A trip to Simuti...

This week end I went up to Simuti with my Youth leaders and we had a great time prayer walking and praying for people in this place. I went there in 1999 with the last batch of young people and this is the first time in 9 years I have brought another batch of kids. Why did it take so long??? Sighh... they say God's timing is perfect so I will hold on to that.These kids here were the first bunch of Youth I ever led. Most have graduated and are now graduates or grad students. It seems so long ago.

The present group of leaders are on their way through upper secondary school and it wont be long now before they too shall fly away to futher their studies !

Simuti is a sister church founded nearly 30 years ago by Pastor Graeme Fawcett and his wife Lucy from New Zealand. It used to take them fice hours walk with parangs to clear the grass to get all the way up from the base of the mountian to the very top where the church stands. Today we can drive up to Simuti but still have to climb some stairs to get to the actual village.

It's quite a trek uphill. I am glad the church is much easier to get to today !!

When we got to the village we recieved a very warm welcome. Padawan District in which Simuti lies is " the " area for Durians. The surrounding jungle at the back of the homes are littered with falling Durians. Jeff had a field day !

Jeff lost no time in opening the durians and the kids lost no time in digging into a fruity lunch!

I was'nt sure how we were going to get through the afternnoon. We still had some lessons and a prayer walk to complete. But I guess the kids knew exactly what they wanted to do after this....

After all that trekking and durians they could'nt move and we had to wait for the Sleeping Beauties to get their power nap before we could continue.

After some worship the team started to prayer walk Simuti

Then they took an Uno and junk food break while waiting for dinner

To be Continued........................................................