Fun in the Sun!

 We taught both Institute and Seminary this week.  Needless to say, it went by rapidly.  It was filled not only with lesson preparation but with assembling the Foosball Table.  One revelation that happened after assembly was the fact that with the bars in for the players, it no longer fit through our door.  After a little consultation and concentration, we settled on getting it into the classroom where we teach that has a double-door storage area in it.  That way, we can pull it out after the lesson.  It will have to remain in the classroom but it is much roomier than our office area.  Ping pong continues to be a success as well as the board and card games after the lesson on Wednesday and Thursday nights.  

Foosball

Uno

And Ping Pong

We love working with the young people here.  They are from all over the world and many of them have roots in Tonga and Samoa.  They are kind to us and accept our clumsy attempts to be friends with them.  We attended a ward activity for the YSA 16th ward at Hukilau Beach this Saturday.  They fed us hamburgers and we got to pass out our information for Institute and visit with several of them while we ate.  

Janice and I have been loving swimming every morning.  One of the deterrents however are the bluebottle jellyfish that can sting.  If we see any of these on the beach, we stay out of the water because when they touch you it can really burn like a bee sting.  We have missed a couple of days this week because of it.

Bluebottle Jellyfish on our Beach!

 We had a remarkable experience Friday morning.  No one else was at the beach.  It was just Janice and me swimming.  As we were there, we suddenly were surrounded by turtles.  One swam up to about 2 feet from us.  We just stood there as 4 or 5 turtles would pop their heads up and then swim around us.  We are wondering if they were eating some of the bluebottle jellyfish that were there.  It was magical!

 I found a Yamaha guitar at the Swap Meet for $10.00.  It looked great until I saw that the headpiece and neck had been broken.  I bought it anyway thinking that I might be able to glue and clamp it.  Sure enough, a little wood glue and a couple of C clamps later, it works!  It looks a little worse for wear but makes beautiful music.  We are going to bring this guitar and my ukulele to Institute.  I bet, we will have students who will be able to play and impress each other with music (the language of love).  We are encouraging that sort of thing!

The repaired guitar

The glued neck and headpiece