Primary Birthday Carnival with balloons

Primary Carnival - with balloon animals 

Each child got a prize if they made their own balloon animal 

Hanging out with Animal Balloon booth

Great anticipation with getting a balloon flower 

Primary Birthday Carnival Extravaganza! 

When the Primary does a Carnival they do it up right!   

Young Men dressed up -- complete with sound equipment 

Blow up slide 

Dunk Tank 

Bahai Temple

Nearby we have a Bahai Temple.  They have a beautiful landscaping 

Rugby on a Saturday afternoon. 

We have Rugby fields right outside our apartment.  

Hanging out watching Rugby

Rugby match 

Seminary, Carpentry Field Trip, and High Priest Socal

Carpentry Field Trip 

The Carpentry Students had a field trip to Sauniatu to check out some mahogany hard wood trees planted there by some Senior Missionaries about 17 years ago.  They have been studying trees.

Loading up the bus from the school 

Farm Manager showing the students around.
Sign for Grover's Grove.
(Elder and Sister Grover who planted
the trees 17 years ago.)  

Gathering some plantings 

LDS Farm with a couple of students 

Ride to Sauniatu

Waterfall at Sauniatu

No trip to Saniatu would be complete without a dip in the falls.

Ride home 

Sister Passi, the Carpentry Teacher 

Tired bunch after the swimming 

Seminary Class

Our regular Seminary Teachers went to Tonga for a conference.  They asked us to teach the class for a week while they were gone.  We had five classes each day for five day.  The students were great but it was kind of new for us to prepare lessons each day.  

One of the 5 Seminary classes 

Seminary Birthday Girls

High Priest Social 

We have a new High Priest Group Leader in our ward.  He hosted a BBQ at his new house for the HP Quorum and spouses.

Brother Paul cooking up the BBQ

Bishop Pauga with a sing along after dinner 

Brother Paul had a great view with his new house.

View overlooking Apia Bay 

Weekend of volleyball, RLS banquet and working with students

Stake Women's Volleyball 

Our Stake had a Women's Volleyball tournament.  Karen joined in the fun for the 'over 40' group.  

Fantastic Four battle it out

Sister Little ready for the ball. 

Dinner with the Samoan Head of State 

Each year the benefactors of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum sponsor a big banquet.  We had a table near the Samoan Head of State. 

Head of State and his wife

Other Dignitaries also attended. 

Brother Wineger passing out awards 

President Tanner and Sister Tanner
 (President of BYU Hawaii and Sis Tanner former General YW President.)

Singing barbershop competition at the banquet 

Saturday Microsoft Office Specialist classes.  

Saturday mornings we help students work on their Microsoft Office Specialist certifications.  Students take MS certification tests in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook.  We had nearly 40 students in attendance last Saturday.  

Humanitarian helpers. 

Our Humanitarian Senior Missionaries get shipments of school supplies from other countries.  We had our Carpentry Students unload the cargo container.  

Lots of desks from New Zealand

Carpentry students, Brother Rasch, our Auto shop teacher and Sis Vellinga, Humanitarian missionary  

Samoan Father's Day

Samoan Father's Day!

It is great to have two Father's Days.  (One for the US Father's Day and one for the Samoan)  For Father's Day, Bud got an ie lava lava (usually referred to as a ie for short .)  

Samoan Lime Pie

One of the teachers brought us a bunch of limes from her plantation.  Both Bud and Karen gave it a try to make a Samoan Lime Pie, not to be confused with a Key Lime Pie.  (We actually did this not the same day, but a week apart.)   Both were outstanding.  

School Track Meet 

Pesega College (where we help) along with about 8 other High Schools had a big track meet at the Apia Sports Center, where they hold rugby matches and other sporting events.  

Seating for quite a few people 

The complex is really quite nice. 

The students really liked seeing themselves on the Big Screen

Students

Watching the students was half the fun.  

Students doing cheers!

Watching the impromptu  'Cheer Leader' was great!

Student from other schools

There were about 8 different schools at the Track Meet.  All in their different uniforms and all 'partying down'

Students from a different school.

Teachers also enjoyed the fun

Teachers in matching shirts enjoying the track meet

Karen and Sister Starke

Bud hanging out

Karen, Elder Starke, and School Counselor 

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