Suva 3rd Ward Relief Society Party

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE RELIEF SOCIETY! Our new Ward celebrated with the Relief Society by having a get acquainted party and LOTS to eat and entertainment from the Young Single Adults. We had to each dance or walk around the cultural hall waving hello to everyone in the room. (a little embarrassing--hmmm! but everyone managed to do it).

We are now in the same ward that Sister Trammel has been transferred to. She and Sister Bauro are here with one of their investigators. They had seven come for this activity... so excited!

Notice the little girl all bundled up :) It's probably 80 degrees outside; but to the people, it is getting cold....





Cutting the birthday cake with our Relief Society President, Sister Mototabua, are some sisters that are just newly converted.

We love watching the people perform in their national dances and song!








An enjoyable evening!

College Inter-house Field Day

Athletics at the college this term are quite prevalent, with rugby being prime! The are also involved in field events. We enjoyed with them a full day of inter-house track, pole vault, jumping, etc. at the big ANZ Stadium down town (the arena where most big athletic programs are held). Prior to doing this, the school breaks into four teams: Nephites, Lehites, Mulekites, and Jaredites. They practice cheers and select their athletes for each event. Just a few pictures of the day.





From this activity, the top athletes are chosen to represent the school at a zone meet that happens in about three weeks.

More pictures to come.

Filleting Fish and the Like----

We are truly the kind that like to experiment with the local fare wherever we are. Ed is the best to try it all.

FILLETING FISH!

We visit the fish market (he would rather have caught it), buy fish and then he comes home and fillets it; this Saturday we were with the Deckers. This one is a large red snapper...very good!





And....here comes Elder Terry. We are at our old flat, at which, the Deckers and Terrys now live. We know that it has the perfect spot in which to fillet fish!

SHREDDING COCONUTS!

CARVING FIJI PUMPKINS!

LEMONS! AND GUAVA!

In our new yard, we have a huge lemon tree and a guava tree out back. The guava are about over; but, we have made syrup and have juice ready-made in our refrigerator. The lemons are just getting ripe; so we are juicing them and putting the juice into ice trays for later...yumm! We will make some lemon bars and other desserts! Maybe even some lemon meringue pies-- remember, Grandma Jolley used to make the best!

THE SWEET POTATO

Their are several varieties of sweet potatoes in Fiji; this one is the white flesh one (not quite as much flavor as the deep orange one that comes on later). We get them from the school farm; along with green beans, squash, pumpkin, cucumbers and eggs! Out of this one big ugly sweet potato,we get this many fries... so yummy!

A Final Moment.

On March 6th, we traveled again to Nadi, on the NW side of the island, to visit with Clint, Holly and the kids before they left for the United States. They had just enjoyed a few days in New Zealand. The kids were excited to see us again and that always makes it fun! We reserved a room at the Tanoa International Hotel and spent the evening SWIMMING in their pool and eating from the food hut by the pool side--nice time!

The next morning Ed, Clint, Holly, Jay and Fred went to The Sleeping Giant Botanical Garden--lovely place! I stayed at the Hotel with the girls.



We would have loved to spend even more time with them; such a fun, cute family!!