Saturday, July 19, 2008

Whoa. Someone Really Needs to Post.

It's been a long time since anyone's posted here. Its seems to me like there's a shortage of pictures. Well, the story doesn't end here, folks. On Friday Dad, Danny and I took a two day vacation to 'Eua. I think it wins the prize for being the best vacation I've ever gone on, even though I didn't get my two talks done that I had to give today in two different Sacrament meetings. But we saw the biggest tree in the world, a beautiful rock garden and many humongous cliffs. Dad gave a beautiful mission conference for the 6 elders there totally on the spot, and he and Danny got to sit in the co-pilot's seat on the 10 seater plane (yes, it's smaller than the McBus) one way each. On Saturday we climbed--literally--down these cliffs to a gorgeous beach completely non-accessible to cars, and the hike happens to be rated the number one tourist hike in the Pacific. It was entirely fakalata. (For those of you who don't pay attention to the weekly word, it's really really cun/cool.) Dad doesn't miss a beat, either, and was able to give three short first-lessons on the spot. It was great. The tragic news, is that during one of the mini lessons, just as he was getting to the Book of Mormon, we looked up and noticed a beautiful sky show and took a break to take a picture. Sadly, at the moment of action, the camera slipped from his fingerest, and through the whole in the board walk and down to the rocks below. I heroically climbed down and rescued it, but we'll be lucky if it works again. I'm hoping the card will at least work so we can get a few pictures. It happened on Friday night, so we didn't get anything of the cliff hike, but if we can get just a few pictures, we'll definitely have to post them so you can see the beauty of 'Eua.

Oh, and just as a public announcement for those who are unaware...I will be on American Sod on the fifth of August, probably in the evening. Then the parties will begin.