"P" Days in January

Following are photos of some of the fun time we had with the other Senior Missionaries here in Tonga on our "P" Days.  One of those days at the beach, Sister Wood brought out of the ocean what she called a coconut crab.  She said that they eventually come out of the ocean and live on the beach where they climb coconut trees and knock down the coconuts and eat them.  She said that they can grown to about 30 inches wide.  This one was only about six inches.  We can't imagine what a full grown one would be like!

We went to dinners at some pretty good restaurants and even a Stake Dance that they have on their Stake Conference Weekend.  It was pretty fun.  The Prince was even there as well!  He has been taking the missionary lessons.  We are all hoping that he will join, but he does have to do what his Father, the King says.

We also enjoyed having the Presidents Dinner where President Tupou and his family join us.  He and his wife usually have some very spiritual advice for us as well.  One of the things he said to us once was that if we go out and get drunk, don't tell him! We assume he had a problem with one of the young Elders here in Tonga.  We all laughed.  He is a very special man!

Here we are snorkeling at Surfer's Beach.  We saw some really nice fish and the water was wonderful.

Sister Wood brought this out of the ocean.  We were able to get it to come out for a picture.

We even got him out a little further. He was so interesting.  We returned him to the ocean after the pictures.

Here we are at the Stake Dance.  We had a lot of fun dancing.

This is the place we all went to dinner.  It is as close to Pizza Hut as you can get here.

This is inside of Marcos Pizza.  It was very unique.  We sat in the garden.

Here we are at our table waiting for our pizza in the garden patio.

This is our President's Dinner.  Elder Wood is taking a picture of Sister Moon's dish.  It was so beautiful, we did not want to eat it.  A lot of good food!

Picture of the room where we had the President's Dinner.  We are all gathered together.  It was a wonderful evening.