tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47080958269337592382024-03-19T03:06:19.808-07:00Snapshots of Mike and LisaThe life and adventures of Mike and Lisa Becker. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-602531408164532462015-07-06T21:55:00.001-07:002015-07-06T21:57:46.920-07:00Our trip to Roi-NamurWe enjoyed a brief respite this month as we were fortunate to visit the islands of Roi-Namur with some of our Kwaj friends. We didn't leave the Kwajalein atoll, but we did get to FLY in an airplane! That's the first time we have been above sea level in almost two years, and gone faster than 10 mph! Crazy, I know! Roi-Namur is part of the Kwajalein Army Base, so the only way to get there is with the Army's permission. Our friend, Chris, was kind enough to sponsor us for the weekend and the Sok family rounded out our little group.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting to board in the Kwaj terminal with Sarah, Alison, and Megan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">getting ready for the plane to take off, with Chris</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a shot of our 18-seater plane with Sarah, Megan and Alison!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up,Up and away we go!</td></tr>
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Here's a little background info for those of you who have never heard of this place.<br />
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<b>Roi-Namur</b> <span class="nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;"><span title="/ˌ/ secondary stress follows"></span><span title="'r' in 'rye'"></span><span title="/ɔɪ/ 'oy' in 'boy'"></span><span title="/-/ affix"></span><span title="'n' in 'no'"></span><span title="/ə/ 'a' in 'about'"></span><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows"></span><span title="'m' in 'my'"></span><span title="/ʊər/ 'our' in 'tour'"></span></span></a></span></span>is an island in the north part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands. Germany annexed the Marshall Islands in 1885 but did not put government
officials on the islands until 1906, leaving island affairs to a group
of powerful German trading companies. Japan took over in 1914 and
colonized the Marshalls extensively, developing and fortifying large
bases on many of the islands.<br />
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Roi-Namur was the target of the U.S. 4th Marine Division in the bloody Battle of Kwajalein, in February 1944. During the Japanese occupation, the two islands (Roi to the west <span lang="mh"></span><span class="IPA" style="white-space: nowrap;"></span> and Namur to the east<span lang="mh"></span><span class="IPA" style="white-space: nowrap;"></span>) were connected by a narrow neck of land and causeway. After the American occupation, US Navy SeaBees filled the area between the islands; the two islands, now joined, are presently called Roi-Namur with a total area of about
one square mile.<br />
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It is home to about 120 American and Marshallese employees of the Reagan Test Site. The airport has one runway for small planes that commute from Kwajalein bringing additional workers (and visitors, like us!). Additional Marshallese daytime workers come via ferry from the island of Enniburr.<br />
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The Roi side is the main housing area, with the retail and recreation
facilities. Activities on Roi-Namur range from a nine-hole golf course,
saltwater swimming pool, scuba club, movie theater, volleyball, and
basketball court.<br />
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We primarily took advantage of the swimming pool and the great snorkeling! We enjoyed walks along the beaches and the coral reef. We were mesmerized and enthralled by schools of baby black-fin sharks (can I say awesome?), eels, rays and countless beautiful saltwater fish and other sea life. And we enjoyed the peacefulness and beauty of the island. A 5-star island in my book!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We rented carts to navigate around the island.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We held LDS Sacrament Meeting services under the trees on Sunday for nine of us (those pictured and the one taking the picture!). We had three Priesthood holders in attendance, so they were able to administer the sacrament. Such a beautiful and peaceful setting to partake of the Sacrament and feel of the Holy Spirit! President Sok gave an inspirational message based on King Benjamin's address to his people.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">great form, Mike!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">returning from walking the beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is he going to jump in?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The corkscrew tree. In the background you can see the housing units where we stayed for a bargain $20 a night.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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There is a small launch facility on Roi-Namur. Rockets
launched here are usually sounding rockets that ascend beyond the
atmosphere but have short ranges. The Namur side is home to several radar tracking stations. It was cool to see the big satellite dishes suddenly move as they started tracking something way up there in the atmosphere.<br />
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And, lastly, we took in a piece of history as we visited in some of the crumbling WWII
remnants of Japanese blockhouses, guns, and pillboxes around Roi-Namur. We were schooled on the invasion of Roi-Namur, part of operation Flintlock, as we visited some of the national landmarks on the battlefield tour. The Marshall islands held great importance to the American supply lines to the territories in Guam and the Philippines. I did not realize the importance the pacific theater played in the battles of WWII before moving here, and the devastation left behind at the end of those battles. It is very sobering to read the stories and see the sites where so many gallant and brave men fought to fight our freedoms. Such bravery is seldom seen today. There were four medal of honor recipients from the battle of Roi-Namur alone.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A marine threw a satchel charge inside a structure. Unknown to the Marines, it was filled with high explosives, resulting in an explosion that threw debris hundreds of feet (pictured)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out in the rain! You can see some of the rebar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">large guns that were recovered out of the lagoon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stop #9!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The concrete is so thick and has lasted amazingly well because the Japanese created a salt-water formula for the concrete. The US tried to copy the formula, but was not successful. The formula was eventually lost by the Japanese.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">if you look real close you can see Japanese writing on the back wall, on the left by the pillar</td></tr>
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It's always an adventure to travel to different lands and places. There is an excitement in experiencing new sights and sounds, tastes and smells. Each new adventure wraps around my head and fills me with new wonder. I have been enthralled by new experiences no matter where we have traveled. We have enjoyed it all from Brazil to Latvia, Italy to Mexico, across the United States, and to many places in between. But, what really makes a place a truly lasting experience is getting to know the people.<br />
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It's one thing to visit a place to see what they have to offer. It's another to LIVE it. When you LIVE it, you soon learn to LOVE it. Why? The PEOPLE.<br />
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Living out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on the tiny island of Ebeye, there isn't much to see. It's a densly populated island, filled with one long maze of home after home. It's the 5th most populated island in the WORLD. There are no cathedrals or museums to visit. No sightseeing tours, or guides. What we DO have here is a quiet, peaceful island filled with loving, humble, fun-loving people that I LOVE! And they love to have their pictures taken! It's impossible to show them all, but here are a few of the people we have met over the past year and a half.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pres. Seremai with us at Joel and Mery Jeik's baptism</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">women always serving!</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-85050100805971951712015-03-31T01:33:00.002-07:002015-03-31T01:33:25.215-07:00Celebrating the Relief Society BirthdayHappy 173rd Birthday to the Relief Society!<br />
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WHAT IS THE RELIEF SOCIETY?? <br />
Relief Society is the largest women's organization in the WORLD. All women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are members of the Relief Society. It is an auxiliary to the priesthood in the church. A young woman normally advances into Relief Society on her 18th birthday or after school graduation. The Prophet Joseph Smith organized the Relief Society on <i><b>March 17, 1842</b></i>, and once said, "The Church was never perfectly organized until the women were thus organized." <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Relief Society Motto:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"Charity Never Faileth"</i></b></span> </div>
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(1 Corinthians 13:8)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Relief Society Purposes: <i> </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Increase faith and personal righteousness</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Strengthen families and homes</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Seek out and help those in need</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am grateful to be a member of this great organization. I have been blessed throughout my life as I have learned from other women, younger and older. I have been strengthened as I have been taught about charity, faith, and repentance. My home has been strengthened as I have learned how to be a better mother and wife. My home has been enriched as I have learned new homemaking skills, crafts (even if I never finished them!), and tools that helped me grow and increase my desire for education. I have been strengthened to know that no matter where I go in this world I can find members of the Relief Society. This organization is a strength to me as a mother, daughter, and sister in the gospel.</span></span><br />
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TIME TO PARTY!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">We celebrated the Relief Society's 173rd Birthday party on March 17th, 2015 on Ebeye at our church building. We had a lovely program with hymns, testimonies, and speakers from several sisters in the Kwajalein District. We closed out the program with talks from myself and President Seremai, the President of the Kwajalein District. Thanks, Mela Ninjine, for being my translator! </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608040092566488279&pid=15.1&w=83&h=124&p=0" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Roxena Mecham Carter" border="0" class="thm ii-ll" data-pos="0" height="200" id="yui_3_10_0_1_1427773097215_195" src="https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608040092566488279&pid=15.1&w=83&h=124&p=0" width="131" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I shared the story of my great-great grandmother, Roxena Mecham Carter, who was 11 years old when the Relief Society organization was formed in 1842.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> She was baptized into the church when she was 10 years old, along with her mother. She was privileged to hear the prophet Joseph Smith speak when she was a young girl. One night she sat in a wheat field with her father guarding their home from the mobs who were killing people. Some of their neighbors were killed that night. When she was about 14 years old, she was struck by lightening, popping her eyes out of the sockets and by all appearances was dead. Her father refused to let her die, so he pressed her eyes back in place, put his hands on her head, and called on the Lord to bring her back to life. After four blessings and her Father's faith, she started to breathe. And after four weeks she regained her eyesight. She went on to live a full life, having 10 children (the 8th of which was my great grandmother) and she lived to be 89 years old. I talked to the sisters about the importance of keeping a journal. If these stories had not been recorded about my great-great grandmother, I would not have known anything about her great faith and the legacy she left behind.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> After the program it was time to eat and party! We were served dinner, followed by skits, dances, birthday cake, and plenty of group photos! Many of us wore blue and yellow/gold as those colors represent the Relief Society.</span></span><br />
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February 9, 1944 <br />
Liberation Day<br />
Ebeye, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands <br />
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71 years ago this tiny island of Ebeye in the Kwajalein Atoll was liberated from the Japanese by the United States. It is celebrated and remembered each year by the local and area dignitaries on Ebeye <span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">with a parade, flag ceremony, basketball and volleyball tournaments, and a field day between all the local
Ebeye schools</span>.<br />
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The bloody battles in the Kwajalein Atoll primarily focused on Kwajalein, Roi and Namur islands where the Japanese stronghold existed. The Kwajalein Atoll is the largest atoll in the Marshall Islands and was a critical piece in WWII's island-hopping strategy to Japan. Kwajalein's strategic location became one of the primary objectives of the Pacific War. The bombardment was so complete that no demolition work by combat
engineers was necessary. The Navy’s ships also provided crucial fire
support during the invasion itself on 31 January 1944; the 4th Marine
Division landed at Roi-Namur, while the Army’s 7th Infantry Division
landed at Kwajalein.<br />
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individual island from Japan during WWII. </span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText"> The 2015 theme roughly translated means "We remember them today, but we will not forget them". </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tears streamed down my face, with my hand over my heart, as the American flag was raised and the band played the Star Spangled Banner. It's been a long time since I have been able to participate in that ceremony.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Marshall Island flag was raised first (blue flag on the right), then the American flag, then the Kwajalein Atoll flag (green flag)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">everyone wears green for Kwajalein!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ceremony is over and the parade begins!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">re-enactment of US soldiers capturing the Japanese</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beautiful sight!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nice day for a parade!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I always enjoy time with my dear friends from Kwajalein, Samantha and Alison</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the winner is.......!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">at the finish line!</td></tr>
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<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-34359674016956151442014-12-03T23:05:00.002-08:002014-12-04T11:44:27.487-08:00Thanksgiving on KwajaleinThis year the church members on Kwajalein fixed a royal treat for all of us! And, oh my goodness, it was a feast! We hardly knew where to start and when to stop eating! They cooked and baked their hearts out and made us feel most welcome. We had all the usual fixings and more. Turkey, smoked pork, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, veggies, salad, rolls and tons of desserts. The food was so delicious and the company was the best!<br />
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Samantha Tippetts, the dinner organizer, had me ask the missionaries if the missionaries had any special food requests for the day. When I asked them they first said, <i>NO RICE and NO CHICKEN</i>! Ha, ha. That's what they eat the majority of the time on Ebeye. The other question the missionaries asked: Do they have <i>REAL MILK</i>?? Why, yes, they do. The milk we drink on Ebeye is shelf-life boxed milk, so Samantha made sure they had some fresh milk to go with their dessert. <br />
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It took us over a year of trying to get all of the missionaries onto the base at one time, but we finally figured it out. A big thanks to Steve Tippetts for digging around and figuring out the system and finding the right form to authorize the group to get onto Kwajalein Army Base! In the past we were told we could only bring those with US passports AND over the age of 21 onto the base, which left out most of our missionaries. Most of them are either under 21 or they are from another country. But for our "community event pass", the nationality didn't matter. I was able to get parent permission slips for all the under 21 missionaries, and we were set to go.<br />
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There were 12 of us in our group, 8 young missionaries and 4 of us Senior Missionaries. The other senior couple, the Schaffers, are from Calgary Canada, so this was the first time they had been able to get on island, too. It was a casual day for us, so we played games, visited, and ATE, and ATE and ATE! Unfortunately we were limited as to how long we could stay on Kwajalein, so it was over way too soon for all of us.<br />
