Here is our latest update.  Also, for those who are interested we will be uploading pictures and news on www.facebook.com . Once you set up an account with facebook, then go to your friends tab and look for the area where you can search for someone.   Enter our name just as it appears here David Chris DeLano.  You may want to just do an address book search to see who else you know that is on facebook.
We are now back in the United States!
June 22, 2008
3Jo 1:2 “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”

This is the verse God laid on my heart to share in Singapore, and the amazing thing is that, at the same time, this is the same verse God laid on Chris’ heart to share with the ladies she was doing a health class for in Fiji.

I am now back in Fiji from my Singapore trip. It is great to be reunited with my family.
The trip was quite an adventure and I feel very productive as well.

The messages Pastor Kory preached were very challenging and very appropriate for where everyone was.

Both Pastor Kory and I met many great people and had many opportunities to share things God has taught us in regards to family and life. As it is most of the time, we learned and were blessed just as much, if not more, as anyone else we met.

We were taken all over the city and were spoiled beyond belief. We went to an Island where there was an incredible aquarium, insect museum, sky tram, wax museum and many other interesting things. We had an opportunity to play paintball with the youth.
That was all very fun except the youth play by their own rules. They shoot you even after you’re out, as well as when you’re on their team. We also taught them a board game called Settlers of Catan. They all caught on quickly and were a force to reckon with.

On this trip we also met missionaries to Cambodia, India and China. We learned a lot about their challenging ministries.

Singapore is an awesome country. I can really appreciate the vision and effort that was put into this country years back and can definitely see the fruit of it.
Most of the roads and landscape have been planned 30 years back so everywhere you go you see fully mature trees perfectly aligned and spaced by the roads. Fiji has the rugged tropical beauty and Singapore has the manicured tropical beauty. The whole country of Singapore is like a tropical version of the East Side of Western Washington, U.S.A.
This is where I used to live and where Microsoft is based.

The food was so wonderful. One can have any ethnic dish they could desire. The food is all fresh and inexpensive. They have so much sea food there as well. I was taken to an incredibly nice Japanese buffet restaurant as well as a place that served countless courses before the main course of chilly Crab. This crabs pinchers seemed as big as my hand.

I am always amazed how in such a short time one can connect to anyone in the world when you have the same love for God and others. The people we met in Singapore definitely know how to show love and care for others. The way they all worked together to love & serve was incredible.

I am looking forward to corresponding and sharing the family recourses we have enjoyed with them. Lord willing our paths will cross again in America, Fiji, Singapore or in Heaven.
June 7, 2008
Well I just got back to Singapore after my journey into Malaysia.

Pastor Kory and I went up there to attend a family camp Shalom Baptist church was having. It was a six hour “exciting” drive halfway into Malaysia. Almost half have way to Thailand.
We didn’t have too many near death experiences but the snaky, curvy road up into the mountains made us grateful people when we arrived at our destination. Being in the backseat of a car in a land with crazy drivers all around and bad roads also makes you put your trust even more in God rather than man.

Though it's a Muslim country it a moderate one. If a Muslim did happen to convert to Christianity he or she would only land in jail and have to undergo some major reeducation, rather than death or something.

The people were mostly friendly in Malaysia.
Since English is their second language in Malaysia, some seemed to be laughing at me when I tried talking to of them in English.

I did once in a while feel some unfriendly stares once in a while but I just chalked it
up to their possible ant-redhead sentiment and not anti-American.

The people from the church were great. They were all very friendly and always were going out of their way in their care and hospitality to us. Pastor Kory preached some very powerful Biblical challenges to everyone.
He really reached out to the youth and a lot seemed to have made commitments to reestablish a right relationship with God and to their parents. The youth here are going to be an awesome force for good here in this country. I had many opportunities to share and also present some resources that better equips parents and children in Biblical character and development.

The food was great but I’m not too into Asian stir fry and noodles for breakfast. Fruit, eggs and cereal is all I need. I didn’t do too many jungle explorations since there was a lot of blood sucking leaches in there. An Indian family went in there and came back all bloody and covered with leaches.
Call me wimpy and let me hang out in my sage brush hills with my rattlesnakes.

We bought the game Settlers of Catan and taught the men how to play. It didn’t take them long to figure out the game and give us some major strategical challenges.

The week together with everyone was full of laughter and meaningful conversations.

We will stay in Singapore until Monday afternoon and then go to Australia for a day before heading back to Fiji.

