Other Events in April 2015

April has been a very busy month for us with all our travels and meetings and proposed projects.  Following are some pictures of some of these other events that has kept us so busy.

The Stakes were asked to provide manioke,peeled and cleaned, so much from each ward, then to bring to us and put in this refrigerated container and be frozen ready to ship to Vanuatu as they are in need of food since the cyclone hit there.

These are some of the ward members stacking the bags of manioke so that we can get as many in as we can.

Even the little ones were able to help.  He was so cute!

The container is now full.  Standing in front from left to right is Elder Murdock, Stake President, President Kupu, Elder Haleck (1st counsellor in the Area Presidency), another Stake President and our security guard Malu. There was 925  20lb bags in the container.

Here the truck is taking the container to the ship to be shipped on to Vanuatu.  Hopefully it will bless the lives of the people there.  We are expecting to do 4 more of these over the next 5 months.

This was a big meeting with some important dignitaries from the Crown Prince who were bringing the Crown Princes' request to us for a new Dialysis Centre here in Tonga.  It will take many more meetings, but hopefully we will be able to get it off the ground and running before we leave.

Elder Berger is getting ready to leave us to go home!

This is Elder Berger and his daughter and husband, Elder and Sister Hamblin, the office couple.

Elder Berger and Elder Pearson, the Area President for the South Pacific.  He was flying out on the same plane as Elder Berger, so hopefully he will take care of him.  Elder Berger is very dear to us all here in Tonga!

Elder Berger and Elder Murdock.  Elder Berger's Grandfather and Elder Murdock's Grandmother were brother and sister.  We did not find this out until we met him here in Tonga!

Elder Berger's final goodbye

This is a piece of farm ground that is in our big farming project.  We are so proud of the people that are involved with this project.  They are working very hard.  Here they have planted manioke.  The field looked so beautiful.

At the end of our long afternoon of visiting over 17 different sights and taking over 60 pictures, our Champion in this project, Bishop Huni is digging us some ufi (yams) for us to take home.

This was one of the roads that we went down to get to one of the farm lots.  It was quite beautiful.  The road was lined with banana trees.

"He who gives money gives some, he who gives time gives more, and he who gives of himself gives all."   Thomas S. Monson