Elder Noble and Elder Brown says farewell to the young men from Vuna.
All the "Guys" join in the Group hug.
The Vuna Branch and Navakawa Group Altogether!
Elder Barnaby demonstrates overdoing it with his hoodie.
Taking a break !
Elder Tera cleans the soon to be sister's flat. He is always available to help out!
Elder Noble pointing out what needs to be done.
Elder Sarufa is handy with a vacuum.
Lining cupboards is Elder Barnaby"s skill.
Sister Cziep is our curtain seamstress!
We are so blessed to have our Elders so willing to help!
Tabuanitoga Sokovakayawa is receiving his mission call from Elder Vermeeren.
After taking it home to his Father to open, he learns he is going to Perth, Australia, he reports on the 11th of February!
Mele paints her little friends hand.
This is Rohan's pet parrot. His name is Bari.
He is a very beautiful pet. Rohan is teaching him some words.
Ice cream is brought over to our island from Suva. A yummy treat. It is a little sweeter than the ice-cream we are familiar with.
A farewell dinner for Elder Sarufa at the Fisher home. We are so lucky that Elder Tera will be with us a little longer.
The missionaries are loved and respected here on our beautiful island of Taveuni!
Elder Noble leaving for the ferryboat....
with Elder Brown
and Elder Sarufa.
Our last district photo with this group of Elders....
Our Elders,that are leaving, board the Ferry!
Elder Noble takes his last selfie in Taveuni!
Members come to say goodbye!
We will miss them, and wish them well in their new assignments.
A get together in Somosomo....Everyone Loves Volleyball!
Our mini theater is starting to fill up. Tonight we are showing: Oops, Noah is Gone!
Watching the game on the hill.
The children are pleased to have time with their friends.
Choir Practice. Everyone loves to sing together!
"Fishers of Men." The Elders await the new arrival of Elders and Sisters.
The Czieps have offered to help us transport our new district of eight!
The Ferry Boat Arrives!
Our new sisters are Here!
Elder Barnaby and Elder Jonutz welcome our new Sisters.
Welcome Sister Fanene from American Samoa and Sister Malito from Austrialia.
Elder Tera welcomes his new companion and our new district leadership Elder Afatasi from West Jordan, Utah. He is a native Samoan.
Elder Afatasi and Elder Tera get to know each other.. In the background we have Elder Vermeeren , President Maiwiriwiri, Brother Lesuma. and Sister Cziep.
Welcome Elder Dunn, from Las Vegas and Elder Mclean from California.
So happy to have our Elders and Sisters here to help us with the work.
Our New District
Elder and Sister Vermeeren, Elder Dunn, Elder McLean, Elder Tera, Elder Afatasi, Elder Barnaby, Elder Jonutz, Sister Fanene, and Sister Malito.
Sister Fanene and Sister Malito love their new Flat!
The young women are working on their personal progress making a appliquéd cloth.
Elder Vermeeren giving instructions.
Elder Dunn and Elder Mclean arrive at their flat in Vuna.
Home sweet home...
The are excited to be in Taveuni and ready to work hard. We Love them already!
Elder Tera and Elder Afatasi do service work the very day they arrive here.
We are so blessed to have Elders that are so quick to offer help.
The sisters live right next door to the church and have a great view of the town of Somosomo . They are talented
wonderful Young Ladies!
The construction site is nearing completion.
The birds flying the skies at Somosomo.
Hello sister Vermeeren! I am Elder Dunn's mom, Natalie. We have been following your blog since Cole received his mission call. You can imagine how excited I was to see that he has been assigned to beautiful Taveuni and gets to serve with you. He has grandparents that he is very close to that are serving a mission as well so I'm sure he has already felt feelings of familiarity with you both. Thank you for posting those pictures as it does my heart good to see that our boy arrived safe and sound. Glad to see he is well!
ReplyDeleteWe are happy to have Elder Dunn in the beautiful island of Taveuni! We tease the Elders that the cream of the crop will all serve here at some point . He is a fine young man with a great attitude. He has an excellent trainer too! Missions are Awesome!
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