March Madness

Hello again from Pohnpei. We hope this photographs make it easier to picture some of what we described in our e-mail. Enjoy!

Taking advantage of a beautiful day to get some laundry dried.

Sila-Rose poses for her senior portrait; the background is an air-brushed painting of Nan-Madol, the 2,000 year-old basaltic ruins found on Pohnpei.


Ettner presents a scholarly pose in an attempt (in his words) to look intelligent.

Rhonda, Lorelei, and Tricia snag Carrie to take a little less formal picture after graduation pictures are finished.

Some of the debate team girls pose with Valley Elementary's Flat Stanley during a break while researching at COM-National College during Easter Break.

Palm Sunday procession into the Catholic church near our house. It was really neat; everyone gathered about 1/4 mile from church and carried greens, singing triumphantly as they walked toward the church.

Thomas reestablishing our view of the ocean.

Carrie mowing our front yard.


Here we are posing on our freshly-macheted lawn after the Palm Sunday service.


Sawarlap and Sawartik (the twin brothers) waterfalls; we now have officially hiked to all waterfalls on the Pohnpei tourist's map!

Thomas, Ben (World Teach-Kolonia), and Flat Stanley enjoy the pool near Sawartik Falls (tallest waterfall in Pohnpei).

Carrie stands in the midst of the Japanese owned Sei Botanical and Pepper farm. This particular pepper is exported to Japan, Guam, and the States.

Carrie with Clinton, a rather mischievous freshman, but a great guide to Pahnsile Waterfall! (He did get extra credit and candy as a reward.)

Thomas relaxing at Nahlap, one of our favorite atolls.

A view of Nahlap's newly renovated boardwalks.

Carrie succumbs to Oatey's begging; Oatey jumped on Carrie's lap and promptly applied her newly learned technique, "sitting," for a piece of chocolate chip cookie.

Students eating in the cafeteria. This displays the typical food: rice with some sort of pinkish meat--SPAM, corned beef, or hot dog . We share 10 glasses (to drink rain water) among 450 students and teachers. Students (usually) enjoy the food a bit more than is expressed by the look on Larinda's face. :)

The friendly counselor, who, when present, is our greatest ally and resource!

9B General Science takes a picture for their Byron Center, Michigan penpals. (Fridays are free dress days--no uniforms needed).

The Chinese farm (actually owned and operated by PRC) is located near the high school; it's a great but sporadic place to get cucumbers, tomatoes, and green beans.

Main street, Kolonia

What the grocery store shelves look like when a boat hasn't come in for a while!