December 14th, Maori Church and Hermie Farms

First we woke up and had some good breakfast. When we got ready for the day, we drove down to a big church in the middle of town. On the outside it was all white. It had two stories and we sat up in the loft. Lots of the local people brought fans, and I wished I had one too. Most of the ladies wore very fancy straw hats, and woven into the top of each hat was a shiny oyster shell. They were all different and all very pretty. Everyone seem like they were friends and were happy to be there. We recognized some of the songs they sang even though they sang in Maori sometimes. The minister spoke to everyone in Maori (he must have been funny because sometimes they all laughed), but all we understood was “Oofa-boota-bata-tacata boo?????” So I don’t think I learned much about God from that. Then we went to the store and got a LOT of groceries and then we drove home to put the groceries away. Madelynn and I jumped in the pool because we were sooooo hot from church, and mom and dad made lunch. After lunch we went down to a beach called the Fruits of Rarotonga. It had a dock in the middle of the water that we swam out to and jumped off. Then we went to another beach where I found a lot of hermit crabs. I dug deep into the sand and made a fort for the Hermit crabs. Mom and I looked and looked and found more and more Hermit crabs to fill the fort with. We probably put 25 or more crabs in the fort. It was a “Hermie Farm!”
McKenna