The Hogans are on a Mission

Ni sa Bula Vinaka, E marautaki dina sara ni keitou sa yaco mai oqo e Viti. E taura e dua na gauna ni sasaga enai lakolako oqo. Vinaka sara vakalevu na loloma, veitokoni kei na masu, me keitou yacova mai na gauna oqo. E ka levu na vakavinavinaka vei kemuni kece sara na veitokoni tiko mai. Sa tekivu tiko na vuli vosa vakaviti, ka nuitaki me keitou vosa taka talega. Vinaka Sara Vakalevu We are so happy to finally be in Fiji after quite a journey to get here. Thank you all for your love, support and prayers to get us this far. We really appreciate you all. We are slowly working on our Fijian language in the hope we can improve. Thank you so much We have arrived in Fiji! After a long period of self isolation in New Zealand due to Rachael’s recent surgery and our desire to get our flight without COVID messing it up, it was such a relief to finally get to Fiji on May 16th and start our new adventure. We were straight into no masks, no social distancing and lots of hand shak...

Is it too cliché to say, “Now that was another term that didn’t quite turn out like we planned!”? February was a great month of catching up with family and friends in the Waikato and enjoying being back in our own space and place after a long time away. It was nice to have our own beds and possessions again, the kids particularly enjoyed having their lego and duplo.  We celebrated Caleb turning six with good friends back at Lake Arapuni. He is now officially a homeschooler, as you don’t legally need to be at school until six years old. This kid is fun, confident, crazy, smart, determined, extroverted and pretty much talks all day long.  The smile of satisfaction from rainbow jelly on your 6th birthday We shared in our last blog that we had flights booked for March 30 to Fiji but that all changed pretty quickly. First Air NZ had a change in flight times, so they shifted our flight until April 2 and then we had a new hurdle to jump.  If you have been reading our blog a whil...

Our summer has been full of family, friends and lots of swimming… in beaches, rivers, lakes and lots of swimming pools.  Jumping Photo 2.0... now with friends We arrived back in the North Island on December 20th and enjoyed a week in Lower Hutt with family before a few weeks house sitting in Waikanae. We are grateful to have stayed in two houses with swimming pools over the hot days of summer and also to be close to the beach and river. We enjoyed going to our home church and helping out with the Food Share at church again. It was great to catch up with so many people. It is a bit surreal how we can so easily walk in and out of different worlds. A classic Kapiti sunset In January, Roy was able to fit in a two week job in Lower Hutt working for Ignite Sport . This is the first place we did a job away with MMM back in July 2020. At the time, they were only just starting this large renovation project and we were keen to return there to do what we could. They do some amazing work in y...