Day 7 in Fiji
Today we loaded up with Bibles and set out to distribute in three schools today.
When we arrived at the first school they were ready and waiting with a sound system already setup for us.
As our custom is, we meet with the principal of the school first to discuss how we wish to address the students. On this occasion the principal was not in and word arrived that a group of officials would be paying the school a visit. They told us to come back later in the day and apologized for the inconvenience.
Such is life in Fiji! We rolled on with this change in plans and drove to our next school, Naleba College.
All went smoothly at this school. After sharing the gospel we were able to pass out 467 Bibles to students and teachers. I still have not gotten over the freedom we have to preach to the students and the eagerness of both students and teachers to receive the Bibles. This is truly amazing!
Travelling to our next school took about one and a half hours up and down some of the worst roads we have seen yet. There are numerous bridge crossings where the tires of our vehicle would straddle the railway tracks for the sugar mill. Rather than build two bridges they simply have the road and railway merge to share a bridge. We arrived safely at the school and had good success in passing out 554 Bibles to both students and teachers. Some students and teachers request a second Bible for another family member but as there are not enough Bibles for all these requests we usually have to say no. This is hard to get used to as you would like so much to give out more.
After this school we traveled the one and a half hours back to Batinikama Secondary School where we had been turned away at the start of the day. They told us that the officials had still not yet arrived and it was looking uncertain if they would let us speak to the students. This was a very strong Hindu school and the teachers seemed scared of what might happen should the officials arrive and discover a group of Baptists preaching to the students! They agreed to let us speak, but only to those students who wished to receive a Bible. Rather than calling a general assembly students on the front lawn as is the norm, they invited only those students wanting a Bible to a classroom at the very far back corner of the school.
We were not sure how many students would come at first but it turned out every student in the school wanted a Bible! The classroom was soon packed with some students sitting on chairs outside the window. Praise the Lord! We were able to pass out 233 Bibles to students and teachers.
the local market
Today we loaded up with Bibles and set out to distribute in three schools today.
When we arrived at the first school they were ready and waiting with a sound system already setup for us.
As our custom is, we meet with the principal of the school first to discuss how we wish to address the students. On this occasion the principal was not in and word arrived that a group of officials would be paying the school a visit. They told us to come back later in the day and apologized for the inconvenience.
Such is life in Fiji! We rolled on with this change in plans and drove to our next school, Naleba College.
All went smoothly at this school. After sharing the gospel we were able to pass out 467 Bibles to students and teachers. I still have not gotten over the freedom we have to preach to the students and the eagerness of both students and teachers to receive the Bibles. This is truly amazing!
Travelling to our next school took about one and a half hours up and down some of the worst roads we have seen yet. There are numerous bridge crossings where the tires of our vehicle would straddle the railway tracks for the sugar mill. Rather than build two bridges they simply have the road and railway merge to share a bridge. We arrived safely at the school and had good success in passing out 554 Bibles to both students and teachers. Some students and teachers request a second Bible for another family member but as there are not enough Bibles for all these requests we usually have to say no. This is hard to get used to as you would like so much to give out more.
After this school we traveled the one and a half hours back to Batinikama Secondary School where we had been turned away at the start of the day. They told us that the officials had still not yet arrived and it was looking uncertain if they would let us speak to the students. This was a very strong Hindu school and the teachers seemed scared of what might happen should the officials arrive and discover a group of Baptists preaching to the students! They agreed to let us speak, but only to those students who wished to receive a Bible. Rather than calling a general assembly students on the front lawn as is the norm, they invited only those students wanting a Bible to a classroom at the very far back corner of the school.
We were not sure how many students would come at first but it turned out every student in the school wanted a Bible! The classroom was soon packed with some students sitting on chairs outside the window. Praise the Lord! We were able to pass out 233 Bibles to students and teachers.
Unicorn Fish at the market (we ate this yesterday)
the local market
Our home in Lombasa
This is our shower and invisible sink (we have no sink here)
Car and Train merged bridge
Harvesting Sugar Cane
Posing with principal and teachers
