tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45695133792844891202024-03-05T09:16:20.842-08:00Serving In Savai'i SamoaOur Mission to Savai'i Samoa. Nelson and Joanne StonehockerNelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-46420141695218974572015-06-11T01:12:00.000-07:002015-06-11T01:12:03.204-07:00Hello from Savai'i - Part 4Here is the Part 4 addition to our blog. We are trying to put some pictures on that will give you a small taste of what it is like here in Samoa. When we first arrived some of the seasoned missionary couples told us that we would get a $200 ticket for not wearing seat-belts. After seeing how people ride in the back of trucks and in buses we didn't worry all that much. Here are some pictures of interesting vehicles.<br />
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We were following this truck on the highway and hoping someone didn't get bumped out. <br />
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This is at an intersection right by the temple. Sometimes we have seen as many as 18 people in the back of a pickup. <br />
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The truck has a load of something, I'm not quire sure what it is but then there are 4 people sitting on top.<br />
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These are some rugby players. Whenever there is a game they will all pile into a big truck to go to the game. <br />
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One of the parents picking up kids at school. He will haul 8 or 10 kids in that little pickup. <br />
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This is a pickup load of guys riding around in Apia.<br />
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Notice the truck with all the people in the back and the policeman standing right there looking at a taxi cab.<br />
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Another truck load of people and they tell us that the police are worried about seat-belts. I did a survey of 100 vehicles we met on the road and counted how many had seat-belts. I only counted 7 with seat-belts.<br />
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Another truck in front of us, it really is amazing that more people are killed. The one thing they have going for them is low speed limit, it is 35 mph on the highway. In the 17 months I have only been past 50 mph five or six times.<br />
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Here is one of our buses and they are loaded. They will have students with standing room only.<br />
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They don't bus the elementary students here, the parents have to arrange rides to and from school. Here is a bunch of elementary kids getting a ride home from one of the parents.<br />
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This next section is looking at the bridges and water flowing over them. All the bridges I've seen do not have culverts and the water rises and runs over the top.<br />
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The rain water comes down so heavy that the water washes over the bridge. This is the bridge we go over all the time and you don't want to be caught on the other side because you won't be able to get home. This is the start.<br />
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This is about the middle and the water is probably two and a half feet deep. A few years ago they had a bus that was washed down stream so everybody is very conscious about it. This is the upper bridge.<br />
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Before this got full blown the principal called the buses in and sent the bus students home. It was lucky for them because we couldn't cross at this time.<br />
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This is the North Coastal Highway, the main highway around the island and after a big rain storm it gets flooded in several places and you just have to wait it out.<br />
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Kids every where love water and they are no different in Samoa. They are out enjoying the water.<br />
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This is another rain storm where they had to sent the students home early. It wasn't as bad as the first one. <br />
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This is one of the staff who is taking our course and after class we drive her back home. The water was a little high at the upper bridge so we went down to the lower bridge and made it across so we could take her home. <br />
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We don't have hardly any wild animals in Samoa. But one thing we do have is wild donkeys. Many years ago they were using donkeys to move things. When vehicles came to the island the owner of the donkeys just turned them loose and they have been wild ever sense. Every time we catch the ferry we go right by them but we had never seen them. Lots of the missionary couples saw them several times. Well we finally saw them and here they are, only two of them.<br />
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This is the first donkey we saw <br />
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Amazing the only wild animal and its a donkey<br />
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Well that the end of Part 4, hope you have a great day.Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-41842316978969900352015-06-10T02:41:00.000-07:002015-06-10T02:41:02.047-07:00Hello from Savai'i - part 3We are finally getting some of the pictures we have taken posted on the blog for you to see. Sorry for any typing errors you might find as it is getting late here in Savai'i. Our kids were thinking that they had some small stores in their towns. We just wanted to share some pictures of the stores that we have here in Savai'i and in Apia on the island of Upolu. The first pictures are of our open market down by the wharf in Savai'i.<br />
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Just the starting of the food section. <br />
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This is teh non-food section as well. <br />
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This is Sister Stonehocker bargaining. There is really no bargaining at all. There is the Samoan price and the palagi (white people) price and our price is always much higher. Occasionally you will get a bargain if you walk away and then come back and ask what the price is. if they want to sell it you might get it for a better price.<br />
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This is part of the food area and most of it is locally grown. <br />
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They have a lot of Samoan oranges for sale. <br />
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This is there fish market. People bring in their fish to sell. No refrigeration so you have to get there early. They keep the flies away with big fronds.<br />
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This is one of our favorite ladies to buy from, her produce is good n she is always happy <br />
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This is a farm supply store and you have to buy through the window. Not quite a Home Depot or Canadian Tire Store.<br />
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The next pictures are of our big store in Apia called Farmer Joe's<br />
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Sorry, this one is Frankies in Savai'i just across from the open market. The store part is on the right hand part of the building. <br />
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This is one of their big supermarkets. Notice it has four lanes along with a meat market on teh right that you can't see <br />
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Now we move to our middle sized stores. It has two isles and most of our 7-11's at home are quite a bit bigger<br />
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These next ones are our smaller stores.<br />
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This is the size of most of our stores <br />
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You don't go in, you order through the window.<br />
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They have to watch the merchandise in front of the store because often times it can just walk away. <br />
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This is where you buy your goods from and you can tell that sometimes it is quite limited.<br />
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These next stores are in Tapuele'ele which is the village closest to us. Most of these stores are within 10 minutes of our house.<br />
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This is our smallest store and it doesn't have very much. Megan are you glad you have a bigger store than this??<br />
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They often run out of food and then they close it till they get more. <br />
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These two pictures are of our newest store. Its prices were slightly lower than the other store and it caused hard feelings in the village because the other store had to lower their prices. It took quite a while before everyone got a long.<br />
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These 3 pictures are of the old store in the village and you can see that they don't have a lot of options of what to buy <br />
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The next pictures are of swimming with the turtles<br />
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This is me with the turtles. You have to be careful because they will slap the heck out of you with their flippers<br />
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This is Elder Layne and he got smacked a couple of times on his legs. We were both laughing but I'll tell you that those turtles slapped hard.<br />
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When the turtles came in to eat the papaya, they came right at you and it was a bit unnerving so Elder Layne pulled his hand back and the turtles lunged and bit his finger a bit. So after that we both were a bit more cautious.<br />
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These were both pictures I took with my underwater camera. Surprisingly enough it actually worked.<br />
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I don't know if it is going to work but here is a video of me trying to lift one of the bigger turtles and I got slapped good for doing it. Hopefully it will work.<br />
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Well that's all for now, Part 4 will come tomorrow.Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-27874629823897981502015-06-08T03:36:00.000-07:002015-06-08T03:36:42.873-07:00Hello from Savai'i - 2nd section<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This is the second section today and there will be a 3rd section today
or tomorrow. The first pictures are of FSY (For Strength of Youth). we
had about 450 youth with another 200 YSA to act as counselors and it
turned out very well. It was the first one in Savai'i and they are
planning another one in 2 years.</div>
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These are the buses that brought the youth to FSY<br />
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They are packed in with many students left standing during the ride.<br />
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This was just one of many buses that brought the youth and the YSA's to Vaiola<br />
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They were formed into companies and this was one of 10 companies <br />
