Aiga folau a Samoa. My current family here on board Gaualofa. As the days draw on, I can feel us all growing closer and closer just like our canoe inches closer to Tuvalu. Every day for the past couple of days we have been having story time just before we eat dinner. We each take turns telling stories, giving demonstrations, and teaching one another a little more about ourselves. We have laughed, cried, argued, been scolded, and grown just like any other family. We have heard triumphant stories of survival in horrid situations, learned how to make toffee, give foot massages, and today I taught the crew how to start dreadlocks by giving Taleni one! I am learning more Samoan everyday and learning more about where my mother’s family comes from.
We passed the half way point to Tuvalu recently and are praying for more wind to blow us in the right direction to get to Tuvalu in a timely manner. We are currently creeping along going about 2-3kts and with the wind sometimes straight from the east, we have to tack north and south struggling to keep us going somewhat in the right direction. The refreshing squalls come in everyone once in a while giving Gaualofa and her crew a nice fresh water rinse and replenishing our water supplies.
It’s a beautiful clear night tonight, with the moon and stars shining down on us. There is a nice breeze coming in, and the boys are playing their ukuleles and guitars and singing songs from back home. I think it’s time I get off the computer and join them. I just want to send my love to all my aiga ma uo back home in the South Bay of LA and in Arizona.
Miss you all, talk to you guys soon!
Blessing from somewhere in the south Pacific,
Jordan Suyeto and the Gaualofa Crew
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