A thought or a prayer

Emma: I'm sorry to hear that your wedding has been called off, but perhaps the fact that you aren't an emotional wreck means that you are somewhat at peace with the decision. The two of you will always have the memories of when you were together, and from how you explained everything, it seems that the two of you will remain close. I know that it is a cliche, but they say every relationship is a learning experience so you always take something from them.


Summer: The best thing you can do for your friend is to continue to be supportive and maintain a sense of normalcy as he learns to adjust to the changes that are ocurring. I can understand why you wouldn't want to say "it's going to be ok" or that you understand, especially since you yourself haven't been diagnosed with any of those things. But, I used to work in a school that was strictly for students with various mental conditions (like Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, Thought disorders and Mania) and I know that the students I worked with who had supportive friends and family were able to cope much better with their condition than those who were alone or shunned by their families.

I really hope that your friend tells his mom because I am sure that the stress of not telling her is probably weighing him down. I'm glad to hear that he is seeing a therapist because although he does have the diagnosis of schizophrenia, he can deflect the worst of the symptoms with help from a professional. I just hope he understands that schizophrenia is manageable though at times things will be difficult especially as his doctors try to figure out the best course of medicines to manage his symptoms.

Best,

Cyndi :)
 
Please pray for Samoa, our southern coast was hit earlier today by a tsunami after a 8.3 magnitude earthquake. Everyone was evacuated inland but at least 40 people lost their lives including my godfathers wife. Whole villages were wiped out and tons of people are missing. Several kids are suspected to be trapped under collapsed buildings and hospitals are full of casualties. Please pray for us :cry:
Media reports suggest up to 40 people from different Samoan villages may have been killed after a 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck this morning, setting off a tsunami. The tsunami may been as high at six metres in places and traveled up to one kilometre inland.

The earthquake was centred 205 kilometres south of the Samoan capital of Apia. It struck at 6.48 am New Zealand time. Reports from Samoa say the earthquake lasted for up to three minutes. Many residents in coastal areas have fled their homes and moved to higher ground and news outlets are reporting that entire villages have been wiped out.
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Pray for Samoa :erm:

Death toll has risen to 100+ and there has been an un-confirmed/confirmed death of a New Zealander.

I still haven't heard any news from my family/cousins if they managed to evacuate in time, but I have hope that they have managed to get away in time. I know that my Grandfather's village is in a bad state and I hope that one of my cousin's family got away in time (they lived near the destroyed areas.)
 
I heard about that today on the news. I will keep them in my prayers for days. I promise and I always keep my promises. (course I had plan to even if I hadn't saw this on HNZ) Its always sad when you hear of a natural disasters. I will keep them not only in my thoughts and my prayers, but I will make sure I hold a prayer service in my church next saturday. I am sure the good lord will help those who ask.


Apart from everything in this forum I thought every one could use some good news! Of which I'm ready to deliver! I came back from the doctors, of which I thought I was sick. Come to find out I"M TWO MONTHS PREGNANT! My first child. My fiance' and I are estatic! We plan to be wed June 17, 2009, The baby is due April 21, 2009. Which strangely enough in my Fiance's birthday LOL. We are hoping for a boy, which we will name Jayden Marcus, if it is a girl, we will name her Lilian Odette. Wish me luck, this is my first child. Hopefully I wont have twins (it does run in my family, in fact I was a twin, he died in the womb) because I don't think that would be too nice on my body, (speaking I only weigh 90 lbs, i've no clue what that is in kilos.) Lets see how things unfold. ^_^

~Amy~
 
I'm okay, I'm in Vailima, one of the safe areas. But we have to go over to the side that keeps getting hit for my auntys funeral soon.
 
I'm so sorry for your loss :erm:
I have family in Saleimoa and Lefaga, but we've heard no contact from them since the phone's have been busy.
I'm sure their pretty safe though but I think (If my Samoan geography is right :p) Saleimoa is near a coast line, so hopefully their okay.
 
Omg Neita, I will definitely keep you, your family, and all New Zealanders in my prayers!! I hope things settle down quickly for you guys!! I will pray that you all stay safe! :hug:

@Adrianna: Omg congrats!!! I'm so happy for you!!
 
