Sunday, December 9 - Our landlord's daughter, Elizabeth Kapu had her missionary farewell. It was one of the BEST sacrament meetings I have ever attended. Her father entertained us with laughter and tears. He had served his mission in Japan and at the end when he bore his testimony, he spoke in Japanese and had his friend (teacher of Japanese Lang) interpret each sentence for him.
Elizabeth also gave a great talk. We sang to her that
beautiful Aloha Oie Song, a tear-jerker for sure. The entire audience
arose and went up to hug her and place leis on her neck. It was like the
entire ward family was losing a daughter for 18 months.
Lizzy will be serving her mission in Santa Rosa,
California (Samoan-speaking). She and her father are going to live in
Samoa with her mother and two other siblings. Her mother is currently living there, caring for her
aging parents. Elizabeth will learn the Samoan language and enjoy a few
months with her family before entering the MTC.
I put my name-tag on her so she would feel like an official sister missionary!
Party in the backyard following the farewell.
(FROM RANAY: We tried to call my parents this day. We wanted to do face-time with them. But because of the festivities, the computer, internet, etc. were disconnected from the outlets to make room for all the food being served. Consequently, my parents did not have a WI-fI connection to be able to do face-time. So we had to settle on a regular old phone call!)
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