I am in FIJI!!!!

Rachel's Mission Address to the Island:

Fiji Suva Mission

GPO BOX 215

Suva, Fiji

June 30

Our Mission President and his wife.

July 5
So, the flight wasn't too long. Just about 12 hours from LAX to Fiji. I slept (or at least tried to) for most of it. The first day in the mission home was kind of crazy and full of confusion that when I finally got my call to my area, I was crazy relieved. haha

Well, for those of you who know Fiji, my first area is Wailoku! My trainer, Sister I'aulualo and I are the only two sisters in it with no elders. It is a little valley just on the other side of Suva. Many call it a rain forest because It is usually raining and muddy. It is its own little world. The people live in simple means but are so amazing!   Haha I love it though. Words cannot describe how much my mind and heart have been blown this last weekend. I am still confused on a lot of things (a lot being when they speak Fijian to me haha) but I am loving it.

July 4th

happy 4th of july! Thanks for the necklace! I gave the white strand to my companion and we wore them on our wrists all day. Then at one house. It was a mom with 9 kids. (Most of the families have a bunch of kids and all really close in age. haha I am not quite sure if they have birth control.. haha) anyway, it was a normal house. dirt or wood floor with a straw mat, rusted metal walls, one room, a thin matrices for them to sleep on. the father gone to work. Well, one of the adorable little girls kept looking it mine and mentioning it and stroking it and so I gave one to her. It was super funny. 

 I am experiencing so much. It is so crazy different. It is very similar to a lot of Glen's stories of him in the bush. I love it though. My hair is crazy, I don't wear make up, and everyone stares at my white skin. But oh how exciting it is. And oh how the people that live in these circumstances inspire me.