Ladies Day!

So today was a ladies day for the church women. They have a ladies day once a month. It was special because it was the Samoan women's idea to have it, so they are the ones that take leadership of it. Today, a woman named Puah led the devotional about love. I could tell that she put a lot of time and effort into her lesson. I sat next to her because we were in a circle and she had about 4-5 pages of notes written out. English of course is still not their spoken language so it is still kind of difficult for them. She spoke with so much wisdom about love, and had found many scriptures for us all to read. She did such a great job, then we kind of had an open discussion time about love which led to a discussion about disciplining children out of love. The Samoan women beat their children with a broom whenever the child misbehaves. Puah told the story of one time when she beat her daughter, then the daughter lied about to the school about how she had the scratches and bruises on her feet. Then social services and the police came to Puah's house to question her about it. Puah said yes I beat her, so arrest me, but whenever she becomes pregnant I will sue you, then the police apologized and left their house. Just a different culture here and the way things are done. I am definitely glad to not have been beaten with a broom. (Mom and Dad I'm not worried b/c I'm an adult now, so you can't use this technique on me.) I was glad to be a part of this time with the church ladies, it was very enjoyable. I saw this snail on the wall of the school building today because it's been raining all day. I was told that this wasn't even a big one, it seemed very large to me!