Today was was a day off for us as school is out for the weekend.
There is no Baptist church here in Lobasa so we decided to leave a day early for Suvasuva where there is a young church being started. We will be attending there on Sunday.
We caught the 7am bus and began the long journey through the mountains.
As we headed out of town the air was sweet with the smell of sugar cane being harvested.
We saw some spectacular views and passed two waterfalls. The locals call this island "The hidden Paradise" This is very true as it is has to be the most beautiful place I've seen and is largely undeveloped.
When we arrived in Suvasuva we met up with Jonathan McPhereson who is the national pastor of the church we will be attending on Sunday. After lunch he took us to the place where we were staying and then we headed out to the reef to do some snorkeling! The water was warm and we were soon surrounded by a swarm of fish. We brought some bread with us to feed them and they were not the least bit shy!
We probably saw 30 varieties of fish and numerous types of coral. God's creation is amazing!
On our walk back to the house we picked fresh papaya from the side of the road.
If you were ever stranded on an island here you would not just survive but feast!
Later as we were walking along our road we met 2 school teachers who asked us to come to their school.
They said they were having trouble with spirits and some of the kids were getting possessed.
This sounded very strange to us but just goes to show how open this country is to the gospel.
As the sun went down the fruit bats came out. These bats have about a 3 foot wing span and fly and glide slowly like a bird. I mistook a few of these for birds on occasion.
I am really looking forward to Monday when we will be back in the schools.
Handing someone their very first Bible is the most amazing thing we have done yet.
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