Island Christmas

Giving

Stockings were stuffed

All the mice were stirring

The treats were eaten with delight

Christmas

Simple Things

A front yard and home
backyard lagoon for swimming
with geckos and shells

The Earth, The Sea, And the Sky

The Sky

Surrounds the Earth

With Fire in the Clouds

Rushing in refreshing the land

The Sea

The road beyond the airport. The control tower at the airport. One of Air Kiribati's Planes.

Thanksgiving

Thankful

For life and breath

And enough food to eat

For hands to hold and hearts to love

Blessings

The Senior Missionaries pooled their resources and prepared a Thanksgiving dinner. There was turkey (legs), mashed potatoes, stuffing, jello, pumpkin pie and watermelon.

We went to a part of Betio that I call the Avenues. It is a very crowded place with narrow paths between shacks. There were children playing with whatever they could find, older people sleeping in hammocks, pigs, and turtles upside down on their shells. 

The people were happy in their circumstance.

A Little of This and a Little of That

Rusting

Guns do not fire

The ships no longer float

Island littered with this and that

Relics

Roasted Chicken spending time in the display window. 

Road crew spending time by the side of the road. 

An old boat spending time rusting.