So it has been awhile since I have wrote to you guys last but quite a bit has happened since then.

Thursday was another day spent in Sports City. Halie, Rachel Sauer, and I decided to eat lunch together at Pizza King and share our life maps. Life maps are basically sharing about your family background, when you accepted Christ, your highs and lows in life, and who your heroes are. This is always a good time spent together and getting to know one another better. We spent almost 3 hours sharing our life maps and asking questions before Merideth came to have discipleship with me. Merideth is my disciple for my time here in Fiji, which means that at least once a week we try and get together to go over how we are both doing and ask questions and just talk about life. I really enjoy these times because we have similar lives and its really nice to talk about how she dealt with her dad passing away as well.

At night a few of the girls and I had the opportunity to share the gospel with a field hockey club team. This was really cool because they don't have ice hockey here obviously but it was interesting to watch them play for awhile and then talk with them afterwards. They were really receptive of what we had to share with them. We all split into smaller groups and the groups I was in mainly said that they were Catholic or Protestant and one girl said both. I do not really know how that works and didn't get the chance to ask. Some of the other groups had Hindus, Catholics, Indians, or nonbelievers so it was really cool to hear the stories that they came back with. We arrived late to Connexion but were able to hear Joe speak and have a short time of fellowship afterwards. This was the last Connexion meeting that we have because USP is finishing up exams and then has a short break. It is really weird being here because in Fiji it is winter while back home it is summer. Anyways, the temperature is about the same both places on a normal day. After the meeting some of us went to Bad Dog Cafe which tends to be our choice of dinner most days of the week because it has more American types of food, which we all miss a lot.

Friday was very frustrating in a way but it turned out to be better than we originally thought. Rachel Sauer and I were gonna spend the day sharing together and doing follow up with some girls we had met. One girl was in class when we called her and said she would call back, which she never did. Another girl hung up mid conversation and wouldn't answer when we tried calling back. And Rachel even called 3 other girls to see if any of them could hang out and nobody answered or could come. We walked around Sports City trying to find some girls to share with but were once again we became discouraged because nobody was there! We saw one of Kyle's guys that he disciples, John, and he decided to take us on USP's campus so we could have a look around. We are always scared to do this because we do not want to get in trouble with Glen Pope, the guy who won't let us on campus, but did not have a problem getting on or off. We look like international students because we always carry around backpacks. We were given a short tour of campus and then hung out with some of the Student Life guys that were playing their guitars and singing behind a tree at the rugby field. Rachel and I had a great time singing worship songs with them and just talking to them about Fiji and the United States. Talking about the differences between the 2 is always a fun topic because everything is so different. Kyle met up with us and asked if we wanted to go play some volleyball with students for a while before heading back for socials. We tried taking a shortcut which failed. Crossing a small creek was part of the walk and Kyle had made it across with no problems so we figured it would be fine. He warned us that it was a little soft but I apparently jumped with too much force which resulted in me sinking in the mud about halfway to my knee and losing one of my flip flops. We laughed so hard and Rachel still had to cross. She tried down the creek a ways but failed as well. She lost both flip flops, one on each side of the creek and had mud up to her knees almost. We were laughing so hard and decided to make Kyle go fetch our flip flops for us and then continued our walk barefoot. We made it to the volleyball court and saw that none of the girls showed up but we played 2 games with the guys. They were amazing at volleyball and we mostly passed the ball the them so they could spike it.

Friday night we had socials night, which is just a time to hang out and play games with our summer project group. For this we all made a sandwich for ourselves and brought some snacks and had a picnic by the seawall. this was really fun as we got to watch the sunset while eating dinner. Afterwards we played a few games of glow-in-the-dark ultimate frisbee and capture the flag. We had a blast playing some physical games rather that just cards for once.

Saturday was also a good day. We woke up around 8:30 and then met up at 9:15 to pass out some more Jesus films in a different area than last time. We spent the morning doing this and then had a pool party outreach to attend in the afternoon. This was fun yet a bummer day as the sun was not out at all so we were freezing the entire time. It was really fun to see all the Fijians show up even though they do not like cold water or weather at all. This lasted for 3 hours and then we headed back to the hotel to clean up for dinner at Mangoes. I loved this because I could actually order some American food and it was delicious!! We spent the night talking and listening to a live singer who came the the restaurant.

Sunday we went back to the same church as last week and it was really good again. The people really loved seeing us again and we caught up on the week. The sermon was about being an approved worker for God. I really enjoyed this and can't wait to hear another sermon on 2 Timothy again in 2 weeks. Next week there isn't a service because they have a church retreat. After church our group went and got lunch at HBK (Hot Bread Kitchen) and ate the best chicken pies ever! In the afternoon the pool was finally fixed, filled, and cleaned and we were able to go swimming and test out the slide for the first time! The water was freezing but that didn't stop us from having some fun, but once again it was cloudy and cold. At night we had girls and guys nights. The guys had a wii tournament and we had a small talk given by Alison and then just hung out together and talked. I checked out early because I had to wake up at 4:30am the next morning.

That leads us to today. Kyle, Marcia, and I woke up early to watch the sunrise. This was amazing to see God's creation. The sunrise was beautiful but my favorite part came after the sun had come up. It started raining and when we turned around we got to see the most amazing rainbow I have ever seen in my life. It was so bright and the colors were so distinct. If you have time, spend some quiet time in the Word outside either in the morning or at night and just enjoy being out in God's creation. I have learned to enjoy every opportunity while I am here and can't wait to come back and share what I learned back home.

Lastly, we got to talk to both of our families which I loved and I can't wait to Skype them again in a few weeks. It is always nice to see the families faces and hear their voices.

Until next time..