Our first week in the Laie Temple was a wonderful experience. It was a full week and we kept busy. President asked us to just observe and become acquainted with the layout and procedures of this lovely temple. We did by attending all the prayer meetings for each shift where we were introduced and were warmly welcomed. Everyone seemed really happy that there was a missionary couple again. We attended two sessions each day and filled in the rest of the day helping where we were needed and this way we were learning our way around. By Saturday we were asked to be escorts for a bride and groom. Always a wonderful experience. Our day started at 6:15 and we went home after the 4:15 prayer meeting. Saturday we went in at 5:15 am and came home around 2:30 pm. It was a great week being a patron and helping with all the ordinances.
We received our new name badges so we are official.
Friday evening was the 2018 Cultural Celebration at the Cannon Center. It started at 9 pm - 12:00 am. There were about 78 different groups who performed dances from their country. It was amazing. We also recognized Tessa Sullivan in the Ballroom Dancing Club so it was fun to watch someone we knew. All the presentations were fantastic. We left at 11 because we needed to get up at 4 for Saturday's work.
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| MJ & Tessa Sullivan in her apartment |
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| Hawaii Cultural Night 2018 |
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| Hong Kong Club |
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| Ballroom Dance Club with Tessa Sullivan |
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| China Club |
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| New Zealand Club |
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| Tahiti Club |
Saturday evening after a little nap we went back to watch the rest of the program. It was from 8 - 11 pm. We left about 10:30 that night. Church is at 8 am and we were pretty tired. A very fun activity.
Sunday morning we attended the Laie 1st Ward. Met some people from the Ward. The Comptons and Tippets and had a nice visit with them. The Comptons just retired from BYU-H last spring and are here selling a home. The prices here are amazing. It's listed at $1.2 million. Sorry Kelly, no 2nd home here. In Sacrament meeting we had great speakers, the Dave Smith Family, spoke on Elder Uchdorf's "Three Sisters" talk. Sister Tippets lead our discussion in RS on the Sabbath day. What can we do before, during and after to make the Sabbath a delight.
Tonight we called Brother Jerome Pollard, who we knew from Camarillo. He had been in the hospital last week and we met his wife at the Temple. He is home so we went for a visit. What a wonderful couple. We had a wonderful visit and they fed us dinner and we each told our stories of how we met our spouses. We could certainly see the hand of the Lord working in his life and bringing them together. We also shared wonderful stories from the LA Temple days. We are so very blessed to be here.
We also took a walk thru the Visitor Center and rewatched the Welcome to Hawaii movie again. We are slowly getting to know the Sister Missionaries who live on our street.
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