Training, cont.

 

Sept. 28  Fri. - We finished up our orientation by being trained on the different areas in the PCC where we will take tickets for the Luahs etc.  We ate at the ''Prime Dining Restaurant"....yummmm Crab Legs and Prime Rib Buffet!  Enjoyed watching the "Breath of Life."   A presentation of the circle of life.  The music and dancing is awesome.        

 

  The next boat Elder Reynolds wants to purchase!

Sat. a.m. We attended our first Devotional.  The various Islands do devotionals twice a year.  These are spiritual meetings to begin with then end up in a "refreshment hour".  Well, refreshment means a smorgasbord with much dancing & singing.  The Samoan women grease their arms, & necks with cocoanut oil. While they're dancing people in the audience come up and stick $l.00 bills on their bodies. They also throw the money all over the floor.  The money is used by their countries. 

Sun. For church, we went a local ward that our landlords live in.  What a very friendly ward.  We met Bill Neal who was our first email contact to see if we could even serve in Hawaii.  One of the counselors in the bishopric had a son serving a mission in Idaho.  He wondered if we knew where Arco was.  (small world) That's where Elder Reynolds is from and his brother still lives.  And come to find out, Gary's brother had just visited with Elder Beattie that morning.

Went to the beautiful Laie Temple Visitor's Center where the young missionaries were having a musical fireside.  Look who we found.  Sis. Cami Christensen from Blackfoot Id.  We knew her @ BYU-Idaho.  (small world)