Aloha 3/27/13

Aloha,

On March 16th we were able to attend "Paradise Cove" with the Tongan Branch and have a luau in celebration of the Relief Society.  We had 38 attend from the Branch.  The long table shows the Branch President and others at our designated table.  This picture was taken as we entered the luau.  They presented us w/a bead necklace and then took a picture. Losana, daughter of the RS President bought Sister McGiven and Sister Morris this picture for a remembrance.  The Branch paid for all the single sisters to attend.  I am sitting by Sis Fifita, RS President and Linda Toli her 1st counselor.  It was a very fun evening. 

On Sunday the 17th, I was coughing badly and decided to stay home from church.  I missed giving my talk on Charity, but thought it more charitable than coughing in all the meetings.

Monday, I made a Dr.'s appointment and went into Honolulu w/my faithful companion and driver.  The 16 miles took 1-1/2 hours into the office and another hour wait and an hour drive home.  I was given antibiotics and as I was leaving Dr. Lawler said, "It would best if you could come in 5 days in a row and have an IV w/antibiotic and a steroid."  I had bronchitis.... and I said, "with the traffic... it would be hard."  Wednesday, the antibiotics weren't cutting it so Sis. McGiven said we are going in and do the IV's. Luckily, our travel times weren't bad.  I found out they were open Saturday and Sunday; so I had treatments on Wednesday, Temple Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and finished up on Monday the 25th.  I had the Dr. go over why I keep getting sick!  I have a hiatal hernia that needs to be re-done when I get home and the acids keep spilling over and into the lungs and bacteria develops!  Whoopie!  I am on 40 mg of Nexium and will repair the hernia when I return home.   Hopefully, I won't get sick again. Some paradise!  Sis. Sue has been amazingly healthy.

Aloha 3/17/13

Aloha,

I am a little slower getting the blog done this week...so it will combine two weeks!

We attended the temple with our Zone on Tuesday, but didn't make the same session...so no pictures. While I was waiting to get into my locker, I did see Sandra Knapp and we visited.  They lived in the Wright home about 25 years ago.  So we had a nice catch up.  We had the two younger Sisters, LaBaron and Smoot, with us so we took them to lunch at Kahuku Grill and then headed home.

Genise took Wyatt to Sea World for his 7th birthday to play with the dolphins. 

Aloha 3/4/13

Aloha,

The weeks seem to go faster and faster!!!  So, Aloha again.

This is an addendum to last weeks "Aloha!" letter.  I forgot to include all this excitement from last Sunday.  So here goes my story.

"I was up and studying and Sis. McGiven was still stuck to the mattress WHEN all of a sudden I heard yelling.  My door was open a little and it was LOUD.  The yelling went on for quite some time until I finally looked outside and saw a women throwing items outside over her deck.  A guy came out and started hitting her and there were 2 boys about 8 and 10 squeezed into a corner. I called the police and gave my address because I couldn't tell their address. It took them a long time to come... about 20 minutes from my call.  I also had my front door open for the breeze and I heard another person talking to the police dept.  I went out to talk to him and told him I also had called.  He had a big gun he stuck into his pants pocket and about then the "rabble rouser" came up from the back of his condo w/ his bags and was going to drive off, but the fellow that called the police told him he needed to stay because he had called the police and he had his vehicle license number.  He started to approach the guy w/ the gun, but he said... just stay back and wait.  The language was starting to sound ugly, so I came inside.  I really don't know the outcome, but the guy is around and the woman and kids are gone!"  This is the end of the addendum!!!