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We even had a fun time walking down the pristine, green, and quiet streets of Kwajalein on our way back to the terminal. The Sok family even gave up their bikes and let the missionaries take turns on riding them. <br />
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Thanks again to our Kwajalein friends! You are the BEST and we LOVE you!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Tippetts and some of the Elders worked up a good appetite playing football outside! Sorry, didn't get any pictures of that.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our awesome sisters, Sister Seegmiller and Moea'i! We love you!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Schaffer making new friends. We were glad Steve Tippets (center) was able to join us on his lunch hour. Especially since he's the one who made it possible for us to come on island!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Kendall testing out Alison Sok's bike</td></tr>
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One of the last things I said six months ago upon our return from Lae Island was, <span style="color: red;">"Boy, I hope I NEVER have to do that again!"</span> Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the people and the island is beautiful and we had some amazing experiences. It's just that the nine-hour boat ride was trying and LOOOOONG, and like I said.... nine.hours.each.way. Nine hours of just sitting and staring into the open ocean (some people can sleep, but I can't because it makes me even sicker to my stomach). We went in a 50 foot fishing vessel out in the elements on the open sea with nothing more than a pillow and a mat to sit on. I know, I know. Never say Never! I have always said that as a parent with growing children as you never know when you are going to eat your words. Well, judging by the title of this post, you now know I <i><span style="color: red;">ATE MY WORDS</span>! </i> President Weir and Sister Weir, our mission President and his wife, were supposed to go with us last time, but got called away on other duties. Six months later, they were rearing to go. So, go we did.<br />
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I told Elder Becker going on this trip is something similar to child birth...... you might have some extreme pain and discomfort through the hours of childbirth (boat ride), but as soon as you see that wonderful creation (the island and it's people) then all that pain was so worth it. And so with this trip, as time dulled my memories of the boat, my sea sickness and the heat, what stood out to me were the GOOD memories of the island, the wonderful new friends, and inspirational and spiritual meetings. The beauty of the island beckoned to us once again.<br />
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OCTOBER 24, 2014 <br />
There were about 25 of us on the boat this time around. We had the same boat, the same crew, and a few of the same people with us. For Sister Weir, this was an entirely new experience. And that's saying a lot since she has seen some amazing things from all her travels around the mission from the Marshall Islands to Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) and to Christmas Island. I felt blessed to have three wonderful women with me from the Kwajalein District to help with the training, Annmarie Loeak, District RS President, Maria John, District YW Counselor, and Sandy Bellu, District Primary President. Just the week before I had asked the Priesthood leaders for more help for the women, and these sweet sisters stepped up to the call. Amazing!<br />
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It was our intention to start loading the boat at 6am, but it was pouring rain. So, we had just a bit of a delay as we waited for the storm to pass. After we filled the hold with goods and ice we managed to slip away from the dock at 10am (only 2 hours behind schedule). We left the rain behind us, and never saw it again! Smooth sailing all the way.<br />
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The boat ride this time was SMOOTH SAILING! It was so nice. And much, much better than last time. The boat engine and the waves are so loud that you can't really talk much unless you are real close, so most of that time is spent in introspection. That's what I call it. Elder Becker just calls it SLEEP. He takes the Dramamine pills and falls asleep for hours on end. Me?<br />
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I just sit and read my Ipad, play a game or two, sing to myself, and just stare out at the endless waves. I'm not much at sleeping while traveling as it makes me more sick, so I just sit and sit and sit and wait. With the Dramamine, it's kind of a mind-numbing trance at times. <br />
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Some people enjoyed some homemade bread (pilawe),<br />
chicken (bao) and rice, but I stuck to my peanut butter and honey sandwich. I don't have much of an appetite on the boat. Many of the islanders like to smell orange rind, as they say it helps relieve sea sickness. Once I remembered that, I pulled mine out and shared my oranges with those around me. I don't know if it helps or not, but it does smell good!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my "spot" for the next 8 1/2 hrs! yikes, not too lady-like!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">these 4 brought us in, Thelma Ned, Langbata, Elder Becker, and Drebon</td></tr>
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We managed to make it in record time, only 8 1/2 hours! Yahoo! Land ahoy! As Elder Becker and his cohorts "guided" us into the Atoll, Langbata pointed to a small island (2nd one on the right) and dubbed it "Becker Island".<br />
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And that's what we called it all week long. Hmmm, better write up the papers and make it legal so we can start building! ha, ha.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I LOVE these women! Sandy Bellu, Annmarie Loeak, me, Maria John, all from Ebeye and Sister Weir. We helped strengthen the Lae sisters through Relief Society, Young Women, and Primary trainings as well as home visits.</td></tr>
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The men went to Ujae on Saturday to see the missionaries and to check on the progress they have been making in the church.<br />
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Monday Morning Bro. Langbata and his dad took us on a cruise around the Atoll in a small motor boat. There are about 20 small islands in the Lae Atoll. This is the same boat they use to off load us and all our supplies from our fishing boat. We went to Langbata's island and then on to Becker Island!<br />
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We had a wonderful weekend filled with church gatherings, Lae Branch District Conference, leadership trainings, Family Home Evening, relaxing under the coconut trees, searching for shells, visiting with the locals, women doing "rescue visits" (visiting people who haven't been to church in a while that might need some encouragement or help), men going to Ujae, playing with the children, a boat "cruise" around the Atoll, and trying to stay cool. Remember no air conditioning plus high humidity = hot and sticky ALL.the.time.<br />
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All in all, we had an amazing time on Lae and Ujae. We made some wonderful connections (and re-connections) with the people, had inspirational training sessions, and we felt the spirit guiding us. There are approximately 350 people on this small island, of which there are 108 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. At our Sunday services we had about 135 in attendance, and then on Monday night at our Family Home Evening we had 177 people present! It was amazing! We would dance if we had attendance percentages like that back home. Several members of the High Council spoke at the FHE meeting, including Elder Becker. I felt the spirit so strong there in that meeting. It matters not where you gather as Heavenly Father and Holy Ghost will be there to lead you and to guide you. Even on a remote island in the Pacific. Elder Becker's talk that night was the best talk I have ever heard him give. I felt the spirit so strong, and I knew he was being guided in what to say. He stopped reading his notes and the words just flowed. He spoke on charity and the love of God. He talked about helping one another, and then he spoke about the highest form of charity, that being forgiveness. The best act of charity we can give one another is to forgive others their tresspasses. That is a very good lesson for all of us to remember.<br />
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Now, it was time to say good-bye. That is always hard to do as you never know if you will be coming back. But, I have this sneaking suspicion that we will be going back in six months.<br />
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I must say, the boat ride home was a ride to remember. I do not say that lightly, nor do I say that with any degree of fondness. We were met with the typical fall storms. In fact, we were already drenched before the captain even turned over the engine. Needless to say, it was a ride we will always remember. In fact it was too wild for the men to even fish. Now I know that's rough when they can't do that. Sorry no Tuna or Mahi Mahi to bring home this time. And it was too wet and wild to even take a picture. We were just glad we MADE IT HOME in one piece. Elder Becker's description of our trip was the most accurate of all, "it felt like we were on the spin and rinse cycle in a washing machine for nine hours." We tossed and turned, were rained and sprayed on by the waves, and were wet for the entire trip. As I sat there in my solace the words of two songs kept running through my head. And then I sang them out loud since nobody could hear me any way.<br />
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<i>Master the tempest is raging! The billows are tossing high!</i><br />
<i>The sky is o'er shadowed with blackness, No shelter nor help is nigh.</i><br />
<i>Carest thou not that we perish? How canst thou lie asleep.</i><br />
<i>When each moment so madly is threatning A grave in the angry deep?</i><br />
<i>Chorus:</i><br />
<i>The winds and the waves shall obey thy will: Peace, be still.</i><br />
<i>Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea or demons or men or what</i><br />
<i>ever it be, No waters can swallow the ship where lies The Master of ocean</i><br />
<i>and earth and skies. They all shall sweetly obey thy will: Peace be still;</i><br />
<i>peace, be still. They all shall sweetly obey thy will: Peace, peace, be still.</i><br />
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I prayed and prayed and prayed that the waves and the sea would be calmed. But it did not happen. The wind did not die down and the waves kept crashing in on us. What happened instead was that I received calm in my own heart. I had the faith that Heavenly Father could calm the seas if He wanted, but that was not His will. I knew that he was with us and protecting us, and I felt comforted by that thought. Then, my thoughts began to change gears and I started singing another song in my mind. At first it came to me in Marshallese (crazy, I know!), and then I would sing it in English. Funny how prayers are answered sometimes. But, this gave me peace, especially as I thought about the words to the hymn.<br />
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<i>Count your Blessings</i><br />
<i>When upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, </i><br />
<i>thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings; name them one by one,</i><br />
<i>And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.</i><br />
<i>Chorus: </i><br />
<i>Count your blessings; Name them one by one. Count your blessings;</i><br />
<i>See what God hath done. Count your blessings;</i><br />
<i>Name them one by one. Count your many blessings; See what God hath done.</i><br />
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Marshallese chorus:<br />
<i>Bwini menin joij kajo iair! Bwini im lo bwe ej Yokwe Yuk!</i><br />
<i>Bwini im lo watok kajo iaiar, Bwini menin joij an Anij non yuk.</i><br />
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I have been blessed in so many ways that I will never be able to count them all. I am grateful for all the experiences and people in my life who have made my life so rich. Jerammon aolep! (Blessings to all)<br />
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Donat is similar to the American version of doughnut holes. It's a round piece of slightly sweet soft dough that is dropped into hot shortening and then fried up to perfection. What most interested me is the soft dough. The dough is so soft that you cannot form it into the balls by rolling it in your hands the conventional way. The ball is formed by putting a little bit of the dough into your hand. Then, using a quick motion, you flip it about three times to get a good ball shape. Then you just squeeze the dough from your hand as you drop it into the hot grease. The balls are then cooked until nicely browned on the outside. And, Voile! they are ready to eat! No added toppings are necessary, no powdered sugar or frosting is added. You just eat them as they are. They have a slightly sweet taste, and are very addictive!<br />
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Donuts are basically the same thing, only they are rolled out onto a board with a little flour and then are cut out into a circle with the top of a glass or lid, similar to the typical american doughnut. A hole is then poked in the center of the cut out piece of dough, and then cooked up in the same way in the hot shortening.<br />
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The BEST way to eat donat is RIGHT after they are done. HOT. FRESH. Crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. YUM, YUM!<br />
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Here is as close as I could come to a recipe. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Marshallese Donat or Donut</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3 cups flour</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">6 tsp baking powder</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2 eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/4 cup sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/2 cup milk</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3/4 cup water</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">pinch of yeast</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1 tsp shortening</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mix together. Add more water if needed to make a soft dough.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Fry in melted shortening over medium heat.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Donats are dropped into the grease by squeezing through the hand and making a ball.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-29339812440427300342014-09-04T20:52:00.000-07:002014-09-04T21:05:08.735-07:0024th of July Pioneer Day on Kwajalein!<br />
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Thursday, July 24, 2014<br />
What? Pioneer Day in the Marshall Islands? I know, crazy!<br />
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<b>Pioneer Day</b> is an official holiday celebrated on July 24 in the U.S. State of<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Legal_holidays_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Day_%28Utah%29#cite_note-Legal_holidays-1"></a></sup> Utah. In addition, there are some celebrations in regions of the surrounding states originally settled by Mormon pioneers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Day_%28Utah%29#cite_note-2"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Day_%28Utah%29#cite_note-3"></a></sup> It commemorates the entry of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Day_%28Utah%29#cite_note-4"></a></sup> where The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints settled after being forced from Nauvoo, Illinois, and other locations in the eastern United States of America.<br />
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Alison Sok, a member of the Kwajalein Branch, wanted to have some kind of commemoration of that day, so we told her if she wanted to head it up, then we would support her efforts. So, a big thanks to Alison for all her efforts! Decorations were gathered (a limited resource!), the large pavilion was reserved, materials for crafts were purchased, and food was prepared for our one-of-a-kind 24th of July Celebration in the Marshall Islands. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diane Elliott, and the Tippetts</td></tr>
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Not everyone has what we would term "pioneer stock" in their family, or should I say, members of their family that immigrated across the plains in the mid 1800's. But in one way or another, we all have pioneers in our family heritage. So we wanted to put out a salute to everyone in our lives who persevered and worked hard to pave the way for each and every one of us. Toward that end, everyone was asked to bring food items that represented their family ancestry. We ended up with a nice ethnic blend of food, ranging from Swedish meatballs and danish cookies to Chili and cornbread.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parkers and Dr. Skinner dishing up some food</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Happy Pioneer Day" sign at the food bar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Sok making donuts! Yum!</td></tr>
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Elder Becker used to teach the Virginia Reel when he taught 5th grade,
