the video clip above is part of our travels this year to samoa. on a 24 hour ministry-related trip from american samoa to the nation of samoa, my daddy decided to make a run to see his auntie oliula and uncle tui. they live an hour and a half outside of apia. life there is simple, low cost and beautiful. my daddy cried when he saw his aunt and uncle because his aunt reminded him of his grandma maulalo who lovingly took care of him and his uncle reminded of his dad (whom i'm named after) who literally had a heavy hand in raising him to be the man he is today.
my parents sighed an extravagant amount of relief when we drove away because they not only wanted to see my daddy's aunt and uncle for a long time, but for them to see me and vice versa. their conversation in the car after our visit consisted of anything from my mommy begging for another trip back for a longer visit, to my daddy explaining what my papa fua told him about each of the villages that we passed, to which car to pass up and follow, to how the team is doing back in american samoa, etc...these two still remain funny to me...alofa tele lava!
