The kids here are so precious. I’m enjoying it so much as the Holy Spirit moves and fills the kids with His goodness, love and solidifies the roots in their hearts. I’m so honored to be here and being blessed each and every day by things the Lord is doing. Humbled that HE is SO BIG!!!! Stretching me beyond where I’ve been before and having me reach further into Him to pull myself to another level. I guess it’s like rock climbing. You feel for the place that you put your hand (follow after peace) and then pull yourself up (step out and trust God). I’m seeking those places of peace for guidance then I’m pressing to pull myself up higher.

This is an adventure with the Holy Spirit as I reach up higher.

When we arrived at the church, we had to walk through Mud Puddles. And when I say Mud Puddles, I’m talking more dirt than water. All shoes had to come off at the door… Now, it looked like a used shoe sale and I was wondering, how in the world are these children ever going to find their shoes. I was laughing thinking this will take HOURS to sort out. They must have lots of practice in doing this as all the children were reunited with their shoes.

The entire primary school, 1000+ children trekked to the village of LaseLase for the Easter Church service in the Methodist Church. It has been raining out pretty hard, so this was an adventure. I shared my umbrella to some of the children to try and keep them somewhat dry. But, not all children have umbrellas and so some got wet.

The service was beautiful as the School Chior sang songs of praise and worship. They had a regional pastor come in and share the message of hope and redemption. It was beautiful. Everyone attened, Hindu, Muslim and Christian. No protests, that is the way it is. You go to Easter service.

After service, the Christian teachers did a Easter Celebration Lunch of a traditional Lovo to share with the Hindu and Muslim teachers. Delicious food cooked in an earth oven. Words of thanks to the Lord were given and sweet fellowship. It is one way that the Love of God is expressed…. with Heaps of Food!!!

There was a request made for me to come and teach at one of the Indian (Hindu) schools in the interior. The topic they wanted covered: WHY EASTER? A door that truly only the Lord can open….

I ventured up with Namala, Jordan’s mother, and met a few of the Indian brothers and sisters as they accompanied me to the school. This is a school where they don’t have very many visitors at all, so to have a guest is a treat, even more is the treat when this speaker is from “The United States of America.” The program was singing and sharing what the importance of Easter is, a reminder of God’s Holy Sacrifice for our Sins, Who He raised from the dead, so we celebrate our ability to have Eternal Life through the remissions of sins only by Jesus!!! When the alter call went out, over 100+ heads were bowed and lips were moving to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior. It was so precious!

Since this was a Hindu school, I was not sure what the headmaster would say after our program. Well, he came to me and invited me back “anytime I want”. Truly, that is a door that only the Lord can open. Thank you Lord for the keys!

Side note: two weeks after Easter, the Headmaster was at a conference in Sigatoka and stopped by the Mission School. He asked me if I could PLEASE come back at least one more time before I depart Fiji. I told him I’d do my best. Please pray with me on this. Transportation is LIMITED… Roads are as they say Bhut Karab Restabi (VERY BAD ROAD), no buses run and the transports are limited. You “hitch” or “hire”… please pray for the right transportation up and back.

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My time with Class 7r/j has been precious. The Lord is having me teach them all about the “little” guys in the bible that the Lord used. We started with David.. who was just a jumpy, overly wild, enthustaic little boy for the Lord when the Prophet Samuel came to find him and anoint him to be a future king over Israel. How his brothers were so “big, strong and handsome” but the Lord looked upon the heart and not on the outward appearance of a man…… So God had chosen a wild youth….

We talked about the story of David and Goliath…. how everyone thought David was “just a kid” and couldn’t overthrow this giant. Even Goliath himself laughed right before the stone hit him in the head. See he took God at his word and believed that God would deliver them……

David was able to do great and mighty things…. no by his power not by his might, but By the Spirit of the Lord.
David… had an excellent Spirit… it Helped him Stand and Fight!!

This began a wonderful new Song that the Holy Spirit was giving me to have the Children sing… I’ll post the song later as the Lord is revealing the lines through the devotions He is having me teach.