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Merry Christmas from Fiji

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The months are ticking by, cold showers are getting more and more appealing as humidity increases. We are getting more torrential rains and are coming to appreciate that at least with the rain, it dramatically drops the air temperature. We are normalising slippery, muddy or dusty dirt roads with no street lights or reflectors by night and becoming pros at driving them. We are grateful for generators, water tanks and water filters. As well as friends and family bringing chocolate, cheese and other online shopping we’ve done.  We are starting to feel more settled here, making friends and starting to build a bit of a community. I continue to be incredibly grateful for the many people that support us here in Fiji with what we are doing by praying for us, encouraging us and financially supporting us. I am also continually blown away by the detail in which God provides for our every need, no matter how crazy and intricate they are. Savusavu It feels like ages since our big adventure back...

Life in Fiji

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It is crazy how quickly time ticks by and that we have already been in Fiji for five months. We have officially missed winter in New Zealand which we are quite ok with. We have made heaps of connections, worked with some awesome ministries and been to some pretty amazing places as we continue to find our place and life here in Fiji.  A scenic stop on the way from Suva Our New Prado After a three month search and investigating every seven seater 4WD this side of Fiji, we finally found the perfect vehicle in Suva! It was a bit of a fiasco, as with many things in Fiji, involving extra paperwork and waiting times at the last minute and several bus trips to Suva for Roy. However we are very grateful to have a reliable eight seater Prado in incredible condition and relatively low mileage for Fiji, and it has already been a huge blessing when we have had a team and family visiting. We saw God’s hand on the buying of this vehicle in many ways including the timing, price, an ethical seller ...