EUA: A flavor of In-House Track Meets, Pig, Flowers

Liahona In-house games begin at Liahona High School with 8 houses or groups competing.  All LDS church schools require students to wear green and white uniforms and the girls always wear braids.  Other schools have their own uniforms and colors.

 EUA GAMES----EUA Middle School (an LDS church school)  marching around the track at the game competitions with the other schools on the island:

Another school with teacher circles the field:

Another school, another teacher:

This sweet sister heard we were in Eua and made fragrant  leis for us that her son put around our necks.  The Eua high school principal told us that leis not only welcome us, but they keep the wearers cool.  It's mid-February and still the summer season. Sister Hawley enjoys the games with Aloine Havea, LDS Eua Middle School Principal:

Aloine takes photo of Eua's Minister of Agriculture in front, the Eua High School principal and Elder and Sister Hawley:

Colorful native bird--not Eua's red parrot.  She's a teacher at the high school.

Definitely a coach!

Eua Middle School student wins a race and then poses with "Sista" Hawley and Amelia Na'apa, her teacher.  Aloine, the principal hand basted green ribbons on all the participants to make their outfits look special.

Spectators enjoy the games from a typical Tongan truck--multi-purpose:  school bus for hauling students to school, produce to the market, portable bleachers:

Loseline and Amelia, Eua Middle School teachers, prepare students for race.

Timers with stop watch in hand as we listen for the clap of the 2 cement trowels that work as the starting gun for the race.   

 

The custodian of Eua Middle School made for a great cheerleader!  Parents, kids, and spectators get up to dance, cheer, or race along with the kids on the final yards.  Note the sugar cane baton in the 2nd photo  :

Piggy in Eua:  School crossing guard!

A sister is making a tavala for the men:

Elder Hawley buys tickets for us to fly back to Tongatapu; the Tongan is on his way back to Vegas for work. 

Flowers of Eua--the orchids were growing along the fence of the airport there. Pilot is ready to fly us back to Liahona campus and home