Happy Mother's Day!

We have had a nice Sabbath Day and I enjoyed talking with our children and their families. We also had a delicious crab dinner and then attended a baptism for another young adult who lives in Kahuku. His mother joined the church a few months ago and while he was at National Guard, his assigned"Battle Buddy" was a member of the church. After talking with him, he met with the missionaries and decided to join the church as well. It was a huge baptism with many of his mother's ward members in attendance as well as many members from our YSA Branch. The young man's name is Jahdi and he seemed very happy as well as his mother, Sunshine. What a great Mother's Day gift he gave her!

Jahdi with our branch mission leader, Nate

Members of our branch enjoying our "Break-the-Fast"

Last week was our "Break the Fast" with our YSA Branch. We met at the Fullmers after church and enjoyed delicious fish tacos, chicken tacos, and steak tacos along with beans and rice, of course. There were a lot of YAs there, some I had not seen before and some who had not been in church either. They hear food and equate it with party and are very happy to drive over to the North Shore. Now if we can just convince them to drive over for church AND food. Everyone loves these after church get-togethers.

Another little gecho buddy - We love company!

We had a nice surprise from home this week. Lynn and Lyle Wasden were here visiting their son and his family. He teaches at the university. Anyway, they came over for a little visit and were sure impressed with our lovely apartment. I'm sure it brought back many happy memories of their student housing days! It was great to see them.

When I spoke with Kimberly Saturday evening, she said their Sacrament Meeting speaker had bailed at the last minute and as we were discussing a few ideas for Mother's Day, I mentioned that Elder Christofferson had given a wonderful talk in the Fall General Conference, 2013. After talking to her I went back and reread it. If you haven't had a chance to read it in awhile, I would encourage you to do so. It made me appreciate my girls and the wonderful job they are doing as mothers. All five of them realize the importance of having a gospel centered home and putting first things first. They understand that even though there are hard decisions to be made, it always comes down to doing what is best for the children (even if the kids don't appreciate it at the time!). I am proud of each one of them. I feel joy when I am with them and their families. A little mother's day reflection. . .

Mother's Day in Hawaii - 2014

 And now to the big reveal - NEW PCC COSTUMES!!!

You have no idea how happy I was to find something new and cooler (in multiple meanings) to wear on our nights at the PCC. I may actually bring this one home! The other one was so heavy, dark, and stiff that it could practically stand up by itself - kind of like a tent. These are very lightweight and will be much cooler for the hot summer months which are approaching. Aloha!