Day 17 in Fiji So after a pizza party at the Grey's house last night and an ice cream war at our house afterwards we were all ready for a good night's sleep! We were supposed to go to the beach this morning with all the ladies, but it poured rain all night long and has been raining all morning so that got cancelled. After trying to attempt some packing, we all headed off in the bus to go shopping! Some of our bags were overweight coming here (okay, so maybe it was just mine!) so packing everything we have bought could prove to be a smidge of a challenge!
It's hard to believe this is our last full day here already! I have been avoiding acknowledging that fact, but the truth has finally set in! It is going to be soooo hard to say good-bye!
The guys got back into Suva
this evening at 5:30 and they were able to complete all the islands they were on! We had them over for supper this evening and Sister Mereioni cooked an absolute feast! We spent the evening trading stories of our experiences and and then finished up packing for our flight tomorrow! Some of the girls spent a late last night teaching our Fijian sisters how to play Dutch blitz and scaring the living daylight out of each other! It was a grand finish to our last night here!
Day 18 in Fiji
Our last day here!:( Today was met with mixed emotions....joy for some over returning home, excitement for all about seeing loved ones again, and most definitely sadness over having to say good-bye to these people who have become so dear to us! We awoke to another rainy, humid morning in the tropics and the scurry began to get everything packed and ready to go! We didn't know for sure what time we were being picked up (except that we had to be at the bus station by
11:30am) so everyone was up and ready to go early! By
8:30 we were sitting, waiting and ready when we found out we were taking a later bus and wouldn't be picked up until
1pm! I'm getting the impression this Saturday is going to be the longest one of our lives! Especially seeing as we get to live it twice because of the time change!
At 1pm Pastor Grey and Pastor Brooks arrived to take us to the bus depot to catch the bus to Nadi! Unfortunately in our rush to get out to the vehicle and not make them wait I decided to do it the fast way like Taneesa and slide down the hill! So I made the bus ride with a soaking wet backside!:/ We stopped at the Grey's house to say good-bye and then headed on to the bus depot. When we arrived at the bus station, most of the church ladies were there waiting to say Good-bye! Talk about hard good-byes! These ladies have become so dear these last several weeks and when it came time to hug Sister Mereoni (who has become like a grandmother to me) I lost it! I so don't want to leave!
After a 4 hour bus ride we arrived at the airport and had supper.
We are now waiting to board our flight from Nadi, Fiji to Las Angeles. This is a 10.5 hour flight so I'm looking forward to some sleep! Please pray for safe travels and that all our connections would go well!
