A Day to see the island.

Since our arrival, we have not had a chance to see much of the island other than where we were working.  So, today we were able to go to parts of the island that we hit the hardest by the tsunami.  As you can see in some of the pictures, there was a lot of damage in some villages.  One village was completely wiped out. It was such a sight to see when on once side you see the beautiful ocean view and then turn around to see the destruction.  It was like a ghost town at times.  No one around and all you see is crumbled buildings.  It was pretty humbling to see the kind of damage that was done.

We wee also able to drive around the mountain areas and see some wonderful views.  See some pictures below of today's adventure.

(Village wiped out - Where the FEMA tents are used to be houses)

(More of the same village)

(Cars in the village)

(The school in the village)

(Inside the school)

(Encyclopedia found in the school)

(Church in the wiped out village - only building standing)

Now for some of the more pleasant sights:

(Starkist cannery is hear)

(The village below had a significant amount of damage)

(Water is falling off of the mountain)

Those are just a few of the things we saw today.  It was a long and amazing day to see all parts of the island. 

Tomorrow (Sunday) is our last day on the island.... or should I say, last planned day on the island.  The flights in and out of Pago Pago tend to not be on time.  Last Sunday the flight scheduled to leave at 11:15pm didn't leave until 3am.  If that happens to us we will miss out connecting flights.  I am not worried about it at all because I know that God has it in His control and we will get home right on His timing.  Just ask for your continued prayers of support and safety.

My goal is to continue on with this blog after I return home.  Not sure how that will go and how often that will be, but that is what I feel lead to do at this time.  So, I should be able to give one more update about Sunday before I go, then it is a day of travel. 

Thank you again and God Bless... Billy