Friday-Outreach prep

Whew.... we are finally ALMOST certain that our destination will be Australia now with 9 people going: La, Sai,Sova and Onasai as leaders and Jenn, myself, Akuila, Solopoi, Liti . We have been doing some fundraising, including waking up at 4 in the morning two days in a row to make Roti and Curry (indian dish) to sell. Its fun but its tiring. We have a new family on the base and the lady is a dance instructor so she is brushing us up and teaching us new dances. We haven't had much time to spend outside the base with no more 'free' days but we did have one last picnis last Saturday and spent some time at the beach called 'Paradise' beach (you can imagine...). They said its not even the best beach on the island. It was a big rocky with coral (cut up my foot, not bad but it takes a while to heal). Its amazing to be swimming and run into a school of little blue fish- it tickles. The salt water takes some getting used to also. Im always amazed at God's beauty when I leave the base and see both the mountains and the beautiful clean ocean and its waves. We have a fiafia night again tonite to say goodbye to the Cook Island YWAM team that has been here on outreach the past month. After that we will do some evangelizing in town. I went to a friends house the past Sunday (After going to the Fijian church again and Yes, there was another REALLY long prayer to begin the service) and I am forgetting some of the cultural 'civilization' things like walls on the homes. Ha... or a fan that runs with electricity. Or the sound of a landline phone. Its too funny. I will have more culture shock going home that coming here I think. People here are getting ready for the SPG which is the South Pacific Games, a bit like the Olympics but of course smaller scale. We wll be on outreach for most of it but hope to catch the end. I can imagine the tourism! Please be continuing to pray for our leaders as they are preparing to transition into outreach and local groups (Malakai will stay back with a group of students also to do outreach on the island) . Also Malakai's health has not been good so please remember him in prayer! Ill do some more updating next week! I feel I am always squeezed for time! And not just in using the internet!! ~alissa