LDS Employment Resource Center

Hard at work?  Hardly.  This is our office for the Seminary which is right next to the ERC and the light is coming in through the window there, so we have a glare behind Elder McQuivey's head.

We have now spent 12 hours at the office and no one has come in to see us yet.  I think that is a good thing, until we are adequately supplied.  

We are really being used now.  And we love it all.  The PCC, the Seminary starts on Aug. 4, and thus ERC.  We are so multifaceted.  So talented, with the Lord's help, we can do all things, who strengthens us.

Did you know?

That Ishmael took about 300 with him?  Household, servants, etc.  He too was wealthy, and he had the daughters for Lehi and Sariah's sons, and sons for their daughters.  Wow, fun but not 100% fact.  But a lot of people went with them, so the ship that Nephi was commanded to build was huge, but not as large as Noah's Ark.

And the bow that broke was steel, so it had to have taken about over 100,00 times to pull it taut and all the rust, etc., for it to break?  And why didn't Nephi use the steel arrows with the new bow he made?  Fun things to ponder, but not important enough for your testimony.  Yeah! it was a fun workshop, and a fun Open House too.  Taran says she wants to take Seminary next year.  Kea's teacher got Taran excited about the Book of Mormon year in Seminary.

We started our LDS Employment Assignment today, we will be the resource for the Laie Employment Office, besides the other assignments we love to do.  

Taran is from the tribe of Dan.  Anyone else out there from Dan?  We had a wonderful talk in the singles ward from the Stake Patriarch.  He told us that Pres. Hinckley got his PB when he was 11.  Back then in 1921, the Blessings were given to families when the Patriarch came to town.  Pres. Hinckley's blessing told him he would preach to the world, which he thought he had done when he served a mission to England, and on the way home, he preached in France, New York, and all along the way to Utah.  He thought that was it.  Little did he know that he would be the Prophet, and literally preach to all the world.  I love that!

"The most correct book......."

It is going to be such a fabulous Seminary year with the Book of Mormon as our study.  Our Summer workshop went so well today, with Elder McQuivey conducting and the CES/S&I team presenting.  Everyone was well fed, spiritually and ono-liciously!  I like that word.  The food caterer had Kalua pig, Long Rice, lomi salmon, and rice, and the dessert was so ono, it was a kind of Trifle, with haupia for the pudding part.  Wow, broke da mouth!

But we can't relax, the Open House for our teachers in the Laie Stake is tomorrow, one at 6 and the other 6:30PM.  We are excited to begin the new year, in the Seminaries and with our Institute.  The young adults too are adding to the excitement.  And we start Seminary on the 4th of August.  

A funny.....

....this happened a few days ago, but I still find it amusing, so I want to share it here.  One day we went across the street to watch the waves and just relax for a few minutes.  While sitting on a log there, I saw some empty beer cans.  I was dismayed at the litter on this beautiful beach.  So when we got up to leave, I picked up the cans to toss in the trash can, when a guy in a car opened his door to hand us two more coke cans.  I am so naive.  I thought he was handing us his cans on my way to the trash can, and I was doing a good deed.  Jay said, "he thinks we are collecting cans, that we are homeless."  I was mortified.  But I took the two cans, and brought them home along with the beer cans to add to the recycling bin.  

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More Manoa

Hiking Manoa Falls

This was a short but very hard hike because of this beautiful jungle forest, and the muddy trail.  I am going to be so sore tomorrow.   This was a well spent day with the family, after the hike we went to the Ala Moana Beach before returning to Laie, and the opening of the new theatre showing Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.  What a day, wish we could post all of the photos of this fabulous day. Malama pono to you all

Trees in Hawaii

The trees here are so beautiful.  This is a locust variety that comes in many colors. Blooms in June and July.  The varieties of palm trees too causes us to marvel, and wonder in awe.

Wet N Wild

Spent the day there yesterday.  I am really showing my Hawaiian blood.  Dark as Kamaile right now.  Fun with the whole family.  The other missionaries are missing their g'children, while we get to see some of our mo'opuna daily.  We miss our Boston mo'os.  I keep thinking of how they would enjoy being here.  I sure do love my companion.  He is da best!

Institute in Laie

We had a great time last night with our class.  Most of the young people were from the 10th Ward.  The lesson Elder M taught was from Pres. Uchtdorf's talk from GenConf. last April.  I made up a game much like the Sorry game, only using all of the words and phrases from the talk.  We had a great time.  Pizza was served, with bottles of water too.  About 20 students.  I need to take pictures of our students.  They are so sharp, and we have to keep up with them.  

Susan Easton Black

We went to the BYUH 1st and 3rd Stake Fireside Sunday night and she spoke on Patriarchal Blessings.  Hers is the class I took in 1979 about that subject, and she pretty well said the same things, with a little more embellishment.  She can really talk, she calls herself motormouth.  Last night at the Missionaries FHE, she talked about Ezra Taft Benson, and it was just as pleasing.  She spoke at the BYUH devotional today, but we were studying, so we didn't go to that.  I am a big fan of hers.

Testimonies

Lots of testimonies today thanking god for our freedoms, and acknowledging our military personnel, and some families who are engaged in this good cause.  

Annother beach image

It was crowded but we stayed nine hours, Jay and Jace stayed 13 hours, sunrise to sunset.  The North Shore is flat to 1 ft. of wave this time of year.  Waikiki has the big waves, duh 8-10ft. 

This is a Mission??

We celebrated on the 3rd so we could cover for the other missionaries today. Hau'oli Iuli eha!

Mangoes, Papayas, Bananas,ulu, etc

Wow, it's yummy.  I need to watch out I don't eat too much of this yummy fruit.  It's a feast right now, when it comes to fresh fruit for free.  I'm in fruit heaven.  And to add to all that, I get fresh poi.  It can't get any better than that.