Our First Island Holiday! (June 26th-We think this was called Sports Day????)Posted June 28th

No School! No Work! A Day for Family, for remembering and learning about  the past...The beautiful traditions, the culture, and sounds of a wonderful people!

Their Tribe Leader was the guest of honour.

Qeleni branch started their celebration with a Service project.

Followed by a Branch Volleyball Game ...

Making Coconut Puzzles....

The Service Project was to clean the Qeleni Meeting House!

Everyone had great fun.

After a yard tidy up...

A Picnic was a Great Treat!

Even the coconut husk had a use!

These dancers were at Matei School.

What a fun Day... Next Blog...See how others enjoyed their Holiday!

June 26th

Life in Taveuni is wonderful...

Every sunset is beautiful and unique.

These are cow bones that will be carved into shapes and sold as souvenirs.

Shells and bones as finished products, People work as a coop..making these ornaments.

These shells are discarded after the black pearls are removed. This  man polishes them and prepares them for items for sale.

Working on the shells. They are sanded and shaped.

Finished cow bones.

Sanding.

Preparing the shape.

Tools used to make products.

New Construction site.

Bending rebar by hand.

Tieing rebar

Sailboats visiting Taveuni.

Note written in a Young man's scriptures.

Elder Vermeeren and Brother Fisher inputting records into the computer.

Windy Day!

Gathering materials for an arrangement.

Elder Painter and Elder Makavaha with two of the Mohammed children.

The Mohamed Home.

Elder Makavaha with the kids!

President Mohamed with two of his four sons.

Elder Noble and  Elder Sarufa

A Large shell

District meeting lunch.