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2010-04-25T22:08:16.651+13:00

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Greetings and good luck!

Hey, Todd! Great posts but hard to really grasp y...

2010-04-18T07:26:34.772+13:00

Hey, Todd! Great posts but hard to really grasp your life there. What an amazing experience. Nice to be able to check in here to keep in touch, though. Take care of yourself.

Todd, Hope you are safe and sound. - Lois & TP...

2010-02-28T09:01:36.465+13:00

Todd, Hope you are safe and sound. - Lois & TPS

Great blog!!! If you like, come back and visit min...

2009-11-25T04:57:04.320+13:00

Great blog!!!
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Thanks,
Pablo from Argentina

Hi Todd, I read about your being a PCV in Tonga i...

2009-11-19T13:07:01.866+13:00

Hi Todd,
I read about your being a PCV in Tonga in the Leeds School of Business magazine that just arrived. I was in the second group to arrive in Tonga on January 2, 1968. I graduated from the Business School at the University of Colorado in May, 1967 and started training on Molokai,HI in October, where we lived in tents on the beach. Tonga I (one) went in November and Tonga II,(Two) my group, arrived January 2, 1968.
We were provided a traditional fale by our village. It was one room thatched and, if lucky, had a concrete floor. At US$ 25 per month, we had the lowest living allowance in the world.
It had to cover food, transportation, kerosene for a lamp and one burner stove.Also, postage and film and cloths, etc. No electricity or running water for the most volunteers. There was no telephone between islands or overseas. Telegraph existed between US, by a long route and Tonga. The only airport had two flights a week.Passage to Ha'apai and Vava'u, not to mention Niuafo'ou and Niuatoputapu, was deck passage on only two old boats that served the entire Kingdom.
Expensive airmail from the states took 1-2 weeks on Tongatapu 2-4 or more to outer islands. I think you can live with slow internet.
Still, we loved the adventure and so will you.
My service was cut short by being drafted and I spent 13 months with the Army in Vietnam.
Trust me: peace is better than war. Best of luck to you and the other volunteers. Go Buffs! (I will give you my name and address separately so it will not show up in search engines.) It will be one of the most selfless and selfish things you will do in your life.
The experience will change your life forever.

Ofa' atu Simi
MBA CU '71

Glad to hear you're doin well, man. I definit...

2009-10-17T11:40:38.029+13:00

Glad to hear you're doin well, man. I definitely understand your pain when given wayyy too much food in another country. Then they get offended if you ask for less! Take care and good luck,

Ben

P.S. There are more interesting books in the Bible than Genesis...

Todd! Its good to see you made it there well and t...

2009-10-13T03:36:41.845+13:00

Todd! Its good to see you made it there well and they are treating you as what seems like a king.

Its a bummer that this will be your last post for a few months and I hope to here from ya sooner. But hey, enjoy the beaches and make a great impact with your time there!

Miss ya man!

-Collin