About a 5 minute walk from my house, there's this place called the Melanesian Brotherhood, or Tum Sisiro. It's a religious community comprised of about 50 guys, mostly between the ages of 18 and 25, who live together, pray together, and study together. For three years they live and study together at the Brotherhood as Novices, before they are promoted to become full-fledged Brothers.
Every Friday afternoon they play soccer by my house, and a few months ago, I started playing with them. Even though my soccer skills have diminished significantly since I last played in 8th grade, it's fun to run around and be part of a team sport again after so long!
With kava shortages in town the last few weeks, I've also been finding myself more and more at the kava bar that they run, as it's a reliable source of good kava and good conversation. I would now call many of the Novices and Brothers my friends, and they call me a "Sister" of the Brotherhood (a nice little affirmation!) Last weekend, they were celebrating the fact that some of the third year Novices who just returned from a 3-months long practical assignment in a faraway province by heading to the beach, and they invited me along!
I know there are a lot of pictures in this slideshow, but when I was scrolling through them on my computer, I just felt like the sum total of them gave a nice impression of the day, especially when viewed at high speed (like below). Highlights: jumping off or rocks, eating roasted chicken and Napoleonfish, watching boat shenanigans and teaching the guys to play three flies up. Enjoy!
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