We had our senior missionary breakfast this morning on the patio by the mission office. The weather was perfect. All of the missionaries came except Sister Kinikini, she had a shift at the temple. Everyone brought food, we had breakfast casseroles, French toast, biscuits and gravy, bacon, muffins, sweet rolls, fruit and juice. There was tons of food but everything was delicious and we had such a good time. We had 4 missionaries “drop by” and they ate up all the left overs. When we were through eating, Elder Maile showed us how to crack the top off a coconut. We all love drinking the coconut juice, it is so good for you and it really quenches your thirst. But here, the coconuts are young and fresh and if you take the top off you can get inside and scrape out the coconut to eat it. Once he showed us how it is done, some of the men wanted to try it. Coconut juice is not carbonated, but if you shake it and then pop the top off, it will spray out. Alan popped the top off of one and covered Elder Hamblin with the juice. It was really funny! Elder Meyers got his wife.
It is a lot of work for us to put these parties together, but everyone had such a good time they said they want to do it more often. They are all so willing to help that it makes it worth it. We are already planning an “umu feast” for October. That is when everything is cooked in an umu - a hole in the ground. It should be interesting.
