Hello Everyone,
There is a story behind this pen. A couple of weeks ago we had a fund raising dinner. This was to raise money for Spectacles to be given to patients in Vanuatu ( Pacific Island). Just a bit of background, for the last 6 years I have been going with an organisation called Healthcare Christian Fellowship and we do voluntary medical work in the poor pacific nations. I have been going to Vanuatu, but we also go to PNG and have been to Fiji. Next year Tonga may happen as well. Anyways we do it free and as part of this camp, we have vision checks and an eye specialist comes along too. So we provide free specs to patients who need it. It is just amazing to see them get their vision back! These are really remote islands and often no doctors at all at the most just nursing staff. So the clinics are very well received and attended. This year we saw 1500 patients in 4 days.
So I prayed and asked the Lord to show me what would be a suitable pen. I ended up doing 5 pens. This is one of them. I liked the sword and could promote it as representing the sword of the spirit. The starting bid on the pen was 100 Australian Dollars. I would have been thrilled if it sold for 100, but always hoped for more for the sake of the people of Vanuatu.
So the quiz is
a. What timber is this? (probably very easy for most people)- George (robutacion) can't answer obviously
b. What did it sell for? (harder!!)
I just thought lets have some fun, and I am interested to hear the responses. Hope this is ok and not against the rules of the forum. If it is please tell me off!
Cheers,
Sean
There is a story behind this pen. A couple of weeks ago we had a fund raising dinner. This was to raise money for Spectacles to be given to patients in Vanuatu ( Pacific Island). Just a bit of background, for the last 6 years I have been going with an organisation called Healthcare Christian Fellowship and we do voluntary medical work in the poor pacific nations. I have been going to Vanuatu, but we also go to PNG and have been to Fiji. Next year Tonga may happen as well. Anyways we do it free and as part of this camp, we have vision checks and an eye specialist comes along too. So we provide free specs to patients who need it. It is just amazing to see them get their vision back! These are really remote islands and often no doctors at all at the most just nursing staff. So the clinics are very well received and attended. This year we saw 1500 patients in 4 days.
So I prayed and asked the Lord to show me what would be a suitable pen. I ended up doing 5 pens. This is one of them. I liked the sword and could promote it as representing the sword of the spirit. The starting bid on the pen was 100 Australian Dollars. I would have been thrilled if it sold for 100, but always hoped for more for the sake of the people of Vanuatu.
So the quiz is
a. What timber is this? (probably very easy for most people)- George (robutacion) can't answer obviously
b. What did it sell for? (harder!!)
I just thought lets have some fun, and I am interested to hear the responses. Hope this is ok and not against the rules of the forum. If it is please tell me off!
Cheers,
Sean
