For the next week we traveled to different Primary and High Schools in and around Suva. Probably one of the craziest days we pulled up outside a High School and all over the front of it was stuff like Allah is God, Mohammed blahdy-blah. So off we go cruising into this Muslim/Hindu (there were mixed stories about what it was) school ready to preach the Gospel! It was pretty intense there though. You could feel that there was something really spiritual going on. Praise God that a couple of Hindu kids came to faith that day. It was huge us being able to go in there and share openly about Jesus. There were Christian kids there, one in particular who'd been sharing with some friends and had been praying that a group like us would come into their school. How awesome is our God!
There was one teacher who works there who is a Christian and his wife taught at a nearby Hindu Primary school. He jumped on the phone to her and we were able to go there and do a program that afternoon. God had it all worked out. We originally had something planned for the afternoon but it fell through that morning before we left. It was encouraging to see how flexible the teens were. It was hot and we were tired and expecting to head straight back to the hotel, but they realised that God had opened the door to get us into that school and so they gave it everything they had.
Bus rides were becoming the perfect time to have deep and meaningfuls. That day I had a really awesome talk with 2 guys, who were quickly becoming great friends.
It was during this week that we visited the slums I mentioned in the first post.
We also ran a couple of combined youth rally things and were able to reconnect there with the people we met at camp. It was so good seeing them again, especially the deaf boys.
We got bits and pieces of down time that week. Went and explored Suva a couple of times. Found the fruit and veges markets and the handicraft markets as well. Some of the boys came away feeling like they were pretty good at bartering for cheap prices. It was funny to watch them come away with massive war axes they were planning to hang on their walls at home!
Family time was a really important part of the trip. We'd all get together to share from QT's, pray and sing together. Tom would also give a talk on different issues relating to being a teenager. These were really special times together as a whole team. Being out at programs forced us to work together and to rely and trust each other but it was in the family times where we really became a lot closer to each other.
Leaving Suva was kinda hard. It signalled to a lot of us that the trip was nearly over. 5 more days and we'd be back in New Zealand getting on with life once more.
We headed for the Westside, to Nadi and Grand West Villas. Just how grand we were soon to find out...
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