The Hogans are on a Mission

In less than a month we hit the one year mark in Fiji! It is crazy that Sabeto, Fiji, has now been the place our family has been most settled since before COVID. It has been a year full of new experiences, learning, places and friendships. Our kids rarely complain about the heat anymore and we’re no longer surprised by the random goats, dogs, horses, cows, potholes or piles of gravel in the middle of the road. We’ve become accustomed to a pace where things often go slower than you’d prefer and plans always change. But there is a certain beauty to experience in this culture by taking things slower and embracing the unexpected changes. Fiji time, sega na leqa, no worries! Koa and Kaila were happy to pose for a photo with us. Rainy season We are told that this year's rainy season was worse than normal, I’m also grateful it was not as bad as New Zealand’s. It seemed like New Zealand got the weather that we were expecting. We found ourselves with daily floods, where the sky would go dar...

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...