I hope you had a good a wonderful Easter. There were many crosses in the yards here in the neighborhood, celebrating Easter.
An interior picture of Nua and Lee's home.
This is a detour created by the earthquake in September.
Another home repaired and rebuilt by MDS.
Damage from the tsunami, a block from our compound.
Easter Sunday, we attended a Samoa church, A few words were spoken in English.
Wilbur and Chief Tau and Lisa, his wife, in front of the church.
We went for a drive on Sunday afternoon and saw this really large Banyan Tree.
Verna Martins and I went to a roadside stand for fruit and vegetables.
Many roadside stands were selling fresh flower bouquets this weekend to be used for decoration in the churches and the tombstones.
There are many beautiful flowers on the Island. Here are a few that I photographed on Sunday.
Much clearing and cleaning up has been going on in many villages, preparing for the April 17th, Flag Day, celebrations. Plantings, can just be stuck in the ground and they root and grow into large shrubs. American Samoa became a U.S. territory in 1900. A.S. celebrates with much to-do. We plan to watch the Long-Boat races, next Saturday. There will be 40 rowers in each boat. Hopefully, we will have pictures of the celebration to share with you.
There are 96 villages on the island and 90% had tsunami damage. There are 97 christian churches on the Island. Every village has at least one church. The Methodist church in the photo above is about one block from our compound here in Fagalele, in the village of Leone (pronounced Lay own a) . The Catholic church in the photo below is just around the corner.
Many of the churches had repairs and were repainted since September.
Enjoy the beauty of the ocean. This whole island is lava rock from a volcano.
The mountains are covered with vegetation, you would never know its lava rock below.
