May 7th

Fall in Fiji..

Happy 11th Birthday to Austin  May 6th 2015.

Repair and repaint...

Interesting info on the Turtles around the island..

Dive photo

Road repair crew...

Ready ....Set...

Go!  

Burning dead grass.

Love these trees!

A visitor in the Clerk's office at the church..

Love is having a Big Sister!

Freezer of fish (These are about 18" long)

Not what we are having for supper tonight...

So many young men and women from the islands serve missions . Right now about 25 missionaries are out from just our district of Taveuni, Rambi and Vanua Levu islands and we are not even a Stake yet. There are three zones in this district and our zone had 14 baptisms last month.

Elder Hosea and Elder Harris with a new member.

I Love Fiji flowers...

Laundry day while we have the soap out......

everyone can participate!

The Sister's join in the fun.

"Take Away" food stand (equivalent to our take out food.)

May 5th

From Repairs to Baking Cookies all in a weeks work......

Beauty in the bark of a tree..

A photo I took while on my morning walk. The far island lights up as the sun rises.

Thistle on the side of the road.

A television at the roadside store has a sports event playing.

Beautiful ornamental shells.

An woven mat . This is the house the Mission President and his wife use when they come to our island.

A home owned by a couple who come to dive here through out the year.

This table is made of pressed coconuts. It is woven together with leather .

This is the church farm in Qeleni. The people are taught to plant, care for and save the seeds .

A resort area 

 Selling food to passersby. 

Off to work,but happy to stop and have their picture taken.

Elders helping Elder Vermeeren fix their door.

Frying Fish

If you don't happen to have power, these are still readily available for sale!

Teaching the art of baking cookies.

Yes, this is home making...

The men waited outside.

May 3 2015

Thankyou to all for your kind thoughts and prayers on our behalf as my mother passed away...We are grafeful for your support. It is hard to believe she is gone so soon after our leaving...

We recently had a district conference here. Our district is Taveuni island, Rambi island and Vanua Levu

Maikatakata 's son and granddaughter. 

On the way to work.

             Beautiful flowers.....

At the Mission Home  when we had our training in Suva . Our Mission president on the first row in the middle, President and Sister Layton. His councillors and their wives on either side of him.  The back row are Senior Missionaries working with missionaries and members from different islands .

Before the rain fall........

District conference in Taveuni . The Sava Sava Elders and our Rabi Elders.

This sweet young man just walked over to Elder Vermeeren and held his hand....

The branches put on a lovely meal between conference meetings.

The Sister prepare cassa in baskets for the meal.

All preparations and eating are on the floor . They put up tables for us.

These sisters enjoy eating after they helped prepare the meal.

the first picture shows before the rain , this is the same area after the rain.