Thanksgiving or Grandma's House Hawaiian Style

This is how our Ward sets up "Grandma's House" for
the Thanksgiving feast.

Jema on my left and girls were in charge of
the fun activities.

Sister Bishop (Mahoni) was thrilled to
see my jello salad arrive. 

Bill and I and Sister Dunham from our Ward.

Daniel Joseph Aaron Moricancumer
 Ravia scored a drumstick.

The pie fight was a hit,

Friday  after Thanksgiving we had a rather muddy
but pretty hike on the Hauula Loop Trail.

There was a great view of Laie Point.

Saturday was game day. Here we are at the BYU Tailgate
party with Carrie and Randy Smith, volunteers from our office.

Bill was under duress with this photo with Cosmo.

Here we are  sitting with some of the missionaries. glad
to be out of the rain in the nosebleed section.

They don't call the University of Hawaii the Rainbow
warriors for nothing. Though BYU had a dismal season, they
did beat the Warriors 30 to 20. 

Just Hanging Around

Just hanging around at Pounder's Beach on our P'day. Our
mode of transportation is on the left.

The whole community is excited for the state football championship
tonight. Even the horses got in the act for the Kahuku Red Raiders.

This is behind the temple. 

Another view from below.

Here we are with other missionaries watching the high school
playoffs at Pounder's RestaurantThe game didn't start
until 10pm. We made it until halftime, but in the end
they lost. At least we weren't awoken at 3 am with
fireworks going off.

Hawaiian Weapons

For FHE we learned about Hawaiian weapons. Since
they didn't originally have any metal they used stones,
wood, shark's teeth and swordfish and marlin spears.
They took most of the consonants out of the
Hawaiian language. My coworkers were laughing at
me the other day claiming I was speaking pigeon
English. They said I said "da kind" instead of "the kind"
and I was totally unawares. You can tell I have
been living here for over a year now.

You think you get out of hanging up Christmas lights
when you go on a mission? Not at all. The only
difference is you do it in the rain instead of the snow.

Our Bishop Mahoni was helping that day at the PCC too.
By the way he carves some of those native weapons.
They are beautifully done and are sold at the ukulele store.  

One last farewell to Bill's office mate, Elder Riley.

Tongan Devotional at the PCC. There was dancing, singing,
talks given and food served.

They even threw money at the male dancers

Anniversary in Hawaii

Bill took me to Haleiwa Joe's to celebrate our 38th 
wedding anniversary. He ordered the whole fried fish.
If you look closely, you can see the spines on the back
of the fish. We sat outside overlooking the harbor
and it was lovely.

This is Winston Lee from the Philippines. He served a mission
in the San Fernando Valley. He is one of the many students that I have
helped with his MBTI Personality Assessment and a career
report. We are the same personality type and I told him he is in good
company, as it is the most common type.

Our reward for our latest North Shore bike adventure was a stop at
Bonzai Bowls at Sunset Beach. It was the best acai bowl so far.
I am morning the loss of the calm waters on the North Shore for snorkeling.
However,  the upside is we can watch the big wave surf
competition with the higher winter surf.

Elder and Sister Riley are leaving to go home. Bill has
served with Elder Riley in the construction dept. 

They don't let you go quietly around here. When you leave your mision
you have to give a talk and all the missionaries sing an Hawaiian song to you,
Aloha Noi..