Quick and Painful

Ok well I know I have not done the best job of keeping this blog update or posting regularly.  I am going to keep this post short and just post a bunch of pictures.  Alyssa and I have now been in our site for a little over two months.  Things are going pretty well the only complaint we have are rats.  They chew through everything and they constantly pester us at night by hanging out in our rafters, so we got a cat to try and help with out the problem.
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.

Our host 'Na' and 'Ta'.

Our host siblings- Joji, Lamiva and Tuiki.

Matt and Ta having a 'Fiji Gold'.

The Peace Corps group from our training village of Nukutubu.  Alyssa has 80's hair going on.

Alyssa with our host sister, Tavita.

Alyssa and Marie at the Swearing In Ceremony in July.

Alyssa and Greta at the Swearing In Ceremony.

Matt and Milo the first night we got her. 

Matt with some of the men at a soli (fundraiser).  The man on his immediate right is the chief of our village, Natuvu.

The ladies preparing lunch.

The guys sitting around drinking yagona (grog).

People sitting under a traditional Fijian 'shed' (open aired but has a roof made of tin).

Matt getting ready for his 'meke' (dance) with Alyssa's initial community partner (the village health worker).

Alyssa and Milo.  Alyssa in her 'married lady' sulu jaba outfit.

Matt doing his meke.  The fabric being tied around is a sign that he is doing a good job.

Matt and the Turaga ni Koro (basically the village mayor).

Our house and the bathroom/shower on the right.

The view from our house.

The village shed and church, which our directly outside our front door.

Milo after she got spade.

Dalo (the root crop) with octopus in lolo (coconut milk).  Surprisingly much better than it looks!