All in all, this time has been a real adventurous and fulfilling time with everyone but we do both really miss our families back in Fiji.

Miss you all as well.

Love,…………did I just say that? 

David
5/27/2008

Greetings my fellow Americans!

Life here is going well and swell. After much exploring & foraging, I am now learning the ways of food procurement on this vast and beautiful Island. I never in my wildest imagination ever thought I would actually turn to my lovely wife and say, “Oh how I miss Wal-Mart!”

The basics here are really expensive even with the exchange rate. The products around here are straight from China, and it’s like China sends all their seconds that were rejected for the America markets.

They have Dalo Root and Cassava Root here that is a lot like our potatoes. These are, besides white rice, the main food source for a lot of Fijians. I had some Palusami the other day, and it was pretty good. They just take some corned beef & coconut, wrap Dalo leaves around it. Then, they wrap coconut leaves around that, put it on hot rocks, and cover it until cooked. This is called lovo cooking.

I do have to say that they have a McDonalds in the Capital City of Suva. They have the best hamburgers you ever can imagine. Real beef! No one dollar specials though.

With the low wages and high cost of food and everything else, I don’t know how the people here do it. Most hardly do.

Another extreme hardship here is the lack of any real espressos. I’m not a dependant coffee drinker, but I do appreciate a nice breve’ when I think I need to reward myself.  In the town of Nausori, Fiji that we’re living in, there is no real coffee. If you want a coffee it has to be instant; so no coffee for me. It’s funny, I always find myself, when walking or driving around Nausori, looking for that allusive little Starbucks like coffee shop with wireless access.

For my B-Day, Pastor Kory and his wife, Wendy, took us to the capital city of Suva for dinner on a boat. After that we actually went to a real coffee shop, and Chris and I had our first espresso. What a treat.

I must say that since landing on these shores my already high sense of being pigmently challenged has increase 100 fold. For someone who enjoys the being in the background it’s a pickle.

It’s been interesting getting to know the people here. I have had opportunities to talk, interact, and share with Muslims, Hindus, street youth, and Fijian villagers.

To hear their stories is interesting and at times heartbreaking.

We do feel blessed though to be in this position, as a family, to serve those here in Fiji however we can. The truth as with most the case is that the people here are blessing us more than we will ever bless them.

God bless,
David and Family

Week 3-

 May 20,2008

Psa 2:8  Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

 

The many projects are progressing down at the school, and plans are made to go again to Happy Homes (the boy’s home/orphanage) to see how we may help more there.  The day after the first visit to the home we saw many of those boys again at church.  They were a lot more bold the second time they saw me. As soon as they saw me I was suddenly was surrounded by 6 boys full of smiles and many questions.  They reminded me so much of the David’s second set of brothers when they were young.  It made me miss the days I used to spend with them when they were younger.

 

We have had lots and lots and lots and lots….. And LOTS……………………..and LOTS of rain these last two weeks.  David has been going off on ministry and adventures while most of the children and I have been staying inside at home continuing to help the Mears family as we can.  The other day though, the children were getting quite antsy, so David asked them if they wanted to go to the Ocean.  As you might guess and knowing our children, despite the rain they decided they wanted to go to the Ocean and swim. We were directed to try what we were told as one of the nicer beaches, Deuba Beach, which was about 1.5 hours away. The beach itself was extremely beautiful with white sand, a thick jungle on one side with Palm, fruit trees, and other Swiss Family Robinson type trees; warm waves splashing on the soft beach, and hermit crabs running sideways in front of you.  Behind the beach, though, was similar to the Indian reservation back home.  This island is not what most Americans think of when they think of Fiji. Most Americans think of Fiji through the eyes of ritzy resorts, but the reality is that, while Fiji itself holds magnificent beauty, much of the villages and land is different than resorts.  I was even told that some of the land has been hurt by the resorts coming in, but also many of these rural villages have their sewers running down into the ocean below.  One of the many Fijian desires are to turn this around and also conserve their natural environment that has been hurt over the years.

 

The children had a fabulous couple of hours swimming and playing in the sand, while David and I checked out the nearby jungle and sat on the beach watching them play in the rain. Afterwards, we did take opportunity to check out a nearby resort, and yes that was glamorous as most imagine, but at $900 a night it is something we can only enjoy as a tour J  It was for sale for 2 million US dollar.

