Breakfast at 7:00.
Men go to work. Same teams as yesterday.
We are scheduled to meet the ladies at 10:00. We have a quick meeting and gather supplies for the craft the women will be working on....small round mirrors glued onto a thin piece of foam with a pipe cleaner handle to hang it by. The ladies begin to drift in around 11:00 or so and begin to sing and dance....guess we forgot to tell them we are Baptist and don't dance :) ...reminded me of David dancing before the Lord. They move to the rhythm of the music. Stamping their feet and clapping their hands....some on beat....some off beat.....very cool. More ladies arrive and join the singing. Some of them have walked a considerable distance. (We are on "bush time" which is directed by the Sun. 12 hours is noon....sun is straight up.) The meeting was great. It was fun to sit amongst them and help as they searched their zip lock bags for the foam letters that would spell their name. The Tonga do not have a word for beautiful. They say kabotu, pronounced ga-bo-too. Which means fine or good. I said kabotu a lot. Our fearless leader, Susan, shared scripture with them and asked them to remember it when they looked into their mirror. I have to confess, I have forgotten the scripture. After a round of orange drink stuff, the ladies return to their homes. It was a success! Approximately 40 women showed up and were still coming when the meeting was over. I have never had so much fun planting seeds!
Back to camp to try and get a shower before the men show up. We have one shower for 24 people...if you don't count the bush shower which is an enclosure made of grass with a couple of center blocks to stand on. You haul a bucket of water into the enclosure, stand on blocks and bathe. The water is cold. I love the bush shower.....hmmmmmm. "smile"
Mike is waiting patiently.
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