Farewell Nadi Town!! Hello Labasa

A beautiful sunrise at the Vunayasi base

Our last week in Nadi and it was an awesome and bittersweet week of events. Matt, Nathan and Leah went to the Nadi airport to pick up our long lost team member, Derrick!!! We were so excited to have him with us this week and share with him this amazing experience. Well in true YWAM style, his plane arrived late and we had to rush to make it to the youth group we were speaking at. That night Nathan shared on hearing God's voice, Ashleigh shared the word that she got for this group( Ezekiel 17) and then Leah preached a "harsh" message to the group! It was an overall amazing night and God really spoke:) If you were worrying about if we made it or not... We did!! You gotta love Fiji time lol

On Sunday, Ashleigh and Emily went to a Chinese church and it was so cool hearing about what God is doing in different churches arround Fiji. That afternoon we planned for the upcoming night of preaching and had an intense planning session. We love how God just speaks to us on what He wants to speak and what needs to be heard. Well the church was definitely an experience and God was able to totally move through the " Live in me" skit and the testimonies and prophetic words spoken. 

As a group, we spend alot of time in the back of carriers but God totally uses it to bring us closer together and to Him.
On Tuesday, we were under the impression that we would be speaking to primary kids but something got lost in translation and we ended up splitting into two groups and heading to two different high schools. It as such an amazing time of ministry and we had so many stories to tell each other once we convened back as a group.

Our last full day at Vunayasi:(. We decided to bless the base staff there and deep cleaned our rooms and the bathrooms. In between cleaning, we went to another school and Derrick was able to teach on Hebrews about how Jesus knows what we are going through and can relate to us because of that.

After we went to the school, we came back to the base and finished cleaning and writing a song for the base staff to let them know how much they mean to us. Our card even made it onto the missionary wall!!!

That night was our farewell dinner and it was soo delicious!!! There were a few tears shed and gifts given but overall we made a new family in Vunayasi. Noa and Jone were some of the staff members that we grew to love and really just learn and be encouraged by them. We got a really awesome war stick from them and we were able to bless them with a tea kettle:) they love their tea lol

They sent us off with a song and we were off on our adventure!! We stayed with our good friend Loli's parents in Latoka and they treated us like royalty:) We loved the way they loved on us and were grateful for their hospitality. 
On Friday, we were able to spend the day in downtown Latoka and just pray for people and worship in the park. We saw people saved and healed and God totally answered our prayers in more than one way. 

We didn't know what to expect from our trip to Labasa but it was a real adventure!! We left on the bus at 10:30pm and arrived on the ferry at 7am. We stayed on the ferry until 11am and then got back on the bus and finally got to our destination at 3pm!!! The roads were bumpy and the driver was crazy but we finally made it!

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Our adopted Indian Fijian family




When we finally got to our new home we were completely surprised by how flash it was and it totally brought smiles to our faces. Thank you God for being such a good Dad!!!


So that is basically all that has been going on in Fiji:). God is going to totally wake this nation up and start igniting hearts. We are so excited to be sharing our journey with you and please feel free to comment on what you would like to hear more about. Some weeks are busier than others and weather is definitely a factor in how much we do. Please continue praying for us and the people of Fiji:)
until next week
Moce,
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