so we offered our services to teach everyone how to square dance. We downloaded some suitable music, did a quick review of the dance steps, and we were ready to go! The Virginia Reel is a pretty easy dance to teach and learn, so even the young children were able to follow along. A good number of us, young and old alike, tried out our skills for the fun event. We worked up a good sweat in the humid pacific air! And everyone did a wonderful job at following along.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">instructions from Elder Becker, all dressed for the part in jeans and a button down shirt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greeting our partner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all a blur as we swing. I was able to find a red handkerchief that I tied around my neck for the occasion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">here we come as the lead couple!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swinging! (sorry it's all a blur, my iPad can't handle the action shots!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a little do-si-do around your partner and back</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">even the little girls got to lead the group</td></tr>
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We also had a crafts table to occupy the kids, big and little. There was a game with mason jars and clothespins to see how many clothespins you could drop from your nose into the jars. And for crafts, there were little stick dolls, made with coffee filters, sticks, and markers. Even the boys got involved!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alison helping at the craft table</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rapt attention at the craft table</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">voila, the finished product! cute little stick doll </td></tr>
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We thought our night was going to end there, but we had ONE MORE adventure in store for us that night. We headed back to the Sok's house after the party and were visiting away. Next thing we know is we get a call from the Dock Security Checkpoint asking where we were. What? We were right here visiting, of course! Long story short - we mis-read the ferry schedule and we missed the LAST ferry of the night back to Ebeye! Yikes! My heart dropped and I was sick to my stomach! I was so afraid that our privileges for coming onto Kwajalein Army base were over. Argggggh. I couldn't believe it! This was the first time we had come over to Kwaj on a week night (Thursday) and we had not taken into account the different schedule. One the weekend there is a 10pm ferry, but we now know <i>very well</i>, the last boat during the week is at 9:15pm. Since it is an Army Base, in order for us to get onto the base we have to have a sponsor check us in and out. So those times are very precious to us. We can stay no more than 12 hours, and have to be off the base at the end of the day. There is no spending the night, at least for our type of sponsorship. So, we headed back to the dock, and profusely apologized to the security people. They were very kind and tried to find us a water taxi, but to no avail. So, to end the story, we ended up <b>spending the night</b> in the ferry terminal! Yes, you heard me right! We couldn't stay on base, so that was our only option. We settled in for the night and waited for the next boat, which left at 4:20 am the next morning. We had our iPads for reading, two blankets that were loaned to us, and a couple of desk chairs for comfort (security took pity on us and didn't make us sit on the hard benches for 6 hours). And we waited, and waited, and read, and read, and read. I tried to sleep a little, too. At 4am we jumped up eager to board the ferry home.<br />
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Whew! What a crazy ending to the night! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-26817109489719181202014-08-22T01:12:00.001-07:002014-08-22T01:26:40.981-07:00What do we do?Many of you may be wondering just what are we doing here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? To summarize, we are missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We were called to serve in the Marshall Islands Majuro Mission for 23 months. Our mission covers a huge area, spanning from the Marshall Islands, south to the Kiribati Islands ( I previously knew them as the Gilbert Islands) and then to the tiny Republic of Nauru. It is the largest mission in our world-wide church. However, if you measure by land mass, we are only about the size of Maryland in the United States. We could have been assigned to serve anywhere within our mission boundaries (except Nauru, which we are still working on to accept missionaries), but our mission president was inspired to put us on Ebeye. We were officially called to be MLS missionaries. <b>M</b>ember <b>L</b>eader <b>S</b>upport. Basically that means we do whatever is needed! Simple! We are here to support the members in the Kwajalein District. We are not here to take over. We are here to stand by their sides, leading and guiding. We are to lend support and help in whatever capacity that may mean. Our purpose is give them guidance so they can be self sustaining in running their church units. There are three Branches (congregations) on Ebeye, one on Kwajalein Army Base (four miles south of us, and a ferry ride away), and one on Lae Atoll (90 miles away). No day is really the same, so we just go with the flow. Much of our support comes in the form of attending Sunday meetings, attending leadership meetings, speaking in various capacities, teaching (institute/Young Adults and Temple Preparation), assisting the Branch clerks and Branch Presidencies with recording and updating records, coordinating temple trips, family history work, participating in or coordinating service projects, supporting the young missionaries, and whatever else comes our way. Oh, and enduring nine hour boat rides to Lae every six months (and then five more hours on to Ujae)! <br />
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We have been living on this tiny little island of Ebeye in the Kwajalein
Atoll for about ten months now. And we will probably be here for another
year unless our assignment should change (highly unlikely). We pretty much stay right here on our
little Island in the Kwajalein Atoll, except for the occasional boat ride. We love it here. And we feel loved here. This is our home. We are surrounded by many, many wonderful people who make our
time here worthwhile and rewarding. We feel the warmth and the love (not just from the sun!) as we walk around the island, greeted by young and old alike.<br />
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Here are some photos, in no particular order, that capture some of the essence of what we do. I don't take pictures of our Sunday meetings, so know that our Sunday is FULL of meetings and singing! Oh, I love the singing in Marshallese! We attend all three Branches on Ebeye every Sunday, as well as attend other meetings. On occasion we go over to the Kwajalein Branch to speak or to just visit. Many Sundays our day goes from 9:30 am to 9:30 pm. Needless to say, Sunday is generally our busiest day of the week. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready for a meeting to start with some of the missionaries and Branch leaders</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">decorating Christmas cookies for Christmas baskets with the Kwaj sisters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fixing a bike, never know when you will be needed!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Young Women and their mothers at Mother-Daughter night. I was privileged to be one of the speakers that night. Aren't they all so beautiful?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We attend many Yokwes, going away parties.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">making sandwiches for the school children</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delivering lunches to the special needs students at the local public school</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attending one of the many activities and enjoying their Marshallese dancing </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Speaking at a meeting, with Pres. Kajai as his interpreter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attending the wedding of Kamina and Mickey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Men of honor cutting the cake! Pres. Kajai 2nd Counselor Kwaj District Pres., Branch 1 Pres. Loeak, Branch 2 Pres. Jibas, Branch 3 Pres. Anjain, and Elder Becker</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">attending a funeral at another church to support the members</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">District leaders who helped us find a home for the missionaries on Ujae.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helping with a service project to clean up the island.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visiting with some of the Kwaj members (Skinners and Tippetts) after speaking in Sac. meeting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feasting on Kwaj before Family Home Evening with the members and Pres. and Sister Weir.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attending meetings on Lae (notice the cloth in Elder Becker's hand? that's for wiping sweat). No A/C here.</td></tr>
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In addition to supporting the members, we also help out the young missionaries assigned to Ebeye. You could say we kind of have our own mini mission on Ebeye (the mission home is on Majuro, a one hour plane ride away). There are six young Elders and two Sister missionaries assigned to proselyte on Ebeye. We are here for them and try to help them with whatever need they might have - living accommodations, personal, or financial. We try to fill whatever needs are there.<br />
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One thing we do is take care of apartment issues. We have dealt with flooding, broken fixtures, holes in walls, mice infestations, missionaries being locked out, cleaning filthy apartments. The list goes on and on.... We also do apartment cleaning checks (my least favorite job) and we purchase items for the apartments. This includes monthly purchases for phone cards, prepaid electricity, and never ending kitchen and cleaning supplies.<br />
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We also attend weekly missionary district meeting along with a variety of other meetings, cook (on occasion for the missionaries and visitors), and maintain the checkbook and the finances. We are also their first go-to when they have a medical issue. We have a stocked medical first aid kit if the need should arise and a mission nurse just a phone call away, if we don't know what to do. We have also been the listening board and the shoulder to lean on. We love to hang out with them and we try to make their holidays away from home as memorable as possible. We can't fix all the comfort foods for them, but we do the best we can with what we have.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cooking Thanksgiving dinner, thanks to a donated turkey!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">missionaries at our place for dinner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Missionaries gathering at our place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One-on-one time with a sister missionary</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">attending baptisms in the lagoon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">listening to updates from Pres. Weir on one of his visits</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">making goodies, of course! cinnamon rolls, good to the last drop! It doesn't even look like there was anything in the pan!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">feeding the poor and the hungry. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">greeting new missionaries at the dock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">receiving support from our mission President, Pres. Weir, & his wife</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">playing Ticket to Ride on P-Day with the sisters!</td></tr>
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I am sure there are many items that are not represented here, but this is some of what we enjoy as we serve with these awesome missionaries and the beautiful people of the Kwajalein District. As it states in the scriptures, "when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." Mosiah 2:17. And that is exactly how we feel. We are doing this for Him. It is our privilege to be here serving in this capacity. Our lives have been blessed as we have labored in this part of the Lord's vineyard. And we know our family has been blessed as well. We have come closer to our Heavenly Father as we have been in His service. We know that we have been put on this earth for a reason, that our Heavenly Father has a plan. And if we listen to His words, He will show us the way. We love our brother, Jesus Christ, and are grateful for His sacrifice he made for us. In this we testify in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-20946365108555310262014-07-23T19:15:00.000-07:002014-07-23T19:15:01.592-07:00Fire, fire, everywhere!<br />
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In recent days I have been disheartened after reading story after story of wild fires that are burning up parts of my homeland. Fires primarily started by nature (lightning strikes). Fires out of control. Fires fueled by dry grasses, trees, strong winds and hot temperatures. And, unfortunately, fueled by wooden structures and homes (which makes me sick to my stomach). We had our own little fire on Ebeye Island this month, too. On July 9. It was nothing to match the power of these wild fires, but it burned all the same! It seems I just can't get escape the powerful grasp of this act of nature. Even on a little island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by water. <br />
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I grew up in a small town in the United States of America. More specifically, out west in the small town of Ephrata, Washington. (Yay, go TIGERS!) It is smack dab in the middle of the state. I still say it's one of the best places to be raised as a kid! Small town, USA. Central Washington. I lived there for all 18 of my growing up years. It was a town surrounded by farming land and fresh air (some of it country fresh air, if you know what I mean!). Right now that little town is surrounded by wild fires. Thousands of acres burning out of control. Thick smoke hazing the skies, turning the sun into an orange orb, and polluting the air.<br />
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There are also fires raging near the town where I have lived my entire married life (except for the past year that we have lived in the Marshall Islands). Boise, Idaho. That is still in the western part of the United States, but a little further south and east. Fires there are raging in the desert and in the mountains. Friends complaining of the poor quality of air, being cautioned to stay indoors. It seems like fire is touching lives of many loved ones, near and far.<br />
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Then, just this month, we experienced our own little fire on our little 80 acre island of Ebeye. We have very few restaurants here on this island. One, is at the Hotel Ebeye, the second is the fast food area in the Triple J Department store, and the third <i><b>WAS</b> </i>La Bojies, or the "Sit N' Eat", as we referred to it.<br />
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Whenever we had visitors from Kwajalein or Majuro we would often go out for lunch or dinner, and we usually ended up at the Sit N' Eat. You could order a large variety of items, including Yakisoba noodles, Chow Mein, Sashimi, Lumpia, sandwiches, and yes, hamburgers and fries!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lunch with some of the Kwaj ladies, Kathy Skinner, Terry Edelen, Hillary Whatcott, and Alison Sok</td></tr>
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Whenever the Marshall Islands Majuro Mission President, President Weir, and his wife came to visit, we would end our Saturday activities dining at this restaurant. I even had the "pleasure" of a little mouse running back and forth behind me next to the wall while I was eating my dinner. It made it a little hard to finish my meal, to say the least. And to not shriek! In fact, I think that's about when I lost my appetite. But I did not yell or make a scene. <br />
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Sad to say, we were woken up early one day this month by our sister missionaries, Sister Tafili and Sister Chamings, around 6:30 am. The fire started due to an electrical short, and the whole building went down in flames. All two stories. July 9, 2014<br />
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Miraculously, there were no injuries. And even more miraculous, it was the only structure that burned down! I thought for sure the whole neighborhood was going to burn down. The houses are built so close together, often with no gap in between with portions made with dry, dry wood. I felt certain the fire would take off and make it all the way to our apartment complex, which fortunately is a concrete structure. Fortunate for us, the wind was blowing west into the lagoon. If it had been blowing south we would have been doomed! We have no fire department, so most of us just watched it burn to the ground. Aided with a back hoe, a water tanker, and a few hoses, they were able to contain the flames to the single piece of property. Farewell Sit N' Eat!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the roof of our apartment building, with a sea of houses in between us and the fire.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going up in flames. The rain was pouring down and the wind was whipping!</td></tr>
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That evening we decided to take a walk down to the site of the fire. It hadn't even been 12 hours since the fire started. What we saw was amazing. They had bull dozed the fire to the back of the lot, along the lagoon side. Fire was still smouldering in the back, but that did not stop their progress. They had put down cement barriers and were moving in a silver trailer (one the King owned) on a crane for those displaced by the fire. AMAZING! This just shows you, when the right person wants something done, things can happen fast. <br />
