Mission Log

It is with great sadness that we report this news. Late in the afternoon of December 15, 2008 Carmela (PYM’s Prayer Partner Coordinator) died instantly in an horrific accident. Her car was hit head on by a semitrailer near Ban Ban Springs, Queensland. Carmela was a foundation member of PYM, and with her husband owned the yacht Windango that has been involved with PYM’s work for a number of years. She was an Enrolled Nurse and often assisted at clinics. She is remembered by all her knew her as a very special lady; a gracious, caring person. On Windango she was a wonderful hostess. She is greatly missed.

1599 Medical Patients

892 Dental Patients
346 Extractions
222 Other Treatments

907 Immunizations

Health Education:
558 Dental Health
1534 General Health

440 Malaria Nets Distributed

14 Antenatal Patients

36 Packages of Clinic Supplies Delivered

1577 Blood Pressure Assessments

Drumbeat had two additional crewmembers join her for the trip home which was relatively uneventful, taking 114 hours to sail the 1125 miles. She sailed over 4,200 nautical miles from Mackay to Mackay.
Another Angel departed Luganville a few days after Drumbeat and also had a safe trip back to Brisbane.

Drumbeat stayed in Santo for the time between tours and there were some changes in crew-members. The only expat  visitor for this tour was Ione, a nurse from Sydney, who flew into Sola.
This was probably the best team for the season, having all the bases covered yet still being fairly compact. Some of the Nivan staff stayed ashore each night so accommodation was easy. Dr Mark who lives on Gaua Island was able to carry out some surgery and use his portable ultrasound. Ione was great with the women’s issues and education.
Another Angel delivered 50 cartons of school books and supplies from Sola to Robin school on Loh Island.