Family letter time! WOW, we cannot believe how fast the time is going and how unbelievably busy we are! Letters and emails are getting less and less, as you all well know. Bob has been called to the High Council and I have been called as Enrichment Counselor in the Stake Relief Society…and we thought we were busy before this happened! But it is great, and that is what we are here for. So push up your sleeves, Elder and Sister Remund and keep working! As you will see, we still find time to play and enjoy. The weather is still beautiful, a little more rain and wind, but warm and no ice or snow!
Let’s go back a little to December…below is a picture of the “missionaries” at the Honolulu Hawaii Temple Visitors Center. It was very beautiful. Each of the 14 stakes
were ask to decorate a tree, they each had scripture references, and then they were placed in the different rooms of the center. It really was great. Our stake did a tree (actually 2 trees) decorated with handmade dolls from each of the countries represented at BYUH (80 in all). I volunteered to make the doll from Ethiopia! The doll bodies were all alike and then we made the costumes. 
The pictures sure do not do justice…wish you all could have seen all of the trees, they were really magnificent!
Hence, the high surfing waves that bring all of the world cup championships to the North Shore. We saw a lot of those big waves and a few of the surfing “dudes” doing there things. We were not able to get to any of the actual contests, however, as they hold them during the day and we could not get away from work to go. Maybe next year! They still have 8-12 foot waves coming in, according to the weather!
FEB. 7, 2009…HIKE TO WAIMEA FALLS
Bob and I and Elder Dixon took a beautiful hike into the Waimea Valley up to the falls. For any one watching the TV series “Lost”, these falls were in the most recent episode! Does anyone recognize them? Also, remember the banyon trees we took pictures of last fall and showed pictures of myself and Sharlene in the middle of them? Well, that exact spot is where some of the episodes of Lost have also been filmed! We can show you a few other spots on the island where some other episodes have been filmed also…come for a visit and we will share it all with you!
The hike was beautiful and very easy. The falls are nothing like Bridal Veil, but the beauty on the way up is well worth the hike! Can’t wait to show everyone! Lots of taro plants and Hawaiian flowers.
FEB. 14, 2009 – HIKE TO MAKAPUU POINT AND LIGHTHOUSE
We certainly have gotten more adventuresome in our hiking, especially for our age! This was a great hike and we had hoped to see whale from up here, but to our disappointment…not today! This is a famous “whale watching” area however.
BACK TO REALITY…
Just in case you think perhaps we don’t really work…let’s get back to our real life! They decided to put down “astro turf” on the stage of the Pacific theater (where they have the nightshow). The “men in blue” (the REAL workers) pulled up the old flooring and rolled out the new astro turf, glued all of the seams, and then spread 1 1/2 inches of sand down into the turf to make the cushion flooring for the dancers and performers.
Above are shown the boards and sand bags holding down the seams while the glue dries. This all had to be done starting Sat. night (after the last night show) and ready to dance on come Mon. evening at 7:30 p.m. They don’t believe in “holding up the show”, even for construction or repairs! It’s called working 24-7 to get the job done…whatever it takes!
Myself, Sister Rex, Sister Jones and the rest of the gang cooking breakfast for the devotional. Below are our wonderful Maori friends presenting their devotional. We love these people! 
WE LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE FROM HOME!
On Jan. 20, we had some visitors…Joel and LuAnn Kohler, Mark and Vickie Sweat, Grant and Karolee Kohler, and John and Paula Provost. (Bob is behind the camera!)
Also we had Paul and Joyce Probst, and Ray and Ruth Farrell call us and we stopped and had dinner with them. Earlier in the year we had Kevin and Gayla DiStephano come to the center and stop to see us also. It really is fun to have “folks from home” stop by!
FAMILY HOME EVEN LUAU …
One of the Hawaiian families from Laie invited the missionaries over for a “thank you” luau. It was really a fun, fun night. There was all of the Hawaiian luau food and TONS of it…then they had live music. This guy was the lead singer and let me tell you, they were soooooooooooooo good! They played music of “our” time, music from the 60’s and we danced, sang, and ate and ate. Notice the “dread locks”…we see a lot of that here, but this was truly a sight to behold! But his voice surely made up for his looks!
So we keep busy and love it all…work and play…church and business. Please forgive us that we can’t keep up with too frequent of emails, etc. We do just what we can and we know you are all doing the same.
We miss you and can hardly wait for some family visits! Tues. (Feb. 24, 2009), Gerald and Kaye Carter and Jim and Betty Kimmel are coming in and will stay with us for a week. They will visit and tour the island while we work in the day and we will do some playing and visiting with them in the evenings and weekends. We are really looking forward to it!
This is the sunrise we wake up to each morning…what a beautiful blessing!
We send our love to all. We miss you and love getting your pictures, emails, blog updates, etc.
