There's a lot of Kalio's to get ready for missions !!!!!

       We have 5 members of the Kalio family getting ready for missions. It has been a lot of fun getting them to the Dr. for physicals and the dentist for check ups. In all there are Sandra, Layven, Leeroy, Leevaughn, & Jacob. And while we were their, we finished up a few things for Merleen's Visa to Australia.
     Wherever they go, those missions will be very blessed. They are strong in the gospel, and have a love for the Lord. They all will be great missionaries, as are all the missionaries on our Island and leaving to go serve elswhere.
      I am convinced, that the strongest men & women are coming our right now, because the Lord needs all His strong missionaries.

Jacob 

Leeroy

Waiting for bloodwork

Sandra

It's just a little blood

Layven

A well deserved lunch of Curry & rice

Leevaughn

Leevaughn at the Dentist

the last of Merleens Visa stuff, yea!!!!!!

We love this job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Piano Lessons at Owha

       With all the keyboards that were donated by the church to the Owha Christian High School, we started lessons 2 Wednesdays ago, I will be starting work with there choir probably next week. It was great fun, and even some of the staff came for lessons. 16 in all, this is going to be great !!!!!

Nett, Sekerra, & Sokehs Baptisms

     We had a big night for baptisms, 9 in all. So many, I don't even have the names of all of them, but we got to help teach some of them in Nett's. There were also baptisms in Palikir, but we were not able to get there for them. So here are the pictures. Enjoy

Sam baptized Odekio Malarma,
Odekio has waited a long time

All the Nett baptisms with the people who baptized them

Wallace, Elder Holt,& ( I don't remember his name)

Me, Wallace, Jovania, Elder Holt & Elder Cook

Baptisms from Sokehs

Elder Rice, Bradley & Elder Hanson
Bradley got scared twice and did not come to his baptism,
it was good to finally get him baptized.

Ice Cream after, provided by Sam the Man,
Thank You, Sam

then off to home again

Farewell, to Elder Davis,

     Today, we watched a great missionary leave to go home, Elder Davis. He has been our Zone leader for a long time, when Elder LeFevre & I arrived on Pohnpei, Elder Davis pretty much trained us. Both Elder LeFevre & I shed a tear or two.

Unloading suitcases

Elder Davis & Sis. Fatongia

Our "Stripling" Warriors

Elder Vause

Elder Davis and us

Elder Davis had company to Guam, our new trainers,
going to get the new missionaries assigned to Pohnpei.
New Trainers are:  Elder Gardner, Elder Ashcraft,
Elder Holt & Elder Cook

A Stowaway

Goodbyes are a little hard

or not

Our great Zone leaders, Elder Davis & Elder Madill

A face, only a mother could love( just kidding)

One last look

and picture, Mama Serina

And he is gone, Returning with Honor

    Elder Davis has served so valiantly  and through a lot of his 2 years, he had to deal with some health issues, which he takes home with him to hopefully get better. Yet, through it all, he never once complained, was always happy, and ready to work.
      Our little Island, will forever be blessed because of the service Elder Davis gave
  Thank You, Elder Davis, Enjoy Home!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meagan & Irene leave for their missions

     We had a late night, Sunday night, Meagan & Irene, left on the red eye flight for Guam and then on to Salt Lake. It was a tearful night at the airport, as each said goodbye to their families and friends.
     Both were very nervous and excited to finally be on there way to the MTC and then on the Fiji.
   Neither girl has ever gone this far away before and for Meagan it was her first time to leave the Island. I was very grateful she had Irene to help her on her first airplane ride. I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for letting them go together, as they walked through the doors to security, they were holding on to each other. We knew the Lord would watch over them and they would watch over each other.
 

Check In, Irene, Sis. LeFevre, Meagan

Pres. Ongesel and Irene(his daughter)

Irene and niece, Kirari

Helping Meagan check in

Patch, Irene, AJ, Meagan

Hope the rest of this group go also, they are all great missionaries

Cynthia and Freud, Cynthis is leaving in July for her mission in California

Meagan with Mom and Dad

Filling out customs forms

Irene with Mom & Dad

Irene's sister in law and niece

Scared, but Happy

I loved this picture, they grabbed onto each others hand as they went through the final door.

Finally in Salt Lake, Tired but happy,Thank You, Elder Donakey & Elder Crapo

    Today, Elder Crapo posted a picture of them arriving in Salt Lake after approx. 28 hours of flights and airports. He and Elder Donakey met them at the airport, along with Irene's brother, Mark and his wife.
   Good to see they safely arrived and had a welcoming committee.   We prayed and worried about them, it was like sending my own kids on missions, except, these wonderful missionaries from Pohnpei, will not come home to where we are, It was a little bitter sweet, knowing, we will not be here when they come home.