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The counselors are all wearing white t-shirts<br />
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Four counselors who had to organize everything so it went smoothly. They did a great job. <br />
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This is their breakfast table, their lunch tables and their supper tables. They usually had four lines going to handle the rush. The students and the counselors had a great experience and there were many tears on Saturday morning when everyone left.<br />
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This section has to do with our principal's conference in New Zealand at the Area Office. They took us on a harbor tour and we were able to see why Auckland was called the "City of Sails". One marina we went past had over 2000 slips available. This was on of 3 or 4 different marinas. The tour was interesting and informative.<br />
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This is a big bridge we passed under and they have a bungee jump station built under the bridge. You can see it more clearly in the next two pictures. <br />
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Now you can see it better. <br />
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This yacht belongs to a Russian billionaire. It cost him between $600 000 000 and $700 000 000 to build. To come from Russia to New Zealand it took $1 000 000 in fuel costs. It has a permanent crew of about 60 people. The yacht has been here for over a month and will be here for at least one year. The harbor fees are about $5000 a month.<br />
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The owner will fly down 3 or 4 times a year to spend a little time away from Russia. The yacht is registered in one of the Pacific Islands so he won't have to pay the Russian taxes. <br />
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The yacht has a cabin cruiser tucked away inside the back corner. The crew are constantly washing and making sure the yacht is ready at anytime for departure It certainly is an amazing boat. They told us it is the biggest private yacht in the world and it certainly looks like it could be.<br />
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Some more pictures of the yacht<br />
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Here you can see the crew members washing and cleaning the outside. <br />
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The white was supposed to be a big yacht but it got slightly over-shadowed.<br />
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Here is a frontal view, a beautiful boat. How can you tell we are from "land-locked" Alberta?<br />
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They have more ferry's here than you can count and they are going in all different directions. <br />
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Here is a baby tugboat getting ready to work.<br />
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Here is the mama tug waiting for something to happen. <br />
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Barnacles and oysters were all over the cement pylons. They had all kinds of buildings above these pylons. It makes me wonder just how sturdy they are.<br />
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When I first saw them I thought they were corrosion but the others in the boat said they were barnacles and oysters. I told them I liked oysters but I don't think I would be eating any of those. <br />
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A lot of the harbor was built on these kinds of pylons.<br />
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They cover everything.<br />
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Last year we were playing volleyball and basketball at this time but this year we are playing Samoan cricket. I got a chance to practice a few time and then to play in a couple of tournaments. It was very interesting and I didn't do very well. There are two teams of 20 players. One team is up to bat and stays up till all 20 players are out. Then the next team bats and if they score one more run than the opposition then they win. They have some different rules for the game and it takes a while to catch on but it was fun for me. Sister Stonehocker watched the first game for a while and said it was like watching paint dry, she wasn't too impressed.<br />
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These are the cricket bats and balls they used. They are much heavier and can swing you off the pad if you are not careful <br />
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The balls are hard and made of some kind of plant material <br />
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The bats have a funny shape and you hit with the rounded part so you never know where it is going to go.<br />
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Brother Fafai with his bats. He is the counselor at the high school.<br />
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This is a cricket field. When you are batting you can't step off the pad or touch the ground with your bat<br />
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It seems to always rain so everything gets very muddy. <br />
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If the ball hits the wicket, you are out.<br />
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Here we are snorkeling at one of the beaches here in Savai'i<br />
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This is mom<br />
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This is a cool rock of some sort. <br />
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This is me.<br />
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This is coral with the sunlight splayed out on the sand. <br />
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Again the sun coming through and there are lots of pretty fish.<br />
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This is a trigger fish. It is very small but it is kind of aggressive and it will come right at you and then dodge away. Very interesting and very pretty. <br />
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Th ocean life has so many pretty colors and fascinating shapes. It is so easy just to float along and watch what happens below you.<br />
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This is the Laynes, the dental couple from Pesega, who came with us. We had a great time snorkeling. <br />
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All kinds of pretty fish. <br />
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This is a bigger one almost an eatable size.<br />
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Here are some pictures from Samoa that we have mentioned in our letters so that you will have an idea of what we are talking about. this first set is of our main airport.</div>
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This is from the parking lot. The airport is totally open to the outside. There is only one air conditioned part and that is the security area where you check in to leave.<br />
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This is the name and you can see right into the airport. <br />
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This is inside and the arriving area where all the incoming people come. This is one of their mobile phone services that rip you off like crazy. I wonder how they are still surviving.<br />
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This is some of the wood sculptures in the airport.<br />
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This is our plane to New Zealand. Once they see you ticket and passport you walk out and board the plane.<br />
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This next set of pictures shows our friendly bugs in Samoa. There are no pictures of centipedes and millipedes this time.<br />
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These are our friendly little gecko's and they are all over. Thank goodness they eat all the little bugs or they would drive you crazy. In the house we catch them and put them outside. I don't know how many we have inside but we have put many outside and there are still plenty inside. It seems like a losing battle.<br />
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The bigger ones have to watch out for the cats and the birds who both like to feast on gecko's. The cats race up our screen door trying to catch them and it makes a big racket. It scared us the couple of times it happened.<br />
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Here are the lizards that came calling while we were eating lunch. They would come and eat anything that was dropped. <br />
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This is a little lizard that invade our office. I tried to catch him but with no success.<br />
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The roaches are every where. They get into places too small for them and when they come out it scares the heck out of you. They are very fast and I only get them about half the time. <br />
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This one came out of a back corner by my computer. When I took the picture I was too slow to get it so it is still somewhere around my workspace.<br />
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These are the African snails and they are a big pest around here. When I go walking every morning I stomp on as many as I can. My highest record was 225 on one walk. They cause all kinds of damage and they crawl up every where.<br />
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They crawl up the palm trees and up the sides of houses and create a real mess. They climb up garbage cans and water barrels. They cause a lot of damage.<br />
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The spider doesn't look so big in the picture but he was big enough to worry Sister Stonehocker a lot.<br />
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This is one that comes in the bananas and drives Sister Stonehocker wild. I don't even like to get too close. Everyone says they are dangerous but they still make you cringe.<br />
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These are pictures of our cafeteria for the dorm students </div>
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Our dorm students eat three meals a day. It is also used as a classroom<br />
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Notice the girls on one side and the boys on the other side generally speaking. <br />
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But some boys enjoy eating with the girls. Interesting meals.<br />
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This is the kitchen area. The dorm students are divided into team and each team has a schedule of when they are to help with the meals.<br />
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This is my first attempt of knowing eating octopus that I bought at an open market.</div>
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It doesn't look all that good but it actually tasted pretty good. Elder Layne tasted a little with me but I had to do a lot of talking to get Sister Stonehocker and Sister Layne to try some. They had a little piece and I got to eat the rest.<br />
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Looks bad but tastes yummy.<br />
