David Lakisa came June 1 –
4. It is always fun to have him here. We went to dinner two times
and enjoyed visiting with him. We learned one thing...we tried to
order dinner, a “special” at the pool side at Heritage Park Hotel, on the first
night it started and NO one knew what we were talking about. We went
back a few nights later and were able to order it.
Dinner with David at Heritage Park.
Baptism
Margaret's father had wanted
to be baptized earlier but he knew he was going to go to work in the
timber and wouldn't be here for awhile. So when he came back, he was
ready to be baptized. Margaret and her mother were both sick. Kind
of sad.
baptism of Margaret's father
Plumbing problems
We had have issues with our kitchen
sink plumbing. The taps leaked and there was no hot water. We had
one handyman come and supposed fix it but the hot water still didn't
work and the tap leaked under the sink. So we tried again...this
time Freeman Misitana came and at least stuck with the job. The
first issue they tried to resolve was the hot water. They took apart
the pipe under the house but didn't turn off the water first, so the
water was shooting out, running everywhere. No one could find the
turn off value. But they figured how to put it back and then started
inside on the taps. What a mess. They first wanted to just fix the
taps but Lynn said NO. So they then got new taps but couldn't get
them to connect to the pipe right so they tried to redo the pipe that
holds the tap together first by welding, which had a big hole, and
then with plastic parts instead of the copper. What a mess and it
still leaked. So they then bought a new pipe and put the new taps
on. And hooked it up. NO leaks. Yeah. So after 5 days with no
water in the kitchen, we were back to normal...kind of. To get hot
water in the kitchen, we have to run the water in the bathroom the
whole time to keep the hot water coming. As we were telling the
workers our issues of no water, I realized that they didn't even have
water so it made me feel pretty petty. One worker said he was glad
he didn't have water in his house because it would make his life more
complicated.
Freeman trying to "make do"
Zone Conference
This was a fast one day trip for the
president. And it was not one that we were asked to join because
they had to do some disciplining of the elders. Apparently, we had
several elders join league rugby and they wouldn't stop. So two
elders are going back with the president for a little while. We were
able to enjoy lunch with everyone.
Mater's cousin
We had to drive up to the Borderline
area and found this tow truck. What a laugh it gave us.
Fishing Trip
This was one fishing trip we won't
forget. We were going with the Sauseru's. He reserved the fast boat
and told us it would be a 1 hour ride to Florida Island. We were
expecting them to help pay for the boat but...lack of communication,
we ended up paying for it all. And their idea of a fast boat, 40 hp
engine, is not our idea of a fast boat. It was a common fishing
boat! But beside all of that it was such a fun day. Seeing great
islands and tribes and a beautiful resort and beautiful white sand
beaches. Lynn fishing with his hand, no pole. What can we say. It
would have been great if a storm hadn't blown in and it took us a
long time to get back to the dock. We were riding in some pretty
rough water. The boat would go up with the waves and then slam down
hard. Lynn and I both came home pretty sore from bouncing on the
waves. We were very thankful to get to shore.
Here is a little story about our trip.
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1 large (?) fish page 4
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Seniors conference Vanuatu Jun
Arrived at Vanuatu on Saturday evening.
Had pizza at the hotel. It was pretty good. It was fun to get to
meet the other couples.
Our bed and turtle towels at hotel
view from hotel
Sunday was stake conference with Elder
Dudfield visiting. We went to breakfast that morning and enjoyed
having breakfast with him. He actually remembered us. We all
decided to meet back at 1:30 but we were having lunch with Sackley's
and Robison's then. So we met at 1:30 and had Elder Dudfield come
back with us to Sackley's for lunch and visiting. Come to find out,
Sackley's knew many people that Elder Dudfield knew so it was a fun
afternoon.
Benjamin Ini from Honiara
E/S Robison, Elder Dudfield, E/S Sanders, E Sackley
Monday we went to Havannah Beach for
snorkeling, swimming, eating, relaxing. After lunch, we played
volleyball. It was great. We then had FHE with them at our hotel.
It made us a little jealous to see what can happen if there are more
couples around.
Our kick line--watch out Jetettes...Sanders, Glade, Anderson, Robison
Finally...
Tuesday we had meetings at Pres.
Granger's home. The day was good and the company was great. We had
lunch at the mission home—soup, rolls, cookies. That evening we
had dinner at a restaurant. It was soooo good.
Wednesday morning we flew out and came
back to reality. All good things must come to an end.
