Sunday 31 August 2014

A visit from our Tongan friends Ma-afu and Elizabeth.
Staff meeting with-a-difference!
Primary athletics carnival.
Dog walking and fun with friends an hour from our house.
Soph's contribution to her class project on "Trade". Learning about sales/profit etc..

Saturday 23 August 2014

Hibiscus Festival

Here are a few more pics of the annual Hibiscus Festival that is held in Suva every August. Good ol' fashioned fun!

Birthday!

Well, I've done my best to stretch my birthday out as long as possible, bu, frankly, even I am getting sick of it now. Anyhoo, despite a few of us being sick for the majority of it, we had fun and managed to do the things I wanted to do. Here's the run-down...
Off to a good start!
Breakfast(well, actually just a drink) at the new hotel down the road. Schwanky.
I almost got to 10am before I cracked open the chocolate-thought that was acceptable.
The Hibiscus Festival
Holiday Inn for pizza and a swim.
Not easy being a missionary here...someones gotta do it.....happy birthday to me!

Sunday 17 August 2014

Bits and pieces.

Here's a bit of life lately. Everyone is going well generally and the kids have all settled very quickly into school here. I, meanwhile, am missing home-schooling alot. It was fun to plan, prepare and also stimulating intellectually. I also liked having a routine and knowing what I was doing every day. Apart from doing 6 hours of language learning a week, I will begin some ministry back at the prison and see what else can fill my time. Stay tuned.
Very exciting that Pacific Students for Christ has just become registered under the Charitable Trust Act.
Leadership Training Day that Tony ran the other day.
Shopping at the market with our language teacher
Then we headed home and cooked up a storm with our fish and cassava.
Other than that, Hannah's Birthday Festival continued this weekend, with a handful of friends coming over for pizza,movies, s'mores and sleepover. Closing ceremony was last night with toasted marshmallows and an episode of Gilmore Girls! Now , time to move onto MY birthday festival, kicking off on Friday ha!
One final cake .....and also the last time I want to see or taste Betty Crocker icing, as good as it is...!

Sunday 10 August 2014

All ready and waiting for the birthday girl to wake up!
Happy 15th Birthday to our gorgeous Hannah!
Playing Uno Stacko
Afternoon milkshake
Party with friends at night
Sunday cake with our "Fiji family"
Everyone singing Happy Birthday...
So, there you have it - Hannah's birthday weekend in pictures. We thank God for His generous gift to us and pray that she keeps choosing to follow Him for the next 15 years and beyond!