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I'm not sure what is more crazy. The fire or bringing in the trailer!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-91862567132829513922014-07-02T22:49:00.001-07:002014-07-02T22:49:34.495-07:00Lae & Ujae Island #4 - Ujae Island Trip<br />
Sister Becker and I went to Lae Island for five days back in May and I am finally getting around to writing about an additional excursion I took during one of those days to Ujae Island. The reason for going to Ujae Island was to open it up to missionary work for the church. A few months ago the District Presidency, High Councilors and me went to see Iroij (King) Mike Kabua, who lives on a small island just a couple miles north of Ebeye. We needed to get permission to go to Ujae Island and open that island up for LDS Missionaries to proselytize. One has to get permission from the king of the island in order to go there and do this type of work. Iroij Mike Kabua was very polite and granted us permission to do what we requested.<br />
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After spending the first three days of our five day trip on Lae Island doing church related work it was time to head to Ujae. The District Presidency, High Councilors, three elders and me (about 17 brethren) woke up at 2:00 AM on Monday, May 26th for our one day trip. By the time we all got on board the 50 ft. boat and were ready to leave it was 3:00. The trip to Ujae was rather uneventful. The stars and moon were so beautiful. It is amazing when you are out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a dark and clear night how many stars one is able to see. It reminded me of the beautiful starlit sky at night while camping in the mountains back in Idaho. It does make one believe what I have heard that there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on the earth. What was supposed to be a three hour, 30 mile, boat ride to Ujae in reality took five hours. It actually did take three hours to get to Ujae from Lae, but what I didn't know is that one has to go past Ujae for another 10 miles before one could find safe passge for the boat into the Ujae Atoll. It was very sad to see Ujae and then lose sight of that island for one hour before entering the atoll and heading back for one hour to the island. <br />
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All of us brethren had worn comfortable casual clothes while on the boat, but once we reached Ujae we changed into our white shirts, ties, and dress slacks since it was missionary work that we had been asked to do. Upon arriving at Ujae Island the pilot of the boat had to blow the fog horn in order to get the attention of the people. Within a few minutes we saw a few men get into a small motor boat and head our way. It took a few trips to haul all of us to the island along with all of the supplies we had brought. We took with us gifts of rice (always), ramen, crackers, chicken, etc. We were greeted by approximately 100 islanders and were adorned with leis around our necks.<br />
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After a three hour boat ride we passed beautiful Ujae Isand on the outside of the atoll and returned two hours later on the inside of Ujae Atoll.</div>
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After arriving on Ujae Island we followed Brother Joel Jeik and one of his nieces around the island. Brother Jeik is a High Councilor in the Kwajalein District and was raised on Ujae Island. He has a few siblings and many other relatives still living here. His father, who now lives in Nevada, owns a few houses on Ujae and he has offered to rent one of the houses to our two missionary elders once they arrive on the island. Our main goal in going to Ujae was to visit with a few of the people, let them know that LDS Missionaries would be arriving soon, and find appropriate housing for two elders.<br />
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Typical housing on Ujae island.</div>
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This is a view of Ujae Island on the ocean side of the island. You will notice that there is very little sand and mostly very shallow corral which makes it impossible to land or unload a boat. This is why we had to go an hour past the island and find a place to enter the atoll.</div>
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Several of the brethren and a couple of women on the main path. There are no cars on Ujae.</div>
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Johannes Seremai, Rafael Abaya, unknown islander, and Elder Becker</div>
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This is a picture of most of the brethren that went to Ujae Island.</div>
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After walking for about 45 minutes from the northwestern end of the island to the southeastern end we reached the area where Brother Jeik's father owned several homes. Brother Rafael Abaya (Marshall Islands Church Facilites Manager) and I along with the others inspected the first house. We soon discovered that conditions inside and outside the home were not suitable for elders to live in. The house itself needed a lot of work, the water catchment for drinking was green, slimey, with no cover and definitely was unsuitable for drinking (even using the church water filtering system that we have), and the outside toilet was a community toilet. The Church requires that missionaries have their own private restroom facilities. There was also a large 4 inch spider that had taken up residency in the toilet. Brother Abaya and I mentioned to Brother Jeik that this house was not going to work and that we would like to look at another house. He told us that this was the only empty house that his father owned and that there were no others to look at. We asked him if there was anyone we could possibly talk to on the island that may have a suitable house to rent and he did not know anyone that did. Brother Abaya and I both talked and came to the conclusion that we had just taken a five hour boat ride to Ujae only to get here and not find a place for elders. We figured we would just have to report to President Weir (Marshall Islands missionary president) that we had been unsuccessful. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The water catchment container at the first house we looked at. Notice
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We started the discouraging walk back towards the northwestern end of the island with Rafael Abaya and me leading the way. We had only walked for about five minutes when both Rafa and I stopped and looked on the right side of the path at a small pink house. We both said look at this nice looking place. It has nice paint, the interior is clean, it has two bedrooms with a large living room, the restroom outside is only for this house, there is a nice covered cooking area outside, the water catchment container has a cover on it and the water is clean, and finally the patio cover outside would be ideal for church services and meetings until the church grows and a chapel could be built. We both agreed now if this was the house then there would be no problem having missionaries stay here. We had no sooner said this when up walks Brother Jeik. He asked why we had stopped and we explained to him that the house we were looking at right now was the kind of place we were looking for. He looked at both of us and said, "Okay that is fine. You can have it to rent for the elders." We explained to him that it looked like it was already occupied. He said that it was and that his sister and brother-in-law lived in it. He proceeded to tell us that they would fix up the one we had previously looked at and that they would move into it and the elders could move into this one. Neither Rafa or I could believe it. We tried to explain to Joel that the last thing we wanted to do was to upset people on Ujae and have them spread rumors about the LDS Church and about how mean we were to force people from their homes. Joel Jeik then told us that he was the eldest sibling in the family and the Marshalleise custom is that the younger siblings have to respect the decisions of the eldest sibling. Later we also found out that the islanders believe that if they do anything nice for missionaries (or spiritual leader) of any religion then their own lives will be blessed. We met a little later with Joel's sister and brother-in-law and they both smiled and agreed that they would be more than happy to move. This event that had just taken place increased my faith and testimony. The Lord was not going to let us leave Ujae Island without having us complete our mission of finding suitable housing for two elders.<br />
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Bill Albert standing under the patio of the house that we are renting for two Ujae Elders. Standing in the back in the yellow shirt is Joel Jeik's brother-in-law and that is his son standing by Bill Albert.</div>
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After having completing our mission of finding suitable housing on Ujae Island for two elders it was time to head back to Lae Island. We had been on the island for three hours and it was now 11:00 AM. It took about an hour for us to board the large boat as it took a couple of trips to load everyone using the small motor boat. We were surprised upon boarding the boat for the return trip to Lae that there were already nine people (also a large live pig) on the boat that had not come with us from Lae. Come to find out that if a boat arrives on your island and it is going where you want to go then it is okay to get on whether there is room or not. </div>
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The five hour ride back to Lae Island was not nearly as smooth as the ride to Ujae Island earlier in the morning. Once we left the atoll the weather turned bad. The wind picked up creating huge waves, some clouds moved in and it rained for a while. The waves were so large that the front of the boat, where I happened to be seated, would lift up out of the water and slam back down causing water to splash everywhere. In fact the waves were so large that a couple of the men that were seated in the bow of the boat were lifted off their seats back and onto the floor of the boat. I then chose to wedge myself between the edge of the boat and the holds in the front of the boat. I did get wet, but at least I wasn't going to get get thrown out of the boat. I had taken enough Dramamine before we left Ujae that eventually I was able to fall asleep. Once we entered the Lae Atoll the lagoon was nice and calm. It had been a great trip to Ujae and our mission of finding suitable housing for the elders had been accomplished.</div>
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The next morning, May 27th at 8:00 AM we boarded the boat one last time for our nine hour boat ride back home to Ebeye Island. The return trip had about 47 people on board along with two live pigs and one live chicken. The nine people from Ujae plus some additional people from Lae boarded the boat. They attempted to get approximately 60 people on board, but that was too many. We found out later that the occupancy for the boat is not to exceed 25 people, not counting the pigs and chicken. The weather on the return back was rather calm and the waves were not too bad. Joel Jeik caught a yellow finned tuna and Carlson Kilma caught a mahi-mahi. Once the fish was gutted and cut up the people pulled limes out of their pockets and consumed most of the fish right then and there. Brother Kilma offered Sister Becker and I some of the raw mahi-mahi to eat but we declined and said that we would love to take some home. He proceeded to cut off a huge piece and gave it to us. We took it to our apartment and cooked (not raw for me) it the next day. It was by far the best fish I have eaten in my life. </div>
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After being gone from Ebeye for five days Sister Becker and I were so happy to be home. The trip was one of the best trips we have ever been on in our lives both physically and spiritually. The beauty of the Pacific Islands and the wonderful friendly people that we met and associated with is difficult to match anywhere in the world. We have come to love Ebeye and indeed it has become our home. As we went to bed that night after a long shower, in an air conditioned apartment with running water, and internet (we emailed all of our children and let them know that we had arrived safely back on Ebeye) we said our prayers to Our Heavenly Father and thanked him for the memorable and safe trip to Lae and Ujae Islands. </div>
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As a side note we have already placed two elders on Ujae Island. Elder Price and Elder Tui'tupou hopped on a boat on June 13th and arrived there the next day. It is unbelievable that after opening up that island to missionaries only nineteen days earlier we already have missionaries there. This week we received an email from the missionary office in Majuro that the two elders there are in need of baptismal clothing. The Lord's work moves along quickly and in the right direction when He wants things done.</div>
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LAE ISLAND! We finally made it!<br />
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Nothing can prepare you for the experience of being on a remote Island in the Pacific. And when I say remote, I mean REMOTE. Nine-hours-by-boat remote. Many friends and family have been on vacations to exotic places in the Caribbean, South America, and even the South Pacific. They talk about how they experienced the wiles of an exotic tropical island. Yes, you may have had a tropical vacation, but this does not come close to describing what we experienced on Lae Island. This island reminded me of the movie "The Other Side of Heaven." If you haven't seen it, then I recommend you do. It is based on the true story by John Groberg when he was called to serve a mission in the Tongan Islands in the 1950s.<br />
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When you step onto Lae Island you truly take a step back in time. A place unadulterated by the outside world (for the most part). A place where there are no resorts, no pools, no air-conditioning, no paved roads, no cars, no refrigeration, no stores, no running water, no ovens, no phones and internet (OK, occasional access at the NTA "office"; more on that later). It kind of reminded me of living on a perpetual camping trip. For some, it's not much different than what they have on Ebeye, except there are no stores. It was one of the coolest things I have ever done in my life so far and I can check it off of my list of things to do someday. Remote island? Check!<br />
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After our nine hour boat ride from Ebeye Island in the Kwajalein Atoll we finally sailed into the Lae Atoll. The atoll is too shallow for large boats to dock, so we dropped anchor a few hundred yards off shore. We ferried to the island via small motor boat from our "large" 50 ft. fishing vessel. As we approached the island our eyes were busily taking in all the sights. The clear clean water, the white sand, palm trees swaying in the breeze, the scattering of buildings up on shore, and a long line of islanders waiting to greet us on land. The women were dressed in colorful Marshallese dresses and many of the men and boys were dressed in white shirts, ties and pants. As we approached shore our ears detected the beautiful melodic Marshallese singing, accompanied by a ukulele. There began our adventure on Lae Island for the next five days.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to Lae Island! Now this is what I have dreamed of! The women and girls were in front singing with flower leis in their hands, and the men and boys in the back of the line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here I am with my beautiful (and oh so fragrant) flower lei and a fresh coconut to drink. I don't think I look too bad, if I don't say so myself, after our 9 hr. boat ride! Behind me is the church building and to the right is the Elder's apartment. </td></tr>
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Our time on Lae Island ran from Friday night to Tuesday morning, May 23-27, 2014. Our time was filled with various meetings and a little relaxation thrown in for good measure! We had our regular Church meetings on Sunday (Sacrament meeting, Primary, Priesthood Meeting), and then we held a fireside, a Family Home Evening, and leadership training. I visited the local people with the Sister missionaries and we also spent time cleaning up the church membership records. We also distributed clothing, toys and other goods to the members on Lae. The men spent most of Monday in a boat to Ujae Atoll with the purpose of opening it up to missionaries (that will be post #4). And then, who can resist walking on the beach looking for shells, playing a game of volleyball, watching them shinny up the trees to collect fresh coconuts, watching the women prepare local fare, or watching them catch a live pig for our dinner? Nary a dull moment! <br />
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Come with me as we stroll through our weekend in pictures. I hope you enjoy it as much I did! I will try to explain it a little as we go. I must warn you, though, this is a LONG post. There are just too many pictures.<br />
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After all the supplies were unloaded from the boat, we were fed royally! They had tables set up in the church building and they served us food in freshly woven baskets made from the palm leaves. OK, now I am living the good life!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is about all I could eat (I was still rocking from the waves) .... until they brought me this warm coconut pudding-like goodness (front right). Heavenly!</td></tr>
