Beckys hair and Bobs underwear

SO, JUST YESTERDAY we went to an area we haven't been to before called Tabia Village.  The Elders in Nabua told us we should go there to see the people (they make up a unit that is attached to the Nabua branch).  We sent two chickens ahead with the Elders because we knew they were going to cook food for us.  We arrived around 4pm and found the small unit waiting for us at the Branch President's home.  All the children were sitting on the front porch just awaiting our arrival. 

When we arrived we went onto the porch where the children were and sat down on the ground with them.  But, Bob just has such a hard time sitting on the ground and keeping himself covered up.  The children just laughed and laughed as he was trying his best not to show his underwear.  All the people thought this was just hilarious.  The missionaries that were with us tried to show him how to sit down on the ground gracefully and modestly.  (he will need to practice a little more).

The people are so kind to us, they bring us coconuts to drink (yummy), then they bring us watermelon to eat, followed by a lunch/dinner of chicken, dalo, and banana bread.  The men (and me) all eat before any of the women or children.  This is their custom.  This is the way it is wherever we go.  And we always eat with our fingers - there are no utinsels.

Except here, they brought us a knife and spoon with our dinner.  Which was super nice AND they also brought us a wash cloth to use as a napkin - which was also SUPER nice!  You don't usually get that here - so, I appreciated that VERY much!!  Eating coconut straight from the coconut can be very messy....

So, after lunch/dinner we sat around on the mat just visiting with the women and the Branch President and the ladies were all talking in Fijian and looking at me and laughing.  I said to the Elder with us "Are they talking about me?"  And this is what he told me that they were saying:  They LOVE my blonde hair and wish that they could all dye their hair to look like mine.  But they knew it would never look like mine because their's was black and frizzy and would never look the same.
It was a pretty funny topic I guess.....

Another thing happened on our way to Nabua.  We are driving down this dirt road that is super narrow and a horse that was tied up had gotten onto the other side of the road and the rope was strung across the road making it impossible to drive unless we got the horse to move.  Since Bob was driving, I was the one that had to get the horse to move.  Here are some pictures of what this looked like:

He was a VERY stubborn horse - but I finally got him moved - and I ended up going into a ditch filled with water!  I'll not show that picture because it's just a little too embarassing!!
Anyways, things happen here in Fiji.  They just happen.....  We like to say, "ONLY IN FIJI!"