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Amu fo haan manu
Amu, the preacher who lived with us, loved those chickens. Here he'd call them and they'd follow.
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Hili ai
Not long after we got there our host father asked me to come along as they "hili ai" - gather...
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Tuur halimar
All PC ET knows this one. Tuur halimar is the national pastime. Just chillin'.
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Girls gone wild
These neighborhood girls were sitting atop this burned out angunna and I just had to take their picture....
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Trav's office
Across the street from Bek's office was mine. An old building that housed the education department. ...
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Bek's office
Bek was partnered with Senyor Feliciano in this building. We were invited to a party the first week we...
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First Supper
This was Kuku's first meal in Same. A big 'ol bowl of rice. Look at her ribs, though. Ai cuidado!
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Bulak!
Crazy. Rummy Timor is what we called it. Sometimes Bek would pull ahead, sometimes I would. Hours of...
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Goin' Crazy!
We'd play rummy when we were bored. We kept score. We were in the tens of thousands when we left.
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Mountain stream
We discovered this cold mountain water on a hike up the mountain. It ran to a huge fish farm. I was...
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The Holy Catholic Church
The big church in Same. On Sundays they all squeezed into the wooden pews, those who didn't fit crowded...
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Mt. Kablaki
The beautiful mountain in our backyard. Some days I'd be feeling down and then I notice the twin peaks overlooking the town. Then I'd cheer up.
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Proud mom
When Kuku went to sleep, she really went to sleep. Bek's holding her in our bedroom. There's the...
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Coo-coo for coconuts
All around, wild coconut trees. The locals would pick up fallen nuts and cut 'em open with machetes or...
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Kulu
Jackfruit, that is. These amazing fruits grew all over and the locals ate them raw or cooked them up...
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Biker Chicks
Our host family's chickens were loose all day (it was the goal of some volunteers to teach them about...
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tired pup
One of the first days we had Kuku in Same, we took a walk up a road we'd never taken before. Kuku...
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soccer training
You maybe can't tell but there was a collision there in the middle of the picture. Bekah took it during...
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From LA to ET
Pre-Service Training
At site: Same