@Melita and Neita
I thought I wouldn't know anyone who was affected by the Tsunami. I didn't even hear about it till the 6 o'clock news!
I am not religious, but I'll be thinking and praying for you guys and your families :console:
 
I'm definitely keeping Samoa in my thoughts. I hope your family are okay, Melita, and that you and yours stay safe, Neita.

Amy: YAY! That's so exciting! (I assume you mean 2010 for those dates - unless you're already married and have the kid? :p )
 
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I'm definitely keeping Samoa in my thoughts. I hope your family are okay, Melita, and that you and yours stay safe, Neita.

Amy: YAY! That's so exciting! (I assume you mean 2010 for those dates - unless you're already married and have the kid? :p )
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Yeah LOL...it was 2 in the morning for me. It is in 2010
 
I've heard news that all my family in Saliemoa is safe. It was a miracle I swear;
They we're out in the plantations an hour before the Tsunami hit (5am, Tsunami hit around 6.30isham).
Someone saw the Ocean go out and they decided to stay in the Plantations.
We know that that they've lost everything - but It's comforting to know that their still alive and well.

I've had no news from my other family in Lefaga...I've been trying to ring my cousin every two hours or so, but the phone line is jammed or the power has gone out. I've heard that Lefaga has sustained dozens of fatalities, and houses and crops destroyed. So, i'm kinda edgy right now, because my cousin over there was supposed to get married in a months time...
 
Damn. I don't think I have ever panicked as much as I did yesterday. I live on the coastline, but luckily we are on the North West side of Samoa, so we were safe. Still, jumping into my car early in the morning with my family while all the sirens and bells were ringing, had me nerve wracked and scared virtually shitless [pardon my french]. Little did I know when they cancelled the warning close to midday, that there would be a second hit. My parents weren't home then and me, my brothers and my sister in law were stuck at home with no ride to evacuate safely by. So we ran. Now that was terrifying.
Stupid police, I swear the panic they created was idiotic. But then again, they got us running. And we are safe anyway.

Just like Neita and Sephora before me asked, I in turn feel the need to request your thoughts and prayers for the victims of the tsunamis that hit Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga yesterday the 28th of September. And also not forgetting the earthquake/tsunami that hit Indonesia about 24 hours after the one that hit us. =[
Thanks everyone for your supportive words and prayers. Means a lot to us here living on a little rock called Samoa. :(
 
I have been following this on the news and seriously forget that there are people who I speak to everyday on here who are being effected by it. You are all in my thoughts and in every prayer. Please be careful and stay save :hug:

It's a tradition in our church to light a candle when we say a prayer of intention, I'll make sure there's one lit every day this week.
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Also meant to ask how you're mother is doing? And how you are in general :hug:


your post upset me I guess - could actually picture you and your family running for safety - never been in that kind of situation and always thankful because of it. Just want to hug you now :hug:
 
:hug: My mother is good. Gawd I am ashamed, but I have not gotten up the courage to ask her about it.... :cry:

I hope you never have to experience an evacuation, ever. :ummmm:
 
You'll find the courage when the time is right ;)

:hug:

I hope so too
couldn't sleep so have been watching the news about the quake - I know some of ours from here are from that region. We're thinking about all of you and praying for everyone that has been affected. Please take care

Linda :hug:
 
At my Auntys funeral, my uncle and godfather gave the most chilling account of what happened that fateful day. It was so emotional and moving that I decided I couldnt sit back and do nothing. They day after the Tsunami I volunteered for Red Cross and have been sent to the other side nearly everyday. It has been extremely difficult and hard for me, but I thank you guys for your prayers because I have no idea how any of us had the physical and mental strength to make it through everything we saw and did. I've helped organize supplies sent over from overseas, traveled for around three hours everyday to get out there and get back, I saw the bodies of two children, distributed water, clothes, food, shelter and toys to villagers, I walked around the destruction, I interviewed villagers to find out their immediate needs and listened to each of their chilling recalls of what happened, I saw one a high Matai cry as he told me he lost his whole family, I volunteered and joined in the search for bodies and I saw how strong the Samoan people are, every single one of them is grateful for what little they have, and every single one of them still has hope for the future.

