The last puppet show
Tomorrow (Thursday) will be my last proper day at Red Cross, since we’ll be having a little farewell party on Friday and in any case, Kate and I will probably be crying to much to actually do anywork. I really can’t believe that it has gone so fast! Before I left Luxembourg, 7 months seemed like a lifetime… now its almost finished and neither of us wants to go home yet! Of course I’m looking forward to seeing my family and friends, eating my favourite meals, hanging out on the sofa with Pippi (my dog) and of course going to university, but Fiji has also become like home to me and its going to be very hard to leave.
Today (Wednesday) was my last Red Cross outing. We went to Teidamu Primary School to perform three puppet shows – one on water safety, one on food and nutrition, and one about ’stranger danger’ (based on little Red Riding Hood). Teidamu Primary School is a small rural school in a beautiful loaction – just up the road from Mate’s house (which I wrote about in my last post.) There is an amazing view of the coutryside, stretching away towards Lautoka, and of the sea and the Yasawa Islands. The students seemed to enjoy the show – even when the front of our puppet theatre collapsed mid-performance – and they answered some questions about the content well, so overall I think we could call the day a success! After the puppet show, we played some volleyball with the teachers while we waited for our transport. It was a lovely sunny day – in fact for the first time in months I think I have a touch of sunburn!
Last weekend I basically just took it easy. On Saturday afternoon I went down to the church where many members of the congregation have been doing building work all week. My fijian brother (Bill) and my fijian father were finishing off a signboard which they had been working on. It is really beautiful – well over 2 metres tall, with a little roof and light for each of the two signs, set in a little garden surrounded by a nice chain fence. The signs themselves are big and blue, and written on them is the name ‘Penueli Church’, and the time of services, cell groups etc. I didn’t really manage to help out much with the actual work (though I did eat a big bowl of ice-cream and oreos), so I take my hat off to those who were painting and welding until after dark. After the morning service on Sunday, the new signboard was officially unveiled by the pastors, and everyone thought it was very nice. A job well done!