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The next pictures are of a coconut cookhouse. As you drive around Savai'i you will see piles of coconuts along the road. You can buy 100 coconuts (in the husk) for about 14 tala or $7. They built a cookhouse on the road from Vaiola to Fusi where they cook the coconut meat. The coconuts are husked and the coconut is cut in half. They cook about 2000 or 3000 half shells for 1 to 2 days. They take out the meat and put it in a big cloth bag which holds the meat from 40 or 50 coconuts and then they sell the big bag for about 100 tala. This allows them to make money but there is a lot of work and manpower involved so it is not as lucrative as it first seem but it still gives them a good return. It is pretty crucial to watch the process carefully because if they cook it too long the oil from the coconuts begins to drop down on the fire and it is not uncommon to have a coconut cookhouse burn down. Here are the pictures from building the building to the finished product.<br />
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The bottom walls are 2 feet thick and over 5 feet tall. <br />
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Walls are made of rocks and cement <br />
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The start of the building on top.<br />
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This is the floor supports in the basement. This is where they start there fire to cook the coconuts.<br />
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This is the floor. The holes are drilled so the heat penetrates all the coconut husks that are piled on top.<br />
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This is the coconut cookhouse mostly finished.<br />
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Another picture of the holes in the floor. <br />
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This is where they will build their fire. The fire will be made from the coconut shells <br />
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This is a picture of the floor from on top. They have built this big box that they will fill with coconut shells cut in half. You can see the holes that will let the heat through to cook the coconut. They will cook for 1 to 2 days.<br />
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This is how they fill the box, one wheel barrow full at a time.<br />
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This is a ramp they made up and the size of the cloth bag they are going to fill with cooked coconut meat. <br />
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A better picture of the ramp so they can hall the coconuts up and down.<br />
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They are cutting the coconuts in half getting ready to be cooked. <br />
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These are the coconut half shells <br />
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He is taking the half shells up to the box in the cookhouse. <br />
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Here they are cracking the coconuts and letting the juice run onto the ground.<br />
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These next two pictures show the box full of coconut shells and they are ready to start cooking.<br />
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They are getting ready to set the fires to start cooking.<br />
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This is where they are going to put the fires.<br />
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Cutting the cooked coconut meat out of the shell. <br />
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This is what the cooked coconuts look like after they have been cooked for 1 to 2 days.<br />
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These are bags of cooked coconut meat that will be taken and sold to the factory that will use them to make coconut oil. <br />
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For each one of these bags they get 100 tala<br />
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This is a papaya tree. It is in the service center complex just behind the temple where the temple housing for the temple workers is located. This is just out the front door of House 7 where we have stayed several times. These papayas are huge and they are good to eat. <br />
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These are our little bananas and they are very sweet and tasty. The others are two mangoes which are the best kind of mangoes to eat. They are very delicious and tangy.<br />
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This is a picture of the lemon tree on the side of the road by the girls dorm. The story goes that when this tree was planted it was blessed to be ever-producing and it has been. We have been here 17 months and it has always had lots of fruit. They will often make lemonade for the students and the tree just keeps on producing. It is truly amazing.<br />
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This is Lychee fruit and it is very delicious. You peel the outside covering and the fruit is very good. <br />
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<br />Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-5557516438580964472015-01-26T22:26:00.002-08:002015-01-26T22:26:45.444-08:00Talofa from Samoa - January 27Hello from Samoa. We are enjoying a hot summer with lots of rain. We are still trying to catch up on the last 3 or 4 months and it comes a step at a time. These next pictures are of our Culture Day in Vaiola. This year they celebrated four different cultures: Hawaii, India, Mexico, and South Africa. The students are divided into 4 houses for all events throughout the year. Each house was assigned one of the countries and they had to learn their national anthems and songs and dances from each country.<br />
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This is a picture of our students as they gather on the outdoor basketball court at the beginning of the day.<br />
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This is the flag raising ceremony where each house sang the national anthem for the appropriate country as their flag was raised on the flag pole.. <br />
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These are girls from the senior class doing a dance. A number of the students participated in several different dances and they needed 5 or 6 different costumes. They love to dress in different costumes. These girls are all wearing blue puletasi's.<br />
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These are the boys from the senior class doing their dance. They too, have to have a number of costumes to perform in.<br />
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This is the food the cafeteria prepared for the students and spectators for lunch. They are big hotdogs with a pop. It still tasted good anyhow.<br />
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This is some traditional food served on a traditional plate. They make these plates and place some flat leaves in the bottom to put your food on. One problem is that if the food is greasy or has a sauce on it it will leak through onto your lap and creates extra laundry. The food was very good, it had a very sweet taste and we couldn't tell what it was.<br />
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This is another traditional food made in the big pots and it is served in half a coconut shell. It is kind of a thick soup and it tasted good.<br />
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This is the principal on the left, Siaskaone (Jack) Taleni and Paogo Niupulusu (teacher in charge of the event) sitting at the head table.<br />
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It rains a lot here in Vaiola. Around the campus every house has a big water storage tank. When the tank is full the water pour out of a little hole at the top of the tank causing a water spout. It also runs out of the top when the tanks are too full. Here are some pictures of our water spout.<br />
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This is the tank for our neighbors house and it is raining and just starting to over flow. <br />
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This is a picture from inside our house. Its pouring outside and the tank is just starting to over flow. <br />
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I went outside in the rain and took this picture. The stream is shooting out about 6 feet and the water is also pouring out of the top as well.<br />
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Each year the senior class picks a project they want to do for the school. They usually pick something the school needs that will also leave a legacy for the class. Last year they made cement steps up to the top of Vaiola hill and this year made 5 water fountains around the campus. <br />
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This is the start. They make a wood cribbing then fill it with iron bars and big rocks before they put in the cement. <br />
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This what it looks like from the outside when they are building. They put quite a few rocks before adding the cement.<br />
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This is how they make their cement. They mix dry ravel and dry cement in a pile then pour water on the top and start mixing. For what they have they do a great job. <br />
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They continually add water till they get the right mix. <br />
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They shovel it into a wheel barrow and take it over to the fountain. <br />
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Its labor intensive and it is quite hot so they wear whatever they can to cover their head. <br />
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This is the forms when they are filled with cement.<br />
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This is a fountain to the first stage of cement.<br />
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These are the forms they used. They had to last for all 5 fountains.<br />
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Cement with the forms removed. <br />
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They had to build up the center so that it would function properly. <br />
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This is the first one that they put the base on.<br />
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They are forming a circular top so the senior class can be identified.<br />
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Once they got the base poured, then they cemented some flat lava rocks on the out side of the cement. <br />
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This is what it looks like with most of the cement covered with lava rock. <br />
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They are working hard so that it is all done on time. These are members of the senior class and the rugby team. <br />
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After putting the lava rock on, they are putting tiles on the top so the water will run off the fountain. <br />
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This is a partially finished fountain.<br />
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This is what a finished water fountain looks like. It is pretty impressive considering how it was constructed. You can't read the writing on the top in this photo.<br />
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Here is the finished version and it actually works. <br />
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The lettering on top was made of poured cement and then cemented to the top. Impressive isn't it?<br />