 

On another excursion, visiting possible future property of the Mears, Pastor Kory got his car stuck in the mud (It was still raining, and everything is ankle deep in mud when it is raining on this Island.).  While waiting for the tow truck, David, Marcus and I followed Pastor Kory on a short journey into the jungle in the back of his property. Oh, it was truly beautiful.  Brilliant, fragrant, colorful flowers; thick green palms; ferns; and such covered the ground, but don’t let that beauty fool you.  There were CANNIBAL ANTS and POISONESS CENTIPEDES in that jungle!  As David had me posing for one of our pictures I was EATEN by LARGE, I AM TELLING YOU, LARGE BLACK ANTS!  I let out a little “girly yelp and turned to walk quickly for the safe ground.  David came out soon behind me, and as soon as he came out he discovered a poisonous centipede taking a ride on his arm. Fortunately, the centipede only used him for a taxi and not for dinner!  They can cause serious damage.

 

I have been still trying to get out for a walk once in a while when the rain is calmer.  Though, much of the rain here isn’t something you can walk in.  Even umbrellas won’t protect you that much.  To give you an idea of just how bad the rain is….the other night we got caught at the church without an umbrella, and in just crossing the street our clothes got completely soaked to the skin. I couldn’t even get that wet in the shower. Anyway, on our walks we are starting to get waves from people that recognize us.  People wave and honk in passing cars.  Others call out of there houses to wave or say hello.  Yesterday, on our walk we were invited to a Muslim wedding.  How about that? 

 

I guess there are also quite a number of Muslims here in Fiji.  David had the opportunity to share and talk with one the other day about Jesus.  David really enjoyed him.  They hired this Muslim man to help with some of the projects we are working on. During David and his talks the Muslim man readily acknowledged the testimony of Christianities impact on the Fijians over the last 50 plus years. He said that Christianity has really been changing the Fijians for the good, which is true.  If you study some of the history you will find that they used to be Cannibals, and one of the first missionaries here, Thomas Baker, ended up giving his life through a misunderstanding between a chief and a comb. They have come a long way since then though. Recently that same village who took his life made an apology to his current living family. It is an interesting story for anyone who wants a good read on Christian history in the world. 

 

When we first came I had mentioned to Pastor Kory that if there was a young lady who would like to be discipled and experience Christianity through our family (YIKES) we would love to take her in during the week.  Pastor Kory was led to ask a very special lady, age 18, named Mereani, who said yes.  This past week and a half she has been coming over each day to be part of our family and we have thoroughly enjoyed her.  She also has blessed us by taking part in our family duties, Bible Studies, and singing right along with the rest of us.  We all love having her.  We think we will make her sing next week with us in front of the church.  J 

 

She also has expressed to me her great appreciation for the time she is having with us. She shared that she was saved just a year ago and is trying to learn how to have a growing personal relationship with Jesus and also overcome some relational challenges with her family, and that our family times have given her hope to be able to have a Christian family of her own one day. I (Chris) have had some very good talks and Bible sharing times regarding her current challenges and looking forward to more.  

 

I (Chris) have been starting to get a reputation for “the lady who is going to teach this nutrition class.”  Many have shared their excitement for this class and want to take 2 days with it.  In fact, we had a Fijian family come over last night for a short visit, and I was presented with question after question.  I can tell I am going to have my work cut out for me.  I have been trying to learn the different types of food here available so that I can be more of assistance.  Overall, their diet mostly consists of a lot of fried foods, and A LOT of white rice or Kasava (like a potato).  Both are very starchy, but it seems to be their main staple, probably because of affordability and it stretches.  They do have various vegetables they use; like snake beans (like green beans), oatha (fern) mixed with coconut and tuna, and they do eat a lot of fruit which is a good thing.  I also heard that they have a native wild yam, but that it is rare to find. Most anything healthy is, but if they knew how good it was they could possibly grow it. Overall, I see there is a lot I can share in regards to a more balanced diet, hygiene, etc.. that if they will apply, will improve their overall health.

 

Well that is all for now…

God Bless and love to all

Proverbs 3:5&6

May 14, 2008

Fiji life is a lot of the same ol same ol, especially when you have your family here.
Coming to Fiji didn’t, unfortunately, make us all get instant halos. It has though, gotten our family even more out of our comfort zone and stretched us a wee bit.
(My wife probably thinks we’ve never had a comfort zone)

The neat thing is that my kids have to depend more on the comfort their relationship with Christ gives, since their parents cannot take away their major homesickness and aloneness at night.

