Life in Fiji

I wore a ‘sulu’ for the first time as the acceptable formal dress in a Fiji village! It would not seem so strange to me if they were the less formal bright and flowery overlapping ‘sulu’. That would seem more like the Pacific islander scenes that one sees from Hollywood. But the straight plain grey or dark blue, sometimes worn with a jacket and tie, seems too much like a women’s skirt!

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The ‘Four Sisters’ story

In 2003 I received a message from my friend Tim Smith circulated around Morning Star Trust members: –

“I recently had an e-mail conversation with a chap called Martin Bateman at Operation Mobilisation who knows a 70’s/80’s Rugby star who is unfortunately ill with a brain tumour. This chap’s name is Maurice Colclough and he has a boat in South Africa which he wants to launch into the Lord’s work. There maybe someone in MST who could help deliver it back to the UK… If not it may certainly be something we should support if not help directly. If you could circulate a couple of documents around the membership I would be most grateful.”

Although busy with ‘Genevieve Challenge’ in Greece, I made contact to see if there was anything I could do.

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