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Ecumenical Evangelization at Naleba
Voices Raised in Song Cross Barriers “We didn’t realize that they were this good.” “We will have to invite them back here again so that more people can be informed and attend.” These were some of the reactions of the …
Categories: Fiji Updates
As We Forgive: Redemption and Reconciliation
New Year celebrations were in full swing in Namoto village in western Fiji. It was after midnight, but loud music was blaring from the radios and groups of people were noisily drinking alcohol. Samu, a powerfully built man in his …
Categories: Fiji Updates, Front Story
Fiji Day Celebrations in the Philippines
I woke up in the morning of Saturday, October 11, 2009, with a feeling of great delight and cheerfulness for it was the day we Fijians here in the Philippines were going to celebrate Fiji’s independence from Great Britain.
Categories: Fiji Updates
What Seems Like a Series of Coincidences Is God’s Plan at Work
I couldn’t get over the scene — those two tall young Fijian women so friendly, so warm, animated and enthusiastic getting off their bus to greet my friend. They even started singing together some opening bars from a Fijian song they had taught Angelica earlier! All of this was occurring on the main street in the middle of Puerto Saavedra.
Categories: Fiji Updates, Vocations Pages
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A Week in the Life
Sometimes when we go through an intense period in our lives, it is only afterwards that we can look back and reflect on the meaning of it. I had such a week in Fiji right before I left for my vacation last year.
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The Yean Sin House
“I’ll give it a try.” For most new initiatives, someone has to step forward and say “yes.” The year was 1993, and the initiative was the newly formed Columban lay missionary program.
Categories: Fiji Updates, Mobile Front
‘Thanks be to God I already had the language!’
There were a lot of things going through my mind during those times, and I gained more confidence day by day by building up a vision of what I needed to do and creating a different way of doing things. I kept on learning new things and that is what a missionary’s life is meant to be.
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