Our Mission Statement: The
Dream Machine Foundation is a Christian non-profit organization dedicated to helping
children and families in Fiji with medical, dental, educational and farming programs to
improve their quality of life. Click here
to read all about the Dream Machine Foundation.
Stephen Arrington's Upcoming Speaking Schedule
For public school program information visit
www.drugsbite.com.
- Calistoga SDA
Church, CA
May 10th at 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM
- Eugene SDA Church,
OR
May 24 at 11:00 AM and 7:30 PM
- Fullerton SDA
Church, CA
May 31st at 11:00 AM and 7:30 PM
How Project Fiji began:
The morning song of an exotic bird stirs me gently
from my sleep. The melody drifts through an open window on the back of a warm tropical
breeze. It is still dark outside here in the South Pacific as I listen to the drumming
sound of an approaching rain squall. The cascading water marches in rapidly from the
ocean, hammers across the tin roof, then it tramps up the mountainside leaving a moist
freshness in its wake. Click here to
continue...
News Flashes: (Updated May 2, 2008)
Attention
all divers.
It's not too late to join Steve's dive trip to Fiji leaving Los
Angeles on June 19 and returning June 28. Click on the link to
Steve's dive club for details. We have a total of 11 people and
can accept 5 more. Steve will make a professional DVD of the trip
for each participant.
Attention all
Physicians, Dentists, Nurses & Physical Therapist.
The Mission at Natuvu, the new eye
and dental clinic is having its grand opening on June 17 and we are
looking for volunteers throughout the rest of the year. You can
come out on your own schedule.
Looking for
Mission Groups.
After the powerful cyclone that hit on Jan 28 we've had some children in
the villages come down with typhoid fever, which prompts the DMF to step
up our water filtration projects for four villages. If your church
would like to accept one of the villages as a mission project for July
or August please call us.
Hillcrest
Academy Mission Trip.
Senior Students from Bakersfield, Ca., spend two weeks in Fiji putting
in a water pipe to the first DMF house and doing evening evangelistic
programs for the Fijian children.
Cyclone
Gene hits Fiji. A
powerful cyclone has struck Fiji knocking out electricity to much of
Fiji and contaminating fresh water supplies. Buca Bay has been
particular hard hit. Buca Village has been evacuated and is
flooded with four feet of water. We are receiving many requests
for urgent assistance. For more information on the situation in
Fiji please visit Fiji Live or Fiji Times on the internet. We are
hoping for rapid financial assistance. If you can help, please
label your donation for Buca/Fiji Assistance Fund. 100% of your
donation will go directly to help the people in Fiji devastated by this
Cyclone.
Steve &
Cindy Arrington launch new weekly half-hour Satellite Television program
on Loma
Linda Broadcasting Network:
High on Adventure is a youth and family program that seeks to inspire
youth and young adults to go for their dreams through positive choices,
to encourage a commitment for doing good and to cement a sincere working relationship with
Jesus Christ. Cindy's and my goal is to share our path to
adventure, challenge and satisfaction in life. As the name implies
this is an adventure quest with whales, dolphins and sharks, but it goes
way beyond that as we dive into life quests that lead to a
purpose-driven life. We'll talk about health issues, examine
exciting careers, spend time tramping around beneath the ocean and go on
mission trips to Fiji. Fun for the whole family! If you
don't have the satellite connection, then catch it all on the internet
at www.llbn.tv airs Monday 10:00am, Wednesday
at 10:00pm, Thursday 4:00pm and Friday 4:00am (PST).
Steve's new
book exTreme now available:
Talk about busy, launching a new television
program and releasing a 828 page book. The
illustrated paperback exTreme can be ordered now by visiting
www.drugsbite.com and look under
cool links or send a check for $24 plus $4 for S & H to Stephen
Arrington, PO Box 3234, Paradise, CA 95967. See the cover layout to left.
The new clinic built by the Tooma Family Foundation is almost complete.
See the picture below. It is scheduled to open in January 2008
with a full time trauma physician and nurse. The Mission at Natuvu
Creek will offer free dental and eye care along with basic medicine.
The Dream Machine Foundation will provide mobile dental & medical clinics into the rural
community. It is going to be a great partnership between the two
foundations. Note: we have a close working relationship with the
Fiji Ministry of Health and they allow us a wide area of coverage.
Some of the villages we have been in have never seen a dentist or
physical before.

The DMF has almost completed its first bungalow, which can sleep
20 people. This has been a real financial challenge
for us because the coup of 2006 has pushed-up the prices of construction
materials and we had to hire the work out instead of using volunteers.
The take over of the Fijian Government by the military meant we had to
cancel our 2007 mission season. Note: no one was hurt in the coup,
which went forward with the permission of the Fijian president. All remains calm in Fiji and
we expect to begin our 2008 mission season as planned. The only
reason we had to cancel for 2007 was because we could not obtain
Accident Risk Management Insurance from the GC. Our relationship
with the Government of Fiji is excellent. The Ministry of Health
is particularly interested in our continued support and free service.

Terrific news, the Fiji Mission has decided to renew the lease for
Vatuvuon School. There was a very real threat of the school being
closed because of the financial crisis. The Fiji Mission is
receiving less tithing because salaries are severely reduced. Fiji
has been expelled from the British Commonwealth and is receiving no
foreign subsidies due to the current government takeover. The DMF will provide financial
assistance as we can though we are still modestly in debt. We also
help to support Nagigi SDA School which now has an enrollment of over 180
students.
New!
Steve's Dive Club:
Dive trips to Fiji please click here
Dive Trips to Fiji. Spend a week or more SCUBA diving and
enjoying incredible Fijian meals at a highly rated resort rated The
best Dive Resort in the World by SCUBA DIVING Magazine.
Spaces are limited to 16 so please act quickly. We are now
taking reservations for June 19 - 28 (25% full already).
- Make Donations To Specific
Projects:
To make a donation to a specific project & see our project needs click here.
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