After completion of the fence in April 2012, the footings for the monastery were laid in the following month. Because of the monsoonal climate it was aimed to complete the roof prior to the start of the 2012/13 wet season which can commence anytime between November and January. The work proceeded well until there was an unforeseen delay in the building in July/August because of Continue reading “Progress in the building of the monastery at Labuan Bajo (April 2013)”
View photos showing progress in the building of the monastery, December 2012.
Continue reading “Progress in the building of the monastery at Labuan Bajo”
In early December 2012 four of us visited the MOP mission in Labuan Bajo. Our grandson, Alexander joined us and witnessed the poverty of the town and connected well with the local children. He really saw how children, his age, live in a third world Continue reading “Mission visit: Trevor and Tina Lambkin with grandson Alexander and Janine McDonnell (December 2012)”
View photos of progress in the building of the monastery, June 2012. Continue reading “Progress in the building of the monastery at Labuan Bajo (June 2012)”
This visit eventuated in a very brief time in Labuan Bajo. Over this period of our visit Flores had experienced one of its most intense wet seasons. We flew ‘Merpati’ from Denpasar to Labuan Bajo but due to the rain, wind and cloud we couldn’t Continue reading “Visit to the mission: Trevor and Tina (March 2012)”
View photos of the fence being constructed around the monastery. Continue reading “Construction of fence”
View photos of the drilling of the water well, February 2012. Continue reading “Drilling of water well (February 2012)”
View photos of the laying of the fence foundations, January 2012. Continue reading “Laying fence foundations”
In November 2011 after the purchase of the land for the monastery at Matahari Street (Gg. Matahari) we made a start at clearing the land just before the wet season. We figured that we would at least Continue reading “Preparing the land (November 2011)”
Mission for the Poor: Serving the people of Flores and Timor Leste 