These two Elders are the Assistants to President Peterson; Elder Medeiros (from Centerville, Utah and Elder Frederickson, from Weston, Idaho). They keep very busy and currently are involved with the various Zone Conferences taking place - which requires them to fly to the different islands!

Amazing beautiful flowers found here in Paradise! So colorful and bright!

We are standing in front of a most beautiful pool situated by the Church's Tabernacle. The Mission Office is also located here. Happy to survive Day 2!

My personal Trainer is Sister Fowler from Layton, Utah. She is a lovely lady who works so very hard and really carries the bulk of the work in the office. Yesterday I have to admit that I was a little overwhelmed because I found out I "get" to learn both jobs and then will train another Sister before I move onto learning my duties as Secretary to the Mission President. Lots to learn, but today was much better. We spent time learning about Baptism records to be recorded so that SL can issue Membership numbers, and Referrals (neat system that automatically sends a cell phone message to the Elder that they can respond to within 24 hours!) Day 2 in the Tank!

This is Lee with who he is replacing, Elder Fowler. Lee is impressed with how organized Elder Fowler has everything. He wears a lot of different hats and works very hard, but seems to get everything done. Lee has lots to learn, but is fortunate to have such a good trainer. Duties will include Finances, Apartments, Missionary Credit Cards, Missionary Cell Phones, and backing up the Mission President.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Our first official day at the Mission Office included attending (very briefly to be introduced and share testimonies with the Zone Leaders) a Zone Conference which was in progress with President Peterson and 22 of the cutest Elders - including our very own Elder Brandon Petersen, formally of Elk Ridge! Marilyn & Scott - your son is doing GREAT and is absolutely darling, but don't tell him I said so. What a great missionary!

First Day at Church - February 28, 2010

We have been assigned to attend and support the Makiki Ward and we now meet in the Honolulu Tabernacle building located in downtown Honolulu. They are a mixture of many different cultures: Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Tongan, Philippinos, and others. They are a very warm and welcoming group of members and we know that we will enjoy being a part of them. We met several missionary companions and feel very much at home among them. Today is a much better day knowing that we avoided the pending Tsunami! Weather is delightful so we are going to drive our car back over to the Church and walk back to our hotel room so that will force us to walk everyday to the Mission Office (about a 2 mile walk round trip).