these are photos of the view from the building we had our Early Service Conference with the peace corps, it was the 2nd wk of the break. very busy and i was exhaused but i can’t believe i am already into the 3rd wk of the 2nd term of school!
hello moon.
I am a 29 year old female from Kansas City MO. I finished my BA at Moody Bible Institute, and my Cosmetology degree 3 yrs ago. The longest I've lived outside the US is 3 months. I will now be living in Samoa for 27 months with the Peace Corps.
The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the US gov or the Peace Corps.
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these are some photos of Utulaelae. I went there for 4 days to visit, over my two wk break after the first term of school.
these are some photos of Utulaelae. I went there for 4 days to visit, over my two wk break after the first term of school.
Usitai
Alone they fall. Together they rise,
I see victory in your eyes.
You care less, than the least of them;
Yet, your glow blends you in.
Your years are beyond what they measure,
I wonder “who cares for her?”
It is the courage you hide behind that gives meaning to your great smile.
Believe in Usitai.
Obey her.
(a girl in my class. her name is Usitai. Usitai means “obey” in Samoan.
One of my favorite things so far with the students has been to show them where Samoa is on the map. To watch them guess to find it, and have no clue anything about its location is enlightening to me. Not that the realization that they come from a tiny island should necessarily have any strong impact(who am I to say that);but I was trying to find something in my childhood to compare with, in regards to being able to relate with them, out of curiosity, of what type of revelation it is to them! But all I’ve had to “realize” in my life is the wealth and size of my great country. I guess there’s nothing I have to compare with to them on this issue. I go on to tell the students how wonderful it is and how lucky I am to be in Samoa out of all the places in the world, and what a great country is really is! And they agree.
This is the road in front of the school that takes me about 5 mins walk to get back to my house.
The blue building is the bathroom the teachers can use, the big field is also used for the bathroom, and/or recreational purposes for the students, The teachers lounge, and the front of Lotopue Primary School.
This is the room the school gathers in every morning for morning prayer, or “assembly”…
It is also the same room my classroom is in, and the “library”
this is a box of books from the US Embassy here in Samoa, that our school gets to borrow for about 5 mnths.
This is year 4/5. I have them 3 times a wk. In the photo of the little girls, the one on the right is Leafa, and she is in the family I live with.
I have this class 2 times a wk.
This is year 2 and 3
teachers lounge, where we chitchat, and eat lunch everyday. This is Mele and Fa’atonu, both teachers i work with. The little girl is a student who helps in the kitchen frequently, its a job the students hold in honor to have because they get to eat our left overs.
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