We are Team Wicks: Last Hawaiian Blog Entry

We leave tonight for Fiji! We're finishing up all our packing and cleaning today. Last night, the other two teams from our group left for their travels to Guatemala and France. Angie and the kids made some homemade banners to send them off. We loaded everyone and their luggage into three vans and drove them to the airport. It made us very excited to do the same thing tonight.

We have not sold our car yet. But, there is a new family on campus who needs transportation. So, we are going to let them drive the car in exchange for being the contact people for selling it while we are gone. We think it will work out great for both families!

We will load the vans up tonight at 5:00 and then head to the airport. Here is our specific travel plans:

Depart Kona - Mesa Airline #1019 - 8:30 PM
Arrive Honolulu - 9:10 PM

Depart Honolulu - Air Pacific #0821 - 12:35 AM
Arrive Nadi, Fiji - 5:20 AM

The time zone in Fiji is 5 ours behind Seattle, the following day. For example, if it is 6:00 PM on Friday in Seattle, it is 1:00 PM on Saturday in Fiji.

Once we arrive in Fiji, we will travel to the home of a contact we have there. Once at her home, we will rest for most of the day and then travel to Lautoka and settle in to the base we will be staying at. Our leaders are so great in that they feel it is very important to take a couple days to just rest, settle in, and "nest" a bit in our rooms so that we will be refreshed and ready to get to work.

We hope to be able to find internet cafes in town so we will be able to keep the blog updated but that is uncertain. In emergency, you can contact:

Bob or Carolyn Hopkins hopkins7@msn.com
Pieter Heres 808-960-0331 herespieter@yahoo.com

We miss everyone very much. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.

(Isaiah 26:3-4)