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David Collins in Solomon Islands

Phone: +677 73 51953

Address: Tuna Drive

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25.01.2022 Glorious day in BrisVegas

25.01.2022 I’ve had such a great time these last couple of days in the Capricorn Region catching up with people from three different churches (sorry I missed getting photos of some of you).

23.01.2022 Emerging from a cool solitary walk in the forest, I alight upon a small waterfall gliding over a rock, finally lurching through the air into a lovely deep pool. And I wonder how such a cascade exists. My first thought is a spring some ways up the gully. Hardly any rain has fallen for weeks and months. But here is good clean water sufficient for drinking, washing and rejuvenating my soul. Amazingly, the stream never stops. But the constant gurgling sound is comforting. I feel ...it provides what I need right now. Why would I want to leave this place? Yet, should I keep this place all to myself? Could I not share my discovery with others seeking solace? Does revealing this locality expose a part of myself that others may not accept? So I ponder the Water of life who created the full scale of a material universe. But sets aside this part of his world, at least for now, just for me! This is my experience of grace. I stand to my feet and wander higher up the path. What treasures does my future journey hold as I search out new destinations? Surely, God has more to teach me as I look for Him!

22.01.2022 A full day on Tulagi Island (Part 1)

21.01.2022 Just deposited 5 tyres (for the Navara) on a ship bound for Noro. These items are one third the price we pay for them up there. This is just another thing I can get done in Honiara, unlike elsewhere in the country.

21.01.2022 Rugged sunburnt beauty @ Mount Walsh National Park

18.01.2022 Out for dinner for Father’s Day

18.01.2022 Great to catch up with Aaron and Jeff at the men’s breakfast this morning

17.01.2022 Catching up with Alister and Elaine Moss and others connected with the Lismore Wesleyan Methodist Church.

16.01.2022 North Queensland District Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Yeppoon Venue @ Yeppoon Wesleyan Methodist Church

16.01.2022 Found my twin this morning going to hear Shelly Davies preach @ Gympie Wesleyan Methodist Church

14.01.2022 Great to catch up with these guys across the border

14.01.2022 Dust casts a dim shadow over the late afternoon

13.01.2022 Wow, I can relate to so much of what is written here. Welcome to my world!

13.01.2022 First time I’ve photographed pale-headed rosellas

13.01.2022 More flying lessons

12.01.2022 Had a great time visiting Axis, one of my supporting churches, yesterday. @ Axis Church

12.01.2022 Pray for the Solomons. Political turmoil is brewing.

11.01.2022 A day makes a difference! @ Lagoon Pocket, Queensland, Australia

11.01.2022 Unlike Australia, the only place I’ve ever seen cattle In the Solomons is in the hills behind Honiara.

11.01.2022 Lovely to join my Solomon friends, Paul and Wendy, for their wedding @ Apple Tree Creek, Queensland, Australia

10.01.2022 Overseas this morning visiting the church on the island @ Coochiemudlo Island

10.01.2022 I've been overseas away from home and my workplace now for over 6 months. So it's nice to see this scene of my local airport at Munda (built in modern times by Japanese Soldiers during World War 2) show up on my home page this morning.

09.01.2022 Preaching at both the Wesleyan Methodist and Australian Christian Church today @ Lismore, New South Wales

08.01.2022 This last week, the National Board of Administration of Solomon Islands met at Noro. The National Superintendent, the Rev. George Velopide, is in the blue shirt in the centre of the photo.

08.01.2022 Great to catch up with the people at this church in Logan. Thanks, Glenda, for organising this event, and David, for having me at your church. @ Waterford West

08.01.2022 Blooming where you’re planted, lilies flowering in a drought (at my parents’ garden)

06.01.2022 The Kauffman family singing at the Father’s Day Service at Gympie Wesleyan Methodist Church this morning

06.01.2022 The latest update from Wesleyan World Missions

05.01.2022 Last week, the New Georgia District Conference appointed the Rev. June Qorakana (pictured at front in the blue dress) as their new Superintendent (replacing the late Rev. Robert Zio). June is the first woman appointed as a district superintendent in the South Pacific Region of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.

05.01.2022 Great catching up with the Gayndah Church this weekend @ Gayndah, Oldest Town in Queensland

04.01.2022 Back into Queensland from New South Wales (travelling through the mountains to avoid the long Gold Coast Queue for checking border passes)

04.01.2022 Paul (my cousin) and Jocelyn Collins planting ginger on my parents’ property @ Lagoon Pocket, Queensland, Australia

03.01.2022 Great to catch up with fellow missionaries, Botta and Kirsten Long

03.01.2022 After collecting documents air freighted to the Solomons yesterday, I was able to lodge files for Alister, Elaine and myself with Immigration today, to renew our residency visas, which will soon expire. So we’d appreciate your prayers regarding this matter. We should receive news concerning the success of our applications in two weeks.

03.01.2022 At this time of the year, the sun sets over the sea at Munda. When the borders reopen, I hope many visitors get the chance to see this sight for themselves.

02.01.2022 By Georgina Kekea Cabinet has agreed to ban the world’s biggest social networking site, Facebook, in Solomon Islands. The submission for the ban on Facebook wa...s said to be brought to Cabinet by the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Communication and Civil Aviation Minister Peter Shanel Agovaka. Minister Agovaka told Solomon Times Online (STO) that this ban was made because of the controversial issues raised via Facebook. Abusive languages against Ministers, Prime Minister, character assasination, defamation of character, all these are issues of concerns, Agovaka says. He says there were concerns that there are also no laws or regulations on Facebook thus the need for such a ban. The use of the internet now in Solomon Islands needs to be properly regulated to safeguard our young people from harmful content. At the moment there is no legislation to govern the use of the internet and even young kids can be able to download harmful stuff from the internet, Agovaka says. He says this is in addition to the controversial issues raised via Facebook. However he says the media should not have any cause for concern as there will still be freedom of the press. He says media organizations will continue to operate as normal except for the closure of Facebook. Most media organizations are now utilizing Facebook as a means to also disseminate information to the public. The office of the Prime Minister also does a live video stream of his national address via Facebook to reach a wider audience. The government is still in discussion with the operators to work out how this can be done. The operators shall need to establish a firewall to block Facebook , Agovaka says. It is anticipated that a ban on Facebook will greatly affect much needed revenue for the operators. As of October 2020, NapoleonCat, a social media management tool, says there are 120,000 Facebook users in Solomon Islands. People aged 18 to 24 were said to be the largest user group (45,000). Facebook, the largest social media platform in the world, has 2.4 billion users. Meanwhile Solomon Islands is not the only country in the Pacific considering a ban on Facebook. In July 2020, the Samoan government was seriously looking at banning Facebook in their country. In 2018, the Papua New Guinea government sought to ban Facebook for a month while in Tonga, in 2019, there were also thoughts of banning Facebook on the small island Kingdom. Currently only three countries in the world have banned Facebook. They are China, North Korea and Iran. Other countries have only temporarily banned facebook in the past.

01.01.2022 One year ago, when Mum and Dad visited me in the Solomons!

01.01.2022 A full day on Tulagi Island (Part 2)

01.01.2022 This arrived in the mail today

01.01.2022 Great to catch up with these guys this weekend @ Toowoomba, Queensland

01.01.2022 Good to hear Priscilla Taeva, one of my students, preach a brilliant message on Worry at lotu this morning. @ Honiara, Solomon Islands