Our Mission Experience in Vanuatu

  Family and Friends, Today, I read a post on Facebook that defines this next week: And so, it begins; The week that changed everything, “Holy week.”   Today, while driving to church Mark and I kept seeing people carrying Palm branches. It was a beautiful sight to witness! There were many traveling on their way to their various congregations to worship Gods’ beloved Son, Jesus Christ. I’ve seen Palms as decorative arrangements on Palm Sunday in our buildings; but never anyone carrying their palms to church.   In my mind I imagined what would take place in the various congregations on the island today. As I pondered the beginning of Holy week, Palm Sunday and not having a Palm myself I wondered what I could do to share my witness. Today was fast and testimony meeting and so I decided that my palm would be my testimony of Jesus Christ.   Mark also took the opportunity to share his testimony; He shared the first two sentences in Bislama.   It was so beautiful; ...

Hello to all our family and friends, Today, as Darleen and I were driving out to our church meeting in the Eton unit (about an hour and fifteen minutes from our apartment), I mentioned that we rarely see dead animals along the road here. That comment almost came back to haunt me. The drive to Eton takes us through a very rural area, what you might call “bush living”, with few modern conveniences. As we made our way along in a light rain, three black piglets (probably about 30-40 pounds each) suddenly darted out of the bush and ran across the road. I slammed on the brakes, and the truck began to slide on the wet surface. Right in front of us, one piglet ran as fast as it could to avoid being hit, while the other two peeled off and ran back to where they came. It felt like everything was happening in slow motion. At the very last second, it made it safely to the side of the road, and we missed it. We both laughed, realizing how close my earlier comment had come to being proven wr...

  March 15, 2026 Hello Friends and Family,   President Henry B. Eyring who serves in the 1 st Presidency of the church gave a talk in 2007; In that talk he shared the following about keeping a journal: “I wr ote down a few lines every day for years. I never missed a day no matter how tired I was or how early I would have to start the next day. Before I would write, I would ponder this question: “Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?” As I kept at it, something began to happen. As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done.”  Who would not want to see Heavenly Father’s hand more clearly in their life? This week I was reminded of this talk from a Facebook post I had made.   I have never...