Two Swiss Kiwis on a Tonga adventure
“What kind of food do you have?” the airport customs officer asked me. – “I have yoghurt powder, breakfast cereals, and….” The officer interrupted me, laughing out loud, and waved me through to the exit. Rolf was waiting for me, big smiles and big hugs and yes, it actually does feel a little like coming home. Back in Tonga.
Good thing I already had a title for this post, aye?!
Thank you all sooo much for your caring comments, thoughts and prayers over an anxious last 24 hours. – The cyclone took a slight turn from its predicted track and just missed the centre of Tongatapu. – Rolf and the team and everyone else are just fine, relieved and thankful.
I am now looking forward to flying back tomorrow evening and being reunited with my husband, and taking up our work among the people there with renewed strength and enthusiasm.
Watch this space. And be blessed.
Cyclone Tino has intensified to category 3 and is expected to hit Tonga tonight. The VSA team has prepared as instructed and is at this moment relocating to their designated safe building.
The cyclone has made it on the National News, I heard it on the radio as I was driving in the car. How differently you view disaster news when you have loved ones affected by it! I just wished I could be there with Rolf and everyone. We are meant to do the hard things together, too!
God protect and keep them as I am on my knees in prayer.
“Tropical Cyclone Tino is storming its way across the Pacific and is currently sitting south of Fiji’s western Rotuma Island with gusts reaching 100km/h. That’s prompted evacuation centres to be opened in northern Fiji as it heads towards Vanua Levu. Preparations are also underway in Tonga for the storm to strike.” (NewsHub NZ, 17/1/2020)
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