The men went white water rafting today while I stayed home to prepare for the first Eternal Marriage class. This is the third time I have taught this series of lessons, so I just figured that I would teach one of the two first lessons I had already written. Nope! I have been praying for the last week that I would teach what these specific YSAs would need to hear, and the result it I am writing the first lesson for the third time. It is interesting that this group of students needs to know how to be good wives/mothers or fathers/husbands. Last semester they needed to know how to date, choose spouses and withstand the spiritually unhealthy customs of Fiji. I image that all the lessons this semester will be different.
We had a great laugh when Scott and Robert reported their white water rafting trip. They were so excited because they wanted an adrenaline experience and because they had gotten a great deal on this adventure--$50 each as apposed to $200 each. They would get such a great price according to the owner if they would allow them to take pictures of Robert and Scott going down the river for the brochures they are planning. This company is wants to add running the upper Navua to its list of adventure and need brochures to place in hotels and resorts all over Fiji.
As always in life one gets what one pays for. It is not the rainy season and when they got going on the river, the water was so low that class 3 rapids were stretching a little class ones. There were many times when they had to get out of their individual kayaks and carry the boats to a deeper section of the river. Hilarious! They did say that the ride to the top of the river was gorgeous. Scott has promised to take me for a ride up there before we go home.
Maybe their experience was in answer to my constant prayers today that they would come home unharmed. I certainly am not telling them this.
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| Scenery on the Way to Rafting |
The ride to the head waters of the Navua
River from the city of Navua takes 1 1/2 hours. It is a dirt road and very bumpy!
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| Preparing Equipment |
Robert and Scott chose to ride in the orange and yellow rafts
which are one man rafts. Elder and Sister Jackson who also
went chose to ride in a guided boat.
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| Robert Getting Settled |
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| Scott Being Shoved Off |
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| Robert Taking the "Rapids" |
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| More Rapids |
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| Calm Before Another Set of Rapids |
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| Having Fun! |
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| Scott Taking the Next Big Run |
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| The Jacksons With Their Boatman |
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| Waterfall About Half Way Down the River |
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| At the Base of the Waterfall |
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