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All of the cooking happened inside and around the outdoor cooking huts. This is where all the food was cooked and served. The food was cooked over a fire primarily stoked by old coconut shells. The short walls let the air/wind circulate through the hut, while keeping wandering chickens and children out!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooking breadfruit in the coals. They cooked the fruit until it blackened, then they scraped off the blackened skin with broken bits of glass. Then it was returned to the fire to cook and repeat the process. Notice the women just sit right on the coral! They are tough women!</td></tr>
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The Kwajalein District, lead by Sister Seremai, brought many items for the members on Lae. Clothing, toys, sandals, flip-flops, candy, treats, toiletries, sheets, towels, and many other items were all donated by the caring sisters from the District. These were carefully and systematically distributed to the children and women.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this little girl cracked me up. I don't think we were ever able to make her smile. I don't think she liked our white skin. Somehow she managed to snag an extra bear as well!</td></tr>
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We "kicked" the Elders out of their apartment, so this is where Elder Becker and I slept. I purchased an inflatable mattress for the trip enabling us to get a half decent sleep. We primarily used the apartment to sleep and to shower. Every time we went into the apartment there would be little children standing outside trying to get a look at what we were doing. They would stand and just stare for what seemed like forever until we would shoo them away. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Elder's apartment, with slatted glass windows. That, folks, is island air-conditioning! The building on the right holds the toilets (only for the Elders) and a storage room. Not sure what Sister Tafili and Elder Becker are doing looking into the bathroom?? Did they spot a spider or something?</td></tr>
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The sister missionaries slept in the Primary room, just off the chapel inside the church. It was a nice and secure place for them to sleep and study. They also had an inflatable mattress to sleep on since we had purchased one for Pres. and Sister Weir. Since Weirs couldn't come the sisters gladly slept on it. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">little piggies running around all over!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water catchment system for the shower. The green barrel was full of water, then you had to pump a lever (about 100 times) to draw the water up into the small grey barrel. This fed into the small shower stall inside the apartment. The water came out of the pipe, similar to water out of a garden hose. Cool and refreshing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kitchen. The Elders have a sink, a couple of drawers for their dishes, a butane hot plate for cooking and a table with 2 chairs for eating and study. That's about it! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"our" bedroom. wood floors, slatted glass windows, the bed against the wall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleaning up the common area in the morning. The hut in back was where the Elders slept. Top picture shows the inside of the hut (made for Young Women meetings) with woven palm mats to sleep on. The fresh green mats are surprisingly soft and cool.<br />
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The sisters were helping to sweep before they took their "bucket" showers. They opted not to use the "real" shower in the Elder's apartment. tough girls!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">waiting for a meeting to start inside the chapel</td></tr>
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Saturday night we held a fireside for the Branch. We have about 95 members of the church on Lae. There are about 300 people on Lae Island, so about 1/3 of the island attend church. Several of us visitors from the District were asked to speak and share our testimonies. Elder Becker and I talked about the temple and our love for the temple. The other speakers spoke on prophets, the
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15-20 minutes. Each meeting was a spiritual experience. The fine leaders of the Lae Branch are doing a wonderful job leading the congregation. <br />
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After the fireside we ate a typical late dinner, about 9:30pm.<br />
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Sunday meetings went as usual, almost as if we were back home attending Sacrament meeting in the states. We had Sacrament meeting, followed by classes for the Priesthood and the Primary. The Relief Society women adjourned to the cooking hut where they had to start preparing food for the large group of people.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beauties on the beach! Sister Tafili, Thelma Ned, Sister Butler joined by a little islander</td></tr>
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After dinner we visited and played games, and I even joined in the fun, making funny animal sounds and dancing. They told me I was a pretty good dancer! Not sure about that, but it was fun! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">walking on the beach with these beautiful sisters and Elder Becker. (notice my plastic bag for shells!) I can't walk on a beach and not collect shells!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the only way to cross was to wade through</td></tr>
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We wandered through the rest of the island, escorted by our missionaries. We visited with members, met new friends, including a doctor, and took in all the sights.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">frying breadfruit chips. Yummy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new elementary school to open this fall!</td></tr>
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And then it was almost time to go home to Ebeye before we knew it. But first there were a couple of things to do before we say goodbye to our new found friends.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then the women sang to us at our farewell Yokwe. So, touching! I shed tears as they sang their good bye songs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sending us home with lots of new jewelry, all lovingly hand stitched</td></tr>
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Farewell to our wonderful friends on Lae! God be with you til we meet again! A finer group of people could never be found. It is so true that no matter where you go in this world you will find true and valiant people who share your same values. These people have firm testimonies of the gospel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They have the same faith, as do I, that if we live righteously then we can live once again with our Heavenly Father and with our families. And when we do, I hope to be there with these fine people once again. I love you, my friends from Lae. You will ever be in my heart.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-63249383893526430542014-06-20T20:56:00.000-07:002014-06-20T21:13:01.695-07:00Lae and Ujae Island #2 - the boat rideMay 23, 2014 Friday <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here it is! Our means of transportation for our 9 hour trip to Lae! Inside seating was for only the captain and his crew of two. There is a smaller-than-an airline bathroom through the door on the left. And, yes, before the nine hours was up I did have to cave in and use the facilities.</td></tr>
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Friday morning dawned early for us in anticipation of our boat trip to see the beautiful people of the Lae and Ujae Islands. Our party consisted of Elder Becker and me, the Kwajalein District Presidency, members of the District High Council, two church facilities people, three young missionaries, and a few others (including one small child and a nursing baby!) to bring the total to 29 people. We had one elder missionary on board that was to switch places with an elder now serving on Lae. We also had two sister missionaries with us, Sister Butler and Sister Tafili. After weeks and weeks of asking, reasoning and perhaps nagging, Pres. Weir finally relented to let them go if they worked real hard. The idea had been bounced around of whether or not it would be feasible to put sister missionaries on an island, and we thought this would be the perfect test! Needless to say, they were more than ecstatic to go! And I was delighted to have them as my female companions. I just love our sisters! <br />
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The first line of order was to get the boat loaded with all of our belongings and supplies. The bulk of the goods had been loaded onto the boat the night before. Our boat is basically a fishing boat, so it has several deep holds that were easily filled up with supplies for the island people. We had thousands of pounds of rice, flour, and other food, as well as church materials, repair supplies, chairs, clothing and other household items. The list could go on and on. We took a large supply of food items to the people on Lae, but we also had to take enough food to feed our crew for five days. There were boxes and coolers placed in every corner and aisle on the boat. And the men so kindly covered the front of the boat with a tarp to help protect us from the elements. <br />
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We said a prayer and our good byes. Many friends, family, and church members were there to see us off. We started loading the boat at about 6am that morning and were ready to push off at 8am! I.was .amazed! First time we have ever done anything ahead of schedule here! We generally run on what we call "island time".<br />
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My little spot on the boat was right up front with my back to the cabin. There were no chairs for seating, so I had my plastic-encased pillow to sit on, with the wall for my back support. I had a pretty sweet spot as I could still catch fresh air from the outside, and I was shaded most of the time by the tarp. I also loaded up on Dramamine so I wouldn't get sea sick. That worked like a charm along with my motion sickness bracelets!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Relaxing and reading on my iPad which was encased in a ziplock bag to keep dry. The rest of me certainly was not keeping dry, especially my wind-blown hair. I can't complain as it actually helped to keep cool.</td></tr>
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We headed across the atoll, past Carlos Island, where it is deep enough for boats to safely leave the Kwajalein Atoll. After about one hour we could see nothing but water, water, and more water. We were in the middle of the ocean! And we never once saw another boat. At first it was kind of an unsettling thought, but then I assured myself that I was surrounded with some of the most faithful people in the district, prayers were being said on our behalf, and the captain had a radio!<br />
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<b>WHAT TO DO ON A BOAT FOR 9 HOURS?</b> <br />
Ok, time to relax. We are going to be here for a long time. What does one do on a boat like this for nine hours you ask? Let's see: <b> Read</b> (when the boat's not rocking too bad). <b>Sleep (</b>or just sit there in a daze)<b>. Sing</b>. <b>Gaze at the water.</b> <b>Sleep.</b> <b>Read. Stretch. Eat. Play a game. Fish. Look for flying fish (</b>yes, Elder Becker did see some)<b>. Read. Stretch. Sleep. Look for land.</b> I think that's about it. The loud sound of the boat and the waves made it too loud to carry on much of a conversation, but the Sister's and I did have fun singing hymns and we did play a guessing game. Some people slept most of the time away, but I'm not prone to sleeping when traveling, even with Dramamine, so I just sat there in a vegetative state for awhile when I couldn't read! ha, ha. Lots of time for thinking and self introspection.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My view from where I sat. I think everyone was <b>sleeping</b> at this point except for me and the little boy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Singing</b> hymns with Sister Butler. Notice all the coolers and boxes everywhere.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Stretching</b> and taking a picture of the back of the boat. The large red bag was my back rest.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little boy's mom was <b>sleeping</b>, so he was entertaining himself with a <b>game</b>.</td></tr>
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The one thing that finally brought us alive was to be among the first to sight land. Oh, what a welcome sight that was! The only problem with that though, is that it still takes a long, long time to get there once land has been sighted. We watched with rapt attention as the little dot on the horizon grew bigger and bigger and turned into an island. I can't describe how happy that made me feel! I guess that captain really does know what he's doing! Then, the hard part, we had to pass Lae Island to get inside the atoll through the only entrance deep enough for the boat to pass. It's hard to finally see land, and then watch it pass by. Patience, dear girl!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viewing Lae Atoll with rapt attention. We actually had to pass Lae Island (the largest island in the atoll - which always has the same name as the atoll), and go past the land, we so longingly had looked for, until we could turn around and enter the atoll through the pass in the coral reef.</td></tr>
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<b>FERRIED TO LAND</b> <br />
Once inside the atoll they took the tarps off the boat, and we waited for a small boat to ferry us and all our supplies to land. The water is so shallow, so we dropped anchor a good distance from land out in the lagoon. And that is where the boat stayed until we left.<br />
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Some may say this is a lot of detail for just the boat ride, but I wanted to devote a good amount of time to this because it took so stinking long to get there! Got that? Nine hours! Can you imagine that? We were on that boat for nine hours, and it didn't take you nine hours to read this! Ha, ha! We left at 8 am and arrived on Lae Island at 5pm. Honestly, I wanted to document our incredible journey, that for me was a journey into the unknown. <br />
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On this trip I was surrounded by so many good people, and I am so grateful to be able to call them friends. I pray for them daily, and I know they are doing the same for Elder Becker and me. I couldn't have asked to have traveled with a better group of people. I love these people with every fiber of my being, and I am grateful to be serving among them in the Marshall Islands. They were always concerned that I was doing OK or if I needed anything. Always thinking of others. I know Our Savior hears and listens to the prayers of these humble people, and I know he is blessing their lives as the gospel is being taught to them in these islands. My life has been blessed many times over because of these people. The blessing for me to not be sea sick AT ALL was a miracle and a first in my life. The blessings just continue. <br />
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Next up, Lae blog #3! Let's see the island and meet the people! I bet you can't wait! I can't either. I can't wait to relive this memory once again.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-52729239958149057072014-06-19T01:08:00.000-07:002014-06-19T01:18:48.702-07:00Lae and Ujae Island #1 - preparing for the tripYes, we are still alive and well here on Ebeye! And busy as ever. There are so many things I want to write about, but I thought it best to start by documenting our trip to Lae and Ujae Island on May 23- 27, 2014. That's five days of adventure! There are so many pictures and details to share with you, so thought it best to break it down in sections. It's been about three weeks since we returned (how time flies!), and we are still talking about our trip. Hopefully, the pictures have preserved some of the detail that we so soon forget, but even with pictures it is hard to relay the sights, smells, sounds, and feel of the entire experience. In one word: <i><b>INCREDIBLE</b>! </i>And <i><b>a-once-in-a-lifetime-experience</b>. </i>Ok, I guess that's not one word, but then again, one word cannot really describe this experience.<br />
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This trip to Lae Island has pretty much been in the works ever since Elder Becker's first trip to Lae back in October 2013, right after our arrival in the Marshall Islands. We had barely set foot on Ebeye Island when Pres.Weir asked Elder Becker if he would like to go on a four-day-five-hour boat trip to see the members in the Lae Atoll. Elder Becker gladly joined the entourage and had an amazing and memorable experience as the leaders in the Kwajalein District taught and trained the members of the church on Lae Island. The five hour boat ride, however, turned into nine hours, but that didn't seem like too much of a deterrent. Elder Becker just took lots of Dramamine and slept through most of it!<br />
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LAE ISLAND HERE I COME! <br />