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This next set of pictures deal with plants and trees here in Samoa. Most of these I had never heard of before so they are interesting to me.<br />
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This is another attempt at being a farmer. I know it doesn't look like much but this is an avocado tree that I planted from a the big pit. I have planted 3 avocado trees that will produce in 5 or 10 years so somebody in the future will be very happy that I was here.<br />
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Here is Mom holding some green beans that Bro Fafai (our school counselor) gave us. They are huge and they grow quite fast.<br />
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We have an Indian Apple tree that has these huge fruits. Nobody here eats them but one of our teachers is from the Philippines and he says the East Indians eat them but nobody else. <br />
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Look at the size of the fruit.<br />
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I don't think anyone here has any ideas of what to do with the fruit.<br />
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This is a picture of some Koko Beans which is what they make koko Samoa from. The koko beans grow from any part of the tree, the trunk, or the branches.<br />
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This is my attempt at being a potato farmer. I had 5 tires stacked up and when I harvested it I got 2 potatoes, one about half the size of a golf ball and the other was smaller than my thumb nail. So I am taking a break for a month or so.<br />
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This is a picture of a Nonu tree. They make a juice from the fruit that they sell in pharmacies here. Jo says it tastes bad but it doesn't taste too bad to me. <br />
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The first time we saw the Nonu fruit was when our school secretary brought some over. You let it get ripe and then you rub it on your hands and your feet. It seemed to work okay for me but it burned Jo's hands as it has some kind of acid in it. The fruit looks weird but it is interesting. <br />
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Each tree produces a lot of fruit and it (the ripe fruit) smells kind of nice, almost like a lemony smell.<br />
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These are papaya trees and they are planted around the temple housing units. This tree is just behind the temple in Apia and right close to House 7 where we sometimes stay. <br />
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Look at how big these papaya are, they look like small watermelons.<br />
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These are pineapples grown by our dorm girls. They are going to be good when they are ready to pick. Notice the little growths around the pineapple, if you use these to start your next plants, they grow much faster than using the top of the pineapple when you cut it off.<br />
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It takes about 1 year for a pineapple grow from a top and about half the time from a plant shoot.<br />
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This is a nice one that is getting to the right size but it needs to ripen a bit.<br />
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<br />Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-70214502007755332592015-01-14T13:27:00.001-08:002015-01-14T13:27:32.416-08:00January 14 - Hello from SamoaHello from Samoa, this is the second post in a number covering fro September to December of 2014. The first part is some pictures from Vaiola Hill.<br />
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This is a picture of our campus without the rugby field. <br />
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Our house has the little red car parked beside it. The house to the right is one they use for visitors to stay in. The next one on the right is our cafeteria.<br />
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Lano Beach<br />
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This is Lano Beach about one half hour from where we live. It has beautiful white sand and you can snorkel out to the coral not far out.<br />
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In Samoa you can always find a game of volleyball and the beach is no
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The rest of these pictures are of a starfish like fish called a "Crown of Thorns". The underside is a bunch of succors that they hook onto things like the coral. The top side is a bunch of spikes that look like thorns and the fish is circular in nature thus the name "Crown of Thorns". They are poisonous if you step on them.<br />
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In this picture you can see the underside more clearly. They are ugly little suckers and dangerous too. <br />
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One of the workers uses a snorkel and goes down and pokes them with a stick and the crown of thorns hold onto the stick. The worker comes to the surface and dumps them into his outrigger canoe. When he gets enough they bring them to shore and the dig a hole in the sand and bury them. It take about 3 days for them to die.<br />
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These two girls were there when the outrigger came in. They took a stick and poked it and it stuck to the stick. They are holding it out in front of them. <br />
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The worker was out in the coral and in 20 minutes he picked up about 30 <br />
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Hope this video clip works. You can see all the little suckers moving. Kind of gross. <br />
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Here on of the great sites in Apia, a McDonald's <br />
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This is the only McDonalds in Western Samoa. I know that American Samoa has two but here here is only one. If you knew how many times we had to trick our kids to keep them from seeing a McDonald's sign when we were traveling so we wouldn't have to stop there to eat. It has become a favored restaurant and we stop by there more than we should. <br />
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It is a busy place but there ice cream machine broke down about a month and a half ago and it is still not fixed. Welcome to repairs in Samoa.<br />
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We have a prison about three quarters of a mile from us. When we walk in the morning we often walk right through a group them as them are sitting on the ground or walking to where they work. They are often carrying big bush knife and many times they are sent over to get coconuts, bananas, or pick leaves off teh lemon tree for their tea. Sometimes it is a bit unnerving to walk through them when they all have these big bush knives but all the people here say they are good prisoners and not too worry about them. I think they have guards but I am never sure which ones are the guards and which ones are the prisoners. <br />
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This is the road into the prison. At the end of the road you can see their volleyball net and when we walk in the evening we can see them playing volleyball. <br />
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Here you can see them having a meal in their fale. Notice all the protecting wire fences and gates surrounding the prison making sure they cannot escape. The white truck is one of their transport vehicles.<br />
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Here is the prison looking across the road from our turnoff. You can see part of the prison herd, they have to grow and produce their own food. A few months ago Joanne was walking by and one of the guards pulled out his rifle and shot one of the cows. They were butchering the cow much like we would field dress a deer.<br />
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<br />Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-36601810478899349372015-01-13T22:33:00.002-08:002015-01-13T23:30:44.623-08:00January 13/2015The next few blogs will contain pictures and information from September to December and will not necessarily be in chronological order but they will be by area or event. We hope you enjoy the journey.<br />
Puletasi's:
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<span class="hvr">dress</span> <span class="hvr">for</span> <span class="hvr">women.</span>
It is a <span class="hvr">two</span> <span class="hvr">piece</span> <span class="hvr">dress</span> <span class="hvr">with</span> a <span class="hvr">skirt</span>
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it is <span class="hvr">usually</span> <span class="hvr">worn</span> to <span class="hvr">cultural</span> <span class="hvr">events,</span> <span class="hvr">church,</span>
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This is Joanne's puletasi that she had made in Apia. It cost 50 tala which is about $25.<br />
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These are the Vanuatu girls who stay in the dorms. We have 13 students from Vanuatu, 6 girls and 7 boys. They come in January and stay until December. The girls all went out and had puletasi's made so they could take them home with them in December.<br />
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Drying Clothes and Bedding <br />
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This is how they dry their clothes. They put them on cars, on bushes, on the sidewalks, and on lava rocks. <br />
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This is a car from a different family. It drys the clothes fast and it also keeps their cars from getting too hot inside. Double purpose.<br />
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This is how they dry and air out the mattresses at the boys dorm. At first Joanne thought they were repairing the roof but a closer inspection found out that they were just drying their mattresses and pillow (and sometimes clothes).<br />
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The only problem with drying clothes up on the roof is that it is really hard to get them down if you get a sudden rain storm. We get those sudden rainstorms all the time so it is always a risky business.<br />
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These are of Fish Market in Apia<br />
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This is the fish market. The round cuts at the corner are yellow fin tuna and are very good. They and masi masi are our favorites. Each round cut costs about 25 tala or $12.50 for one and a half or 2 pounds of meat. <br />
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The big one in the middle is a masi masi and they will fillet for us. The whole fish (depending on the size) costs between 50 and 85 tala but you get quite a bit of meat from it. They always ask if you want the head and the skeleton and we take them so we can go feed the pigs over behind the church compound. The pigs are very interesting to watch as they eat the fish parts.<br />
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These are more tuna, with a masi masi right in the middle. Notice the size of the head in the plastic. Some people come in specifically to buy the heads.<br />
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These are octopus and lobster, very interesting to look at what you have eaten in the past month or so. <br />
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Here are some eels and more octopus. We haven't had an opportunity to try eels yet. Maybe in the future, Joanne isn't very excited to try them. <br />
