The first month that we were here, we were assigned to the village of Hawaii in the Polynesian Cultural Center. There are also villages of Tonga, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, and the mission home. Our village included demonstrations of the hula and it's history, hula instructions, ukulele instructions, explanation of the migration to the Pacific, the Iosepa (boat) and "hospitality" with instruments and song. Dave immediately set out to learn about the Iosepa, migration, and playing the ukulele while Merle sat around, talked, and absorbed the culture. (Again, he's the achiever and she's the party girl!) What an incredible enrichment to our lives as we immersed ourselves into this culture and group of WONDERFUL people! One of the things I love is that they call anyone in the generations older than they are, "Uncle" and "Auntie." So we have been "Uncle Dave" and "Auntie Merle." It is so endearing but still very respectful.
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