Golden Oldies Graduation Banquet begins
A special bible is gifted to the MAST Chapel by the Golden Oldies
Our ‘Golden-Golden VIP Oldies’ Jill and Avila graduate!
Come on Peter lets dance
And so the dancing began
Under a warm starlit night
Keep up Amy!
Our ‘VIP’s’ are in the centre of the dancing!
It went on into the night
Even the ‘boy’s’ got dragged up to dance!
Finally, to Caroline our Fijian Leader, a BIG vanaka vakalevu (Thank you) from all the 2018 Golden Oldies Mission team!
A remote hospital with 16 beds supporting 80,000 people
The Children’s Ward of 1 bed, 2 cots, in the Reception and Nurses Station. AND there’s also one bed in the same room acting as their A&E Centre!
Visiting the adult wards
The team had the opportunity to pray for the patients and their families
The generosity of many allowed the donation of desperately needed medical equipment to assist the staff in their care of their patients
Even in remote villages, they have their 7’s rugby team that plays every Saturday!
Our ‘Golden Golden’ Oldies being personally escorted through the village
Arriving at their Village school
Avila and the team share Gods love with the children of the school
Time to teach the poi – a popular event at each visit with everyone, children and parents
They live off the fish they catch, so its fresh fish for lunch
The VILLAGE MIGHTY WARRIORS challenge the Golden Oldies
Time to do the ‘Meke’ -to present a gift of cloth to the village
The team spend time meeting and sharing with the village people
Gifts of Christian books for the Sunday School, and a special book for the Village Pastor presented by Jenny
‘Moce’ (Bye) “Please come again”, “See you next year”
Arriving at the Fijian style ‘Ferry Terminal’ to travel down an expansive river system to a remote fishing village
On the river
Through the mangrove tributaries
Nearing the mouth of the river and sea
Back on land, now a stroll along the beach to the village
Nearly there! Tranquil, beautiful, and remote
Walking into the Village
Greeted by the warmth and friendliness of the Village people
The Anglican school site caters for pre-school, primary and secondary students totalling nearly 1,000
Golden Oldie Neville shows the students a ‘fitness circuit’ and guess who was last standing… Neville!
Rugby Fiji style, a water bottle is the rugby ball. Just another example at the scarcity of resources we encounter at each mission project visited
Wyn teaches the students a Poi dance -and they totally loved it!!
Attending a Fiji Indian Praise and Worship service
Avila enjoying the ‘tanaloa’ -conversation
Carol having a good laugh
Neville, Wyn and Lorraine learning more about Church life in Fiji
The ‘Tin Cathedral’ sits next to this Village’s new church
Looking inside the ‘Tine Cathedral’ which is now used for Sunday School
They even put up their tent especially to protect the Golden Oldies from the hot sun. Another example of the love and care shown by the people towards the Golden Oldies
Golden Oldies walking into the remote village
The Chief taking the team around his village
A new venture is the ladies making crafts to sell to the team
The team share Gods love to the village people
Jane thanks The Chief for their hospitality and partnership that continues to grow between the village and Golden Oldies Missions
Checking out a local supermarket was interesting in itself
A brand new shipping container has arrived at the Heath Centre and is being opened as a foot clinic
Maternity clothing given to new Mum’s at the busy Maternity Hospital
The team present the medical equipment desperately needed to the Medical Centre and Maternity Hospital
‘Poi’s’ are introduced to the children at the Orphanage. They had never heard or seen them before