God’s work is quite visible here in the people we meet at church. Getting to know the people there has been really inspiring. Most all the church members are 1 generation Christians that Pastor Kory brought to the Lord.

To hear where these men were when Pastor Kory first met them and to see them now serving God with such a sold out heart for Him and those around them, is truly amazing.

We have now have been here over week. We have all survived quite well. That was all I hoped for the first week……..especially with my brain dead driving. Nothing like taking a relaxing drive with my family and then almost have a head on collision because I forgot they drive on the wrong side of the road. I am getting better or should I say worse. My wife just today told me I’m driving like a Fijian. That is a compliment for now, but when I get back to the States and try my new found moves I will be subject to violent road rage. Fijian’s are very aggressive drivers and hug the cars in front of them and pass other cars on hills with a sharp hairpin corner.

The last week was the survival, assessment of the needs, getting to know people and some serving week. I went around the school and church area. There are some frightening places, mostly in the bathroom areas. When Pastor Kory took me to most of them, in my mind, I was saying, “Lord! Please don’t call me to those bathrooms!” I come to the worlds best picture of paradise and I am going to be stuck in these dungeons that smell quite atrocious. I will send pictures but I wish one could take a snapshot of the smell as well.

We went around the whole school and church area and accessed all the most critical needs.
They are: (You can skim if you wish)
1) The railings. The building is 3 stories high and the railings are made out of wood and metal the are both falling apart. There is a gap on the bottom that is over a foot wide that a kid could fall through. There are 44 – 12 foot railing that need to be replaced. We are looking at the options now. All the church is going to help in this venture. Nehemiah chapter 4 comes to mind.
2) Church pews. - The church is growing and is in need of more seating. Pews will give them the most seating for the area. Pastor Kory and a church member, Norian, and I designed some kind of pew that hopefully won’t cause a catastrophe. I need to mention that a lot of Fijian’s are quite big people.
3) New boy’s bathroom – We want to build a new boys bathroom so we can give the girls two bathrooms. This will place the boys in a separate area from girls as well.
4) Remodel the two girl’s bathrooms. – One bathroom will have the showers and the other will have the toilets.
5) Put in security lighting. – Areas around the school and church need to be lit up more.
6) Build and Install security gates at both entrances. – This will secure the whole building.
7) Secure the roof to ground drain pipes. – It rains a lot and the pipes are loosely hanging and not attached to the building sides.
8) Expand the back church wall. – This will add to the people capacity of the church building.
9) Take out and install new podium area in front of church.- This will add room to the front of the church building.
10) Remodel area of the church building for the street kid’s ministry. This will improve the area that the street kids and the two staff men are living in. This entails additional bathrooms and bedroom areas.
11) Clean out storage room and make it the new church nursery. – This will keep the ladies with children from having to walk outside to the other building (especially at night).
12) Tons of small stuff all over the place that would make life easier and more efficient. There are a lot of areas we can serve with people. There is the street ministry at church. These are young men that have lived on the street but now live at a location at the church. They are an interesting bunch, full of humor and mischief. Saturday night, we were down at the church, cleaning out a storage area for the new nursery, with the street kids.

I tried to have Marcus show the biggest street guy his trick “shocking” flashlight to try out.Marcus was not to sure that was a good idea but there was no way I was going to give the flashlight to that guy. Finally I got Marisa to do the trick to the guy. Anyway, it was a “shocking” experience for the young man and the rest of the kids had a hoot with it. Any kid that came in late got a little wake up experience when he came in. I gave that guy a Bible the next morning as a peace offering. Another story to mention is that this same guy brought Chris’ purse out to us at the parking lot when she left it in the building when we were cleaning. God has done a work already in a lot of those young men.

There is another ministry that has a house for 12 orphan boys. Our family went to that place last Saturday. It was a really neat place. The building was an old colonial house. It had really high ceilings and everything was all open.
They have a neat setup there and we hope to connect more with those children and also see where we could help out with their operation. The story that started the whole orphange was when a 30 year old man was found tied up in an old folks home. He had been put and left in the chicken coop for years when younger, until no one wanted him anymore. Then he was put in the home where they had to tie him up because he didn't know how to act. He still has never spoken a word, due to the fact, that he missed some major developmental stages of life. He is like a 30 year old infant. Over the last three years he has made some progress, where he smiles and acknowledges people a little, but he has a long ways to go. It is really an amazing story. You might be able to find it on the internet. His name is Sunjit.

