Pohnpei Caroline Islands Stake!!!

Yesterday, Pohnpei District was re-organized to the Pohnpei Caroline Islands Stake!  They are apart of the Manilla, Phillipines Temple area.  Great and exciting news.  I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father still sends missionaries to the tiny islands in Micronesia and that they have the opportunities to receive the blessings of being a stake in Zion.

Yolanda had two kids when I met her.  A daughter named Brennica and a son that we called Andrew.  Later we found out his real name was Enter, they just didn't want to tell us we were calling him by the wrong name.  Sadly, Enter was sickly and passed away while I was serving on Guam.

***July 2, 2004 Journal: Andrew's 1st Birthday
          Had a discussion with Yolanda on a talk Elder Eyring gave at this past general conference.  It was about over coming adversity with the help of the Lord.  It was a good discussion. Not so many distractions. Yolan put one and one together and brought up the story of Job.  We wanted her to realize that she CAN get baptized. Sister Garber brought up the quote about, if you aren't going forwards you're going backwards.
       
           Had a discussion with the Ioanis family.  Bro. Ioanis knows Bro. Marlo Lopes.  Sis. Ioanis cooks some great food, tastes just like home.  We told them the story of the bean bag frog.

          Went back to Yolanda's to "celebrate" Andrew's birthday.  We baked a cake.  They ended up feeding us too.  I was pretty full after the Ioanis', Yolanda's family just made me feel FAT!  Too much food, but oh so good!

GOOD - putting sentences together in Pohnpeian, didn't get attacked by dogs, talked to people

COMPANION(S) - Sis. Garber: helpful, loves these people, will miss Pohnpei
          Sis. Garside: uplifting, fun

GOALS: Speak the language, finish "Nature of God" report

16 March 2014

Tomorrow is our 7th wedding anniversary!  I like to tell people of a lady that once told me that she and her husband had been married for 15 years.  She felt that since they had made it that far, they will probably make it for the long haul. I took that to heart that day and thought, 15 years is too long a wait, to know that had married the right person. I know that's not what she meant.  But I decided that if/when I got married and I needed to know when I got married that it was right.  Happily, I feel reassured everyday that Nakeu and I made the right decision to get sealed for time and all eternity in the Laie temple.

We had a fun date night, Friday night. It was so quiet at our table, even in the noisy restaurant, that we fake scolded our kiddies that were not there. Then we got gifts for them.

Here are some pictures from playgroup Thursdays.  I'm playing with a new lens I got so these are the ones that came out pretty well.  The others were over or under exposed beyond help.