1 Wedding and 10 Baptisms

Monday night we went with Sister Naea & Sister Jenry to meet the Isa a young girl they were teaching. They taught her about eternal marriage and we shared some of our thoughts and added our testimonies. They asked her if she would like me to baptize her and she said yes! This Saturday! I am so happy to be a part of this wonderful day as she starts a new life being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. A missionaries life is about helping people find peace, joy, and eternal life you do this by inviting them to come unto Jesus Christ. We usually are in the office so it is great when we are asked to help teach.

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President Poston & Patriarch Gittens

Office work here means you get to hang out with some very cool people.

By cool I mean hard working, compassionate people who do good continually.

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Elder Kallas departing for home Folsom, CA

Elder Kallas had a "Wild Mission!"

He was in Malaysia and traveled back and forth to Sinapapore. After 8 months when he went through customs they decided they didn't like all the stamps in his book so detained him and threw him in a jail behind bars for 2 nights. There were were no benches or beds everybody laid on the floor and the toilet was a hole in the ground. It was so crowded that everyone was touching each just sitting on the floor. He woke up with someone trying to steal his wallet. He was the youngest person in there and was very uncomfortable an scared at times. He stood up and leaned against the bars just so people weren't touching him and he fell asleep then fell backward onto a bunch of people and he woke up with people pushing and shoving him. It was a "horrible” experience for him. When he got out of jail he had to leave the country so he came here to the Miconesia Guam Mission. He was sent to Saipan and while he was on there they were hit with Typhoon Tuti. It was the worst storm to hit this area in 100 years. It wiped out the island and they were without running water and electricity for weeks many people for months. They finally started to take baths in the ocean just to get clean. For several months they did clean up from sun up to sun down and did what ever was needed.

He said "my mission was the craziest 2 years of my life and it was a hard life with many trials. It helped me to learn the things that I needed to learn and I am grateful for the guidance and support that I received.”

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Guam Zone Conference

Sister Poston gave a lesson on the "Living Water" and letting our "Light Shine."

She is a great example of what she taught! #loveher

This is how we sit and learn :)

More Food and More Fun

What are they doing? An Island Greeting

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When Life Bites You In The...

We were visiting with Isa family on their front lawn and I went over to visit with Josie, Isa's aunt. She was sitting in a chair so I sat down on the grass and she calmly said to me "you might not want to sit there because of the fire ants". I immediately felt a little panic and then I began to feel sharp pain and burning. I jumped up pulling up my long dress, showing off my underthings to anyone who didn't even wanted to see it, and tried to smack the ants away. A very kind sister tried to help me swat them away as she tried to fight off her own fire ants. It was a very chaotic lesson!

It is true that "fire ants begin to sting within 10 to 20 seconds after climbing upon their victim"

No pictures of me dancing like I have ants in my pants but it happened! Luckily we live close by and immediately went home. Took a quick cold shower, got the rest of the ants off me and applied lavender oil to calm the burning. Only have big red bumps on my legs and feet to show for it.

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Marbo Cliff and Caves (and Drinking Water)

We had heard about Marbo Cliff and Cave and told by our friends that we should go. We were also told that it was dirty and vandalism is common so leave a note in the car window saying “Nothing of value is in this car, Doors are open” so it took us a little while to go on this adventure. Well it really wasn’t a hike it was more like a brief nature walk. First we went to the cliff which looked dangerous and amazing! The cliff are jagged lava rock and below is the aqua, turquoise blue waters ...seriously stunning and a little scary, The pictures don’t do it justice. You can also see the rock referred to as the ‘whale’s tail’ and watch as the waves crash into it causing a big splash of water into the air. We took way too many pictures and then headed back towards the caves. We climbed down into the freshwater caves and jumped in and cooled off. We couldn’t resist with that crystal clear and beautiful blue color. It is a great place and we will definitely come back. Next trip we will bring our mask and snorkels. What a remarkable place to find and it is only a few miles away from our apartment.