Love to all forever and always,
Elder and Sister Remund
Grandpa and Grandma
Dad and Mom
Bob and Vickie
Let’s go back a little to December…below is a picture of the “missionaries” at the Honolulu Hawaii Temple Visitors Center. It was very beautiful. Each of the 14 stakes
were ask to decorate a tree, they each had scripture references, and then they were placed in the different rooms of the center. It really was great. Our stake did a tree (actually 2 trees) decorated with handmade dolls from each of the countries represented at BYUH (80 in all). I volunteered to make the doll from Ethiopia! The doll bodies were all alike and then we made the costumes. The pictures sure do not do justice…wish you all could have seen all of the trees, they were really magnificent! JANUARY WAVES ON THE NORTH SHORE…
Hence, the high surfing waves that bring all of the world cup championships to the North Shore. We saw a lot of those big waves and a few of the surfing “dudes” doing there things. We were not able to get to any of the actual contests, however, as they hold them during the day and we could not get away from work to go. Maybe next year! They still have 8-12 foot waves coming in, according to the weather!JAN. 24, 2009…DIAMOND HEAD
This was on our hike to the top of Diamond Head! Can you believe that “us old foggies” actually did such a thing! And we must admit, we did really well! I have to tell you a funny story! Bob was behind me and I could hear him “huffing and puffing” and I was getting a little worried about him. The trail is very narrow and you can’t turn around very well to look, as people are coming down the trail on the other side of you. Well, I kept going slower and slower to let him have a little more rest time. Finally his breathing became sooooo labored I was scared so I stopped and turned around…and guess what? Bob was doing GREAT…it was the “old quezzer” (much younger than either of us) that was creating all of the noise! Boy was I relieved and we had a great laugh about that one! Note Waikiki in the background! Beautiful to say the least! 
FEB. 7, 2009…HIKE TO WAIMEA FALLSBob and I and Elder Dixon took a beautiful hike into the Waimea Valley up to the falls. For any one watching the TV series “Lost”, these falls were in the most recent episode! Does anyone recognize them? Also, remember the banyon trees we took pictures of last fall and showed pictures of myself and Sharlene in the middle of them? Well, that exact spot is where some of the episodes of Lost have also been filmed! We can show you a few other spots on the island where some other episodes have been filmed also…come for a visit and we will share it all with you!
The hike was beautiful and very easy. The falls are nothing like Bridal Veil, but the beauty on the way up is well worth the hike! Can’t wait to show everyone! Lots of taro plants and Hawaiian flowers.FEB. 14, 2009 – HIKE TO MAKAPUU POINT AND LIGHTHOUSE
We certainly have gotten more adventuresome in our hiking, especially for our age! This was a great hike and we had hoped to see whale from up here, but to our disappointment…not today! This is a famous “whale watching” area however.
BACK TO REALITY…Just in case you think perhaps we don’t really work…let’s get back to our real life! They decided to put down “astro turf” on the stage of the Pacific theater (where they have the nightshow). The “men in blue” (the REAL workers) pulled up the old flooring and rolled out the new astro turf, glued all of the seams, and then spread 1 1/2 inches of sand down into the turf to make the cushion flooring for the dancers and performers.
Above are shown the boards and sand bags holding down the seams while the glue dries. This all had to be done starting Sat. night (after the last night show) and ready to dance on come Mon. evening at 7:30 p.m. They don’t believe in “holding up the show”, even for construction or repairs! It’s called working 24-7 to get the job done…whatever it takes!FEB. 21, 2009 – NEW ZEALAND (MAORI) DEVOTIONAL
Myself, Sister Rex, Sister Jones and the rest of the gang cooking breakfast for the devotional. Below are our wonderful Maori friends presenting their devotional. We love these people! WE LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE FROM HOME!Also we had Paul and Joyce Probst, and Ray and Ruth Farrell call us and we stopped and had dinner with them. Earlier in the year we had Kevin and Gayla DiStephano come to the center and stop to see us also. It really is fun to have “folks from home” stop by!
FAMILY HOME EVEN LUAU …
One of the Hawaiian families from Laie invited the missionaries over for a “thank you” luau. It was really a fun, fun night. There was all of the Hawaiian luau food and TONS of it…then they had live music. This guy was the lead singer and let me tell you, they were soooooooooooooo good! They played music of “our” time, music from the 60’s and we danced, sang, and ate and ate. Notice the “dread locks”…we see a lot of that here, but this was truly a sight to behold! But his voice surely made up for his looks!
So we keep busy and love it all…work and play…church and business. Please forgive us that we can’t keep up with too frequent of emails, etc. We do just what we can and we know you are all doing the same.We miss you and can hardly wait for some family visits! Tues. (Feb. 24, 2009), Gerald and Kaye Carter and Jim and Betty Kimmel are coming in and will stay with us for a week. They will visit and tour the island while we work in the day and we will do some playing and visiting with them in the evenings and weekends. We are really looking forward to it!
This is the sunrise we wake up to each morning…what a beautiful blessing!
We send our love to all. We miss you and love getting your pictures, emails, blog updates, etc.Love to all forever and always,
Elder and Sister Remund
Grandpa and Grandma
Dad and Mom
Bob and Vickie
