Pictures of our first 5 days in Fiji

Dinner at Mama's pizza

Our entire team leaving for church at Emmanual Worship Center (EWC) our 1st Sunday in Fiji

The EWC Sunday School welcomes us with island dances.

Our teams meet every morning for a time of worhip, devotional and prayer before leaving for ministry.

Eager to begin Ministry

After spending 5 days together the two teams are sad to part but eager to begin ministry. One half of the team (Team A) will stay in Nadi until Christmas and the other half (Team B) will go to Lautoka. After Christmas they will regroup in Nadi for a few days.

Saying good-bye to Team B as the prepare to leave for Lautoka

Bula!! Greetings from Fiji

After a long and difficult flight, our team has arrived safely in Fiji. We already sense the anointing of the Lord with our team. Although we had a challenging flight, we can look back and see God's hand in it all the way.

The whole team arrived in Nadi in the early hours of Nov 21st. We met with some of our contacts at the airport and they quickly bused us to where we are staying.

The next day we had a local Fijian pastor in to give us some cultural training. He gave us information on some of the local customs and it was really good and will be helpful as we minister here in Fiji.

To celebrate thanksgiving our team met up our base director and the other DTS team from Chico in Fiji and went to one of the resort communities on the island. Instead of turkey, we enjoyed pizza and good fellowship. After the pizza we had a chance to see an island dance show that was unforgettable.

This past Sunday we were welcomed as a team at the Emmanuel Worship Center with Salusalu's (a necklace made of local flowers), warm greetings and a really good show of cultural dancing by the sunday school children. Our whole team was really blessed by the church and we look forward to working with them.

Our team continues to get used to the climate and the culture but we are all very excited at what God is doing with us and through us here in Fiji.

Preparing to leave for Fiji

"Bula" this is the common Fijian greeting used when meeting friends or welcoming guests.

Well, we just finished our 9th week of teaching and have only 2 more weeks before the lecture phase comes to an end. The lecture phase has been a life-changing time. It's been wonderful to see the growth in each student and leader as they step out and seek to learn more about God and His character.

On November 19th, we will be departing for a 2 month outreach to Fiji. This will be a great opportunity to put into practice the teachings of the lecture phase as well as allow God to continue to build into us His character and Christ-likeness. We are busy preparing for this time; we have been doing country reports, preparing ministry assignments and praying for the Fijian people. We are eager to go and excited to share the Love of Jesus with them.


We need your Prayers…

• Preparations for outreach, team unity and wisdom for the leaders
• Health, strength and protection over every person, marriage and family
• That God would be glorified in all we do
• Finances towards the teams outreach expenses - some of our team still need finances to cover their costs

Thank you... It’s a real blessing to have the prayers and support from others to help fulfill His Great Commission. We will keep you posted as we get closer to our departure.

Serving Christ and You,

YWAM Chico - Crossroads DTS Team