The MTC is finished and now we roll-up our sleeves!

What a busy week this has been. We got up every morning early so we were ready for our CES MTC training. It started in Utah at 8:00 AM but there are 3 hours difference here. We were done by noon however each day. What totally exhausted us was that we had a lot to do and went right through the rest of the day like normal. By Thursday morning, we were pretty done in. We recuperated quickly however and recovered enough to do our monthly shopping on Saturday on the south side of the island. The second day of training was worth its weight in gold. It really helped us get grounded in the mechanics of the lessons we will be teaching. 

A lizard that lives on our faucet.  It must be a good place for bugs!

 We taught an Institute class on Wednesday night. It is the small class so far and was not too stressful. We always attend the Thursday night class also that Brother Meyers teaches. There is usually between 70-90 students in that class. The sweetest thing happened after class when a group of girls approached Janice and asked if I could give one of the girls a priesthood blessing. It is nice to be needed and feel like perhaps through us, the Lord can give these young people some hope. 

We did take time one evening to go to Sunset Beach and watch the sun sink down past the horizon in the water. It happens so fast and is quite spectacular. 

We are loving our location and take the opportunity a lot of the mornings to go swimming in the ocean just a couple of blocks away from our house. The water is warm and soothing. It is helping our joints feel better. We have met a couple of neighbor women who are Samoan and had some delightful visits with them. There is so hope of umu-baked breadfruit and palasami from one of the women’s husband. Their names are Pat and Loni (the two sisters). 

Our bishop was released today in Kahuku 3rd Ward. He is very happy and relieved. Our new bishop is fairly young and we are eager to get to work with him. We introduced ourselves and told him that we are willing to do most anything to help as long as it doesn’t get in the way of our teaching and recruiting activities. We paused a little bit this weekend to reflect on how comfortable we are here and muse a little bit about the possibility of living here. We are surrounded by everything we love except our family and friends. Well, we will have to think on that aspect of it. Regardless, we are blessed here everyday and are excited to be of help here.