Chris has been asked to do some health and wellness training with some of the people here. Though the Fijian diet doesn’t have too many of the negatives (alot of white rice and greesy stuff), they don’t get much of the positives. There is high rate of diabetes and a lot of Fijians are missing front and other teeth, due to the lack of calcium and protein, or balanced diet, I imagine. It could be that they enjoy boxing though too.

An interesting thing around here is that every window and every door on most every house has bars on it. Around most every house is a big perimeter fence (chain link or cement walls with barbed wire or spikes on them. They have steel gates that they lock at night. It is a strange thing to go around at night and totally locking yourself in your house. It’s a sad day when the good guys have to lock themselves up at night like some sort of work release program.
Benjamin Franklin I think said, “People have to be either controlled from a power within or by a power from without, by the Bible or the Bayonet.”
With this in mind I think about the man that just took Pastor Kory and I out to lunch. When Pastor Kory first met this man he was a violent home invasion robber. After he found a relationship with Christ, he went back and apologized to all those he robbed. Now he is a deacon in the church and investing in others lives to help them go the right way. Fiji needs more men like him.

God Bless,
David & Family


May 9, 2008

Dear friends and family,

Thinking of you and keeping you in our hearts. Here is our latest update.

We have a developed a little pattern so far. The children and I still do home-school in the mornings, though we have discussed sending them to their Christian school for PE or more. This way they could mix in more. Rugby is next on their PE agenda. How fun, can I play?!! Right now, after our home-school each day, David has taken Marcus down to the church/school to work with Pastor Kory while the girls and I have been cleaning and do laundering for his wife, Wendy. Marcus has been befriending quite a few Fijian and Indian school boys and enjoying his time with them. The rest of our children met quite a few children on Sunday. They all enjoyed playing tag and other games on the green grass in the back of the church.

We have already had exposure to common problems here. The Mears came down with lice yesterday, but seem to think they caught it fast enough. The routine is to check your children heads daily and take care of any bugs and eggs immediately. So far they have avoided any major problems by staying on top of this. Also, there was a man with pertussis or some bad coughing virus at church. I have to keep giving these things over to the Lord.

The other day we were driving down the road and people were point at us. I told David, “Wow I wonder why they are pointing at us. Maybe they like our van or something?” Then all of a sudden we look ahead and saw a car coming right at us. It was then we realized why people were pointing at us. We were driving on the wrong side of the road! We had forgotten to drive on the left side of the road.  They also are pretty crazy drivers around here. They don’t yield to each other or pedestrians. The only way to get anywhere is to force yourself through, which is pretty scary.

Yesterday, I went out for my second walk. I met several people along the way. (They all walk over to me because of Maximus ) I met Sorojunee, an old Indian lady, a few other young ladyies, and a boy on the way. The boy told me that he didn’t/couldn’t attend school (That made me want to invite him over to have school with us  Hmm. we will see. ) The young ladies with another 100 people live in a flat with only a roof around much of it. I am looking forward to figuring out what that is all about. Everyone I meet is curious and wants to know why we are here from America. I tell them we are helping some friends with a school and in setting up homes for orphans.

The religious population here is 50% hindu, 40% Christian, and 10% other. Though the term Christian is often just a label, where the trust more in their label and good works rather than a real relationship with God. I talked with a young converted Catholic girl the other day which testified this to be true through her own story of conversion. Because of this, you do have to be somewhat careful in how you approach them, so that it won’t be offensive or demeaning to them. Therefore, we have decided to pursue mostly relationship evangelism around our area, unless God prompts otherwise. Yet, it does sounds like there will be some church team work and house calls that will be done later, and we would love to participate in that too.

Today, we went to help move the nursery to the new church building across the street (The new church is actually an old court room, but much nicer because it is bigger and has walls. :)) It is quite a little walk to the old nursery and a bit dangerous, especially at night services. Last night, the pastor's wife was taking a child to the bathroom and saw someone breaking into a car. She quickly ran to the main service across the street to get someone, but then realized that there was only a young lady watching two little children left in the nursery. Everything worked out ok, but this incident has moved this need to priority one. So we are all pitching in today to get the old nursery into the new building by next Sunday. It involves cleaning out a dungy and grimy room that was formerly used for kidney dialysis supplies. One bucket of cleaning water lasts about 3 minutes of cleaning before it is black.

