18-24 Aug

 Think we could be in trouble?

The Elders brought us their empty gas tanks.  We have a basic idea of  how to fill them but.....as the people say "No worries."

metal from WWII

This metal was used during WWII to repair the runway at the airport.  The Japanese would bomb the runway and the Americans would scramble out and throw dirt and this metal down so our planes could use the runway.  Pretty amazing.  We have seen it used as fencing, a walkway over a ditch, or support for a wall.  

actual corn!!!

Lynn found this at a corner stand.  It seemed so good to see something we know. We ate it that night.  It wasn't like our sweet corn but it was a taste of Americana!

We forgot that we needed to pick up the mail for the mission until today.  

getting mail

beginning English

intermediate English

These are the people I teach on Tuesday and Thursday at the compound.  We are going to start teaching English once a week in Sept. at the two outlying branches, where they have to walk several miles to get to the chapel.  I am hoping to help them with their family history at the same time.  It's kind of sad when you ask about their ancestors.  They have no idea about birth dates or death dates.  When someone dies, they just bury them in the jungle...no records, no markers.  At least we can help them write down what they know and help them with their history.

Elder Fidow leaving

The Solomon Island missionaries

24 Aug Tuesday, we went to the airport to see Elder Fidow off.  He is heading to Vanuatu for the last month of his mission.  He is one of those dynamic missionaries, that worked hard and is very dedicated.  He wants to go to BYU-H but we were unable to get his application started.  I hope the missionary couple in Vanuatu can help him.

The lawn mower.

The ground is so hilly here and the grass is kind of different so they use weed eaters to trim the lawn.  It takes Nesta most of two days to do the compound.  Notice the harness with supports...and the two handles...