Four new missionaries called

 We are so excited to have 4 of our Seminary students receive their mission calls all together.
What a wonderful Mother's Day this was ( a day early) since I feel like these boys are part of my family.

 We have a special place in our hearts for each of them and they will be great missionaries.

 Vince, on the left is going to the Philippines, Narson next to him going to Guam-Micronesia, Trellison next is also going to the Philippines and Branson will go to Vanuatu.
The Sister missionaries have been working in their area and they are cheering each one of these great young men on.

COM-FSM Fun Run/Walk

COM-FSM Fun Run/Walk was held on Saturday, May 7, 2016.  We started in a typical tropical pouring rain.  Streets were had rivers of water to negotiate.  But we had fun and got a little exercise.  Plus for five dollars each we got a nice T-shirt to take home.

Wone Family Home Evening

 This family( The Hebel's and Herman's)  invited us to Family Home Evening to have our farewell party with them. This was the very first place we came to on the same night we arrived in Pohnpei. The first picture shows their new Nas ( open air building) that was recently built. It makes up their kitchen and the picture below shows their family room.
They have treated us like family from the very first day. We will miss them.

 Right by the "living room" was a new litter of puppies.  They are hard to see but there were six of them.  I asked Rockson if he was going to eat them.  He said, "only when they are bad."  Morale: Doggie be good!

 This hand woven basket is where the chickens sit on the eggs until the chicks are hatched. These people are so creative in the way they make baskets in many sizes for several purposes.

In-service with Bro. Wilde

This is our last In-Service Meeting with our teachers, Brother Nicerio and Scott Wilde from Salt Lake City. It was nice to have someone else do the instructing for a change, especially a professional like him.

 Here we all are for a group photo shoot. The Sister Missionaries house is in the background.
We will miss all these dedicated teachers.

CES Fireside April 29, 2016

What a night to remember. We had a Seminary/ Institute Fireside to welcome Scott Wilde, Assistant Director of CES. The students, teachers, bishops and families filled the Stake Center. Standing next to Elder Hedgpeth on the left is Jack Yakanna, our Patriarch and Institute teacher. Scott Wilde is on the right with Brother Nicerio (our boss from Guam) sandwiched between some of our students who really wanted to get in the middle of all this "power".

 Some of our students after the Fireside loving to pose for the camera.

 Hadley Joshua, on the left was one of our amazing speakers. Milean next to him has her mission
papers in.

 Four more Seminary students hamming it up. Love them so much.

 These boys are amazing and will all be on a mission soon. They call us their parents or grandparents and that is fine with us.

Scripture Bowl 2016

Scripture Mastery Bowl is a BIG deal here in Pohnpei. Months of practice, memorizing and strategy goes into a "WIN". Palikir Ward won it last year and the competition was on.

 This game was to see how many baskets one group could make before the other group wrote their scripture.

 The Seminary and Institute teachers are ready for the students to race to them and break a balloon with a scripture inside.

 The students are busily trying to solve the scripture which they found in the balloon.
Panasang Ward won the Scripture Bowl and already the students are preparing for next year's competition.

This Little Piggy Went to Church

You just never know who will be attending church here in Wone Branch. President Herman is on the left.

 This piglet's mother has an injured leg, so he gets to come to church for awhile so his mom can heal. I hope when we get home we won't be disappointed when there are no "creatures" attending with us.