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Lots of little fish to try but we don't know how to cook them so we stay with the ones that we know.<br />
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They have lots of eels, blue fish, lobster and other interesting fish. <br />
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This is a table of live crabs. They have the elastic bands on so they don't bite you while you are looking. Not good for business.Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-55413133109196972192014-08-22T23:25:00.000-07:002014-08-22T23:25:18.906-07:00Hello from Samoa - August 21Hello, we are trying update our blog more frequently. Time is flying by it seems like we just started and it has been over 7 months since we left on our mission. Our kids are moving (all accept Aaron and Carrie & family), Jilly and Joel have moved to Yakima, WA; Andrew and Taylor have moved to Janesville, WI; and Megan and Seth have left Walla Walla to go to Morton, WA. We will have lots of new places to visit when we get back. We are truly enjoying our time here in Samoa, the people here are friendly and they love having their pictures taken. We are truly blessed to be here.<br />
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The sea turtles seem big to me, they are anywhere from two and a half to over three feet. as soon as they see people they come over to see what is to eat (hopefully not fingers).<br />
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Some of them climb over others to get to the shore.<br />
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Some are pretty big <br />
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They love to eat papaya, they will come and eat right out of your hands. Their heads are big and so are their beaks and you wonder if your fingers are going to disappear with the papaya.<br />
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Here are some pictures of our lawn mowers. When they are finished they sweep the grass into piles and take it away.<br />
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They work in groups and it is always interesting how the grass is so evenly cut.<br />
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We had the opportunity to take a tour of Manono Island. There are two islands we pass on our way from Savai'i to Upolu. The first is Apolima Island and the second is Manono Island. It is a 20 minute ride from Upolu to Manono Island in a small boat that holds about 20 people. You sit on both sides of the boat and it is powered by a 40 hp Yamaha. It was a very interesting ride on the way over. We had 3 foot waves and we were going with the waves. We thought that ride was choppy until we came back. We were going into the waves and they were 3 to 4 feet with a lot of whitecaps. You will notice the boats have a partial roof with tarps tied to the roof so you can lower them to keep from getting wet. We lowered them on the way back but many of us still got wet. We were all praying that both we and the boat would survive, as there were no life jackets on boat. So we were glad to make it back safely. After we landed on the island it took us over three hours to walk around the island and then they provided a Samoan dinner for us . An interesting point is that there are no vehicles on the island and they don't have any dogs here which is amazing and the pigs are not allowed to roam freely like they do on Savai'i and Upolu. Here are some pictures from Manono Island.<br />
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This is the boat we came out in and it has just unloaded us and is moving out of the way for the second boat. See the partial roof and the rolled up tarps you can let down to protect you from the weather and the splash back as the boat hits the waves.<br />
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Here is the other boat coming in and it has about about 18 or 20 people in it as well. <br />
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They load the boats up and they take all kinds of goods out to the island on these boats.<br />
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These people are all fishermen and that is how they make their living. Its not always an easy life, they have their struggles and trials too.<br />
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This is one of their fishing boats, the catamaran style makes the boat much safer in turbulent waters. <br />
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This is just a regular boat but notice it has an antennae and radio contact with the shore.<br />
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This boat needs a few repairs before it goes out. <br />
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This boat tangled with the reef which is out about a mile but it is still very dangerous if you get too close to it. <br />
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This one didn't survive the reef and this was what got washed up on shore. You can see the covered long boat next to it.<br />
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The Samoans love these long boats and they race them several times a year. Notice that it is covered to protect it from the sun as the sun light will do great damage to the boat. <br />
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These boats hold about fifty paddlers and everyone must work in unison. They are very hard to turn and most of the races are a straight line from the starting line to the finish line. The last boat race we watched, a wave pushed one boat into another causing it to veer to the side. They had to bring a motorized dinghy to push it back in line to finish the race.<br />
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We see a lot of people out fishing in out-rigger canoes. These take a lot of work to build. <br />
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There are many shapes and sizes, some heavy and others much lighter. <br />
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This blue one was our favorite one.<br />
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This is the grave of an island man who had 99 wives. If you look closely at the picture you can see one block missing which was the one for his 100th wife. An interesting story, I am not sure who one should feel most sorry for; the man, or the 99 wives!! <br />
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These trees are the trees that have branches going out every 2 or 3 feet. Didn't know what they were until we saw them here. They are cotton trees. When the pods are ripe like the one you see, they pull out the cotton and use it to make pillows. <br />
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This tree, I can't remember the name, but it flowers first before it grows any leaves. It is interesting to see a bare tree with flowers and no leaves. Notice the hot pink roof, they have a flair for colors.<br />
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Lots of interesting and beautiful trees and shrubbery <br />
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Sister Stonehocker loved the beautiful plants and the flowers below <br />
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Pretty flowers!!<br />
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We have been looking for a coconut trees where we didn't have to climb to get the coconut and look what we found, a coconut tree at just the right height for us.<br />
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This is us sitting in a beach fale <br />
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We felt sorry for this little boy, he is quite young and those coconuts are very heavy.<br />
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This is the set-up for our Samoan meal <br />
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This is my plate, it is a traditional plate and served how the Samoans would eat their food if they didn't have plates. The meal was very good. <br />
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This is Sister Stonehocker's plate<br />
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The Samoans can sleep any place and at any time even on hard cement floors.<br />
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Sister Stonehocker and I helped coach the high school kids and get them ready for track meet. Here are some pictures we took of our zone track meet in the village of Puapua, and then of the national tract meet, "The Champ of Champs" in Apia. In Puapua there were 10 schools participating of which we were one of the smaller schools and at the end of the meet athletes were selected for the zone team. Our school won 1st place with 618 points, the 2nd place school had 186 points so our athletes did very well. Counting all the relay teams and substitutes there were about 300 spots to fill for the zone team. We took 69 players and filled 109 slots. There were 4 zones going to compete in the Nationals in Apia. One zone from Savai'i and 3 zones from Upolu. Our school did very well in the nationals as as well.<br />
These pictures are from the track meet at Puapua.<br />
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Some of Sister Stonehockers' high jumpers <br />
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One of our relay teams waiting for their event. <br />
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One of our shot-putters getting ready to throw. <br />
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This is Angel, our counselors daughter, throwing the javelin. She won this event. <br />
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Our school tent is not big enough for everyone so some are sitting out in the sun and using whatever they have handy to cover their heads.<br />
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This is inside the school tent. They keep all the first aid supplies and other equipment we brought here. <br />
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Sister Stonehocker's high jumpers .<br />
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Rani Taleni, our principal's daughter. She won discuss and javelin to advance on. <br />
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This is another of Sister Stonehocker's high jumpers, Tyrone Taleni, the principal's son, he tied in the high jump and went on in the discuss and shot events. <br />
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Inside our school tent.<br />
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Inside our school tent. The kids are so interesting and polite. Whenever we or a teacher goes into the tent, the student jumps out of the chair and brings it over to us. The teachers expect that but we always feel bad that they have to give up their chair. If there is none available they will go find one for us. They are fun and we certainly enjoy being around them. <br />
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This is another 4x100 (senior) relay team and they won their event.<br />
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This is the opening exercises where village chief, the congregational minister for the village, and the zone chair-people speak to the kids and welcomes them to the event. There were 10 schools here and 3 more school came after I took this picture, so there are a lot of athletes here at this event.<br />
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These next pictures are from the "Champ of Champs", the Samoan National High School Track Meet. The stands are full students cheering and it is difficult to get a good seat. All the track events are held in the stadium along with the triple jump, the long jump and the high jump. All the throwing events and practice area are held behind the old bleacher seats. It was a great event that created a lot of interest.<br />
