Full-Swing of Summer!

It does not seem long enough but public school has started again along with Seminary.  We have set up the program for the mentor students to work through the lessons they need to get credit.  We created a website for them to access all that at www.kahukuseminary.blogspot.com.   We will start meeting every Thursday after high school with them.

We taught our last institute class of the summer term this week.  We have had a strong little class of about 15 that have been coming every week.  We love our young people.

Paul Muti, Brother & Sister Meyers, etc.

We taught our Sunday School Class today.  We have between 11 and 17 attend our class.  They have accepted us now and we seem to be past the trial period of acting out to see how we will react.  They actually talk with us and laugh with us.  We love them!

Janice is continuing her recovery.  After a minor setback last week, she is back on the road to recovery.  I take her in twice a week to Waipio to the Kaiser Clinic there to get her "torture."  I have included a picture where I park to gather her up out the door there to take home after her session. She walks fairly well without her walker but for longer strolls it is good for her to have it with her.

We are in charge of the Close the Fast today for the senior missionaries in our mission.  I think we have well over 120 senior missionaries.  We have struck up some great friendships with them and it is so nice to have fellow missionaries that understand us and have similar situations.  We had a district activity the past Friday for the Ostergaards who are going home soon.  We will miss them.  They are very kind.

Ostergaards on the right.  Our district!

We have really missed the beach lately.  I went for a walk the other day and was relieved that we were not swimming that morning.  The beach was filled with these Portuguese man of war jellyfish.  They feel like a bee sting if you touch your bare skin to them.  I have been stung a couple times but have fairly tough hide (and ample body hair) that shields me.

We are so excited this coming week to get to go see our grand daughter's baptism in Oregon.  It will be a quick trip over and back but has given us a welcome respite from our isolation from our family.  We will stay with Benjamin's family but Josh is bringing his family down also at the same time.  It will be heaven to be there to love our grandchildren and hug our sons again.  We love them so!  It is a good thing that we feel like we are making a difference here.  If that were not the case, we would go back to our family in an instant.  At least we get to do things like this on a senior mission.  We just had to get it approved.  It even gets better the week after we get back!  Three of our grand daughters are going to come and stay with us for a few days.  Spoiling without the parents around!  A grandparent's dream come true.