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Vanuatu - Vanuatu Parliament - United in Peace We Progress Statue

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2000-2020
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2000 to 2020
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Vanuatu
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Photographer: James Rex Conner
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Family standing in front of vanuatuparliament

By warephilip | Vanuatu number 2 lagoon korman | 30 Jan 2026

*on the year 1989 lamai and Emma's little family
Went to a normal service at no:2 . It was a Sunday
And the church was at No.2 area and it was holiness fellowship ministry.

On their way back, they decided to have a rest at the water front.while sitting down waiting on the big sea front center, there were there Chinese men
Who started to Walked towards the family.

To their Surprise "then the Chinese ask a family" if it were possible to take a photo of this family?".
It took then too fifteen minutes to allowed the Chinese to take a photo of the little families.

After Chinese taking photos of the little family,
They also told them that the family will be seeing something in the future do come.the Chinese also told the family, that this photo will be a very good memories of vanuatu in front of the big parliament house in future years to come.

It took one to two years after the photo was taken and the construction of the parliament house was
About to start.the story began when the parliament house was completely her former husband did went passed the parliament house and to his surprised,he saw the statue of the family that was in front of the parliament house.

His eyes were fully of tears went former husband
All the way back to home to Black Sand to tell her former wife about the statue in front of the parliament house.

Former husband on his way towards Emma,he told Emma hurry and get a bus go and see what was in front of the parliament house.

When Emma got inside a service bus to the parliament house, to her surprised she Saw what she didn't expected to see.emma tried to speaking at the moment but she couldn't speak because she was very sorry for her self and her little families, she was full off tears.

And ever since to this day when Emma as mother of two beautiful kids, when ever she passes the vanuatu national parliament house she is always full of tears when she sees the family statue of her little families.

To Emma age:57 her former husband is 62.
The kids age:Rina 37 year.sako is 39 years.

We will like to thank this little family whom they gave a free will heart to their little family to represent the future and the full nation's of vanuatu as a whole and as a good memories of vanuatu as whole in front of vanuatu national parliament house.

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