When we arrived here at Nagara Village we were told that a couple of kids had started a fire that got away from them. It evidentally came really close to a few homes. Luckily, Larry from 'Lisa Kay' is a retired fire chief and he and his son Ben helped the villagers clear brush and actually lit a few backfires to save the homes. Good on ya Larry! Unfortunately, the fire wasn't completely out and it continued to burn on the hillside across from where we are anchored. Last night, everytime a big gust of wind would blow, flames would shoot up here and there on the hillside. It really was pretty spectacular watching it from a distance. Around midnight it rained and put most of the fire out. But also around midnight, southeast winds kicked up swell that bent around the headland and rolled straight into anchorage. Dang. I was hoping we could stay here a while longer. It was a really uncomfortable night and I did not sleep well at all. I was really on edge and constantly checking the GPS to make sure we weren't dragging. In the morning it was very bumpy out there but we decided to go to church anyway. I put on my dress, it's sleeveless so I put another blouse over the top to cover my shoulders. Don grabbed his sulu and off we went. We were met at the shoreline by the crew of the 'Lisa Kay' and six or eight children. They all had their very best clothes on and were beaming as we walked hand in hand to church with them. Before the service started, I approached several older attendees and asked if they were in need of reading glasses. Of course they were delighted to choose from the five or six pair I had in my bag. (Thanks, Sheree for donating those to a good cause). It was a nice service with prayers, singing and a sermon that was only twenty minutes or so. More singing and the Lord's Prayer in Fijian. After the service we all gathered under a tree outside (it was raining lightly) and I gave out chocolate chip cookies that I had made the night before. As we walked back to the dinghy, we said goodbye and that we would be moving around the island to a better anchorage. We told them we hoped we would be able to return once the weather settled down. We never did. At about one o'clock we lifted anchor and motored around to Nabowalu Bay which took about an hour or so. It faces the west so it should be a lot more comfortable to stay there while this big blow goes by.