Dreaming of our home in Samoa...

Our backyard view in Fasitoo-uta, Samoa (2019)

With the current border controls, my parents are still here in NZ and children as well as myself are missing our second home in Fasitoo-uta by the ocean.

Who was to ever think that this would have happened in our lifetime but it has made many like myself pause and to think about the things that we have been blessed with and have taken for granted...

Like the opportunities of flight travel and how we were, at the very beginning of the year, able to pay a fare and then travel almost anywhere in the world or travel back to our second home.

Now with the border restrictions of many countries, that is not even a possibility and with the second wave of COVID-19 still teaming in countries like USA, Brazil, and Australia, etc. it's a real concern that these flight restrictions are going to continue into next year or until there is a vaccine to the virus.

Meanwhile, there's a whole bunch of people who are homesick for returning back to their homes, or our second home in hoping and praying that some miracle will happen to cause this devastating sickness to come to an end.

Still, I am thankful that in NZ that second wave hasn't happened and that the government is taking a more serious view on expat's who are returning to NZ on flights and then going into 14 days isolation with serious consequences for those who abscond (that's a whole other story on the news).

Meanwhile, we'll keep vigilant prayers and enjoy our time together as a family but still hoping that the day will come soon when we can fly back home, to Samoa, and be back home where we belong - next to the ocean...