This time the trip to Lae Island was going to include ME! Yippy Skippy! I wanted to go this time and I was so looking forward to it. After all, the men can't have all the "fun"! I had to stay back last time to set up and clean the new apartment, but I wasn't about to be left behind this time. No way! But, I knew this time it would be different. Sister Weir and I were going to fly in the plane and meet the rest of the group as they arrived in the boat. Easy, peasy. No boat ride for us women! No sirree! BIG CHANGE OF PLANS........ 1.) The small plane was (and still is) down for repairs for Air Marshall ("Air Maybe" as we call it) and no planes were flying to Lae, and 2.) Pres. and Sister Weir had to cancel out at the last minute. But, the show must go on and we continued preparations, by packing and gathering supplies.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>THE MARSHALL ISLANDS</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We live close to the middle in the Kwajalein Atoll where Ebeye Island is on the southeast portion of the atoll. Our boat was to leave Ebeye and travel 100 miles west to Lae Atoll; then 2 days later travel 30 miles northwest to Ujae Atoll. Each atoll has limited entrances deep enough for the boats to enter the lagoon in the atoll, which adds to the travel time and distance.</td></tr>
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PURPOSE OF OUR TRIP<br />
This trip was two-fold. 1.) Conduct leadership training with the members and leaders of the church on Lae Island, and 2.) Open up Ujae Island to missionaries. Ujae Atoll is another five-hour boat ride past Lae Atoll. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints missionaries have never set foot on this island. The Ujae Atoll has about 600 people on it and it has only one small Protestant church which serves about 30 people. Ujae has about twice as many people as Lae, and people have been waiting for the missionaries to come.<br />
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PERMISSION TO GO TO UJAE ATOLL<br />
Before we left for Lae, the leaders of the church in the Kwajalein District had to get permission from the Iroij (King) to place missionaries on the island. Mike Kabua, the King, lives on the island just north of Ebeye. The meeting was arranged and about 14 members of the District Presidency, High Council, and Elder Becker went bearing gifts. It is customary to take gifts to the King when making such transactions, so they went bearing gifts carried on their right shoulder (another part of the custom). These gifts consisted of rice, flour, ramen noodles, and soda pop. They had an audience with the King. Business was discussed, smiles and handshakes were exchanged, and permission was granted. Easy enough! All that pomp and circumstance and we were set to open up a new island with missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We felt like true pioneers.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-26787530121160090202014-04-04T03:16:00.000-07:002014-04-04T03:16:55.477-07:00My first lesson in Marshallese cooking - Bwiro (fermented breadfruit)!This past week I experienced a special treat and had my first lesson in making one of the dishes unique to the Marshall Islands - Bwiro. Breadfruit is prepared in various different ways depending on your location or country. Bwiro is a lightly sweet dish made from fermented breadfruit and coconut milk. The Sister missionaries (Sister Butler and Sister Tafili) and I were taught how to prepare it by two wonderful Marshallese sisters that live here on Ebeye, Rosa Loeak and Atrina Katol. Our little friend, Neitab Nebo also tagged along for the day (she's the sister's little shadow/helper and my dear little friend). The sister missionaries had some free time on their P-Day (preparation day), so it was a great treat to learn a little bit about the culture of the Marshallese people and learn how to make one of the dishes that is served on special occasions. I had previously eaten Bwiro, at Viliame's Kemmem (birthday party), and a couple of Iakwe's (going away parties), but I had no idea what I was eating. (Pretty brave of me, huh!?!) All I knew was that it was made from breadfruit, very dense, and had a slight coconut flavor (that's enough to get me to taste anything), but other than that it was a big mystery. To tell you the truth, I didn't even know what breadfruit was. :) So here goes, here is my little tutorial on <b>Bwiro</b>.<br />
First, what is breadfruit? <br />
<b>Breadfruit</b> (<i><b>Artocarpus altilis</b></i>) is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry family, growing throughout Southeast Asia and most of the Pacific Ocean islands. Its name is derived from the texture of the cooked fruit, which has a potato-like flavor, similar to freshly baked bread.<br />
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The Marshallese word for breadfruit = Mā. <br />
Breadfruit can be baked, boiled, steamed, fried, put in soup and prepared in many different ways. Some of these ways utilize the breadfruit when it is fresh, but for Bwiro the fruit is fermented. The fruit is peeled and cored and cut up into pieces. These pieces are then put into a porous cloth bag. The bag is then buried underground in a manner that will allow the liquid to drain out of the bag. These bags can also be stored in coolers, as long as they can have proper drainage. The bags can be stored for as short a time as three days before using, but generally breadfruit preserved in this manner can be stored for 12 or more months
before being eaten. Thus it has long served as an important emergency
food in times when food is scarce (for example, following disastrous
storms or other natural calamities). The breadfruit we used had been stored for three years! Yup, you heard me right, three years!<br />
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Sister Loeak and Sister Katol gathered and packed up all our supplies, including the bag of breadfruit, a propane stove, cooking supplies, board, water cooler (for drinking), and water jug to name a few things. Basically everything we would need to make and cook our Bwiro down by the beach.<br />
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From their homes we walked down to Beach Park which is located at the southern tip of Ebeye. I could smell the fermented fruit as we walked down the street with all our supplies. The odor was quite pungent and had a very distinct and unique smell. You could definitely smell the fermentation. Curiosity was rising as I was wondering just what we were in for! We hauled all our supplies right down to the ocean. The beach is at the southern tip of the land where the water flows through Kwajalein Atoll from the ocean into the lagoon. Big Bustard Island is just south of us and at a very low tide you can actually walk to Big Bustard Island.<br />
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Now the work starts! The cloth bag with the breadfruit is then immersed in the fast moving salt water to clean out the fruit. The bag is put into the water and they work the salty water through the fruit. Breaking up the pulp and rinsing out the fruit with their hands, they worked and worked and worked the water through the bag and it's contents. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">working the breadfruit up to their elbows. You can see the cloudy pulp coming through the bag into the ocean water.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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After a thorough washing with the salt water, the bag is taken over to a big piece of concrete and the water is squeezed out of the bag. The bag is worked over and over until the water is worked out of the bag. There are several broken pillars of concrete here on the beach from structures that have broken down over the years, but they come in real handy for this purpose. Who would've known!<br />
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Once they are satisfied that most of the water has been removed from the pulp, the bag is returned to the salt water and the process is started all over again. They work the bag through and through with their hands and arms until the water coming through the bag no longer looks cloudy. Then they take the bag back to the concrete block and squeeze the water out again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atrina taking a break; isn't she beautiful?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working the fruit in the salty ocean water, Atrina got right down into the water.</td></tr>
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At this point, it is now time for a third round, but this time using fresh water. Fresh water is worked through the bag after which it is then squeezed one more time to get rid of the excess water. Whew! I got tired just watching the process!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squeezing the water out AGAIN. (don't you love the beautiful colors on their dresses?)</td></tr>
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Now it is time for the next step to work the pasty pulp with our hands. A small amount of the pulp is put on a board and worked back and forth with the palm of the hand until it is nice and soft. It took a few trials, but we finally got the technique. Very fun! If they are preparing Bwiro for a large group they will have all the women in the family working portions of this paste on large boards.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atrina showed us the technique. Back and forth, back and forth with the palm of the hand.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My turn to work!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a little hand action!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Butler and Sister Tafili working double time!</td></tr>
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<br />The breadfruit is now ready to be cooked. Coconut milk (yum!), sweetened with sugar, is brought to a boil in a pot. Small pieces are broken off, rolled, and dropped into the boiling milk. The fruit is then boiled and cooked for a few minutes. The milk will boil down and get thick and can be poured over the breadfruit after it has been taken out of the pot. Now all that is left is to eat and enjoy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dropping the fruit into the boiling coconut milk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished product! Bwiro with the sweetened coconut milk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very dense substance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While we were working, Rosa also fixed us some lunch to go with our Bwiro! She cooked up some rice and then made a stew/corned beef hash/corn mixture. It was quite yummy!</td></tr>
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I had a wonderful afternoon with the Sister missionaries and our Marshallese Sisters. <br />
Kommol tata (Thank you very much), Rosa and Atrina!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-85631055902946012222014-03-28T03:05:00.000-07:002014-03-28T15:41:14.911-07:00Kwajalein FerryOn a weekly basis we take the Kwajalein -Ebeye Ferry. We either go to the Kwajalein Army Base for the day, when we have been sponsored by a Kwajalein resident, or we will go over for lunch and eat in the ferry terminal. The ferry schedule varies depending on the day of the week, but it basically runs from morning to night. Since we are in the Eastern Hemisphere our clocks are set a day ahead (18 hours ahead of the Mountain Time Zone). The work week schedule on the base is Tuesday through Saturday to coincide with the Monday through Friday military work schedule in the USA. As a result the weekend on Ebeye for most people is Sunday, Monday. After WWII ended the Marshallese people living on Kwajalein were moved to Ebeye Island. The people who live on Ebeye and work on Kwajalein are not allowed to spend the night on Kwajalein so they ride the ferry that is provided by the US Army. There are two to three ferry boats, but during the middle of the day only one is running. The exception to this is during work days in the early mornings and late afternoons when two boats are running continuously to ferry the workers from Ebeye to Kwajalein.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the new missionaries at the dock with Sister Becker, Sister Butler and Sister Tafili. The missionaries fly into Kwajalein since there is no room for an airport on Ebeye.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Becker enjoying the ferry ride back to Ebeye. She is standing on the upper deck on the starboard side. Kwajalein Island is in the foreground and Little Bustard Island is in the background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ebeye Dock before the new roof construction. Kajur Power is the building in the background. We buy our power here and then take the twenty digit number and put it into the meter located inside the apartment. If the meter ever gets to zero the power goes off.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ebeye dock where passengers are boarding the ferry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferry docked on Ebeye Island.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Becker standing next to the Kwajalein Ebeye Ferry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferry leaving Ebeye and heading to Kwajalein.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferry arriving at the Ebeye dock.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Ebeye from the top deck of the ferry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Becker preparing to leave the ferry.</td></tr>
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The ferry ride itself takes about 15 to 20 minutes and it is very relaxing and enjoyable. There is no fee to ride the ferry and no tickets are required. There are two levels on the ferry. The lower deck which is enclosed has seating for about 125 passengers and the upper deck which is open has room for a bout 25 passengers. Marshallese workers that carry a C-Badge (work badge) have priority if the boat happens to fill up. Sister Becker prefers to ride in the lower deck to get out of the sun, inclement weather, or to avoid the spray from the bow of the ship. As for me, I love riding on the upper deck so that I can look at the islands that are located between Ebeye and Kwajalein. There are two very small islands located between Ebeye and Kwajalein called Big Bustard and Little Bustard. There are very few people that live on each of those islands and there is no electricity. While riding the ferry I look in the water for sea life. I have seen quite a bit of sea life when looking off the bow of the ship including sharks, stingrays, sea turtles and a large number of fish. I do take my chances on the upper deck as I have gotten wet on a number of occasions. In fact a couple of weeks ago the sea was really rough with four to five foot swells and the ocean spray from the bow of the boat had me drenched from head to foot within five minutes. It was nice and warm and I loved it the entire time, but Sister Becker did not because I then chose to go down below. I sat next to her and got her wet from the water dripping off of me. Oops!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Bustard Island is the first island one passes when riding the ferry to Kwajalein. Notice the outhouse on the coral to the left of the island.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Bustard Island is the second island one passes when riding the ferry to Kwajalein.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Bustard Island (left) and Little Bustard Island (right) People do live on the two islands. One can actually walk to these islands from Ebeye at various times during the month when the tide is very low.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arriving at the Kwajalein dock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Kwajalein terminal straight ahead</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People filing off the ferry at Kwajalein</td></tr>
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The Kwajalein Terminal has a very nice enclosed seating area with a fast-food restaurant called the American Eatery. They serve a variety of food including burgers, fries, sandwiches, deep fried chicken, and a few other items. We will quite often order the chicken and bring most of it home to have for another meal later. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Kwajalein Branch children singing songs to us when we were stuck in the terminal. We were supposed to get on the island to watch their program for Sacrament meeting that day, but for some reason security didn't allow us on base, so they came and sang to us. Sweet angels from Heaven! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Becker standing in front of the ferry terminal on Kwajalein Army Base. This picture is taken on the base itself after one has gone through security.</td></tr>
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The dock on Ebeye, where people wait for the ferry, used to have a roof at one time, but over time it gradually decayed. Most people find shade or cover from the elements by waiting under the awnings at the Triple J Store or by the Kajur Power Office. They began work on a new cover for the dock about a month ago and who knows when it will be finished. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-42797240294958603532014-03-11T02:46:00.000-07:002014-03-11T02:49:57.063-07:001st Birthday Party/Kemmem for Viliame<br />
THE big celebration and major milestone in a child's life in the islands is when they reach their first birthday. When a child is born here, and in most of the Pacific Islands, there is very little fanfare. They are born and then they are blessed. But once they live through that first year of life, then that is the time of real celebration! Big time! I have to think this celebration was created generations ago stemming from the low mortality birth rate, especially in the islands. Years ago the odds of a baby surviving were not very good, so once they made it through their first twelve months, then life was a little more certain on this earth and it was now time to celebrate. The proud parents, William and Mela Ninjine , good friends of ours (and the cutest couple ever), invited us to their son's first Birthday Party, or Kemmem. And what a celebration it was! The only thing I can think of equivalent to this celebration in the United States is a wedding reception. Invitations go out to all family and friends, a room is reserved, food is prepared, cakes baked, musicians lined up, and prizes and decorations purchased for all the party goers. There were also t-shirts, from Hawaii, for the party goers. This party was held in the restaurant attached to the Ebeye Hotel (the only Hotel on the island). And most importantly a huge poster is created memorializing the birthday boy - <b>Viliame</b> (like William with a V) <b>Anthony Ninjine</b>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The honored family, Mela, William, and Viliame Ninjine, with our friend Samson Thomas. The Ninjine family had matching clothing made for this special occasion</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our sweet sister missionaries, Sister Butler (left) and Sister Tafili (right), with Sister Thomas (center) enjoying the meal served to all. Dinner consisted mainly of rice, noodles, steak, chicken, potato salad, rolls, bread fruit, soda and bottled water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were in the small back room (that was air conditioned!) with a few of our dear friends, Pres. Thomas, Branch Pres, Anjain, District Pres. Seremai, and more prizes and candy on the table.</td></tr>
