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.
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.
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.
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| Pres. Seremai with us at Joel and Mery Jeik's baptism |
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| women always serving! |
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| High Council farewell to the Mioba family |
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| Birthday wishes! |
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| Elder Becker with Pres. Thomas, Pres Anjain, Pres Seremai, and Carl Kilma |
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| Ninjine's and Bro. Thomas |
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| Our bwiro cooking crew |
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| Villiame |
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| Bill snd Baby Albert |
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| some of our beautiful Young Women |
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| Lae friends |
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| a crowd at low tide |
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| always a crowd when the camera comes out! |
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| with AnnMarie Loeak |
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| More of our youth |
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| SisterTafili, Thelma Ned and Sister Butler |
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| farewells at the dock |
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| amazing baptisms |
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| my buddies from Kwaj, Samantha and Alison! |
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| my little dancer in the street |
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| playing games in the street |
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| sweet sisters! |
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| beautiful Young Women! |
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| guarding her new flip flops! |
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| Young Women program |
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| Sisters Seremai and Bellu saying goodbye to Elder Zepty |
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| more good byes at the dock |
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| Kilma family and others at the baptism |
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| reading in the hallway at church |
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| love these girls! |
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| Maria and Allen John |
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| Elder Samuel getting ready to leave for his mission |
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| Banij Ned and Rosmi Roland |
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| missionaries and youth |
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| Lae children |
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| I was going to quietly sit and read...... |
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| Langbata wedding with Elder and Sister Schaffer (wearing their wedding crowns!) |
Our lives have been blessed with so many new friends!
What a wonderful mission you have had. You have been such a great influence on many people there on Ebeye. They will love you always for what you have added to their lives. I love the wonderful Marshallese people.They will always be in my heart.
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