One of the more interesting things we do is observe and assess the teaching of our student teachers. Bwereia is teaching a class on geology for Tiorika, the regular teacher. Her subject was geological features of atolls. This picture shows two of the four groups preparing to present their part of the material to the rest of the class.
Here are the other two groups working on their presentations. Notice the bare feet, which are quite normal on this island. Bwereia is circulating among the groups answering their questions. In this picture, it appears student engagement is 100%. Hooray!
On the last Thursday of each month, at 7:00 a.m. the Seminary and Institute department holds a sunrise missionary devotional. After the devotional, which normally consists of short talks and testimonies by several recently returned missionaries, we have a light breakfast consisting of hard boiled eggs, hot dogs, bread and butter, bananas, and Milo, a lightly flavored chocolate drink. Only the senior couples and teachers get to sit at tables.
The students sit on chairs or the floor and eat from their laps.
Once again notice the bare feet and the food on the floor.
On Friday, Sister Sumner snuck this picture of my backside while I was cashing a petty cash check for the missionaries at the ANZ bank. What this picture doesn't show is that after taking a number, we sat for an hour and 35 minutes waiting to be served. U.S. customers at U.S. banks would never tolerate this kind of "service", but when there's just one bank in town, all you can do is wait.
This is the spooky Halloween moon rising Friday evening.
True to my word, I broke my Fast Sunday fast with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in honor of an amazing new book coming out next April titled "The Last Great Adventure of the PB&J Society". Notice the Skippy Super Crunch (the only "true" peanut butter) and the homemade strawberry jam made by the amazing Sister Sumner, which is tastier than any jam sold in a store. Yummm! We hope when we return we can persuade the author, Janet Sumner Johnson, to autograph a copy for us.
On Sunday evening Tioromaia brought over a ladies top that his wife had made. He wanted some feedback. Since Iutita had embroidered my name at the top front, I had to try it on, which was a great source of amusement for everyone else who saw this picture.
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