A week in the life.....

I thought I'd give you a brief run down of what my week looks like here in Suva -because I KNOW you have all been losing sleep wondering WHAT IT IS exactly, that I do here. Ha! So..

MONDAY: Get kids off to school and then head straight to the Women's Prison for numeracy and literacy.

Entrance to the prison.

What I've been teaching them so far this term.

 Come home ,have lunch and then do housework and planning while Tony does the grocery shopping.

 Girls have piano lessons after school

 TUESDAY

I go to my friend Nozomi's house and help her with her english. Then after lunch I meet up with my friend Jill for a chai and a chat about our prison work and just general life stuff.

Then I pick up Soph from school and we head out to the orphanage to help the kids with their homework.

After dinner, I head out to a women's bible study group with ladies from church, which I love.

WEDNESDAY
Back to the prison again -this time for craft. I am teaching the ladies cross stitch, which, if you know me at all, is hilarious! God's sense of humour right there my friends.

After school I pick up Soph from gymnastics and we do a bible study together with the kids. They also get to have dessert that night, so we combine it with an episode of The Amazing Race or something similar.

THURSDAY: I am starting a bible study group with some uni graduates in town with our wonderful administrator Ateca. Our first official one will be next week.

In town where we will meet for bible study

Ateca

 

Other than that, time is taken up driving kids to tennis, boxing helping with homework, walking dog etc... same as everyone else!

FRIDAY: I usually have a rest, catch up on reading, plan Sunday school etc...

Just finished or currently reading.

SATURDAY: Different each week, but usually involves a bit of homework now that the kids are older. We try to venture out and do something fun, but often they want to see their friends rather than their parents....go figure!

A recent family trip to see some dolphins.

 SUNDAY: Tony and I (and often the kids) teach Sunday School at church in the morning. The afternoons are often slow- and include napping if we're lucky!

The class -primary aged.

Soph's preferred position on a Sunday...and in fact, most days.

Our church building.

Here are a few other random shots from the last few weeks. My plan after this is to show you what a typical week looks like for me. Stay tuned.

Kids walking the dog down at the sea wall.

Tony went away for the weekend with his soccer team - they have just climbed the highest mountain in Fiji!

Watching a kid pull his bike out of a flooded drain.

Our favourite cafe -Bulaccino.

Dinner visit from a friend who was a missionary in Fiji 40 years ago

Tony and Ethan's school holiday project.

Girls cooked and planned a picnic dinner in school hols.

Our annual CMS pastoral visit with our friend Charlie.

Meeting a lovely lady from church who does the kids ministry.

Also got to meet people from the Bible Society.

Kids performing on last morning of church camp.

At the Grand Final of soccer at the stadium down the road -2 NZ teams.

Bit of life of late...as in the last 4 months that I've neglected this blog...!

Taken at a trauma counselling course I did.

Day trip via canoe to see an old cathedral.

Fun to go with another Aussie family from school who live around the corner.

Soph and her friend doing the bible reading in church on Palm Sunday

Still loving gymnastics

Bit of grocery shopping at the market in town.

Getting dinner ready at church camp.

Beautiful venue for church camp as you can see in the next 3 pics.