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This is the new seating for the stadium and it is full of student spectators. We are looking across the track at the high jump pits and the new stands.<br />
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More of the stadium from the other side. The triple and long jump pits are in front of the stadium between the stadium and the track <br />
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Two of our runners and their coaches. <br />
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Some of the girls in the field events <br />
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High jumping pits with one of our girls going in to jump. The bleachers on the right are the old stands. The throwing events are behind them. <br />
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Sister Stonehocker's high jumpers at Nationals<br />
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Here is a collection of pictures of our different students in different grades.<br />
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This is one of the assemblies they have every week. The boys sit on one side and the girls on the other side. Younger kids sit in the front with older ones at the back.<br />
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Some kids sitting waiting for the bus to come. <br />
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Sitting in front of the office. They too, are waiting for the bus or the van to come back. <br />
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They can sleep anywhere even on the hard cement. <br />
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This is a high school math class.<br />
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An elementary class, grade 1's. <br />
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An assembly from the back where we sit. <br />
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Waiting for a ride in the bus. <br />
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One of our small school buses that is loaded.<br />
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Students heading for their bus. The picture above is after they get on the bus. I am surprised at how many they can fit on a bus.<br />
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Waiting for their bus but underneath where the rain won't get them.<br />
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Waiting for the bus but more daring, out in the open by our school sign with no protection.<br />
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This is what a typical wooden bus in Samoa looks like. I will show you some pictures from one of the buses that comes to our school.<br />
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This is what the inside looks like. The insides are different than the ones at home.<br />
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This is the students in the bus ready to go home.<br />
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This is a picture from outside the bus as it leaves.<br />
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Samoa certainly has some interesting characteristics that make it "Just Samoan". It is something you have to see and feel if you want to understand and appreciate it.<br />
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<br />Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-44591600556026902022014-07-24T01:01:00.001-07:002014-07-24T01:01:11.016-07:00Hello From Samoa - July 23, Part 2Hi, this is Part 2. Yesterday I had a big blog almost finished and I decided to delete a photo and I accidentally deleted the whole blog, it just disappeared and I couldn't find it. So this time I did half and sent it out yesterday and I will try and get the next half done so I can send it out too. We are starting out with Auckland.<br />
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Auckland at night <br />
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Auckland in the day time. It is an amazing city.<br />
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It is called the City of Sails<br />
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Auckland has hundreds maybe even thousands of sailboats in the harbors<br />
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But we found out that Auckland does have frost. Even though it is still nice and hot in Samoa it is still winter time but the frost was still a surprise. <br />
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Sister Stonehocker could even see her breath.<br />
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This is a picture for Ritchie Whitehead. He has his own bus in Auckland, I'm just not sure where it goes.<br />
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Ritchie, it's really a bus.<br />
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This is President and Sister Leota at their farewell. They were released in the end of June and they are going back to Australia.<br />
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This is our new mission president, President and Sister Tolman from Mesa, Arizona<br />
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This is the food cooked by the Samoan class in an "umu" which is and outside cookhouse. The food here was all prepared by the students. They had to kill and dress the pig; kill pluck and clean the chickens; and catch and prepare the fish. The food here includes a number 2 pig, baked taro, baked fish; several chickens and polusami.<br />
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This is the umu, they have just taken the leaves off and are starting to move the hot rocks <br />
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Most of the cooked food is open and they are getting ready to move it to the sheet where they will cut up the pig and divide the rest of the food. <br />
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They are picking out the food. This is baked taro beside the pig. <br />
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This is the baked pig before they cut it up. Certain parts of the pig are given are given to people with status in the village. The head is cut off and opened up and is usually given to the chief or the high authority. In this case it was given to the principal. This was one of the many times that I was glad not to be the principal. They gave us a plateful and it was really quite good.<br />
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I wanted to show some of the bridges we crossed when we were on the Vaiaata Road. I am really glad that these bridges were not too high off the ground<br />
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We drove over these bridges <br />
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We are hoping that they will fix them before we go over them again but that is only a remote possibility.<br />
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This was the last bridge we had to go over. <br />
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This is part of our reading group. You will see doubles in some because we couldn't get them all at the same time. From left to right: Fina, Joseph, Junior, and Elizabeth<br />
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From Left to right: Anna and Fa'asani and in the picture below: Junior, Ruthie, and Elizabeth<br />
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Here we are sitting in our front room with the kids <br />
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This is what the audience is for all the elementary classes when they have speech competitions. <br />
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The flowers are gorgeous. Most classes have flowers but these were particularly beautiful especially for a speech competition. The picture below is of the Grade one class, they really were amazing.<br />
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This is how they all enter the hall. They come up from the elementary wing in single file and quiet. The picture below is the grade 2 class with some parents mixed in<br />
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These are the leis they give us each day when we start judging. They are real flowers and they have a beautiful fragrance. The picture below is of the Grade 3 class. The next picture is the Grade 4 class and the last picture of elementary students is teh Grade 6 class<br />
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These are girls at our trackmeet waiting under a tent for their time to go compete. <br />
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This is Ise our head timer at the track meet and one of the teachers in our class. The picture below is of the girls running the 800 meter race<br />
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The picture above is our girls playing net ball. Notice the pole with a basketball hoop and a net just sitting out in the middle of the field. It is an interesting game to watch. The pictures to our left and below are of our rugby team. They went to Nationals this year and should have won it but they didn't. They had some great games.<br />
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These are scenery shots so you can see what the Samoan country sides look like<br />
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These are sights we see every day driving to town<br />
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The big tree reminds us of some of the trees we saw in South Africa. There is a better picture of the three of them coming up. <br />
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This is the entry to Vaiola, the prison is up about 150 yards on your left and we are a half mile to your right. The picture below is a hill we drive by all the time. It is truly a beautiful sight.<br />
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This is a pine tree on which the branches go straight out and they are separated by about 3 feet. <br />
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The ivy grow voratiously and will cover almost anything, coconut trees included<br />
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These are the trees that remind us of of the big shade trees in South Africa. <br />
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This is a coconut plantation and this is the fence to keep the cows in. Sometimes they go along and stick a stick in the ground in the fence line and the stick will start growing and become a tree. In the picture below you can see the ivy climbing over everything. It is really amazing that any of the trees still survive<br />
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Notice the tree with funny colored bark and the branches have leaves at the end so the branchs are very bare.<br />
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Sister Stonehocker is standing infront of one of those trees. <br />
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The trees are very interesting in shape, size and how and where they grow. <br />
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Another tree we call teh umbrella tree because that is what it looks like. <br />
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Another big beautiful tree<br />
