Service in Tonga

This month has flown by making our time getting shorter to accomplish all that we would like to here in Tonga.  We had many service errands this month here in Tonga.  We have delivered wheelchairs, visited churches that were in need of cushions that  the LDS church was getting rid of in their chapels, and tables that Liahona was getting rid of.  And on top of it all we had two projects approved as well as working on three more. Following are some pictures of our activities this month.

This is the Tongan way of loading and hauling things.  These tables are for the Bridge School that a man is trying to start for students who did not finish high school.  He only has an old warehouse, so he was very happy to get these old tables.  We are hoping to be able to help him get some computers, book shelves and books in a project that we are working on.

This is a Pastor of a little community chapel.  He has requested some cushions for the pews in his little church.

This is the front of the chapel that we are getting cushions for the pews.  We thought it was very quaint!

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Here we are loading the cushions.  After visiting this little chapel, we learned of another chapel in the same area that also needed cushions for their pews as well.  So Liahona was able to find homes for about 40 cushions between the two little chapels.  They were so happy to get them!

Following are some of the wheelchair recipients that we helped in January.  One of them was a wheelchair repair.  Elder Murdock found some new wheels for the front as the ones on the chair were completely wore out.  The wheelchair was about 18 months old and had been well used.  The recipient was a man, 32 years old, who had his leg to the knee amputated due to diabetes.  He is one of the reasons that we are looking at including prosthesis in our next wheelchair project.  The lady had had a stroke and the elderly man is old and very feeble.