Sea Shells and Footprints

Sea Shells

And holes in sand

birds were here also the dog

People walking the sunset beach

living

 Below the tide is out, as birds walk the shoreline.

Left is an electrical cable that powers the Moroni Campus. They may have a problem when they try to bury it. But then again the road is coming and everything will be dug up anyway.

The last of the Coconut trees that lined the road outside the Moroni Campus have been removed, as they give way to the new road that is creeping across the island.

Building small houses in the shop.

               Finishing up the chicken apartment complex by the agriculture students. Still no chickens.

Clothing and Fashion Design

38th Birthday Celebration

Birthday

Celebrated

many preparations

of building, dancing, song and food

Culture

Weaving and building and cooking all through the day and late into the night. Preparations were made to celebrate the 38 year anniversary for Moroni High School.

Dances and songs were presented as well as cultural displays of various Islands in Kiribati.

There were displays of foods from the various Islands.
The six islands represented were Kuria, Maiana, Tamana, Arorae, Nikunau and Butarutari.

Small Change

Create 

Cakes get flowers

Chickens get a new home

Remodeling the baking room

Changes

Battle with the Sea

Ocean

the tide rises

and attacks the sea wall

with shovel and sand and cement

Push Back

The effect of the ocean at high tide causes many problems with the roads on South Tarawa. 

Repairs to the causeway and the road are a constant need.

The picture below show the road at high tide on the east end of the Island. 

The pictures above show the more rural part of South Tarawa.

How do you get the students to a school activity? Put a few students in a pickup truck.

Good friends, Elder and Sister Wall reached the end of their Mission to Kiribati. We wish them good fortune as they return to their family and friends.

Simple Life on Tarawa

Simple

Tarawa Life

Turtles, Pigs,  Coconuts

Always the Ocean and fishing 

Big Smiles

Pigs sleeping under a sea shell. Turtles for lunch.

Relief Society Birthday

Dancing

smiles everywhere

bright beautiful colors 

special people celebrating 

Sisters

The Relief Society celebrated its Birthday here in Kiribati also.  After a program in the chapel the sisters moved to the cultural hall where each ward performed a dance from a different island.  Moroni Ward learned a dance from Hawaii.  Cakes were decorated and shared along with a luncheon.                      

Changes

Changes

to Tarawa

are creeping and crawling

and at the same time racing in

Paradox

The road being built by the Australians was working its way from the east and from the west toward Moroni High School, the first indication that is was approaching was the removal of trees at the edge of the road. Then all of a sudden the road work came to a halt and the Australian Company building it disappeared from the island. The equipment is still here but the work has halted.

But the sun still rises and the sun still sets. Life goes on as though nothing changes.