Culture Nights

 

Our Wednesday Institute Class

We have had a wonderful week.  The Institute program continues to grow and we have a lot of fun after the lesson as the young people play games, sing, and visit.  It does keep us up fairly late but it cheers our heart to rub shoulders with them.  Janice got a ukulele and so we bring both of them to Institute.  Not too many other places in the world where you can just put a couple of ukuleles and a guitar out and a sudden spontaneous concert pops up.

Friday and Saturday nights were Culture nights for the different BYU Hawaii national clubs.  We loved it!  It was especially sweet to see one of our friends from Samoa, Noel Fuamula.  We
were so excited to spot her during the performance.

Samoan Siva During Culture Night

We continue our routine of swimming every day in the ocean and bicycling around to the office.  It keeps us flexible and certainly gives us a chance to interact with the beauty around here.  The flowers, the animals, and the smiling people have really made us feel good.  

We certainly love our Tongan ward that we are assigned to.  We are teaching the youth Sunday school class and liked the look on their faces today when Janice pulled out several plates of homemade cookies.  

Heliconia in our yard

With Our Friend Noel!