Our Mission Experience in Vanuatu

Hello Family and Friends, This week carried familiar themes—teaching Seminary and Succeed in School (SIS) classes, preparing healthy snacks to be distributed at these SIS classes, attending ward council and church meetings, ministering, cooking meals, and generally doing what Seminary & Institute missionaries do here in Port Vila. If you’ve been following our letters, you already have a sense of that rhythm. Still, a few highlights stood out to me that I’d like to share. SIS snack preparation, a weekly event!!! Me preparing some sandwiches for the participants. The Parting of the Crowds – Miracles do happen On Friday, Darleen and I headed to Etas to teach SIS as part of our effort to revive the program there. As you know, we bring a healthy snack for the kids, funded by humanitarian donations—a real blessing since many come straight from school without much to eat. This time, though, Darleen gave in to their repeated requests for cookies. She baked oatmeal raisin and chocolat...

  Hello Family and Friends! We have had another wonderful week serving in Vanuatu! Before I tell you anything about our week. I want to take just a few lines to tell Eldon, Ella, Gracie, Zac, Lincoln, Rylie, Alysse, Tate, Darcie, Luke, Grant, and Jacob congratulations for finishing another year of school. Nana and Papa are so proud of all of you! Balancing schoolwork with sports, music, seminary, and youth night is a great accomplishment! Seeing the pictures and videos of some of your last days in school this year has made us so proud of you! Ya'all have grown so much this year and your talents are developing at a rate that we cannot seem to keep up with. Papa and Nana are your BIGGEST fans and we love and admire you for doing your absolute BEST . We know you will all be meeting soon for the annual family gathering. We will not be there, but our hearts sure will be! Ya’ll have fun and be safe on the water! To my olders :   Do not sneak out to the water at night!!!! Do...