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We hope you enjoyed the pictures and we will be putting more on regularily. Have a Great Day!Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-28122919803973036842014-07-22T03:40:00.000-07:002014-07-22T03:40:24.037-07:00Hello from Samoa - July 22, 2014Hello, it has been a while since I have added anything to our blog. Part is because of busyness on our part and part is because of spotty internet access. When I get ready to blog the internet is not working ans when the internet is working I don't have the time. I would have had this one out earlier but I tried to delete a photo and it deleted the whole set of photos and explanations. So I will send out a series of shorter blogs. It has been an interesting 6 months and the trouble is that it is going by so quickly. I will start out with some shots from New Zealand and the Principal's Conference we attended there and move forward from there.<br />
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This is a picture of all the principals and ITEP couples at eh conference <br />
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This is a picture of all the principals and Itep couples from Samoa<br />
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This is a picture of our principal Jack Taleni along with the conference mascot and a lady principal from Tonga or Fiji <br />
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This is Jack teaching a math lesson to a student who was struggling.<br />
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This is a picture of the ITEP couples at the conference. We are out eating as a group and getting to meet all the other ITEP couples.<br />
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This is all of our ITEP couples along with Elder and Sister Jacobsen (front row dark clothes). We also have two professors from BYU-H, they are at the ends of the front row<br />
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This is the Pacific Area Office in Auckland, New Zealand and this is where our conference was held. <br />
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This is Elder Hamula the Pacific Area President. He was released on June 30 and we held a farewell for him in Savai'i. He and all teh other members of his presidency spoke to us at different times throughout the conference. <br />
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This is Elder Pearson who was the first counselor to Elder Hamula but as of July 1, 2014 he will be the new President for the Pacific Area and one of his counselors will be Elder Gifford Nielsen. I'm not sure who the other counselor is.<br />
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This is us, and we are either in meetings or we are eating. This is not good for any kind of a diet<br />
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Here we are just finished eating before we go to our next meeting<br />
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This is the Samoan Boat Races we watched the day after we got back from New Zealand. The boat holds 51 paddlers, a helmsman and a drummer. They start 5 kilometers out and the finish line is in the main harbor in Apia. The boats are all lined up before they start as it is very hard to turn them<br />
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You notice there are some waves that make the race much more difficult I have a short video clip showing some problems when you have waves and paddle boats together.<br />
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Here are my two friends that join me when I run past their place. Teh problem is they follow me home and hang around our place till they decide to go home or their owner comes and picks them up. He sees me in my house taking a picture and wants me to come outside and run some more.<br />
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This is a better picture of my friends. Most of the dogs are very unfriendly and these dogs are very nice to have along when you meet other dogs.<br />
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This is our Stake Center at Fusi. We held Elder Hamula's farewell here.<br />
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This is a sign put up on the wall to show how the Samoans and the people of the South Pacific felt about him. He was very much loved here.<br />
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These are some of the dancers that put on a show for him. <br />
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The south stake had about 200 dancers perform for him <br />
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The men invited Elder Hamula to join in a Samoan welcome dance<br />
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We have two small ferries and one big ferry that runs between Upolu and Savai'i every day. This is the big ferry and it will hold about 30 or 35 cars and it can have over 200 walk on passengers as well. It costs 12 tala (about $6) per passenger one way and for the car and one driver 95 tala (about $48) so it gets expensive if you have to make too many trips.<br />
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This is a side view of the big ferry <br />
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This is an inside view of the big ferry. That little red car is ours. In the big ferry the cars ride inside and are usually packed in very tight. Often they have to let us out before they park the next car because we can't open our doors after the next car is there. The next three pictures are of the little ferry and you will notice that all the cars are up on deck, it makes quite a bit of difference.<br />
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This is one of the little ferries and they don't near as many cars. That little red car is still ours and we always pray for a smooth journey<br />
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This is a picture of the little ferry when it is docked just before we are ready to leave. <br />
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This ferry is mostly loaded. They will pull the truck and van behind it strait on and then we will leave.<br />
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Sorry, this picture goes back to New Zealand. They have a Mongolian restaurant called Genghis Kahn which is very good. You select the food you want and the sauces you want and they cook it on the grill. I like hot and spicy and they mixed mine and another lady's food up. The one I got was not spicy at all and the lady down a bit said hers was way too hot. It all worked out because I was able to go for seconds and finally got my hot and spicy. It was very good.<br />
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As you can see it is hard to keep track of which pile of food is yours but like I said it was very tasty. <br />
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Every so often the chef lights up the grill by igniting the oil with a lighter and then spraying more oil on it. It was quite a show and you could feel the heat when you were standing 6 or 8 feet away.<br />
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I am going to publish this post before I lose it like I did the last one. I tried to delete a picture and I lost the whole thing so I am going to send what I have and will send part 2 tomorrow. Have a great day!!! Lots of love from Elder and Sister StonehockerNelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-82527077212868049932014-04-18T20:21:00.002-07:002014-04-18T20:21:39.341-07:00Hello from Samoa
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week break between terms, we were able to get some sight seeing in as well as
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get to see much of Upolu so when we had an opportunity to go visit some sight
we took it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have some big Banyan
trees on the island and a couple from Oregon built a couple of tree houses in a
Banyan tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have a big tree house
and a little tree house and they took us for a tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They rent both houses out as a bed and
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">This is a picture of some Banyan trees from out of the tree house. All the big tall trees are Banyan trees.</span></div>
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This is a picture of Sampson, the Banyan tree in which they built the tree house. This Banyan tree is about 300 years old. They estimate this age from the time of the last volcano that erupted and covered this land with lava. This is the big tree house. Sampson is about 180 feet tall and about 140 feet around at the base. The reason they think that Sampson has withstood the tsunami and a cyclone a couple of years ago that knocked down a number of Banyan trees is that its roots are anchored in the lava flow under the tree. <br />
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This is the wall of the main bedroom in the tree house. <br />
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This is an interesting branch they had to deal with in the middle of their kitchen. <br />
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This is the wall of the shower .<br />
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This is the bathroom with hot and cold running water. <br />
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This is the upstairs bed in the second bedroom. <br />
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This is a resting place on the way up to the rooms.<br />
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These are pictures of the small Tree House.<br />
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It is much smaller and built around a smaller tree but still impressive<br />
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The kitchen, small but all their meals are brought from the main house .<br />
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This is the only bedroom and the bed has a sky light so you can lay in bed and watch the stars, the sunset or even the sunrise. They all are beautiful over here. <br />
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This is a deck where you can sit and have your meals or just relax and enjoy yourselves. <br />
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Joanne standing on the edge watching the water below. She is a little bit nervous thinking that one of those bigger waves will break down the lava she is standing on. <br />
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These tree all have multiple roots going into the ground. There is one main trunk but it branches into many roots as it goes into the ground. <br />
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These are some of the lava cliffs that the waves beat against. <br />
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This is our house in Vaiola. Notice the fale in the background, it is the agricultural classroom. <br />
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This is a sign as you come on our campus. It is a great motto as we have students here from Vanuatu and from New Zealand. <br />
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This is called an Indian Apple tree and it has huge fruit which is inedible. We have a teacher who grew up in the Philippines and he says that the people from India eat it but nobody around here does. Check out the size of the fruit, it's about a foot long and has a 6 inch diameter.<br />
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In Samoa they often bury their dead family members in their yards and by their fales. You can see the graves right in their front yards. It is an interesting concept. <br />
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They beautiful waterfall in Samoa. The next three pictures are of three different water fall on Upolu.<br />
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This is the bottom of a "Ma Tree". It is a baby Ma tree. <br />
