It all started in Suva where we started the second Clinic. Just being in Suva scared me. The hussle of the city life was something I was not use to, and the fast paced society scared me for the first time in a long while. Knowing the Chicago is probably 100 times worse than that I was alittle frightend, but as the week went on I eased into it, and realized it wasn't too bad.The Suva clinic was a tad difficult and trying. The first day started off with 20 trainees, considering we had around 40 trainers we were alittle overstaffed. The next day, however, we had a bus load of 20 more clinicians arrive, with a total of almost 30 new clinicians for the day. Already missing a day and a half of training, it was going to be a hard week, and it was. My previous trainee, Alipate moved with my junior trainer Jess. It was time for her to step out of her comfort zone and be encouraged to be a leader. I was so proud of her. I know it wasn't easy but it was great to see how God really supported her and pushed her to do better and to know that she CAN depend on Him.
My trainee for that week was Titilia. She had learned the gospel before, but it was difficult because she was taught poorly. So she had to unlearn and relearn the information. However on OJT for th
e second day, God was with us. We had walked around for awhile hoping to find someone to speak with. Another group was behind us walking the same neighborhood. We soon made a loop back and saw a woman doing laundry at her house. As we approached her house a large dog came out of the bushes barking at us. Stepping back the woman called the dog off and eventually was a puppy at her feet. We shared the gospel with her and she came to Christ.As we head back up we ran into the group that was trailing us earlier. As we began swaping stories we found out they attempted to visit that woman as well, but that dog attacked one of the men and the woman couldn't calm him down, so they continued to keep walking (don't worry, the man was ok). God is good and he protected us....
The last two days of the clinic my trainee did not show up. However that Thursday I found out news that a good friend from HS commited suicide. It was a difficult process to handle. Here I am in Fiji proclaiming the gospel to many, but yet have no REAL understanding as to where my friends are with their own faith. IF only I had been there. IF only I could've talked to him. IF only he had known that we are NEVER alone. That GOD is ALWAYS with us...It was truley hard for me, and will be a constant reminder to talk to my friends about where they are, and not be afraid.
Matthew 28:16-20; 1Peter 3:13-16
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