It is Tuesday afternoon here in Suva. The last few days have been enjoyable as we have explored and settled in to this new city. The city of Suva is much bigger and cleaner than Lautoka and has more traditional retail and restaurants. The hotel where we are staying is very modest but we have a great unit with a living room and two small bedrooms, plus a small kitchen. It is the first time we have been able to cook for ourselves in over 4 months! Last night we had homemade pancakes for dinner. Yes!
While the hotel has been relaxing, we have confirmed our plans to leave the hotel and go live in the mountains with Homes of Hope (HOH). We will leave tomorrow and be there until we head back to Kona on November 19th. The Homes of Hope property is absolutely beautiful and is situated on a ridge that overlooks a valley and other mountains in the distance. There are a couple main buildings, a handful of small houses for the mothers, and a guest house where our family will be staying. We had a nice surprise when our friends Nick and Jen came back from the outer islands early and decided to go with us to HOH. So, our two families will be living together in the guest house and ministering together to these lovely people.
Homes of Hope takes in single mothers, some with unborn children, and gives them a home and training to help them provide for their families and break the cycle of poverty and hopelessness that traditionally accompanies single moms in Fiji. From what we understand, we will be spending the bulk of our time helping in the preschool, tending the large garden, playing with the kids, etc. Angie will be able to fulfill her desire to use her nursing skills in teaching the women proper care for their babies, teaching hygiene, and helping with other health issues. Also, the women bake fresh bread every day to sell to the markets, so we will enjoy being able to help with that (by helping, I mean tasting!).
We are so excited for this opportunity to really engage our family with these people in such a big way and to build relationships with the mothers and staff living on the property. We are pretty sure they do not have internet there, but we will be driving in to the city once or twice a week and will update the blog with pictures of the property.
Till next time!
The Suva harbor from our hotel
From another angle
The Tropic Towers apartment/hotel where we have been staying the last few days
Our room with a kitchen!
Having breakfast with our new friend, Sadi, in the Tropic Towers "coffee lounge"
1 comment:
mmmmmm, pancakes. Incredible. Can't wait to hear about HOH. I just sent you an email, too, about the car. All is well. Looking forward to November 19th!
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