We just returned from doing a service project with the Labasa Sisters and the Seaqaqa Elders. Rex & I have been attending the Seaqaqa Branch the last few weeks. Usually there are fewer than 10 attending, and on last Fast Sunday, when the branch paid for the transportation costs, there were only 20. That day, since there was no Young Men’s President, I noticed two teenage boys playing on their phones which were plugged into power in the church kitchen. I saw a few big piles of dirt on the tile cupboards and realized that kitchen probably hadn’t been cleaned in months. I talked with the missionaries and the Elder’s Quorum President, and they announced last week a branch service project to clean the inside of the church. The Elders Quorum President, who is basically the leader of the branch with President Patero gone, the Young Women’s President, who is the RM we helped apply for BYU Hawaii, and one of the young women came to help. I had to laugh that it had been so long since it was cleaned that the little hand broom and dust pan had cobwebs onthem. We spent two hours cleaning and organizing the little building. We loved hearing Elder Nabuti singing beautiful hymns the whole time and everyone laughing and talking as they worked. It looks so much better! As we drove home, I told Rex, “It’s funny. I’m tired, but at the same time I feel invigorated.” It is always a joy to serve.
On the way home, we drove a few minutes off the main road and showed the sisters a breathtaking view of the ocean. It was crystal blue. We can’t get to it through the mangrove trees, but it is beautiful!
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