Samoans abroad pray for family back home (AP)

Chief Loa Pele Faletogo, foreground, president of the Samoan Federation of America, prays as he is joined by other members of Samoan community at a church in Carson, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Scores from California's Samoan community — many with traditional white flowers in their hair and clutching woven fans — gathered in church Thursday to pray for family members in tsunami-ravaged Samoa — some still waiting to hear from them.