Our Mission Experience in Vanuatu

  Hello Family and Friends! A fun view from a restaurant we stopped at  this week. Happy Valentines Week to you all!  Hoping you’re all enjoying the sweet reminders of how much you are LOVED!   I loved getting a phone call from my oldest Grandson yesterday to show me his haircut and to catch up on what is happening in his life.  He showed me the gifts he was giving to his girlfriend.  How can he be old enough to date! Blah! Time!  It goes by so quickly. That’s’ why it’s so important to make each day count! I am pretty sure I’m quoting a line from a movie.  I also have to say it was nice to get some text messaging from my granddaughter Rylie and from Ella and I can’t leave out the What’s App messages from Britt and Patrick and a Sneak peek and a hello from a quick phone call from Stephanie, Mark, Gracie, Darcie, Tate, Grant, Lincoln, Jacob, Nic, Luke, Alysse. Sometimes a "Hello, I’m thinking of you" goes a long way!  Being able to call ...

Our new addition to our Tam-Tam carvings.  He's called the "Advisor". He advises the Chief. Hello again, it’s my turn to write this week’s letter. Darleen’s updates are usually much more exciting, but I’ll do my best to give you a sense of what we’ve been up to. I suppose I could sum it all up by saying we spent the week juggling Seminary and Institute, Succeed in School, and missionary housing responsibilities and leave it at that. That would probably be our shortest letter yet, but I’m fairly certain Darleen wouldn’t let me get away with that. So, here you go. We started Monday with missionary housing visits at two locations, one near our apartment and another across town. Our first stop was Pango, a few miles away, and home to one of our “bush” houses. This particular home has no indoor plumbing; instead, there’s an outdoor faucet used for drinking water and dishwashing, along with an outdoor toilet and shower area, all cold water. Despite the simplicity of their livi...

  Where in the world did January go??  Coming from Wisconsin, the month of January is usually the longest as it is so cold.  I’ve kept an eye on the weather systems back in the US and it seems like you all are having a bit of extreme cold.  Well, stay bundled up and enjoy a good book and some hot chocolate! Meanwhile, we are enjoying some beautiful days here in Vanuatu.   We get a bit of rain and then the Humidity takes over.   The rain is a welcome guest as it seems to cool things off a little bit.   I am very thankful for air conditioning and feel so blessed to have it in our Apartment. The summer vacations here in Vanuatu are over and school started this week.   So, we are back to our weekly routine of teaching Succeed in School on Mondays.   Although Mark tackled that on his own this week as I needed time to prepare the food for Zone Conference on Tuesday.   Our Mission President and his wife travel a lot between islands and dist...