They have sent over a lot of people from overseas to help out, psychologists to help talk to the villagers, specialists to help with the search for bodies and a lot of different teams, organizations and defense forces to help with the clean up and restoration of villagers. So I can tell you this from the front lines, Samoa is gunna be okay. Its gunna take a long time and effort to get anything back to anything like it used to be but we are gunna be okay so thank you all for your well wishes and prayers. :)

Sephora: I'm related to most of Lefaga, my uncle is a high chief from there, but since I've been based in the most directly hit ares, I haven't heard much about Lefaga except it is in really really bad shape. However if you still haven't heard from your family in Lefaga by now, PM Blake Zepline and ask for my phone number. If you can get hold of me and give me the family your looking for's names I can try and help you. The red cross has a tracing program to help trace people for their families.
 
@Neita
I'm glad to hear that your doing well. Ever since the Tsunami struck - my family and and the Samoan community around here have gone deathly silent. It's so somber, my dad wants to go over and help (same with me) but we can't 'coz we're on a tight budget right now (We might be coming over in December, but still not sure) but we're donating any extra money we can gather to send over.
So hopefully it'll be some use over there as well. I'm also hopefully organizing a charity run at my school where I can get the students to donate clothes/canned food/books etc. what ever helps, tell me what you need and I'll try and get it for those people.

I have managed to get hold of my family in Lefaga, their all well - I wish I could say the same for your family, I'm so sorry.
I was watching the news hte other day and saw one man who lost 14 members of his famliy.
If your going to the massed funeral on thursday(?) - give everyone my sincere apologies.
 
Okay, well, I'm sure a few of you already know about this already, but I'm really worried about school. :err: I just need a place to rant, and this is really the only place I can do so without my RL friends being there. I love all you guys so much, no matter how well I know you. =wub=

Things are stressful enough with tests and stuff, but I'm not going to go into that. That's just life. I'll live. (As Pat knows I like to say. :) )

But it's with friends, I'm really confused. I'm getting kind of annoyed at my two best friends. Just for teensy little things but I'm still getting annoyed. But then, I feel really bad about it. It's just, I dunno, their personalities are starting to annoy me a bit, in a way. And then there is this other girl who I feel is like my best friend some of the time, but she is such a b1tch. (As in a gossiper, not like a hardcore b1atch. :lol: ) And apparently she's been talking about me behind my back. But she's so nice when you're around her. I just don't know. D:

But on top of all that, as was nicely put, our school (well, our year anyway) is turning into an all-boys school again! Over 20 girls have been suspended so far within the space of two days, more probably on the way. And the entire city knows about it. I'm really worried, because the teachers and everyone are just kind of looking down on our year and everything. It was all because these people have been stealing throughout the course of this year but some of them I thought were really lovely people and I know find out that they've been boozing (well, kinda already knew that) and smoking for a while. I just don't know who to trust any more. And one girl is supposedly pregnant. And when I'm at school, it just has such a 'Big Brother is Watching You' feel to it, this stuff has all happened out of school, out of uniform. :ummmm:

It sounds stupid but in a way I'm kinda scared of going to school. I don't really know why. But the atmosphere there has changed so much in the last week. Everyone is talking about us, even though we haven't done anything. There are so many rumours flying around the playground, I dunno what's gossip and what's not. -_-

Ugh, there was more I wanted to say, but this is rant-y enough, so I might as well just stop here. :cry: :hug:
 
Earthquake in Vanuatu, about an hour and a half ago. Tsunami watch for NZ. Hope everyone is ok :erm:


I have only ever felt 4 quakes, and they were all in Vanuatu (july). Were they a build up to this one?

I'm pretty freaked out now.

@Lemina Keep on smiling. Thats the motto at my taekwon do club. Even when I has training hard out to get my black-stripe, I was never allowed to be upset. I think its a good motto :)

G2g, supposed to be vaccuming :p
 
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