Doing well!

Dear Family and friends,

Just a quick post to let you know that we are doing well.

Thanks so much for your prayers for the memorial service. It went well and we spent the day afterwards visiting house to house with the mourners. There was an interesting celebration after the funeral. The men sat on one side lamenting and drinking Kava (a strong herbal, almost narcotic drink) and the women were on the other side making food and doing their lamenting. They gave each of us baskets with meat in banana leaves and tarro root at the close of the service.

For those of you who wanted to know, we are sleeping on the beach. The women are in a couple of huts, the guys in tents. The weather has been absolutely lovely. It is not too hot and we've only experienced sprinkles of rain since you started praying.

Thanks for keeping us in your prayers.
Sold Out '08