Our Fiji Adventure Continues!!!

This is Cheyne the Girose(giraffe/horse) and he is what we get if we get Most Valuable Player of the Day. He is a prized possession because of cuddling awesomeness

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-So our week started off with an awesome prayer walk down the road that leads to the Vunayasi base and we started it off with lots of prayer at the base to see what God would have us pray into. We were led to sing" Breaking down strongholds of the enemy" and also declaring truth over the land. While we were praying, both Ashleigh and Matt heard God say that the land past the bridge belongs to God and it is for his kingdom. We declared that over the land and along the road we found a bubbling spring of cool water and were reminded of heaps of scriptures that talks about thirsty lands and God turning deserts into gardens. When we arrived at the bridge, we wanted to do a prophetic act so walked over the bridge onto the land while John and Matt crossed over through the river and that symbolized the Israelites crossing the Jordan into the promised land.

The rest of the Sunday afternoon we spent planning for the week and the enemy tried to foil our plans but as always God came and we were able to get a lot done.

 - So we had planned on going to two different schools but one rescheduled so we were aable to head back to Nadi District School. There we each got to teach for 30 minutes in each classroom about anything we wanted. There were 16 classes and we got through them in 2 hours. God was so awesome because he totally showed up and was doing work inside and outside of the kids. Some kids were able to hear God and others were crying because the holy spirit just convicted like crazy.

We were also able to make bracelets for the children at the orphanage and that turned into an awesome time of bonding for our team.

 At night, we were able to go to a local church and share/preach for two hours. It is so amazing how God can totally speak through things we have heard before and reveal to us totally new things about Himself and us as individuals. We were also able to go back to this church and speak to the youth. God totally moved during that service!! Ashleigh shared Ezekiel 17 with them and then Nate got up shared about hearing God's voice and the importance of being able to. Then Leah ended the service by preaching about Not wasting time and obeying God when He tells you to move. Overall it was an exciting night and we loved being with them!!

On Tuesday, we were able to go to Swasi Vivekenanda High School  with a thousand students and do an hour long program. In the program, we had Matt lead the tootsie wootsie and it totally helped get the students barriers down and ready to listen. Ashleigh shared a short testimony on how Jesus was the ONLY way and the best way and that led into the everything skit. Emily explained the skit and then John came up and talked about the cross. God really moved in some of the students and it was so cool to see it happen in a predominantly Hindu school.

Matt talking to the kids about nor caring what people think.

The prefects and us posing for a billion pictures:)

 Later that day, we were able to go to the Treasure House orphanage and just love on the kids there. They especially liked the guitar and singing. We were supposed to do a program but it didn't end up happening.Flexibility is our favorite word in outreach:). We met some awesome kids and got to hear some of their stories and just hang out with them for a few hours. Afterwards, we headed back to the same church and were able to share again what God has been showing us.

Caleb pushing the carriage and showing off for us! He was such a sweet boy and he loved Matt bunches.

Gloria is fascinated by the guitar:) She was so scared of us but couldn't withstand the lure of the guitar lol

This little girl stole the guitar and our hearts:)

 On Wednesday, we decided to plan more for the programs coming up and it was an all together relaxed day for us. It rained later that day so some of the ministry we were going to do got cancelled since most things are held out side and people walk to them. As a team, we decided to bless the base staff and write encouragements for them and get words for them. It was such an awesome time of prayer and hearing God's voice.

The raining season begins in Nadi Town!!

 We were able to have an "exciting time of intercession" with the base staff here and after that we were able to go into town to buy some food and fruit for the women in Bangladesh. We really wanted to bless them when we went to their community. We were able to do a program there and give them the gifts before we left. They were so sweet and hospitable. Ashleigh and Emily were able to go back and see the woman who had been deaf and was healed last time we were there.

On Friday, we decided to do a "Treasure Hunt" in the morning since the school we had planned rescheduled due to the rain that had happened all week. So a treasure hunt is when we pray and get specific details about people that God wants us to encounter. We all got 3-5 different things about people we were supposed to meet and pray for. All of us found at least 3 of our treasures and it was sooo amazing!! We serve such an amazing God!! Emily and Ashleigh went into a Chinese shop and ended up getting invited to a Chinese church and praying for the shop owner. John and Nathan prayed for a man that hasn't been able to walk for 5 years and they prayed and the man got up and walked!!! Matt and Leah found the girl with the white flower and she had been fasting and dealing with a lot. She was so encouraged and couldn't believe that God would tell us to come find her. All of these people were found because God gave us pictures or words about them. Our God is so amazing and He is just getting started in Fiji:)

Last but not least, we picked up Derrick from the airport and He made it safely to Fiji! We are so excited to have him with us and to be able to do a few days outreach with him. Please keep us in your prayers. We will be headed to Lambasa, Fiji on Friday and spending our last 3 weeks in Fiji there before heading back to New Zealand.

Moce,

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