Friday night Russ, Agnes, and I went to an lds single-adult dance. I was surprised because they played some pretty bumpin music for a church dance. During one song, this forty-year-old samoan lady came and freaked me - the entire song haha. Then another lady came and told me not to worry, "It's just the Stake Presidents wife." Um? Awkward. It was also Agnes' first experience in an lds church.
Saturday night there was a big tsunami benefit concert with all the popular New Zealand music artists. I went with Agnes, a twenty-four yr old girl on our team from Texas. It was a ton of fun and the music was pretty good. They had some native acoustic artists, pop singers, and rappers. Down on the floor there were some local kids have a hip-hop dance-off which was really cool.
Before the concert started. 95 degree day. As you can imagine, with all those big bodies in there - it was an oven.
Saturday night there was a big tsunami benefit concert with all the popular New Zealand music artists. I went with Agnes, a twenty-four yr old girl on our team from Texas. It was a ton of fun and the music was pretty good. They had some native acoustic artists, pop singers, and rappers. Down on the floor there were some local kids have a hip-hop dance-off which was really cool.
Before the concert started. 95 degree day. As you can imagine, with all those big bodies in there - it was an oven.
Me and Agnes. Noddin' our heads like yeah.The temperature here has been ridiculously hot. Our house doesn't really have AC, so we've just been sweating to death. I guess it's a good way to burn calories though!
Sunday Russ and I went to the English-speaking lds ward. Testimony meeting was pretty emotional as a lot of people shared their experiences with the tsunami. One lady talked about her brother who lost both his children, his wife, and his parents.
That night we were invited to the single-adult fireside and somehow we ended up singing in the choir? We didn't know any of the songs which was fun, but there were a lot of really good singers. They harmonize like birds of paradise.
The fireside was two hours long, no AC, and in Samoan. Needless to say I kinda slept through it. The messages were on marriage (surprise), and the stake president told everyone that if they don't get married soon, they will never find happiness. He told everyone, "Just marry someone - anyone. You should ask them tomorrow. Then you will be happy." haha. We met a lot of really nice people though!
When we got back, our landlord Flora and her mother Margaret made an U'o - a big sunday dinner.
Sunday Russ and I went to the English-speaking lds ward. Testimony meeting was pretty emotional as a lot of people shared their experiences with the tsunami. One lady talked about her brother who lost both his children, his wife, and his parents.
That night we were invited to the single-adult fireside and somehow we ended up singing in the choir? We didn't know any of the songs which was fun, but there were a lot of really good singers. They harmonize like birds of paradise.
The fireside was two hours long, no AC, and in Samoan. Needless to say I kinda slept through it. The messages were on marriage (surprise), and the stake president told everyone that if they don't get married soon, they will never find happiness. He told everyone, "Just marry someone - anyone. You should ask them tomorrow. Then you will be happy." haha. We met a lot of really nice people though!
When we got back, our landlord Flora and her mother Margaret made an U'o - a big sunday dinner.
This doesn't look very good but it's AMAZING! It's coconut, cooked in taro leaves. I forget the name of it but I love it.
The squash-looking stuff is taro. It grows in the ground and tastes like a potato and squash mixed. The thing that looks like a rock is called bread fruit. It grows on trees everywhere here, and tastes exactly like unleavened wheat bread when it's cooked. The rest is chicken and corn beef.
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Ben Jamin, You lucky dawg. I love the Poly food. That Taro Leaf/ corn beef dish is my favorite. Reading your comments brings back a lot of memories about the people, sitting, eating, the singing...all of it. You rock.
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