Day 3

Thanks to Sam Atoa we were able to send a container of humanitarian supplies over to Samoa. It was loaded with supplies that had been donated including school supplies, books, clothes, medical supplies and so much more.

Monday morning we loaded supplies from the container into a trailer to take to Savaii, the other island in Samoa.

When I grabbed one box to put on the truck a huge spider was right on the box next to my hand. I screamed and dropped the box and completely froze. The spider was seriously as big as my hand and so nasty. Sam Jr. killed it, but after that I wouldn't pick up any more boxes from the ground, I made people pass them to me or only took boxes from the top of a stack.

We took a ferry from Apia to Savaii where we would start the screenings. The ride over was so beautiful. The water was clear and you could see fish and it felt good to finally have a breeze. 

From the ferry we were able to see other small islands and really see just how green Samoa is. I liked being able to look back at the pier and see all the rows of palm trees.

We stayed at a place called the Saviian. There was an open pavilion area where we met and ate, and we slept in a fale. They looked like cute fairy tale cottages :)

Fale where we slept

We were right off the ocean and the view was amazing. 

Yes the sunset was this great every night :)

Fale by the ocean with a hammock

We didn't mind that the Fale we stayed in had no A/C and only freezing cold water, but the roosters drove us crazy. The rooster would crow all night long, not just when the sun came up. The first night was the worst since we weren't used to them and the boys in the Fale next to us went out to try and chase it away, but it just kept coming back. After a few nights we kind of got used to it and it didn't wake us up quite as many times. 

everyone was ready to kill this guy