After our motorbike tour of the island while we were milling about the wharf, the village chief came up to Tim and asked to speak to him. Tim was worried at first, wondering if we had done something wrong, I mean why would the chief want to talk to him? But it turns out that the chief simply asked Tim if he could help him. He said the fan on his computer isn’t working, and would Tim maybe be able to fix it. So, Tim went with the chief to his house to get the computer and he spent quite a bit of time engrossed in the project. It turned out that it wasn’t just the fan, but some of the keys didn’t work either. What pressure to fix something for the chief! Of course, Tim accepted the challenge, and although the solution wasn’t pretty, it worked, and the chief got back a usable computer.
Fixing the Chief’s computer
So, the chief told us we could stay as long as we wanted in Nanumea. Too bad he’s not an official part of the Tuvaluan government.
Word got around about Tim fixing the computer and he was bombarded with requests, and he fixed some things for the reverend and various town council officials.
Gresham Family Exodus 