Sunday

Another busy busy Sunday.  Started with our YSA Branch council meeting at 8:00.  Then we got a call to teach in the other branch today due to Brother Bowen filming the surf competition at Pipeline.  Then an hour later the Elders asked if we'd go to the Sunset Family Branch council meeting instead of teaching and they'd teach the lesson.  So change of mind set.  It was sad at YSA as we sang Aloha Oi to Nicole who is returning home to Arizona after years here.  I really love this girl, and wish the best for her.

At our Family Branch, it was also sad, we sang to Elder Chandler as he is being transferred to Hilo on Tuesday.  He was crying all through his farewell talk and then the singing got us all crying again.

 In Relief Society we plated up cookies and went caroling to all the auxiliaries and offered each person a cookie. 

After church we ran home and ate, and ran over to Laie to the fireside at the Visitor's Center.  The Tonga Sisters were the fireside.  They are making a name for their family, having been on the Ellen show and touring the South Pacific. I thought I got a better picture but it turned out it was on "video' and "video's" don't don't show up on this blog.  Darn. They are beautiful girls.

The sister's holding and singing with their younger siblings. Cute little ones sang great too!

 Afterward Ramon went up and found out we are real cousins.  His cousin Sulianna was their grandmother, and I even remember her,  We also met another family member, Sione Nui's daughter.  I knew Paul Niu, the brother of Sione, at CCH.  Small world.

My good friend Leslie King arrived yesterday to start her mission here as a costume sewer in the PCC.  We took her and her companion to take some pictures of BYUH all lit up for Christmas.

BYUH all lit up for Christmas, beautiful!

 We had a little bit of trouble finding Leslie's apartment in the dark but finally found it.  It's nice and new but kind of small.  But Leslie NEVER complains and is loving it all.  She has a very nice companion.