It is a hot, humid Sunday afternoon and 79 degrees in Laie.  We have had a good week and continue to enjoy our individual assignments and our work in the Sunset Beach YA Branch.  This is a picture of our branch President. His name is Ethan Lee and he is a forensic accountant. He is a good BP - He knows all the kids and is willing to step in and help them in any way he can. We had a good Fast & Testimony meeting. Some of our YAs have amazing stories. It is interesting to hear how they ended up here in our branch. Heavenly Father is truly aware of all His children.

This is a picture of President Lee with his family. Sister Lee (Lezlie) is from the Tri-cities area and graduated in music from BYUH. She is a great support to the President.  They have three small boys. She comes to our Sacrament meeting each week and then drives back to Pupukea (by Sunset Beach) so her boys can go to Primary. She is our ward pianist since we do not have anyone who plays the piano in our branch. I have thought once again how much I wish I had some music background. What an asset a person with that talent is to a ward - or branch.

Even though I am opposed to swim suit shots, this one is far enough away that I thought it would be ok to post so you can see Waikiki with Honolulu in the background. We drove down on Friday.  We woke up to torrential rain. Dennis' phone sounded an emergency broadcast warning of flash flooding but we decided that we would go anyway since we had already made plans.  By the time we reached Honolulu the sky was blue and it was hot so we went to the beach for a bit before running our errands. We wanted to go to Haunauma Bay but the parking lot was full and the park closes after so many people get there.  Next time we will have to get there super early.  We had a fun day though. We discovered a TJMaxx, Rack, and Bed, Bath & Beyond all in the same area! Ah, civilization! We stopped at Costco on our way home and bought meat. Really.

This is a picture of the "Break the Fast" which all the senior missionaries have together over at the Hale Kaui at the PCC once a month. We met a few new couples and spent time with Cardnos and Woods who are visiting from Cardston. It is assigned potluck and I had to take a main dish, so I made taco soup. Cooking in this apt. is a bit of a challenge. I call it 'camping cooking.'