Sorry about the lost week. We spent all of our spare time with our good friends Rick & Mary Ann Williams and Myra Bennett. They served with us on our Samoan mission. They were always game to jump in the car with us and go to the beach or to meet us at the Edge Restaurant for Taco Tuesday. It was like the two-and-a-half-years had melted away and we were enjoying Island life once again with our dear friends. We love them and are grateful that they came and spent some time with us.
We went to taco Tuesday, relaxed on the beach, ate at the buffett at the Polynesian Cultural Center, and just had a great time. We saw glorious sunsets and talk, talk, talked!
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| Myra, Mary Ann & Janice |
We went to Haleiwa bay and watched the boats come into the harbor before dark and captured some of the most beautiful sky and water colors I have ever seen.
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| Outrigger Canoe Coming Into The Harbor |
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| Just After The Sun Disappeared Into The Ocean |
On Sunday, we drove to the Honolulu tabernacle and lo and behold, we met up with the Wildes who also served in our mission albeit in American Samoa at the same time. They are a kind and gentle couple and Elder Wilde's Samoan is good. He served a mission there as a young man. They are also serving a mission with us here in Laie!
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| Outside of the Honolulu Tabernacle |
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| The Inside of the Honolulu Tabernacle |
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| Elder Wilde and Rick Williams at the Banyan Tree |
This past week, we have been catching up! We prepared and taught our lesson on Wednesday, assisted with the adaptive needs seminary class on Thursday afternoon and helped set up the games and treats for 124 institute students on Thursday. Friday, we prepared for the coming week, swam at the beach, and attended an evening session at the temple.
Today, we will host a dinner at our home for 3 of our institute students. I will try to get a picture of them and post later.
We have a couple of possibilities for housing after we are released in January. We finally got the word that it is not possible for us to extend even though our Institute Director tried to move heaven and earth to do so. I have not heard back from BYU Hawaii yet about my faculty position other than an informal offer. They said it will take time to go through human resources to get an official offer. Life is busy and we are anxious to finish up but are looking forward to some cooler weather. The heat in our house wears us down a bit. The solution is to work in our office, drive in our car, or swim in the ocean for relief from the heat. None of which is a bad alternative. We would like to be a bit more comfortable in our home however.
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