Jan/Feb 2015 news
posted Feb 2nd
Actually, we need to finish off a little Christmas news before getting into the new year! Instead of doing large scale events, this Christmas we decided to do 2 local parties for the disadvantaged. Here in Fiji, we don’t have to travel very far to find people in this category & so it had been on our hearts for some time to do something for the village children that live in quite poor conditions, within walking distance of our house.
watching Christmas video
We already had a large stock of donated toys & lots of food, so just needed to put it all together & send out the invitations by word of mouth. We also approached Pizza King, who donated 2 extra-large pizzas, as they do every year. The party was a great success, with 16 children in attendance, along with various parents & relatives. The children played games, had plenty to eat & drink, & were shown a fun video about the real meaning of Christmas! They all went away with a bunch of gifts to take home with them.
receiving Christmas presents 1
We did a similar party for our disabled friend Sanjiv, in Vatuwaqa settlement, inviting neighbourhood children & sharing pizza & various gifts.
receiving Christmas presents 2
Moving on to the new year, one of our first challenges was that our website went offline for about 2 weeks in January. Typing in the usual http://www.pacificoutreach.com/ URL, resulted in a message about the site not being available due to the bandwidth being exceeded!! Apparently this was some kind of attack or error on the part of our server in Malaysia – but since then, the site has come back to life & we pray that it stays that way!
Happy New Year 2015 from Fiji!