The children still miss their ranch, animals, grandparents, and places to run. Though, the Mears do have a trampoline and a swimming pool, and they can enjoy those when they feel the need to get energy out. The other night we went over for a BBQ, and they all got lots of jumping time in. We were also able to visit more with the Mears little 9 month old adopted Indian girl, Hadassah. Hadassah adds to the fun of their already big family. With Hadassah they now have 5 girls (one newborn) and 1 boy. Anyway, Hadassah is adorable. She keeps crawling over to me thinking I am Wendy’s mom. I enjoy having a new little friend. I have taken pictures and will upload them to www.facebook.com for anyone who wants to see.

Here is one last story for today. At the ranch the children spent much time chasing rabbit and chickens, but now they have traded their rabbit and chicken chasing for gecko chasing. They had quite a surprise when they caught several Gecko’s by their tail, and found out that they had only the tail in their hand. (If you catch Gecko’s by the tail it breaks off). They also discovered some frogs that they enjoyed catching, until we found out that these particular frogs can spit and cause you to go blind!!! The children have all been journaling some of these stories for themselves, and if I get time I will either have them type their stories out on the computer for you or transfer them myself.

We are now set up on skype. If you have this access we could talk face to face 

God Bless you richly to the praise of His glory,
Chris for the DeLano’s

May 6,2008

Greetings from the end of the earth!

Well I have to say we all made it safe and somewhat sound.

We left Peniel Ranch Wednesday the 30th of April, drove through a snow storm to get to Seattle. We left Sea-tac airport 5:00 p.m. Thursday the 1st of May. We had 50 lbs. totes galore, full of books and Bibles for the school children and street youth.
We breezed through Sea-tac security and had plenty of time.

I have to say our family of seven was quite a spectacle going through the airport and onto the plane.

Our children were very excited to be going on a plane and off to Fiji.

Our travels were wonderful. Thank you for all your prayers. Maximus, our now world traveler 4 month old, was a dream. We would hear other babies screaming all around us, but he was either cooing or sleeping the whole way. When we arrived in Fiji and stood up people all around our seats, gasped and said, “My what a wonderful baby. I didn’t even know there was a baby with you until now.” Now, those are words every parent loves to hear J In addition, traveling with a baby helped us immensely. We were always moved from the back of the line to the front, even at customs.

We finally arrived in Fiji. As soon as we stepped off the airplane you felt like you were swimming in the air. Malachi asked me if there was oxygen in this air. LOL

As soon as the Fijians saw all our bags at customs they looked worried. You could tell they did not want to dig through all are bags. Even when I told them I had some nuts (which you were supposed to declare) they said, “awe, that is ok.” They did tell us to find our beef jerky for them though. It took David a while looking through all 13 totes.

After we got our of the airport we got a rental car, $500 for 3 days (our first experience with the high prices here). Then, we took a beautiful drive through the island to get to where we are at. It is a beautiful lush country, but very poor country for sure. We past many shacks much like our goat barn with naked babies sitting on the stairs.

The people, overall, are curious, friendly people who also love babies, especially little white chunky ones. We can't go out of the house without Maximus getting sniffed (their way of kissing) by every passerby. If they could they would all take him our children home for the day to play.

Things are about 4x as expensive here as they are in the states, even with the exchange rate. 1 pint of peas is $17, $10 for 2 dozen eggs, $10 for ice berg lettuce, rice shortage, flour shortage... etc... Even the fruit is expensive, unless you have your own tree. No wonder the people are so poor. Our missionary friend, Kory, does have an orange tree though, and we are looking forward to helping him pick it. Also, there are no one-stop places to shop. You have to go to like 4 different places just to get everything you need - Veggies at the market, meat at the meat-market, package food at the supermarket, and paper good at there American discount store... cost u less.

As you know me (Chris) I have to tell you that we were so blessed to not have any Jet lag. In fact, even with no significant sleep for two days and being on a different time schedule, we have been out lasting our missionary friends on our excursions to town and elsewhere. This of course, is thanks to God’s grace through all of everyone’s prayers and also….. God provision of extra Body Balance (I brought four cases J) We are going to load up some to our friends J

The next letter I will write about the ministry here they have going and our experiences in that. It is an amazing work of God, though ever so poor the church, the school, orphanage, street children, and more continue to bear fruit. Each one could fill a book.

We do have an address...

P.O. Box 2554 Nausori Fiji Islands 011 679- 347-5392

Isa 42:12 “Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the Islands.”

May God richly bless all of you,

David & Chris

Marisa & Marcus DeLano

Mya & Malachi

& Mighty Maximus



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