Friday, October 24, 2008

Kolipoki

well last night i was able to go to a fireside where president groberg talked. he is the guy off the other side of heaven if you dont remember!! it was a polynesian fireside and there were only about 20 people there. he turned it into a discussion about unity and it was really good. he was talking to the poly people but i was there too (along with some more white people that wanted to hear him). he talked about 4th nephi and how everyone was unified in the lord and their skin color didnt matter. he did a great job and i know they all enjoyed listening to him. i was able to put the lei on sister groberg and i gave them both a hug at the end and walked with them out to their car with their food. they are great people and i was so happy i was able to meet them. when he saw me he asked how i became apart of the PCA and i just said my roommate got me dancing and i stayed. it was a really fun night and i'm glad i'm able to be apart of it. oh funny story he called on this girl next to me to read a verse and he said "can i get this palongi to read verse 1" and she just looked at him confused and and all of us starting laughing and he said i guess i should explain a palongi is a white person. haha it might have just been funny to me but anyways... i also made dessert its called pani popo and they told me that i made it really good and they all loved it!! and it was really good its coconut rolls they taste great! i was very glad that everything turned out it surprised us how well everything worked especially since we didnt pick up leis so we had to find flowers on a cheap budget and make them and i had to get all the ingrediants for my dessert at the last min. but we went to the flower shop and the lady had no tropical flowers but had small white flowers that she uses for weddings and since she didnt have any weddings she gave them to us and they are normally $3 a stem and then we got the greens from the gardens.... we just pulled leaves secretly and everything thought that the leis looked really expensive but it costed nothing!! but the night was great and it did not looked rushed at all!!
well besides the fireside nothing else has been going on. i danced for mothers weekend and i'm trying to get videos up but my internet is slow and cant download them. also janette just had her baby boy tuesday night and everything is going good with them. i wish i could be at home to see him and everyone else but i will be home soon enough!!

1 comment:

Dad said...

That is real nice Alena. You are a hit where ever you go. I'm glad you get to do a lot of things at BYUI. I love you....Dad