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A Kiribati flag with all missionaries names on it


This week we said "Good-Bye" to our mission leaders, President and Sister Kendall.  What inspiring leaders they are.  They are over the Marshall Islands and Kiribati.  2 differnt countries, 2 different native languages, 2 different currencies, really - 2 different missions .  They are loved and will be sorely missed.  We had a farewell dinner with all the senior couples. The members of the church held a celebration in their honor at Moroni High School.  Lots of dancing and food.  

The young proselyting Elders and Sister waiting 
for the celebration to begin. 
Mission rules: they had to leave at 9:00pm whether the 
celebration is over or not.  They were obedient and left on 
time after singing "Army of Helaman" 

President and Sister Kendal dancing.  
Honored Guest always dance as part of the celebration.  
Silliness is alway encouraged because the Kiribati
people love to laugh.  The elder in the background
provided the silliness.  

Dancing - The Elders serving in that area were invited 
to join the dance.  

More dancing. 


Keith and I were invited to attend a 3-day emergency response exercise that was hosted by Australia.  The goal was to create a platform for local government representatives to discuss what standard operating proceedures should be in place in case of a natural disaster.  They used a cyclone as the example,  But because of how it's located on the equator, Kiribati generally doesn't get cyclones.  But it still initiated very interesting discussions.  

Group photo - yes, we are wearing matching shirts
 provided by Australia - we are at the top of the stairs

Panel discussion: 

Keith and I were split up into 2 different group discusions
This was mine

This is Keith's group.


We enjoy helping people with their family history on Wednesday nights. Kiribati doesn't have a lot of written records, mostly it is oral history that people know.  However, there are some records that have been indexed.  With the temple currently being built, there has been a push for family history.  They will need Kiribati names for the temple. 

Keith helping a woman and child

Trying to retrieve a username and password. 
"Email?  I don't have an email"  (sigh)


Youth night at family history (located in the computer lab 
on Moroni High School


We went back to both Saint Maria High School and the outpatient department at the hospital to see if there were any additional needs for the donated computers, like cables to attach them to the monitors.  Neither one had installed them yet.  It's alway good to have patience, but a little push is good too. 
The IT department at the Hospital 
which received one of MHS computers


Another micro project: 
Supplying baby formula to a child 
whose mother died of Sepsis a week after birth

After many weeks of trying,
we finally got the certificate of occupancy 
for the dental clinic - yeah!!

Ice cream after church on father's day.

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