Brrrrr! I know you all think Fiji is warm and tropical, but when it is winter here, it really is winter! This was the coldest morning so far and man was it cold! Normally I shower, then curl up in the living room with my coffee and my Bible and do my morning devotions! Not so this morning! I showered and then dived back into my bed to do my devotions! It was sooooo cold! As you'll see from our morning group photo, we all left the house bundled up in sweaters!
Our first school this morning was a girl's school of about 350 students! They were a very responsive group and listened very intently to the messages! They are also one of the first schools where some of the students have hung around to talk and take photos! As we left it was a blessing to see many of them walking away reading those first 3 pages in their Bibles which contain the plan of salvation!
While waiting to go to the next school, Pastor Brooks made some phone calls to confirm our other schools. Unfortunately one of the 4 that we were to do today cancelled, but thankfully they rescheduled for Wednesday. Another one of our 4 for today was an LDS (Morman) school that has now refused us! I was especially disappointed about this one as who wouldn't love to give out Bibles in a Morman school?! We were able to reschedule another one for this afternoon though so we have 3 for today.
The second school was about 200 students and again a very good response! Many of the students began reading through their Bibles as soon as they received them! One teacher/mother walked up and said how excited she was that we were giving out KJV Bibles! She had been teaching her children for years about the difference between the Bibles and that the KJV is the right one!
We then stopped at Chicken Express for lunch. It still cracks me up when all 23 of us walk into a restaurant and literally take the place over!
Our 3rd school was a boy's school of about 150 students! This would be comparable to a reform school or juvenile detention. We females understandably felt a little out of place with all these guys staring back at us, but they sat completely silent and listened attentively as the gospel was preached! This school was also another answer to prayer as it is a catholic school and many of the catholic schools have been refusing us! Please pray for these boys, that God would touch their hearts ....they were certainly a tougher crowd, but God can soften the toughest hearts!
Once we returned from the school we headed to the store to buy supplies to throw a surprise Birthday party for Filo and get some of life greatest necessities...chocolate and Oreos!:) the rest of the evening was spent sneaking around baking birthday cake and playing Dutch Blitz! It was so much fine surprising Filo...people here don't normally do to much for birthdays so it was fun being able to do something for her that she wouldn't normally get!
It's been an amazing day and we're looking forward to another great day tomorrow!:)
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