2019 Weeks 9-10 (25 Feb.-10 Mar.)

Okay, here we go with two weeks instead of one on this blog.  The Mission Tour started March 1st, one week sooner than expected.  One thing we are learning is to be flexxxxxxible!

(Sista Ibaretta 💓 Hello Sister Duquette)

(We love you 💓 )

I saw this message when we came out of Church last week.  It was sweet and I also got the message to get the car cleaned. 

😉

I went shopping to buy a new blender, because the one we had broke and also an electric mixer because we had none.

I hit the jack pot with the blender because it is also a soup maker. The first chunky soup I made was a lasagna soup for papa/grand-papa's birthday.  It was very good.  We can also make potage with this.  I wish I could bring it back home with me.  I will be looking for something like that.  It also makes baby food.

While shopping, I also saw this chopper knife and thought the picture on the box interesting.

  

 Celebrating our first birthday in the mission field.

Notre petit Québécois (superbe missionnaire), Elder Champoux, went back home to recover from the accident that happened on February 16th.  We will miss him a lot and we are so very thankful to our Heavenly father for watching over him and the three missionaries that were with him.  Elder Saunders, the area medical advisor accompanied him.  On espère qu'il ne fait pas trop froid à Drummondville.  Heureusement qu'il y a la chaleur de ta famille.  

We just learned that one of our missionary serving in Ouvéa, Elder Lockhart, was just intentionally hit by a car while on his bike.  He was able to avoid him a little but the car still got him lightly and he is fine.  His ankle is sore.  The car was trying to get his companion first and Elder Aquino managed to avoid him completely.   We are bringing them back to Nouméa as soon as possible.  Please pray for our missionaries.  

 We also said goodbye to our sweet and also great missionary from Tahiti, Elder Temaiana.  He will have a longer convalescence than we had anticipated.  We were told it will be from 6 to 12 months of therapy to help his brain recover from the injuries.  Elder Hunter accompanied him back home.  He is also from Tahiti.

We tried a new hotel in Solomon Islands and this is a view from our room

 

and of our room

 

Around the pool.  We should have brought our bathing suits.

The mission tour with Elder O. Vincent Haleck of the Seventy ( President of the Pacific Area ) and his wife was very uplifting.  It was great spending this time with them and the missionaries have appreciated the teachings and training received from both of them.  

(They liked what we had to teach also)

New Caledonia  Zone

 

Tanna Zone

 

Efate Zone

Santo Zone

Solomon Islands Zone

 We share many truths with our missionaries and I would like to mention one of them to you.

In Alma 26 ( I love that chapter) we read:

"Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things;"

We know that to be true with all our hearts.

This beautiful painting was in the reception hall of the hotel in Solomon Islands.  Absolutely gorgeous!

 Mifala lavem yufala tumas!