Saturday

Yesterday we had meetings and then worked at the  Luau taking tickets at 3:15 til 7:00  and then went over to the Stake Center where our Sisters were putting on a "talent show".  It was hilarious, reminded me of girls camp where the kids come up with ridiculous talents.  Although a couple of Sisters are amazingly talented...our Sister from Germany plays the Saxophone, she is so gifted and plays the hymns so beautifully.  She played last night and it was so professional, we were in awe. She gave up her music to come clear out here on a mission but brought her Saxophone with her.  Another girl did ballet from the Nutcracker but in socks not toe shoes.  She was amazing.  Our lovely Tongan Sister from New Zealand is a singer and sings like Adele and then she also danced the Tahitian and she is a great dancer too and of course, very beautiful.  Us lowly senior couples put on a skit to Book of Mormon stories but like the Haka and with actions.  The girls loved it.

Sister Shumway and Sister Hensley, our Sunset Branch Sisters

Our Tongan Sisters

Today we had our annual Slip and Slide at Waimea Beach.  It started at noon and went until 5:00.  It was a beautiful day, the water was pristene and so refreshing! I love these waters so much, they are so clean and cool.  But the clean is what I love, the color is pure.  Look at how beautiful it is.  Who wouldn't want to be in this paradise on a mission?  Heaven!   It was all great for a couple of hours then someone saw jelly fish and we all exited the water.  It did not slow down the slip n sliders a bit though.

I was a little disappointed that only about 5 young adults from our Branch showed up with the exception of our Senior Missionary Couples and the Branch Presidency and their families.  But we had quite a few BYUH young adults, as the whole stake was invited and we had a bunch of people from the beach participating.  It was a great missionary tool and hopefully we showed people we like to have good clean fun.  One surprise was two pregnant ladies, one my friend who is  due in September, so that was okay, going down the slide.  The other lady was due due now, in a bikini and the baby was barely hanging on inside I am sure.  She was hoping to start labor I think!