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The Young Women (YW) leaders from the Ebeye Branch 3 invited me to come to their Young Women Mother/Daughter night last Friday night. Of course, they also asked me to be the main speaker! I was truly excited as I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Young Women. That was one of the hard things to leave back home when I came on my mission. I worked with the YW in our Indian Lakes Ward back home and I love working with them. I loved the leaders and I especially loved my group of Beehives. I looked forward to this night to mingle with these sweet young ladies and their mothers.</div>
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The night began with a short talk from one of the Young Women. She talked on knowledge and the importance of learning. Then it was my turn to speak. I first talked about how I loved the YW Theme, expecially about how we are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us. There is nothing more comforting to me than to know there is a Heavenly Father who loves ME and knows ME. Here is the complete YW theme: </div>
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<i><span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="all-caps">We are daughters</span> of our Heavenly Father, who loves us, and we love Him. <span class="all-caps">We will “stand </span>as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places” (<a class="scripref" href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/18.9?lang=eng#8">Mosiah 18:9</a>) as we strive to live the Young Women values, which are:</b></span></i>
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<span style="color: red;"><i><b>Faith • Divine Nature • Individual Worth • Knowledge • Choice and Accountability • Good Works • Integrity • and Virtue</b></i></span></div>
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</b></span></i><i><span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="all-caps">We believe</span> as we come to accept and act upon these values, <span class="all-caps">we will be prepared</span>
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Since it was the new year, I chose to talk about the 2014 Mutual Theme for the year: <i> "Come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness,"</i> Moroni 10:32. I talked about each of the eight YW values (in <span style="color: red;">red</span> above), and how they related to Christ and to each of us. To think about that standard, i.e. Faith, and how it can help them come closer to the Savior.</div>
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When speaking with an interpreter (thanks, Thelma Ned) you can't go too in-depth about anything, but it was a wonderful time for me to review the Young Women theme and the Mutual theme and to think about all that our Heavenly Father has given to us in order to succeed here on this earth. I am so grateful for a Heavenly Father who protects and comforts me daily, especially when I am so far from home, friends and family. I am grateful that I have the ability to talk to him in prayer, and that I know that he listens and answers our prayers. I know He sent me (and Elder Becker) here to the Marshall Islands to serve Him and to learn from these people. It is especially heart warming to be among these sweet humble people and to learn from them what it truly is to be like Christ. They are living examples to me each and every day that I am here. And I am so grateful for this experience.</div>
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After I was done talking, all the YW and some of the leaders performed a dance that Sister Mahit had taught them. She is from the island of Vanuatu. She taught them all the moves and they did a wonderful job performing for us. They did an excellent job, and were beautiful and graceful as they went through all the moves.</div>
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After that, the mothers all received heart shaped hand-written notes from their daughters. As the mothers each read their hearts, one by one, at the podium, a Young Women placed a flower in their hair over their ear. The girls made the flowers out of pipe cleaners, and I even got one, too! It was very touching to listen to the mothers speak so tenderly about their daughters. You could feel of their love for one another. </div>
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The night ended with food. They don't just have refreshments, you get the full meal deal here. They served up plates of rice, chicken and cole slaw along with cake and punch.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was our "stage" I had to sit up here, as well as the leaders. The Young Women on the left was the one who gave the talk. The background was a big blanket they hung up (if you look at it sideways you can make out a picture of a wolf and a couple of eagles). On top of the blanket they pinned"on letters to spell out "Mothers N' Daughters".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YW dancing to a song Sister Mahit taught them, from her home of Vanuatu. They did a beautiful job and looked so beautiful dancing together! Sister Mahit taught them well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Young Women wrote messages on pink hearts and then they handed them out to all the mothers who were there. They even made a few extras for people, like me, who were there without a daughter. This is my heart. Rough translation: ""Charity never fail", Mother, this is one motto that is great. We youth are so happy for you. If it wasn't for you we wouldn't be here. Thank you for your advice." (Sister Ned helped me translate this)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After all the hearts were passed out the mothers came up to the podium one by one. Their daughter, or another YW, then placed a flower behind their ear. The mother then read her heart from her daughter. She then shared some tender thoughts about her daughter and then bore her testimony. It was very touching and sweet to see the deep love these mothers and daughers have for one another.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the food after the program. They served up full plates of rice, chicken, cole slaw salad, fruit punch and a slice of cake! A full meal deal! You never go hungry when they serve food!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Loeak and Sister Jesse with their daughters who just left for the mission field this week. Sister Loeak, left center, will be serving in the Vanuatu Mission (where Sister Mahit is from!), and Sister Jesse, in the yellow, will be heading to Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission. Both of the girls were serving with the Young Women in the Ward until they left for the Provo MTC this week. If you are in Salt Lake City, please look for Sister Jesse if you visit temple square!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me with our current Sister missionaries on Ebeye, Sister Butler and Sister Mahit. Sister Butler just came a couple of weeks ago (and I love her already! so upbeat, happy, and eager to learn!) and we just said goodbye to Sister Mahit yesterday as she is heading home to Vanuatu. We will miss her, but wish her well.</td></tr>
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I know, I know I am almost a month behind, but better late than
never! Ha, ha! <br />
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Christmas this year was very different than what we had ever
experienced. Of course, both places celebrate the birth of our Savior,
Jesus Christ. But, beyond that there aren't a whole lot of
similarities. This was the first year we had celebrated without ANY other
family around. That part was probably the hardest. Skype just
doesn't quite fill in the gap, but it helps. However, since we were
devoid of the usual trappings, i.e. snow, cold, presents, family,
shopping, Christmas lights on the house, it didn't really feel like
Christmas to us. It just seemed like another day and another celebration
with the Marshallese people. Christmas on Ebeye Island is spent
dancing and eating at the church ALL day long. The day started at the church
around 10:00 am. with a Devotional by the District Presidency. They
shared heartfelt testimonies and their thoughts on the Savior's birth and
life. Then, the dancing began, and it didn't stop until well past
midnight!. Their Christmas Celebration, or Biit (pronounced Beat) consists
of several dances and songs by various groups. Each group is
allotted about 45 minutes to perform. The morning started out with the
three Primary groups (red, yellow, and purple), followed by the Relief Society
sisters. After that the youth performed, then the Young single adults,
and finally combined dances for each Branch. And don't forget there are
three groups for each of the categories! One family group also performed,
the Enos family, <br />
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Biit is a very important Christmas celebration for the Marshallese.
The people here started practicing around Halloween time. So
this had been their focus for the past two months. Each
group had some kind of coordinated clothing, colored shirts or matching
dresses. Some of them performed musical skits about the Christmas story
for the beginning of their performance, before moving on to the dancing.
All of them were accompanied on the keyboard with a singer or two at the
microphone. There were a few vocal only songs, thrown in for variety.
Most of them also had a conductor, or leader, guiding them through their steps
with a whistle. And believe you me, those whistles are LOUD inside
the building, along with the loud keyboard music and singing! Whew
me! And might I say, they love their keyboard music with that never ending
beat. At the end of each segment as they are dancing they start
throwing candy and bags of chips to the audience! I think I got beaned a
couple of times when I wasn't watching! I learned fast to pay
attention. Some kids ended up with a pretty good haul! We
really do need a larger building because it was wall to wall packed people and
dancers. And the air conditioner could not keep up. I think the
temperature was almost to the boiling stage before we broke for lunch! Seriously!
I am not joking! I was dripping, and I wasn't even dancing. I did
start practicing with one of the Relief Society groups, but ended up missing
too much with other meetings. I was kind of wishing I had stuck in there
and learned all the dances. (I said kind of). I guess there is
always next year!<br />
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Meals were provided for lunch and dinner so there was no need to leave to
feed the family. Sandwiches for lunch, and then a cooked meal with
chicken and rice for dinner. Wow, what a day! I thought there would be no
presents that day, but I ended up with a couple of necklaces, a headband, and a
bracelet given to me throughout the day by some of the members. And I
proudly wore them all day. So sweet. I will bring those home for
sure!<br />
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After spending all day inside the church, the dancing commenced after the sun went down, and after some nourishment (chicken and rice) for dinner. The building became unbearably hot, so it was nice to go outside and watch the dances. The youth, young single adults, and Branch dances were all outside on the concrete as those groups were too large to be inside. The dances continued on well past midnight, but we didn't last that long. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-32226549665250618852014-01-04T02:41:00.000-08:002014-01-06T15:17:38.829-08:00Water - our lifeline<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When we first arrived in October it was quite common to have a good drenching with some a.maz.ing rainstorms. When the heavens opened up and the rains came, it was instant flood! It came down hard and fast, and then nothing. Then it might do it all over again a few minutes or an hour later. When the dark clouds roll in, watch out! The rain storms are quite fun if you don't mind getting wet! Large storage tanks are everywhere on the island that catch the fresh rain water. The toilets, however, run on a separate system as they are hooked up to the ocean's salt water. So, if we run out of fresh water, we will still have water for the toilets.</div>
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Now, two months later, we are in dire straights as the fresh water is getting low in our storage tanks. Apparently in the winter, the wind blows a lot stronger, so the clouds don't have as much of a chance to gather, and they just roll on over the island. The city does have extra water, but that must be collected individually by small containers or businesses can buy it and have it delivered by truck. For several days this month we have had no running water, so we conserved and did the best we could with what little water we had for cooking, drinking and washing. We were getting by on sponge baths, until some of the church members found out. That night they delivered several large buckets of water to our place. We finally took a shower that night! What angels! I will bless them forever (that's just the kind of people they are here, so kind). The apartments where we live get a certain allocation of water and apparently some of the tenants were using up more than their share so we were running out. So last week, the owners decided to ration the water to all tenants. Right now, until whenever, we have running water from 6 to 9 am and from 6 to 9 pm every day! (unless it runs out first!) This morning we went to take our showers just after 8 am and it was already dry! Boo! Time for another bucket shower! Our days are now planned around our water supply!</div>
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Our dependence upon water is actually for everything on this island, from fishing, to entertainment (swimming and playing in the waves), to bringing us <em>all</em> our food and goods. We have no airport here, so anything going in or out must come in by boat. People, small packages and mail are flown to Kwajalein, and then transferred over on the ferry. Everything else from cars, furniture, canned goods, produce, building supplies, and you name it, all are brought in by the big freighters. It's a VERY welcome sight to see a big freighter come in to the dock every two weeks or so. By the time the ship arrives we are usually in sore need of produce and other items. Around Christmas time we ran out of eggs for two or three weeks. It's quite common to run out of produce, eggs or other fresh items long before the next shipment comes. We always have canned goods on the shelf, but it's so nice to have the fresh stuff!</div>
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Almost every Saturday since we have been here they have had at least one baptism. The service usually starts at 6 or 6:30pm where we all walk down to the lagoon where they perform the baptisms. I don't think they realize how lucky they are to have such a killer setting for their baptism. I don't think I will ever tire of this beautiful scene. <br />
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All uses of water on the island don't necessarily have to be functional. There are some soothing qualities in watching the waves. And the ocean is just fun to watch and track as the tides change. For those of you who know Mike, he has always been mesmerized by the ocean. He has been known to walk the beach for hours when we have visited the ocean, whether in Oregon or Mexico or New Jersey. Here it's no different. Whenever we walk along the ocean side of the road we <em>always</em> have to stop for a few minutes so he can watch the waves. I don't think he will ever get tired of doing that. </div>
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We finally got permission to go over to Kwajalein Army base in December, thanks to the sponsorship of Dr. Skinner. The ferry ride takes only 15-20 minutes from Ebeye, but it seems like a lifetime away especially when you can't get access to get on the base. There are no cars allowed on the base (except for army vehicles), so everyone gets around by bicycle. I love it! People riding bikes everywhere. It is a very spread out, peaceful and green island. Much different than the crowded island of Ebeye that we are used to! Mike went snorkeling with Dr. Skinner and Dr. Sok while I decorated cookies with the women and girls of the Branch. They were making Christmas baskets to give away. They had a few extra cookies, so the missionaries scored as we shared the cookies with them at our weekly District Meeting that week.</div>
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On our next visit to Kwaj (short for Kwajalein) on Sunday, December 22nd we went over so we could attend their church meetings and meet all the members. They meet in a small building there on Kwaj, but plenty big enough for the 25 or so members! They had a few visitors that day, so I think we actually had about 30 of us in attendance! They had a wonderful Sacrament meeting centered on Christ and Christmas. We were their main speakers that day. Diane Elliot read a poem, the Primary children sang "Away In A Manger", Samantha Tippetts read a story, and then Peter and Florence Parker sang a song and played the guitar.<br />
