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Moone's Father Teinabo Speaks While Moone Translates

Teinabo gave a nice speech in the Kiribati style, thanking us for being with them for Christmas. Moone translated for her father, since his English is almost nonexistent. Perhaps we should have given a speech in response, since formal speechmaking is important to Kiribatis, but we simply gave our thanks to everyone informally.