Day Thirteen: July 14th

Church, Beach Day & Recap/Worship Night

Bula, It’s Brooke (again)! On Sunday we woke up and had a nice casual breakfast, then we all got ready and departed for church. At the church, we performed our “No Longer Slaves” and our “Meke” one final time. We listened to the sermon on prayer and how to make it a marathon; it spoke to us on many levels. After, we drove to Natadola Beach once more and enjoyed a nice lunch on the beach. We stayed at the beach all day and relaxed, swam, snorkeled, etc. After, we went back to the EE Center and played our usual volleyball game followed by an Italian Fijian dinner. We had our usual team meeting, and we had a trip debrief as well as worship and prayer, which moved me to tears. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to spread the gospel and work in the mission field for God’s Kingdom. I feel so blessed to have the team and leaders that joined me, we aren’t only family because of our mission trips, but because we are all children of God. God has spoken to me in ways I didn’t even know I could be reached; lately I’ve been praying very hard about what I want to do with my life with college coming up soon, and He has clearly displayed to me what He wants me to do and His plan for my life. I can’t wait for what the future holds for my team and I. God bless all!

– Brooke

Today is Sunday and we started off this beautiful day by going to Living Way Church. We performed both dances that we learned and then listened to the pastor’s intriguing sermon on the power of prayer. Afterwards we headed straight to the beach one last time. It was a gorgeous day and we were so upset to leave. Once we soaked up all the sun and salt water we could, we went back to the EE Center and had a team meeting after dinner. We discussed what God had taught us these past couple weeks and how we can continue to grow our faith at home. We also had one of the best worship sessions during our meeting. We were surprised to see how moving it can be to worship full heartedly when we might not usually be too involved during church. It was so impactful and we experienced worship in a completely new way we hope to take back home with us. As we come to the end of our trip we are realizing how blessed we are to be able to have the opportunity to go with the help and support from you all.

– Nicole