Our Penultimate Week in Kosrae

Its hard to believe that the Celebration is almost here.  Preparations are in full swing.  

Sisters Daniel, Lowary and Alokoa and others have been collecting shells on the beach and in the ocean to make beautiful necklaces.  They work while others practice the "skit."

Sisters Nena and Phillip are making more scariris from the bark of the wild hibiscus tree.

Elder and Sister Batty, from Lake City, Utah, arrived on Monday to serve as CES missionaries on Kosrae.  Sister Batty helped sew children's costumes for the skit.  Kellly Ann Lowary helped too.  

Brother Likaska Sigrah along with Elders Amato and Johnson help prepare props.

We had District Meeting at the senior couple's house on Thursday with the Battys.  They are great.

The children in Utwe Branch enjoyed the Book of Mormon Readers that Elder Hurst gave them.  

Our Relief Society lesson in Utwe was about family history.  The sisters were finding ancestors in the Kosrae Elak Sra Onak Book.

Sunday evening we had a Temple and Family History fireside at the Lelu Chapel.  

Permides Mongkeya explained how to use the My Family booklet.

Binton and Sepe Lowary and their extended family work on the their family history.

Likiaksa Tony Sigrah found his family in the Kosrae Elak Sra Onak book.

Moulton Monkeya and Mitichigo Tolenoa 

These young men from the Lelu Branch are enjoyed filling out the My Family booklet.

Mr. Paliknoa I. Sigrah, author if the Korae Elak Sra Onak Book.  

Thursday night Lelu Branch members assembled 500 hygiene kits to be donated to the Kosrae hospital as part of the Book of Mormon Celebration.

Elder Batty, Eric Mongkeya, Sister Batty, Benkin Daniel, Sarlynn Monkeya and Sister Alokoa along with other members of the Lelu Branch helped with the project.

Jay-ann Mongkeya,Leilyn Henry, Bradley, Permides Mondeya, Sepe Daniel, Mitichigo Tolenoa.

Serlyn Mongkeya, Sister Alokoa, Sister Batty, Molton Mongkeya, Jay-an Amngkeya and Sepe Daniel help assemble the kits.  Other donations to the hospital include 500 pairs of eye glasses.  The Church is also donating 50 soccer balls for the public schools. 

We look forward to a busy week as we work toward the Book of Mormon Celebration on July 25.

Friday morning we walked out early and met Justlina Lowary with her net.  She was out fishing.