Sunday, March 9, 2014

First Week On-island!




After saying goodbye to our new-found Japanese friends, and after weeks of training and hanging in-limbo, we finally arrived at our new island home.  These are eight of the nine grandchildren (and one foster child) of our gracious Japanese hosts, Keiji and Miyoko Sugimoto.



We learned many things - disappointed that we can't chew or spit in the stores.


We visited the Chamorro Village where we found beautiful shells and exotic foods - which we are loving -


Fortunately we like squid -



We have found beautiful jungle hikes, this on on Nimitz Hill to Fonte Dam - 


and Indiana Jones type structures - (Fonte Dam built in 1910)




and now beautiful coastlines, once covered by the ravages of war.  This is where the Allied Forces landed to retake the island in 1944.

All in all it has been an invigorating week as we have settled into our apartment and begun orienting ourselves to the work and the islands.  This coming week we will begin to focus directly on our assignment of working with local Church units and communities in assisting people in finding and recording their family histories.  It will be interesting working with a range of people from the military, mostly Western European, to locals with virtually no written records.



















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