Spelling Bee

Karla got to assist with a Level One Spelling Bee.   All the words were English words but pronounced in Samoan when clarification was needed. "Foal" was a challenging word if you are a six year old Samoan boy and English is L2.  It was fun hearing them spell their best.

We wrapped up our Foundations in Education & HR/Law classes and will be starting two new courses next week in an attempt to finish by mid-November.  Pathway is a BYU church online program intended to get a jump start to a college education.  Many Samoans are choosing to utilize this option.

Saturday we ventured on an unfamiliar inland road with Elder & Sister Deffense.  We came out at a village on the main road and stopped at a resort where we ate our sandwiches and swam & snorkeled in the ocean which was delightfully warm.  

Below are pictures taken along our drive:

Red Banana Blossom

Breadfruit---it starts like a banana shaped pod on the right.

This crew were so congenial & were out
gathering coconut and taro.  They provided
our spontaneous coconut exhibition.

This young man scurried up the coconut
tree for our benefit.  He wraps his
lava lava around his feet for grip.

Husking the coconuts that were knocked down.  Then they
cut off the top with their bush knife for a delicious, fresh
drink of coconut water inside them.  They did several for us.

Cows along the way area not uncommon.

Kids love when we stop to talk with them.
Elder Deffense usually shares his magic trick.

Met this Bishop and his brother's family working
on the house in the background.

Typical family out on a Saturday.

These baskets are very typical transport of taro and coconuts or anything else.

We loved this sandy beach. A person can relax in the fales.

Same beach where we went swimming.

Savaii has beautiful clouds...Ron took these this week: