Hi!

Another day spent in the islands with out "island power" but there is still the solar electricity that we use. We went to two other islands in the lagoon yesterday Uman and Tonowas to check on and repair some solar panels at some LDS churches. Those islands are even more remote and 3rd world than Weno, the main island which I am on. One of the islands has very few cars, we did not see any while we were there. They also have a power plant but it has been down for the last two years. Uman on the other hand is very small and they do not have any power, any cars, nor any roads. They have muddy footpaths connecting villages. It is interesting how much attention we bring to the people there, I suppose because we are white, and I am tall. The little kids stare and the ones that can speak English ask if we are missionaries. While we were in Tonowas I was able to play some basketball with the two missionaries and some of the village kids. That was fun, interacting with some of the local kids. They were very friendly and were pretty good at basketball too. I'm trying to think of things to write about... the food in the grocery stores; I have never seen so much canned meats. Did you know that some ripe oranges have green peals? Not a very orange orange eah? And bananas are green here, but they are still ripe. Asparagus juice how gross does that sound? Ill be sure to bring one back for you dad. I know you like gross things like that. Oh and something else, that headlamp you raised your voice about and insisted me not to bring mom . . . remember that? It has come in very handy with no lights in my room when the power is off. Anyways, I am going to go enjoy the heat and humidity. Bye.