Week 47 in Tarawa

We debated about whether or not to post a blog this week because we only took a few pictures and because it has been a very ordinary week.  I suppose the highlight of our week, after 5 months of waiting, was being able to buy hamburger (they call it "mince meat" here) at a store called MOEL's in Betio.  Other than that, we prepared and taught lessons, worked in the TALL lab, and helped missionaries with petty cash requests.

In the TALL lab, we usually give English proficiency tests, help returned missionaries with BYU Hawaii applications, and help students learn English, but this week we also helped Tiotomaia, one of our high councilors, learn how to use a computer.  He has been called as a Stake Auditor, but had never used a computer before.  Elder Sumner had to teach him such basic things as how to use a mouse.

Since the Bogh's returned home 4 weeks ago, we thought now would be a good time to put our frozen food in their nearly empty freezer so we could defrost ours.  Check out this nice clean freezer!
















On the way home from Betio, we stopped at one of the little road side stands and bought some cherry tomatoes and hot peppers to use in making salsa.  We learned the hard way to use rubber gloves to protect our hands when cleaning and dicing hot peppers.

Our final "unusual" activity of the week was helping get house 7, the Bogh's former abode, ready for a visit from our mission auditors, Elder and Sister Baber.  House 7 has a little office addition that has clothes lines for hanging drying laundry.  It rained a lot Saturday, so we made use of the indoor lines to dry the freshly washed bed sheets.





Once the sheets dried, we had to make the bed, of course.  Over the years we've gotten pretty good at making beds together!

Our week hasn't been very exciting, but it has been very fulfilling.  Now that we've been here 11 months, we are getting to know students and missionaries, as well as teachers.  We love being able to bless their lives in so many small ways.