Went to Ravu's farewell in the Bau (mbow on a boat). He had asked us to come, and then told Scott that his branch president was expecting us, because he, Ravu, had told him that we would be coming. Cute.
Because we did not know exactly where the church was nor did we know how long it would take, we ended up getting there in the middle of Sunday School. The minute we drove into the yard of the church (there is no parking lot, because no one has cars) Ravu came right out of the building. Obviously he had been watching for us. You would have thought we were General Authorities the way we were treated. After class was over, the Branch President asked Scott if he would say a few words. He said that he would. He did a marvellous job and ended with a strong testimony. He told them what a privilege it was to be in Fiji, how much we had appreciated Ravu, and how much we loved serving the Lord.
Ravu did a great job with his talk also. He was followed by another you young adult who had recently returned from his mission. Rav is to leave on his mission this Thursday.
Bau had a nice relatively new building. It is very small. The chapel was full to overflowing during Sacrament Meeting and there were only 70 of us. There are two doors off the front of the chapel: on one side is the branch president's office and on the other is a small closet. Behind the chapel are two doors which open into two very small classrooms which are used for the primary and the young women. I have no idea what they do with the young men during priesthood. The branch president told us that they really need to add on to the building. Nice to see.
We were to drive to Nadi to pick up Robert, Chaya, Rex, Tori, and Ammon, but we realized that Bau was not that far away from Nausori and the drive would take us six hours instead of the 31/2 hours from Suva. We drove back home, ate lunch, rested and at about 3:30 p.m. left for Nadi.
The plane from Los Angeles comes in at 5:55 a.m.
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