Saturday, March 25, 2017

Sunset with Friends and what do I do all day?

The BYUH senior missionaries getting together at a gorgeous home nestled
in the hills above Ted's Bakery. The conversation, food and the sunset were superb. 

We could even see some whales in the distance.

So what do I do all day? I became certified in administering the MBTI Personality Assessment along with
a coworker Emma. We help students to identify their personality preferences to help them in
choosing a major, a future job, and dealing with life in general.

I was able to meet Dr. Gary Weist.  He was vacationing in Hawaii and his friend, my former employer
Dr. Gerritsen, suggested he contact BYUH while here.  We had a very productive meeting with Dr. Wiest
 and he said that he would see what he could do to help to get  an on-campus dental clinic to serve our
 IWORK students.  We plan to double the amount of these needy students from the Pacific Rim
 in the next few years to help "build the Kingdom" throughout the world. He generously offered the help of the
LDS Academy of Dentistry to help equip the dental office. The major hurdle now will be to how
to get around the strict Hawaiian dental licensing laws for dentists and hygienists. I may be
gone before any of this happens if it does happen,, but it is at least exciting to help get the ball rolling.
Oh and  I found out Dr. Wiest is the brother of our good friend Mark Wiest.

Sunday, March 19, 2017

BILL TURNS 70.


We had a 70th birthday party for Bill at his office at lunchtime
so his coworkers could come.

And my coworkers came also.

Also we had some of our senior missionary friends come.  

We all enjoyed the reminiscing of days gone. 

Happy 70th birthday to my sweetheart.

Sunday, March 12, 2017

VISITORS AND COWORKERS

We were excited to see our friends Susan and Brad Hertz. Though their stay was short
and quite rainy we had fun and they brought much needed supplies; yarn, bike clothing,
and most importantly Bill's birthday gift from his sister Charlotte, delicious, homemade
 gum drop cake.
This is my coworker, student Gantsolmon Dugasaren, but we just call her
Ganaa. We have nearly 40 Mongolian students here at BYUH. Though proselyting
is not allowed in Mongolia, people interested in the Church can be taught in homes. We
are able to get missionary visas with the help of The Oyunlag School in Mongolia,
that sponsors the missionaries to teach English in their school. They get free
English teachers that speak Mongolian and we get missionaries into the country.
Saw this beautiful flower at the PCC on our break from doing
our luau service

Saturday we drove to Kailua to pick up our bikes and these 2 cute coworkers
tagged along. We dropped them off at the Windward Mall and the Safeway,
which they appreciated since they don't have cars. On the way home we stopped to
try a new shrimp truck. Did you know Koreans like to eat shrimp legs, shell and all
but the tail?  Much less messy then the Americans. Lilia says those parts of
the shrimp are very good for the skin and I believe her as her skin is beautiful. Kaitlyn
in the middle from Utah had coconut shrimp that was already peeled.