Other then that things are going pretty well here, Alyssa and I just spent the last few days in the wonderful city of Labasa in the north of Vanua Levu (wonderful is an exaggeration, it actually is a very dirty city) with a lot of other Peace Corps Volunteers so it was fun. I found out that there is a bar here in Savusavu that plays ESPN so I get to watch any game on that channel. I am pretty excited for Friday when the Saints and Vikes play I will be glued to the television set.
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| Our host 'Na' and 'Ta'. |
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| Our host siblings- Joji, Lamiva and Tuiki. |
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| Matt and Ta having a 'Fiji Gold'. |
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| The Peace Corps group from our training village of Nukutubu. Alyssa has 80's hair going on. |
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| Alyssa with our host sister, Tavita. |
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| Alyssa and Marie at the Swearing In Ceremony in July. |
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| Alyssa and Greta at the Swearing In Ceremony. |
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| Matt and Milo the first night we got her. |
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| Matt with some of the men at a soli (fundraiser). The man on his immediate right is the chief of our village, Natuvu. |
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| The ladies preparing lunch. |
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| The guys sitting around drinking yagona (grog). |
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| People sitting under a traditional Fijian 'shed' (open aired but has a roof made of tin). |
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| Matt getting ready for his 'meke' (dance) with Alyssa's initial community partner (the village health worker). |
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| Alyssa and Milo. Alyssa in her 'married lady' sulu jaba outfit. |
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| Matt doing his meke. The fabric being tied around is a sign that he is doing a good job. |
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| Matt and the Turaga ni Koro (basically the village mayor). |
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| Our house and the bathroom/shower on the right. |
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| The view from our house. |
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| The village shed and church, which our directly outside our front door. |
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| Milo after she got spade. |
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| Dalo (the root crop) with octopus in lolo (coconut milk). Surprisingly much better than it looks! |
