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Des and Merleen Davis
Des and Merleen have been married 36 years resulting in a close knit family of 3 children and 8 grandchildren. In 1986 a friend on a neighbouring farm in Wandoan, Central Queensland shared the good news with Des and Merleen and shortly after led them to the Lord together. With an initial call to missions, they continued to grow until the final call to sell the home farm and move to the Coast, where 3 years later they moved into Maritime ministry on Grace II, affiliated with Coastlands and headed to Vanuatu. Merleen’s nursing experience and Des’s "jack-of-all-trades" background as a farmer led them to practically meet the needs of the Vanuatu Islanders. In remote communities and churches they install and maintain VHF communications systems, distribute clothing, repair sewing machines and teach the ladies sewing. Showing the Jesus video in the villages and distributing bibles and literature has seen salvations, healings and the building up of the church in Vanuatu. The needs are so great in these remote places that a shipping container was packed in Gladstone and freighted to Santo in North Vanuatu in 2000. With many sea miles and much lifting and carrying, Des and Merleen have distributed by hand its contents of clothing, school supplies and medical equipment to the remote villages. In June 2003 after having completed their 5th season in Vanuatu, and having broken through in building confidence in the relationships with local pastors, chiefs and villagers, Des and Merlene were on board Grace II returning for another their sixth season when disaster struck in the form of a cyclone. They are now without a vessel but are continuing the work that they started. Des and Merleen's vision for the next two to three years is to be based full-time on-shore in the Santo region of Vanuatu. Email Des & Merleen: grace2@coastlands.net |
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