It is a cloudy, rainy Saturday afternoon and I have some free time so Blog time.  Sunday is the usual day but it will be very busy, so this makes more sense.  The first news is Elder Wright's car wreck. 

The fender bender

On Monday I was driving down a side street and a kid in a pickup backed out of his driveway right in front of me.  I swerved but not soon enough and hit his bumper.  No damage to him but my damage was significant.  I duck taped it together and put a plastic bag over the destroyed headlight (the bulb was still good) I may take up paintless dent repair via duck tape.  I am pretty good at it.  On Wednesday we see the adjuster, pay our $1000 deductible:( and it will go in the repair shop.  Soon it will be good as new and I will be more careful. 

Tuesday we worked at the exit at the PCC.  It is a really boring job for two hours.  We sit in two chairs and watch for people sneaking into the back door of the buffet.  They never do.  All the times we have done it, never any excitement.  So we were reading while sitting in the chairs.  The senior missionary sisters (single) found us reading and let us know we were not being obedient.  I guess I should feel bad, but at my age, obedience means something different in this context.  Since then we have seen her several times so we think she is stalking us to see if we are being disobedient in other ways.  Some of the senior missionaries are really very humorous without meaning to be. 
Most of my time when not teaching has been busy getting tests and things ready for the end of this rushed term (ends first week in June)  These short terms are tough for teachers and especially for students.  But I think I am ready for the final dive at the tape.  Then we have the 5-week break. Whew!
Last night we celebrated Elder Rowell's birthday with dinner at a restaurant in Kaneohe called Haleiwa Joes.  The restaurant was good, but the setting is remarkable.  Here are some photos

The RELED missionaries

The restaurant is located on a hill overlooking a garden and Koi pond.  It is real Hawaiian jungle and very beautiful   After dinner we walked through the gardens and saw quite a variety of flowers and other plants. 
The restaurant food was okay.  Desert was Macadamia nut ice cream which I loved having not had ice cream in quite a while.   But we were surprised when we ordered prime rib.  Good thing we had decided to share because it was a 32 oz cut that looked (no kidding) like a roast.  Everyone laughed when it came.  We
had so much left over that we will have several meals from it.  It was good, just so much.  It was called bone-in prime rib, so different from what we were used to.  When we left we saw this huge native fellow eating his prime rib and it was almost finished.  So I guess we are the whimps. 

Kaye with the fish

Tomorrow we have church, stake training and then a meeting with our group of Indonesian students.  They are a great group and so we are looking forward to that opportunity.  I will close now, grateful to be a missionary and to have the opportunity for so many different experiences.  Makes life in married student housing almost bearable.  :)

Restaurant in Background