyclone Proofing
      • Small Aircraft Workshop to be Constructed in Hangar on Ground Level
      • 'Bulk Overflow Accommodation' (Basic Sleeping, Toilet & Washing Facilities) on Ground Level in Hangar for:
        • 'Fly & Build Team Overflow Accommodation'
        • 'Inpatient Overflow Accomodation'
        • 'Volunteer Transit Overflow Accommodation'
        • 'Teacher Overflow Accommodation'
    • Communication Equipment Needed to Help Communities on Remote Islands:
      • HF Radios [eg ICOM 706 MkIIG & Antenna Tuner] (with Small Solar Power Systems) Needed for Essential Communication at Remote Bush Airstrips:
        • Mota Island (currently no radio)
        • Toga Island (current radio in need of repair)
        • Merelava Island needs improved solar system
    • Transportation Equipment Needed to Help Patients & Workers in Torba:
      • Two 30HP 2 Stroke Outboard Engines Needed for Fiberglass Boat (Works in Connection with Flying Doctor Service for Remote Area Access) Urgent
        • Urgently Needed to Carry Sand (& Other Materials) for All Our Current Building Projects
        • Also Used to Get to or Evacuate Some Urgent Medical Cases
      • Funds for Specially Designed Motor-Catermeran to Complement the Flying Doctor Service:
        • Boat Builder is Ready for Construction
        • Overall Design Plan is in Place
        • This Boat will enable us to Get to More Remote Areas
    • Assistance with Ongoing Mission Aviation Expenses Needed to Help the Many who are Benefited by the Aircraft:
      • Routine Fuel & Engine Oil Expenses (Avgas)
      • Routine Maintenance/Upkeep Expenses
      • Routine Engine Overhaul Fund (Engine will need Overhaul at TBO 2000 hrs)
    • Medical Equipment & Supplies Needed to Help Many Patients in Torba:
      • Medical Equipment Needed: (If Used, Needs to be in Good Condition)
        • Air Conditioner for Operating Room in Health Facility-Medical Center
        • Used Backup Portable Ultrasound Needed (Current is Badly in Need of Repairs) Urgent
        • Fetal Doppler Ultrasound Stethoscope or Monitor
        • Infant Oxygen Saturation Monitor
        • Adult Oxygen Saturation Monitor (Current Just Died)
        • Small Portable Electrocautery Machine
        • Small Portable Digital Xray Equipment Needed
        • Small Portable Basic Laparascopic System needed for Diagnostic Purposes
        • Small Portable Blood Test Equipment (eg I-Stat Point of Care Patient Testing Equipment) for:
          • Basic/Urgent Hematology Tests
          • Basic/Urgent Arterial Blood Gas Tests
          • Basic/Urgent Biochemistry Tests
        • Portable Infant Incubator
        • Non-Invasive Ventillator Machine
        • Vaccuum Mattress
        • Small Portable Infusion Pump
        • Compact Syringe Driver
      • Medical Supplies Needed on an Ongoing & Regular Basis (We can Never Get Enough!):
        • 'Surgically Clean' (Not Necessarily Sterile) Abdominal (laparotomy) Sponges
        • Sterile (Specially Packaged) Abdominal (laparotomy) Sponges
        • Sterile (Specially Packaged) Gauze Swabs
        • Rolls of Combine Dressing
        • Large or Medium Sized Sterile (Specially Packaged) Disposable Drapes
        • Sterile (Specially Packaged) Disposable Surgical Gowns
        • Bulk Terbinafine tablets or cream for the Widespread & Extremely Persistent Fungal Skin Infections in Torba Province
        • Bulk Mupirocin cream for the Widespread & Extremely Common Bacterial Skin Infections in Torba Province
        • Bulk Andrographis Tablets (a Powerful Phytochemical Immune Booster, Used to Complement Treatment of Many Types of Infections)
        • Some Intravenous Supplies Which Are Used Rarely But Are Difficult for Us to Get Include: 
          • IV & Oral Cephalosporin Antibiotics (Handy for those with Penecillin Allergies/Sensitivities or Some Severe Infections)
          • IV Midazolam (Handy for Occasional Situations)
          • IV NSAIDS (Handy for Severe Post Operative Pain)
          • IV Artemether/Artusenate (Powerful Antimalarial Used in Cerebral Malaria)
          • Intraossesous Needles (For Urgent Pediatric Fluid Crises)
  • For Media Ministry Projects:
    • Media Equipment Needed to Assist the Supporters and Viewers of Footage Produced by this Project:
      • Quality HD Digital Video Camera with Remote Microphone (Current Camera Just Died) for Creating Videos for:
        • Video Updates
        • Local Video Ministry: (Very Powerful High Impact for this Area)
          • Health Topics
          • Biblical Topics
  • For SDA Church Projects:
    • Upcoming Building Projects Assistance Needed to Help the Church Members in this Area:
      • Funds Needed for a Strategically Located Church:
        • Land Purchase
        • Building

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