Thanksgiving Plans

We just wanted to send a quick email to let you know how much we are missing you on this Thanksgiving holiday! We send our love and hope that each of you have a wonderful day. We hope you get lots of turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie to fill you up good! Have a joyous time with family and friends and know that we love you!

We will be going with our student ward to the Aloha Center for a huge dinner. The Bishop is having 9 turkeys cooked in the emu that the ward dug and built in his yard. (This is how the polynesians cook their food). Large hole lined with banana leaves and burlap, then the food is wrapped and put in and it is covered and cooks for 8-10 hours. We will have to tell you more about it when it all comes together. We are cooking 50 lbs. of potatoes, having 20 dozen rolls, also sweet potatoes, fruit salad, homemade gravy, etc. We will be eating about noon (which is about 3:00 p.m. Utah time). After that we will be playing games and doing things with the kids for the afternoon. In the evening all of the Sr. missionaries are getting together for an evening together to have left overs, dessert, etc. We are doing that at one of the couples home that have a large living room area. It is out on Laie point and is beautiful there.

We don't have to work on Fri. so we are planning to go to the beach. We are hearing that there are some BIG surfing competitions this weekend on the north shore and there are 20 foot waves predicted. Those that surf are sure excited about all of it! We hope to see some of that! The weather has been nice. Rain has stopped for a bit and it is about 80 degrees with a constant breeze to keep it cool. We just can't love it enough!!!!!So that is our plans.

Know of our love for you and for the gospel. We love Hawaii, we love our mission. We love the polynesians and the center. We are very blessed and we feel that our family is also being blessed in our absense. Count your blessing always!!!!!!

Love forever and always,Your Hawaiian missionaries!