We arrived at the Church in Leneai shortly after lunch time and were warmly greeted by Elder William and his wife Sarah. A bell outside the church was rung to let everyone know we had arrived and soon the Church was filled and we were welcomed by many of the nearby families. Each team member received a floral necklace and again shook every one's hand as they left the church. 
Leneai Church
The food was quite a feast considering what is available on Tanna and each day there was a choice of rice, green vegetables, bananas, fruit salad, a meat stew and lots of yam! They would often use a coconut sauce to flavour food and most of the team enjoyed this. Given my stomach and the fact that I was still recovering from morning sickness I stuck with rice and broth. Grateful though to be able to eat after many food less weeks. Plus it meant not having to worry about the occasional chicken's claw that some team members conveniently had to throw over their shoulder to the family dogs.
Tea time
Most of the team were able to pitch tents after lunch and it was then that I realised just how small mine looked! Oh well, it's just for a week! The grass was reasonably soft which was good because my air mattress sprung a leak the first night. Thankfully there was some foam used to pack tools and Jan brought some back for me to use as bedding for the rest of the week. Praise God for small blessings! It was still a challenge sleeping on a slope and I am very grateful for ear plugs to block out some of the cows, roosters and insects that tried to disrupt our sleep each night. My back is very happy to be in a real bed again. I was happy to be in a tent though and not one of the buildings with the rats!
Setting up the tents
I experienced my first earthquake that night. It lasted for about 30 seconds and though not large, was quite a weird feeling. I woke up thinking a herd of cattle were racing past my tent and making the whole thing shuffle along the ground. It was good to find out in the morning I wasn't the only crazy person who had felt it.
