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The last 2 weeks of our mission went by so fast.  Keith keeps very organized records, so we didn't need to do much there.  But we did have a few contracts that still needed signing and some purchase orders that we were hoping would be completed.  The contracts are a little tricky because most people in Kiribati don't know how to sign electronically.  So Keith has to walk them through it.  It's kinda fun to watch as their eyes get big and say "That's it?  That's all I have to do?"  We also visited another preschool requesting toys for their school.  Then it was saying good bye to people we love.  We had a farewell dinner and testimony meeting with all 17 senior missionaries.  The spirit was so strong that no one remembered to take pictures.    Fetu preschool  L-R  Ruth and Willie, Uraia who is our supervisor and leader.  He taught us everything and we couldn't have done anything without him.   We had din...
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Nauru

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  We spent this last week in the island country of Nauru.  Naauru is not a part of Kiribati, but it is a part of  the Marshall Island/ Kiribati Mission.  The church was just recently registered as an official religion in Nauru which has taken many years of patient persistentce of church leadership especially from Elder Tune our Area Seventy here in Kiribati.  Although they are now registered, they still don't have permission to baptise or marry anyone - baby steps.   Here is the history of the Nauru Wheelchair project:  In 2023, the assistant director of the Department of People Living with Disabilty (DPLD) in Nauru went to a  conference in Fiji where he mentioned the need of mobility devices for Nauru.  Someone there suggested the Church might be able to help.  They sent a request email to Elder Tune who forward the request to the pacific area wheelchair specialists.  Unfortunately, since the church was not registered then, an...
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Fruits of our labor

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  It's fun to see the people using the wheelchairs.  Going for  walk with grandpa.  This wheelchair has a trike attatchment  We are feeling so much joy seeing the fruits of our labors. Many of the projects that we started over a year ago are coming to an end. A fluoroscopy machine is now installed and being used to help with diagnosis.  These people not only installed the fluoroscopy machine but fixed the building so the machine would be safe from the elements  and the people would be safe using the machine.   Special needs children with a new sewing machine The school of Nursing had a project to receive a computer server.  It finally came in and is being installed as I write.  There is always a 10% overage allotment to cover any unforeseen expenses.  There were none. so we used these funds to buy tools that the school could use to help maintain not only the server but the building and grounds where the server will be kept.  Ke...
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Xmas Island and Fiji

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View from the Fiji Temple  Keith and I spent a week traveling. We left on Monday the 8th for Kiritimati (Xmas) Island.  We went there to see what we could do to help get more consistent electrical power on the island.  They rely on diesel generators for their electricity. Two of their three generators have completely failed and the third one is barely limping through.  The government has bought a new generator, but it will not be enough.  Australia aid has a project to put in solar power.  It has only paid for Phase 1 which is close to complete, but batteries are not part of phase 1, and it only allows green energy so they cannnot buy a diesel generator.  We met with Jake, the project manager for the australian aid project and also the Parliament Minister for the island along with his secretary and assistant.  I don't know where this project will go. We wrote up a concept letter for the committee to discuss.  It could be as small as buying an...
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