Fiji School Day

Hello to everyone, Our day began with the opportunity of a lifetime. We had the opportunity to spend the entire school day with a Jr. high school in Fiji. The students were welcomed to the school by the principal and some young ladies. Our students were divided into 4 groups where they went with the students from Fiji into their classrooms to see how daily life is the same at home as well as how different it is. From their our students were welcomed with some food from Fiji including coconuts with reeds for straws, yellow watermelon, sugar cane, and much more. They continued with the students and they saw their computer lab 1993 computers (4 of them) their library (no more than 100 books nothing new). They had the opportunity to experience PE with them where they played rugby (muddy) and volleyball (muddy) they all loved it. They also had a couple of hours to interact with the primary children and they taught them the hokey pokey, a new dance??? and red light green light. You would have thought all of these kids knew each other for years. They really bonded. They had a good bye ceremony for us and they sang songs and then we sang songs.. They are much better singers than us :) We then gave them the gift of school supplies that they so desperately needed. We got on the bus and reflected on our day. Our students comments this way:
"we need to do more to help these students, they have nothing!"
"It seems like they have nothing yet they are still happy"
"there was no air conditioning just opened windows"
"They seem to treat everyone as equal, their are no groups like our schools"
"I need to be thankful for what I have"
This experience opened their eyes and their hearst to different cultures of the world"

You will hear more from one of our delegates tonight. Someone volunteered to let me put their journal writing from today on the blog. Check back soon.
Bula Bula to all of you in America
Connie