30 Sept 2012

 

 It's white Sunday on October 14.  Evidentally its a holiday for the children; many stores have all white clothes in the windows.  This is the same window that I put on the blog a few months ago.

 Photos from our walk this morning.  A fale with grave in front.  This must be a village fale not a private family fale

September 2012

 Inserting hot rocks to cook the insides of "dinner"

 Here's dinner at Sauniatu

 Senior Couples eating in a fale at Sauniatu

 Entertainers at our feast at Sauniatu

 Swimming hole at Sauniatu

 45 students to the top of Mt. Vaea.  Nola had to go get lunch for everyone so she couldn't make the hike

 Posing with students after our Institute hike up Mt. Vaea

 Children all dressed in white for their Sacrament program

 Dinner for the children after their Sacrament program

 Different items made out of coconut trees

 Two more Institute students

Student I helped fill out mission papers

August 15, 2012

 Bathing Beauties before swimming at the Trenches

 Samoan "soda pop" delivery

 The Trenches swimming pool connected to the ocean--note the ladder to get in--it is like the Homestead crater

 Samoan weed pullers

 

 

Gr. G. Church fan club

August 2012

 Samoan neighbors watching how to plant a garden

 Samoan Supermarket

 Sr. Couples in a swimming place called "The Trenches."  It's like the Homestead crater; you enter by going down 30-40 stairs.  There is also a passage way where you can enter out into the ocean.

 Sr. missionaries around a typical "fale" at resort called the Trenches

 LRG's garden after 6 weeks

 Miss Samoa contestants

 Carving at Robert Louis Stephenson grounds

 At the Robert Louis Stephenson Memorial Grounds

 LRG and Institute students

 Our students after a devotional speaker

 Our students at the Samoan Temple

Samoans love to wear white to "other" churches

July 5, 2012

 This is the Magiagi Institute where we teach classes and help PEF students

 We asked this Samoan what this was and it is to keep dogs out of his yard!  There are at least 200 bottles around his house for the same reason!

 This is a store window of beautiful dresses.  This is what the women all wear to Church on Sundays.  The materials are truly beautiful

The picture above is a new blue Samoan roof--we think this color blue is the national color--they love it

These are 4 of the 12  Samoan Church History Murals and stories that we are taking around as part of our Open House presentation to the 24 stakes

Trip to Savaii June 2012

Walking across hanging bridge about 200 feet up in huge trees in the rain forest

Beautiful ocean inlet outside our motel window in Savaii

Blowholes in Savaii

Tapa demonstation, Lyle painting after demonstration.  Wall hanging is made from mulberry tree after removing bark from tree.  We have one to bring home.  It was amazing.

Samoan bedroom or living room--not sure which room it is in a fale.  Mats are on the floor for sleeping

Beautiful waterfall and fresh water pool.  There were at least 20 other waterfalls coming into the same pool

Reeds drying in front yard to make woven baskets

A swimming pool overlooking the ocean in Savaii

This is one of the first places that the sun comes up in the South Pacific.  This is the remains of a catholic church after a hurricane in 1990.

A beautiful sunrise looking out our window in Savaii

June 2012

 50th anniv. performers 1

 50th anniv. performers 2

50th anniv. performers 3

 Samoan lawn mowers

 Samoan Banyan tree

Early morning temple attenders.  We were going on our 6 a.m. walk

More performers

 50th Anniversary "Pork" (there's 10 of them laying there)

Below:  Samoan "fine" mat.  These were gifts given during the ceremonies.  They are all hand woven from dried leaves.  They take over a year to one.  They are unbelievable!