An email from a good friend back home has caused me to do some thinking about where we are four months into this Peace Corps adventure. We’ve been caught up in the busy-ness of getting settled of ...

As you can probably tell from my cheesy attempting to be cute by channeling Bing Crosby title for this post I returned to the United States of America for two weeks to enjoy Christmas and New Years ...

It was finally cool enough to take a bunch of pictures around town so I snapped a bunch of pics and wrote a lot of captions to give a little tour of Pangai. Enjoy!http://picasaweb.google.co m/Todd828/FirstDayOfSchoolAndSom eShotsAroundPangai?pli=1#

I just finished my third week of teaching and I cannot describe how relieved I am to be done. Teaching is tough! Before the semester begun I discussed with my counterpart Tok’a how I would lik ...

Ok I had to post what happened at the governor’s office yesterday…. I was in the back room helping a co-worker with some antivirus stuff. I hear my phone beep telling me that I have a text message. I didn’t think much of it I would check it when I was done. I finish what I [...]

Photo: My host brother from Ha'apai and I before culture day at Faleloa If I could only get a pa’anga for every time someone would ask me if I am really an American I would be a very rich person he ...

Dear Readers who are still checking my blog even though I have not posted in two months Before I jump ahead to the future I feel as though I should revisit and wrap up the past few months of 2009. ...

Last Friday the temperature in our backyard got to a balmy 5 degrees. It was so sunny that Erin and Chance couldn’t resist a quick outing. After quickly donning boot liners snowsuit boots scarf hat mittens (for Chance) and scarf ...

Check out my cats. The orange one is named Taika which means tiger in Tongan. I haven't named the grey one yet. Don't worry they aren't stray cats. I am new at this pet thing and I might be getting a ...

The name of my High School is Tailulu College. There are approximately 150 students. I am teaching Form 1 and Form 2. I am hoping to do something with the gym class because that barely exists but th ...