Happy Father's Day from Samoa!!!

Happy Father's Day to all you Father's out there!!! Some of my team members have taken to calling me Dad so I guess I sorta maybe know what it's like for you... Jk not really.

We finished up our 2nd week of school. We are half way done now. So far things have been great. Friday we again went to the youth night. There was a missions team from Hawaii at the church doing a VBS this week so we got to fellowship with them for awhile. That was great. Today we got up early and went for a hike. The Mountain was called Mt. Alava. It was a 7 mile hike there and back. We had a great time. It only rained a little so that was cool. After that we came back and cleaned up from the mud and then went for lunch at Pizza hut. I think I ate 7 or 8 pieces of pizza. It was soo GOOD!!! Our host Moni who had been taking us around all day then took us to a place on the coast where there were huge waves crashing against lava rock. It made for some great photo opportunities. After that we went to the grocery store to get some things for dinner. That was pretty hard since we were all so full of pizza. But we managed to get some things to make taco's for dinner. After that we went to take a cake to Koki (Moni's sister) and sing happy birthday. She was at a party for the seminary here. It was their end of the year party. After watching some dancing for about 5 minutes they roped us all out onto the dance floor to dance with the Samoans. Apparently the party had started at 10 am. It was 4 when we got there and they were still going strong. I ask Moni if someone had spiked the coconut juice (jokingly) and she replied that Samoans are just crazy normally. It was great to experience that part of their culture. After that we came back and were tired so we took a nap before making dinner. Now we are just hanging out.

Tomorrow we will go to Moni's church. In the afternoon we'll be going to a youth event at Fa'atui's church. Pray as two people will share their testimonies and the gospel. Pray that we will continue in faith. Looking to Him who is our author and perfector. He is our rock and our refuge.

To Him be the glory forever and ever!!! Amen