School Break weeks

The last two weeks have been very busy in Patron Housing and the Temple.  We have had four branches one week(Nakawakawa, Vuna, Quelini, and Labasa) and two the next (Savusavu and Somo Somo).  Three or four families in each group so own work for  up to 13 people a day.  We had a branch from Kandavu as well, staying in Qaqa's boarding house.  A young couple from Kiribati and the three year old daughter were also here:

Quelini children eat lunch.

Lorenzo Snow Baleiwasawasa back for a visa,
now side tracked with a rheumatic mitral valve
insufficiency problem.  

We are still walking,when it isn't raining, down by the sea wall in central Suva.  There is one lonely mangrove standing off by itself that I take pictures of fairly often.  Also we see many colorful Church vans around Suva.  Our plain white vans are also well known but do look rather bland in comparison.

Another day, calm and first sun. Sept 2016

Morning walks, Another Boy's Camp, Hibiscus Festival

We try and walk two mornings a week in the park along the seawall near downtown Suva.  Somedays the sunrise is very nice.

We have had two rainy weeks in a row, so we see some critters out on the sidewalk. We have lots of ants and small lizards, but the snail and slug were worth a picture for Iva.

We had another sleep-over in Patron Housing before our first Tuesday early morning Temple session. Fish stew was on the menu.  Those who gather have a lot of fun.

The Hibiscus festival brings out some county fair type rides, circa 1965.  There are also handicrafts and multiple food vendors.  

Sea Breeze Park, tide out.  Canoe practice in the distance.

Mahi mahi for fish stew.

Rock cod

Srs Ramaqa, Tagidua, and Bogidua.

This night view brings to mind a story. Prior to the Suva Temple closure for renovation, there was an "Eco-week" event during which lights were to be turned off at night for symbolic conservation.  The temple cooperated and went dark.  There soon came a call from the Prime Minister, a former naval officer, "Please turn on the Temple lights, my boys can't find their way safely through the reef."  The Temple was used to navigate through the break in the reef, it was the upper light in the range that kept the sailors safe.  So keep both the lower light and the upper light burning.