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Our talks were about our favorite Christmas memory, so our thoughts went back to our Christmas family trip to Italy in 2005. Lisa talked about events leading up to our trip, how we had previously picked up our children from their respective missions (Tabitha in Florianopolis Brazil, Nick in Riga Latvia, and now Brandon was finishing up in Rome Italy). All of their missions had overlapped in time, so it had been five or so years since we had all been together. Our four children are all close in age, so at that time their ages ranged from 20 - 25, none of them yet married (although Tabitha was getting close). Lisa planted the idea that Italy would be a great place for a reunion and to spend Christmas together as Brandon would finish up his mission just days before Christmas. And it would be another great opportunity for a missionary experience. We were able to see first hand as we had picked up Tabitha and Nick how they had affected the lives of the people they served with in their areas. The love the people had for our children was evident in every home and in every land we visited. The trip to Italy was an idyllic Christmas, spent together without presents, just each other. It reminded me of the Grinch on Christmas morning, when he said, "It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags." We had no presents to exchange, just our love and the wonderful company of one another in that beautiful land of Italy.<br />
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Mike then talked about his conversion story to the LDS church. First he spoke about being raised Catholic, and of the strong Catholic people in his family. Family is everything to him as he comes from a large family of 14 children (he is #11). He then spoke about going to Italy, and of traveling around that beautiful country with our children surrounding us once again. How on that fateful Christmas Eve, standing in the middle of St. Peter's square, while the Pope talked on the big screen, this devout Catholic man decided that he wanted to be with his wife and children for time and all eternity. The words "till death do you part" were not good enough for him. These thoughts were shared with Lisa and the children, and upon our return to the states he took the discussions in the Boise Idaho Mission home (as requested by Brent Ririe, the current Mission President) and was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 4, 2006 (2-04-06). Our son, Nick, baptized him and then he was confirmed by our other son, Brandon. One year later, on March 10, 2007, we were sealed as husband and wife for time and all eternity in the Boise Idaho temple. Then we were sealed to our five children. Our son-in-law, Matt, stood in as proxy for our son, Shawn Michael, who had died as an infant. Now we were a complete and eternal family. Lisa's lifelong dream had finally come to fruition. As a side note: It was because of those missionary experiences with our children that we decided that it was now our turn to serve a mission.<br />
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After church we had a lovely dinner with the Tippetts family. They talked us into staying at Kwaj until evening so we could experience Scuba Santa! We visited with the members until sundown when it was time for the Santa experience. John Tippetts, their teen-age son, got to don his scuba gear and participate as one of his elves. First a live Christmas tree is brought through the lagoon by Santa's elves, and then Santa makes his arrival flanked by more elves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And there is the official Santa Christmas tree! Decorated with colorful glow sticks. And yes, it is a real live pine tree. They must've brought it from the North Pole, because those are hard to find around here!</td></tr>
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Of course, after the Christmas tree comes out of the ocean, the next logical step would be that Santa would not be far behind. A real no brainer! Sure enough, moments later we could see the lights under the water guiding his way to Ebon Beach right where we were waiting on Kwajalein. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-12710291220825301362013-12-30T21:40:00.001-08:002014-01-06T15:18:28.226-08:00Christmas Eve with the MissionariesWe enjoyed a fun evening with the Ebeye Missionaries on Christmas Eve. Since we would all be celebrating Christmas Day at the church we fixed a yummy dinner for them the night before at our apartment . We started out the evening with a devotional and we all shared some thoughts on the Savior and his birth. How grateful we all are for all he did for us. We decided that the best present we could give back to Him was to serve him and to be the best missionaries we can be. We then played a short game of charades (very comical!), followed by a white elephant tie and earring exchange. There were some lovely ties exchanged! The sisters (all 3 of us) exchanged earrings, but Sister Whitney ended up choosing a tie. So, Elder Becker, being quick on his feet, chose some earrings (after losing his tie to another Elder) and gave them to me on Christmas morning. Lovely! He always thinks he can get away with presents like that! Ha, ha, doesn't work! For dinner we had a baked potatoes with ham, broccoli, cheese, chili, fruit salad, cole slaw, and rolls. For dessert we gorged ourselves on cookies and ice cream. We ended the night with a game of Ticket To Ride (only 5 can play), and the rest of us watched the movie "The Polar Express". I always love that movie. We have a wonderful group of missionaries here on this little island, and it was fun hanging out with them. They are a hard working group of young men and women, and they deserved to have a night of fun and relaxation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Becker teaching the Elders how to play his favorite game, Ticket to Ride</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-23333809395583260692013-12-10T00:34:00.001-08:002013-12-10T01:15:35.437-08:00There IS Beauty All AroundAfter we received our mission call to the Marshall Islands, we spent considerable time researching the area on the Internet. The ONE place that concerned us as we dug deeper and deeper was Ebeye Island. We read MANY unsavory comments about the island. That it is the slum of the Pacific. How there were no trees, no flowers, nothing except people and row upon row of lean-to structures that housed 14,000 people. We also saw pictures of children playing in the dump, with comments that said "that's where the children have to play as they have no where else to go!" Yikes, what were we getting ourselves into? In our mind we had created the worst-cast scenario of what the island was going to be like. I thought, how can they send us here, where there is NOTHING? NOTHING! How will we ever survive? Where will we live? Boy, were we surprised when the ferry approached the island. We could see trees! Coconut trees swaying in the wind! And trees with flowering buds! What a pleasant sight that was! I will admit this island is not exactly what you would think of when you picture a Pacific Island in your mind. But it has become beautiful to us. WE LOVE IT HERE! There is plenty of beauty to be found on this island. The people are actually the most beautiful aspect of this island. You will not find a more friendly, humble, giving group of people anywhere. We have felt nothing but love ever since we set foot on this island. But, before I posted some of the images of the less than perfect parts of the island, I first wanted to implant into your minds of some of the beauty that can be found here. Some of the flowers here are as pretty (hah, I used another word) as any you will find anywhere. The trees are also interesting with their leaves and visible root systems. I also love to watch the tall palm trees blowing in the winds. The flora here is evidence of our Heavenly Father's hand in the creation of so many plants and flowers that beautify this earth. Proof to me that no matter where you go, you can find beauty on this earth. I have to admit, maybe I have become numb to some of the less savory bits on this island because I often don't even notice the bad. When we walk around the island my eyes are focused on finding the beauty. That small flower that covers the old fence, the little flower next to the ocean, or a spot of greenery amongst the brown huts. These are some of the tender mercies that help me LOVE this island. Next to the people, the flowers are what I love most about this island. Oh, and maybe the ocean waves and the sea shells, too. See, this island has so much to give if we will just look for it! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the nicest homes (and probably the biggest) on the island. Most homes have gravel or sand surrounding their space. This home is nicely landscaped and maintained, and fenced (a rarity). </td></tr>
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God's creations and beauty can be found in the unlikeliest of places on this small island. Tucked down alleyways, behind fences, along the ocean. You can find beauty if you just look for it.<br />
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Flowers of all colors - yellow, red, pink, purple and white. Each unique in it's own way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the red flowers used on Sister Becker's crown</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the white flowers used in Elder Becker's lei - my favorite!</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-6114524421446212202013-12-03T00:17:00.000-08:002013-12-04T18:01:32.993-08:00Elder Becker's trip to Lae (one of the outer islands)On October 25, 2013 I (Elder Becker) left Ebeye Island and took a boat ride to Lae Island. President Thomas Weir (Mission President of the Marshall Islands Majuro Mission), President Johannes Seremai (President of the Kwajalein Marshall Islands District), and I were accompanied by about 30 other members. What was supposed to be a six hour boat ride actually took nine hours. We were supposed to arrive on Lae Island at about 4:00 PM but actually arrived there at about 10:00 PM. We were met by about 50 church members who greeted us as we walked from the beach up to the chapel. We were fed a feast of tuna, rice, lobster, breadfruit, coconut milk and much more. The members were so nice and it was so nice to see them up this late to greet and feed us. President Weir and I slept in the elder's house with Elders Adam and ElderVano. President Weir brought an air mattress and slept on it and I chose to sleep on a two-inch pad on the floor. We all woke up the next morning and visited with a number of the church members throughout the day. President Weir had to do a number of temple recommend interviews and a number of other district business items. In the evening we held a fireside in the chapel. The chapel is just what one would picture on a Pacific Island. It is built on stilts about three feet off the ground. It is made completely of wood with windows on each side. The chapel is large enough to seat approximately 100 members. There is lighting in the chapel but no air conditioning. Needless to say it gets very warm in the chapel but once in awhile you feel a little breeze blow in from outside. Sunday morning church services started at 10:00. There are about 90 LDS church members who live on Lae, but at this church meeting we had about 115 people who attended. This is really amazing when you consider that there are only approximately 300 people living on the entire island. The highlight of the church services was the Priesthood Meeting. All of the Priests took a folding chair from the chapel, walked outside to the beach and placed their chair under the palm trees. It was the most beautiful setting I have ever attended for a church meeting and I'm sure that I will never live to see a more peaceful place. The spirit was definitely there at this meeting and I continually looked around at the awesome beauty that the Lord had provided for its faithful members on this beautiful island. We had a final meeting at 4:00 in the afternoon for all adults in the branch. Once again we set up folding chairs outside under the palm trees. One thing I did learn on Lae is that you need to be very careful where you sit. On Saturday while President Weir and I were sitting under some palm trees a couple of coconuts fell from the palm trees. The church meetings I attended on Lae Island are meetings that I will never forget. They are etched in my memory for all time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Becker on the boat leaving for Lae.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Becker, President Weir, and President Seremai</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Relaxing under the palm trees on Lae Island. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">President Weir and Elder Becker attending Sunday Priesthood Meeting.</td></tr>
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After being on Lae for a while I decided to take a tour of the little island. I started off by walking on the small sandy road. I ran into a few children playing and they all wanted to shake my hand. There were a few homes (huts) that one could see along the road hidden back in the palm trees. A couple of men passed by me on bicycles. Sister Becker told me to buy a souvenir and I did try, but I found out that there is not a single store on Lae where you can buy anything, not even a Diet Pepsi. There is no smog on Lae because you will not find a single car. What little electricity you will find on the island is provided by solar power or generators. There is also no internet on Lae. To communicate with the outside world they use radio which was not working while I was there. After walking the road for about a mile I decided to walk the beach back to the church. I ran into Modin and Limon Phillip who had ridden on the boat with us to Lae. Brother Phillip is the district mission leader and they had family on the island that they wanted to visit. As you can tell by the pictures the beach is more beautiful than words can describe. I have never been on a more quiet peaceful beach in my entire life. I was deeply touched by God's Hands in creating such a beautiful and quiet place for me to witness. I walked for about an hour on the beach and ran into one person. A young boy, about 10, saw me walking and joined me. We tried to talk but soon realized that neither one of us could speak the other's language. We immediately became friends and I took a picture of him and he took a picture of me. I tried picking up a few shells but they all crawled away when I went to pick them up. When I did pick them up they crawled out of my hand. I soon realized that every pretty shell I wanted was also wanted by a hermit crab. I did manage to find a couple of lovely broken shells that were not occupied. <br />
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President Weir and I woke up at about 3:30 AM on Monday morning unable to sleep. We quickly dressed, packed our clothes, and grabbed two folding chairs from the chapel and walked down to the beach. We sat there in the dark enjoying the beauty of the ocean, the stars, and the serenity of everything around us. We talked about a number of things including our families and work experiences. We both eventually laid down on the cool sandy beach and fell fast asleep. At about 6:30 other people started coming down to the beach for preparation of leaving Lae. Approximately 75 members of the Lae Branch came down to the beach to see us off. Before leaving we all gathered around and sang, "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." We loaded the boat and left at about 8:00 AM. Oh one more thing, they tried to load a large live pig on the boat but from what I have been told live pigs are not allowed to be brought to Ebeye. The return trip on the boat took about nine hours and I took enough Dramamine to help me sleep for five hours.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beautiful blue waters of Lae.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modin & Limon Phillip with Elder Becker</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Becker soaking in the beach, sand, and sun on Lae Island.</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805177322376099517noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708095826933759238.post-32999540200460156012013-11-28T18:31:00.000-08:002013-11-28T18:31:25.001-08:00Thanksgiving on Ebeye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With love, from Elder and Sister Becker!</td></tr>
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Our amazing Missionaries of Ebeye enjoying Thanksgiving Day at our apartment.</div>
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We asked everyone to share a little bit about what they had to be grateful for on this Thanksgiving Day. We heard some amazingly strong testimonies from these young representatives of the Lord. I heard many words of how grateful they are that they are on this small island of Ebeye (including me), and the lessons they are learning from the sweet humble people of this land. They bore such strong testimonies of how they have come closer to Christ and have gained stronger testimonies of the Gospel. It was gratifying to hear of their thankfulness for the love and support they receive from loved ones at home and far away. I told them that it is my hope that somehow Elder Becker and I can help fill in that gap as we act as their "parents" while they are so far away from family and loved ones. We consider all of these young missionaries like our children and want to do everything we can to support them as they labor so diligently. I do think the best missionaries, the cream of the crop, have been sent to the Marshall Islands Majuro Mission! They are A.MAZ.ING!</div>
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We had some of the usual fixings, turkey, potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, fruit salad, carrot sticks and green peppers. We also had instant sweet potatoes (I wouldn't recommend doing that again, but we had to try!), brownies and a pumpkin dessert. I missed having regular pumpkin pie, so I am going to search around for a pie tin for next time (Christmas). Nothing beats good old pumpkin pie!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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