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This is a Mama Ma Tree. It takes about a 30 minute hike off the road to see it but it is worth it. <br />
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We finally found a beach where we could use our snorkeling equipment. This is a beautiful beach that is being rebuilt because everything was wiped out with the tsunami. All the fales are being rebuild and they charge you for using a fale. The sandy beaches are beautiful.<br />
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In this picture you can see the reef out away. It protects the beach from normal ocean waves and keeps the temperature up which keeps away the sharks which I like very much <br />
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Lethbridge (to the right) in January or Savaii in early February (below), which one would you choose?<br />
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When they mow their lawns, they use weed-eaters or whipper-snippers (depending where you are from) rather than lawn mowers. Since we've been here I have only seen one lawn mower. There are two people to the left and one below and even though it is hot outside they are all dressed up and covered. <br />
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Here are some of the bugs we have! <br />
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The Good (they eat all the little pesties) <br />
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The Good!!!! <br />
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The Bad (it was a monstrous centipede and it hurts a lot when they bite. This is according to Milo Barfuss and several people here). <br />
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And of course The Ugly (The cockroaches aren't too bad, they are just ugly and they scare the tar out of you when they zip by.) <br />
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This was a live Ugly that worried Joanne quite a bit, especially when it wanted to be inside. <br />
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This is our house in Vaiola, thank goodness for air conditioning.<br />
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This is a "hand" of bananas and when it is ready to be picked, they will cut the whole hand of and then they cut the main tree down and the new sprouts will grow up and produce bananas in 6 - 8 months <br />
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Banyan tree. The Banyon tree has many roots and stems and it grows into a huge tree but it really a combination of many trees together. This shows you all the stems as they grow together. <br />
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This shows what the the whole tree looks like.<br />
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These are both of the water fall at Sauniatu. Its an impressive waterfall as you watch the video clip. <br />
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Vaiola school has two tents so that the student can have some shade as they watch the games. This day they are playing Rugby, senior boy and junior boys; Netball girls senior, intermediate, and junior; and Volleyball, girls senior, intermediate, and junior.<br />
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Notice the ref is leaning back against the poles this is how they keep the nets tight. Both refs lean back against the poles and the nets stays tight. When the game is finished, the refs walk away and the nets sag down. A very interesting system.<br />
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This is the New Zealand temple. It is very beautiful perched up on a hill. They are going to renovate to bring it up to acceptable earthquake standards. The people are worried about the length of time it will take to be completed as their closest temple will be either Australia, Samoa or Fiji.<br />
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It was a 2 hour drive from Auckland to Hamilton where the temple is located. We drove past the road which goes over to where the Lord of the Rings was filmed but of course we didn't go there but it was interesting.<br />
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This is our hotel room in Auckland.<br />
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This is our hotel called Spencer on Byron.<br />
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This is our group of missionaries going to Samoa. We are on the ocean beach in Auckland just down from our hotel.<br />
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We got up at 4 am to get ready to fly to Apia from Auckland.<br />
Above is our flight to Apia, Samoa. To the right is our plane that brought us to Samoa. It was raining but it was a very warm rain and it felt good to walk in it.<br />
There was a Samoan band playing in the airport lobby when we arrived. A nice greeting to the country.<br />
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These are pictures of "Fales" or open walled houses. There are many similar fales around, here are two pictures where you can see the family burial plots are in their front yards. An interesting concept, to bury your family members in your front yards.<br />
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Above is our house in Apia (until this Tuesday when we go to Savaii). This is our car and Ellis/Glenda you might note that it is not an AVION. However, when you look at the picture below, you will note that it has the same problem as your Avion, the steering wheel is on the wrong side.<br />
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I have been giving the windshield wipers at many corners a good workout just to make sure they will work good when it is raining. I am getting better as long as I think about it. I am sure it will improve with time.<br />
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These are the small bananas but they ware very tasty. <br />
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This is the first meal we prepared in Samoa. Peanut butter and jam sandwiches along with bananas and coconuts.<br />
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Mom is getting ready to eat. This was the first coconut that I opened myself. When you finish the coconut milk you crack open the shell and you can scrape the meat out with a spoon and it is soft like jello and quite good. They told us after that it acts as a laxative but it didn't bother me so I guess I will try it again.<br />
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This is the fish market. The fish are all laid out on the counter and you can select the fish that you want. Some of them are pretty big. They will fillet them for you if you want. They go out fishing the evening before and bring them in for this morning market so they are quite fresh. Notice the palm tree wands they use to keep the flies away. The young men stand there constantly waving them.<br />
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There are all kinds of fish here. Joanne bought some Masi-Masi (we actually shared it with two other couples because it cost 150.00 tala - about $75), a red snapper, a slice of tuna (see the picture below) and a piece of Wahoo.<br />
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The circular ones are one to two inch slices of tuna (yellow fin, I think). <br />
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You can see Joanne is trying to decide what kind of fish she should buy. She had an advantage as Elder Layne (a dentist from Florida) is an avid fisherman and was along with us to help us make good decisions. It was an interesting experience and one that we will have to repeat when we come back to Apia.<br />
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The next two pictures are of the Apia, Samoan Temple. It is a very beautiful temple situated on the corner of the Coastal Highway. <br />
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It is part of the church complex. The complex includes: the mission home, the distribution center, the temple, the Transportation and PBO offices, a church high school and a middle school, houses for teachers and temple workers, dorms for temple patrons who come long distances, houses for senior missionary couples, a big rugby field and a soccer field. It is quite a complex. <br />
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Hope you enjoyed this blog will try and put another one after we get to Savaii and see what our work load is. Joanne says I missed some pictures from Auckland. If I find them I will do another post.Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-10567698890733767452014-01-29T16:08:00.001-08:002014-01-29T16:08:44.514-08:00Pictures from the Missionary Training Center (MTC)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was our registration at the MTC. We had a short line-up. Later the line was considerably bigger.</div>
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<br />We were able to meet two of our seminary students who are going to Mexico. Carter and Nathan met us at our Tuesday devotional and we had our picture taken with them.<div>
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Joanne was checking out our luggage in Dad Taylor's truck.<br />
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We just checked in at the MTC and one of the staff took our picture as we were heading out to our room.<br />
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This is our room in the MTC. We also have a bathroom with a shower that isn't shown.<br />
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This us in the MTC, standing in front of the big world map, pointing to Samoa<br />
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This is our district. The Campbell's, on the right, are going to Cape Verde (Just off the western coast of Africa); next is the Adams who are going to London up by the temple; the girl in the center back is Sister Yazzi, our trainer; we are next, and are going to Samoa; and the Smith's are on the far left, they are going to Australia. We had a great group.Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699654919262716081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-75233409533829414582014-01-19T21:48:00.000-08:002014-01-19T21:51:33.312-08:00Our Children's Mission Farewell videoAll of our children live quite far away. Due to the dangerous travel conditions in winter they were not able to come up and see us before we left on our mission. However we were able to see them all this last summer and had wonderful visits with our children, their spouses and our grandkids.<br />
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A few of them decided to put together a video focused on the gospel as a fun send off for our mission. They delivered it in an e-mail on Christmas morning. We LOVED it. We are a little unsure where their unique sense of humor comes from but a likely candidate is Nelson. So we hope you enjoy the video. </div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_-ma1j_-p70" width="560"></iframe>Mwhitmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03913373927420141058noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569513379284489120.post-56203099806731501312013-07-06T13:22:00.000-07:002013-07-06T13:22:00.970-07:00Nelson is a DoctorOn June 7, 2013 Nelson Edward Stonehocker (that's me) officially graduated with a Doctor of Education degree In Leadership from the University of Phoenix. Jo and I flew down to Phoenix to attend the graduation ceremony. It was both fun and exciting as we enjoyed the hot weather an the golfing that we were able to do when we were down there.<br />
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