I now know why they said that Fiji is 'easy'. We have been eating, going to the church to clean and paint, eating, going back to the house to sleep, eating supper, and then doing some sort of activity in the evening, then eating and sleeping again. I actually feel like I am on vacation. All of the Fijians are so loving and welcoming! I love the family we are staying with so much. Auntie cooks us such delicious food! The other day, she made this fish dish. The fish was cooked in coconut milk with tomatoes. It was the best meal I have had in months, maybe years. And I learned how to do laundry by hand. It was pretty exciting.
For pretty much the whole week, the water in the house has been off. So we have had to ration water for showers, and often have had empty water bottles. It is so inconvenient to not have water. Thank God the water came back on yesterday and has stayed on. It is so nice to be able to flush your poop down the toilet after you pooh.
I was thinking that the humidity would be really good for my acne, but it has gotten a lot worse in the past week. I am hoping that it is just because all of the grossness under my skin is coming to the surface. Maybe I will be less zitty a week from now. I hope.
The other day we had a scavenger hunt day in town. We had to do a bunch of random hilarious things in the street. Also, we got to do nice things too. We bought fruit from the market and gave it to some of the beggars on the street. The one guy was so cute. We gave him a half of a watermelon and he got the biggest toothless grin on his face. It made my life so much better.
Jacob danced in a store for 2 minutes while I videoed. It was hilarious. All of the people working in the store were laughing, but when I tried to catch them on video they looked away and stopped laughing. So funny. I also had to 'put-pocket' someone. I had to slip money into a random person's pocket. It was hilarious, and eventually I managed to slip it stealthily into some guys butt pocket of his jeans.
I also had to bench someone. So I sat down on a bench next to this teen boy, and slowly and gradually started to scoot closer to him. He kind of looked at me funny, and scooted away once, but then he stopped. Eventually I was right beside him with my arm around him. It was really awkward. And I ghosted a lady. I followed one-step behind her for a while. And she was carrying a baby over her shoulder and it was watching me the whole time. It was so funny.
Other festivities included photos with manikins, photos in the driver's seat of a bus, photos with the tallest Fijian, photos of a human pyramid of Fijians and Jacob, I had to preach from a bench in the Market. We sang happy birthday to a random girl in the market, but it wasn't her birthday. She was mortified. As we walked out people clapped and thanked us for singing. It was hilarious. We also evangelized using an apple.
Other things I've been up to include painting a mural of the world map onto one of the walls in the new church hall. I finished it yesterday. It felt good. But now pastor wants me to draw the outline of all of the countries on with a sharpie. I wonder if he realizes how many countries there are in the world... Hahah.
I finished the book that I was reading, called 'Culture of Revolution: a revivalist's field manual'. It was so good. Now I have started to read Fire and Fragrance and it is really good so far! I am excited to read more!
Van and I have started an intense workout program. I think it was 3 or 4 days ago that we did our arm work-out. Today was the first day that I was able to lift my arms above my shoulders. And guess what! Today is arm day again. Oh man. But I'm gonna be buff.
We also visited the hospital one evening this week. Just to chat with patients and pray for them. It reminded me how much I wish that I could have been on the India team because that is basically all that they do. I am still bitter about them not even considering India for me because of my food allergies. But I do love Fiji. It's just not a challenge at all. But maybe it will get more difficult. My problem is that I love to get down to the nitty-gritty and pop boils on people's butts and pop water blisters, and other things that are more gross. Maybe I should go back to med school after-all. But I guess I will enjoy paradise and being waited on hand-and-foot while I am here. Except I hate being waited on like that, but they won't let us help. I feel so guilty because I am here to serve them and not the other way around. Oh well, that's their culture down here. A lot different than North America, that's for sure.
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