Family History Presentation.....

Saipan started the Maw'Amko through Technology Project, this project in part was to help Students record stories of their elders. Each year the students talked to their elders and learned their stories. These stories were submitted and the top ten presented these at the genealogy aspect of the festival. These are some of the pictures of the students that were able to fly from Saipan to Guam to present their stories...

This is Val Welch who is the teacher who implemented the program in Saipan and now taking it to Rota and Tinian.

Some of the students that presented!

Valentine lights

The display they have for Christmas in the red zone is transformed into a Valentine display. 

  

 Lynn and Sharon Stevens 

FHE, the reenactment

We arrived earlier than the rest and were able to watch the reenactment. It was starting to rain, so they had the boat come early to hopefully complete this before it started to rain. We planned on having a picnic for our Family Home Evening. There were picnic tables, so we enjoyed our time.

It's hard to see but there is a small boat representing when Ferdinand Magellan landed on the island.

You can see the shelters that the natives had and the Spaniards burned them when they arrived. It was raining the day we were there and the rain kept putting out the flames on the huts.

We enjoyed our picnic under the covered picnic table. This was the first time that we had decent KFC on the island. 

Two Lovers again

We enjoy going to Two Lovers point, the views are amazing especially at sunset. While we were on Guam they added a restaurant where you can eat and enjoy the view of the ocean and the Red Zone..

The statue was destroyed by a Typhoon a few years ago and reconstructed in this beautiful Bronze colored metal. The plaques have their story in different languages and the history of the statue.

Great Friends with a view.

  

Hagauna Heritage Walking Trail

We drove pass this park many times but finally decided to stop and walk through it to see

what it was all about.

The Latte stones are a symbol of the islands and historically were used as supports 

for the houses to keep water and animals out.

This park was created by the Japanese during their occupation and included caves for storage of food and munitions. It is beautiful today.

Very peaceful location to relax and contemplate the meaning of life.

This is a map of the tunnels that people and/or soldiers would hide in 

to protect them from invaders.

Cave entrances

Fish Eye

Fish Eye Marine Park is full of the wonders of the South Pacific Islands. The underwater observatory built in the Piti Bomb Hole Marine Preserve is home to an abundance of fishes and marine life.

    This is the pier you walk out to see the fish.

                                 

The diving school is located next to the location and the student divers swim down

to see the marine life.

The variety of sea life is amazing and we don't need to get wet while watching it. This structure is built in a big bomb crater that has been transformed into a natural fish habitat.

The fish are amazing and different kinds all swim together.

This is a feeding station used to attract the fish so that the swimmers can get used 
to swimming with them.

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As we resurfaced we saw large sea turtles and barracudas swimming peacefully 

with the divers and other fish.

Park at sunset

A park at the bottom of the island, near the cottage at the church.
 This is located south of the navy base.

 The lights are on the Naval Base.