Go Sailing's Outreach Adventures!: Days 1-3: Port Vila to Nguna

We arrived safely yesterday afternoon here in Port Vila, Vanuatu! We got picked up from the airport by Jared, the Outreach director of the Grace House and rode in the back of a pick-up truck with our luggage to the house where we have spent two days. After unpacking, we had orientations from both Jared and Tony, (who is also involved with YWAM here in Vanuatu) about the culture, expectations, and outline for our outreach here. After a long day, we all headed to bed to get some rest.

We woke up bright and early yesterday morning to a delicious coconut pancake breakfast with fresh mango, watermelon, and pineapple- we’re getting spoiled! We headed to a local church service at the International Christian church and were able to worship God with a myriad of other cultures. It was an awesome experience to gather together and experience an entirely new way of worship. Yesterday afternoon, many of us walked down to the beach and enjoyed the hot and humid 80 degree weather by the ocean- we swam, relaxed in hammocks, and sailed around in a catamaran!

This afternoon we will head out to Nguna- an island north of Port Vila that we’ll get to by boat. We will be carrying both our luggage and a plethora of Bibles. There’s roughly 300 homes in Nguna that we will be reaching out to in the next two weeks- delivering Bislama-translated Bibles (the most common language of Vanuatu). In the evenings, we may be putting together programs for the children, and on Sundays we will be leading the church services, both in worship and in the Word. We don’t know exactly all the details of each day, but we’re trusting in God’s leading and direction with every decision we make. We can’t wait to get out and share God’s love with the people in Nguna- please keep us in your prayers!