A Slice of Heaven

Although only Susan had been to Tahiti before, we knew that we were in for a slice of heaven when we landed in Tahiti. The only thing that we didn’t realize, though, was that it wasn’t the beautiful blue water or the coral reefs or the sunsets or the hanging palm and coconut trees, but, rather, it was the people. More particularly, it was Girard and Tarita Tehotu. Girard is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Tahiti. They picked us up and drove us about 30 miles to a bungalo that was rented for us by the church. (For some unknown reason, they treat us like royalty. I know, I know, a lot of you are saying, "Amen" to that statement.) One of the members of the church had picked fresh pineapples for us. Another had picked fresh mangoes and bananas for us. And still another member of the congregation had baked us a cake. You talk about tangibly feeling the love of God, we were blown away.