Tonga!

Friday, June 14th
 We went to down town to meet some of the military people in charge of the humanitarian supplies that are to be distributed this next week. It was amazing to see!! I’ll just post the pictures and let them tell the story. We also went out to the villages to set up translation with the missionaries. They are going to help the doctors in the village clinics. As it turned out the Ministry of Health had sent nurses to most of the sites to help. At one place a member of the Ministry was down right rude to Alan and the missionaries. She said, “What are you doing here? We don’t need you!” and she gave him a look that would kill. Alan was kind and just walked away but he wished later that he had told her where all of the supplies that they were using had come from. The doctors wanted to use the missionaries but she wouldn’t allow it. We don’t want to cause problems and if the native people can handle it then we will just support them.

The other sites were much more appreciative and welcomed the missionaries. It was fun to see what they were doing and how grateful they were for the donations of the church.

After driving all over the island, Ana took us out to lunch at Café Escape. I think that is her favorite place to eat and Alan really likes it too.

We tried to call Amberly and sing to her but after 5 attempts we gave up for today. They must have been having a great time celebrating her.

We had movie night tonight. Elder Johnson brought the movie and we watched “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies”. The movies he brought are just a little too old for me. I am ready for something a little more up to date.