HOLA FAMILY,

THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM BACK NOW IN PERU AFTER MY SHORT HOLIDAY IN TONGA, FIJI, AND SYDNEY. SORRY THAT I HAVE BEEN AWAY FROM OUR WEBSITE FOR IT IS HARD TO FIND ANY INTERNET CAFE IN MATAHAU CITY...HA,HA,HA!

I WAS WELCOMED INTO TONGA BY THE TRAGEDY OF THE FERRY PRINCESS ASHIKA THAT KILLED 74 PEOPLE. I WAS FAREWELLED FROM TONGA BY THE TSUNAMI THAT DESTROYED AND KILLED SO MANY PEOPLE IN WESTERN AND AMERICAN SAMOA AND NIUATOPUTAPU. WHAT A WELCOME AND FAREWEL??!!

IT WASN`T THE SEA WATER TSUNAMI THAT ATTACKED ME. IT WAS THE YAQONA OR KAVA TSUNAMI THAT NEARLY DROWNED ME IN FIJI AND TONGA. I DON`T KNOW WHO WAS NEARLY DROWNED, ME OR THE PEOPLE BACK HOME? I KNOW THE PULENGAUE AND THE KAINGALOTU ARE NOW THANKING GOD THAT I HAVE LEFT....ASK HIKO JR?

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND 3 DAYS IN SYDNEY ON MY WAY BACK HERE WITH LATU AND THE FAMILY. I MET UP WITH LANA AND HER FAMILY, TEUILA AND `ATU, `ALIPATE AND SAULILOA, MAKA JR AND FAMILY AND THE KAINGALOTU THERE. THANKS TO THE LOVE AND HOSPITALITY OF LATU, DATELINE AND LOISI, KOSILIO AND `ETUATE. THEY MADE THINGS POSIBLE FOR ME AND THE FOOD? NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT! I WAS ALSO FORTUNATE TO VISIT THE GRAVEYARD OF VILIAMI AND WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE MASS IN THEIR HOME FOR HIS SOUL AND THE FAMILY. THEY FAREWELLED ME BY TAKING ME TO THE FALE TA MISINI....THEIR SECOND CHURCH. NO SLEEP THAT NITE, SOME GOT LUCKY AND SOME WERE JUST WASTING MONEY...LIKE ME.....HA,HA,HA. KOE MALO `ENAU KEI KATAKI.

THANK YOU TO LANA AND HER FAMILY, `ALIPATE AND SAULILOA, MAKA AND FAMILY. IT WAS FUN. THIS IS JUST A SHORT ROUND UP OF MY HOLIDAY. IT WAS VERY FULFILLING EVEN THOUGH I LEFT TONGA SICK AND TIRED. NO REGRETS AS LONG AS I WAS USEFUL.

MALO SI`I `OFA MO E KEI MANATU FAMILI HONO KATOA. `OFA LAHI ATU MOE HUFAKI,

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