Anare had invited various members of the family to come and meet us on Saturday evening. As more and more people arrived bringing food we wondered just how much more we could manage to eat of their generous portions! But before the meal was another cava ceremony, this time with Paula Linga (the wood carver) as our spokesman. It was an enjoyable repeat of the one earlier in the week, but this time Richard had to make a short appropriate reply (in English!) Then we left some of the men to continue with the cava drinking and sat down with Anare, cousins and one of their wives to another sumptuous meal. It was clear that it was relatively rare for the family to get together like this so we went to bed before it was too late to give them a chance to catch up. Both fo Anare's sisters stayed on that night so we could talk more to them on Sunday.
Sunday was special for us too as we were invited to share our way of welcoming Shabbat with the family. We demonstrated and explained and were asked a myriad of questions. A is really keen that their Sabbath should start more authentically and needed to know the thinking behind what we do.
On Monday we realised that the combination of poor weather and the prohibitive cost of a seaplane meant that we would not get to Fulaga this time round so decided it would be a day to catch up at last with blogs. So finishing this off on Tuesday morning we have finally arrived back in real time and listen to the wind outside wondering what today will have in store.
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