Bonjour!
We have been in Noumea for about a week and a half and are now starting to get a full grasp of this very different culture and of these incredibly generous people.
When we are at work, we plan and prepare for different events that we are in charge of. On Wednesday afternoons we run an after school program for local children, we teach Sunday school, give our testimonies at the morning services, plan family fun nights, prepare for a wedding coming up this weekend, are running a women's appreciation night, and we get the opportunity to travel around meeting incredibly families who are overly generous with their food and time. They are patient with our French, and we listen to their life stories which is a wonderful trade off for us.
During our free time we spend a lot of time in the city of Noumea. Everything is super expensive here, so we do the things that are free: go to parks, churches, the beach, and window shop. We love to get baguette sandwiches and eat them in the square and talk to the people who walk by. We also have been going to this beautiful cathedral called St. Joseph's almost every day to meditate and pray and sometimes we attend evening mass. Also in our spare time we are reading Le Petit Prince and Fables from Jean de la Fontaine together to improve our french and to laugh at how witty the stories are. Island life has been treating us well, and while bouts of homesickness come every now and then, we are learning so much and enjoying our time here immensely. The people are so loving and generous we are constantly astounded by the beauty in this place.
Au Revoir,
Brittany and Angela
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