after nearly two weeks of rain, yesterday was a FULL day of
sunshine! And today started off a bit stormy, but yes, those are blue skies you see! I was so happy i took a picture. If you read my last blog and have been praying for it to cool off, I would like to personally extend my utmost gratitude, as it seems like summer is finally fading out. And the noise of the rain is sometimes quite nice to fall asleep to or relaxing on a lazy saturday afternoon.
Mary and Jenny are as good as ever. Big news in
apartment 10: yesterday Liku our landlord brought us new lightbulbs! Only 2 of the 6 fixtures actually had lightbulbs, which was great mood lighting, but not-so-great reading lighting. Next on the list of repairs is our tile floor that cracked a few weeks back- we thought it was an earthquake in the middle of the night but as it turns out, just some outworn caulk. Even though we make jokes about our air con that sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, and sometimes leaks all over our books at night and the ants that invade our bathroom, the kitchen, and our living room, we are sooooo thankful that the Lord has provided such great housing for the year!
Last week, we hosted our first monthly
international dinner. Some of our first year girls cooked us some YUMMY fijian faves, including kai (big oysters), vudi (oversized bananas), and kokoda (fish cooked in lemon juice and served in coconut milk). Next month is American... the girls begged for some lasagna. We tried to explain that even though americans eat a lot of lasagna, it would better fit to have a big juicy burger or cooked-to-perfection steak. ah, my mouth is watering.
this week at our weekly meeting, i got to talk about
god's grace. We talked about how grace is God giving us what we need instead of what we deserve. Even though all we deserve is death, we get a savior, a rescuer, a redeemer. It was sweet to experience God's grace in some super real ways last week as I was preparing to talk. Sometimes I read Stuff Christians Like for a good laugh, and sometimes I accidentally get convicted by god's spirit. I used an excerpt on the question of "too much grace"- check it out:
http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2010/07/too-much-grace/.
A couple of weeks ago, mary convinced us all that Fiji had a
sugar shortage! apparently things are back to being a-okay in the sugar department. whew- that was a close one.
after nearly two weeks of rain, yesterday was a FULL day of sunshine! And today started off a bit stormy, but yes, those are blue skies you see! I was so happy i took a picture. If you read my last blog and have been praying for it to cool off, I would like to personally extend my utmost gratitude, as it seems like summer is finally fading out. And the noise of the rain is sometimes quite nice to fall asleep to or relaxing on a lazy saturday afternoon.
Mary and Jenny are as good as ever. Big news in apartment 10: yesterday Liku our landlord brought us new lightbulbs! Only 2 of the 6 fixtures actually had lightbulbs, which was great mood lighting, but not-so-great reading lighting. Next on the list of repairs is our tile floor that cracked a few weeks back- we thought it was an earthquake in the middle of the night but as it turns out, just some outworn caulk. Even though we make jokes about our air con that sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, and sometimes leaks all over our books at night and the ants that invade our bathroom, the kitchen, and our living room, we are sooooo thankful that the Lord has provided such great housing for the year!
Last week, we hosted our first monthly international dinner. Some of our first year girls cooked us some YUMMY fijian faves, including kai (big oysters), vudi (oversized bananas), and kokoda (fish cooked in lemon juice and served in coconut milk). Next month is American... the girls begged for some lasagna. We tried to explain that even though americans eat a lot of lasagna, it would better fit to have a big juicy burger or cooked-to-perfection steak. ah, my mouth is watering. 
this week at our weekly meeting, i got to talk about god's grace. We talked about how grace is God giving us what we need instead of what we deserve. Even though all we deserve is death, we get a savior, a rescuer, a redeemer. It was sweet to experience God's grace in some super real ways last week as I was preparing to talk. Sometimes I read Stuff Christians Like for a good laugh, and sometimes I accidentally get convicted by god's spirit. I used an excerpt on the question of "too much grace"- check it out: http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2010/07/too-much-grace/.
A couple of weeks ago, mary convinced us all that Fiji had a sugar shortage! apparently things are back to being a-okay in the sugar department. whew- that was a close one.
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