We were so happy to have Eli and Heather skype before they left their house for Eli's baptism....At least we are in the picture at the bottom of the screen! Eli is so happy and so are we --- missionaries love baptisms!! especially family members. Keep the promises you made, Eli, and you will have a happy life.
There are usually people selling things in the middle of the lanes of traffic - pretty scary. Here Elder Flake is buying a bunch of ripe bananas - 100 dollars - about 85 cents US - this is a Kingston Strip Mall! notice the bars on all the doors and windows - all the shops and most of the houses have those.
It is a lot harder to find interesting things to blog about when we are in the mission office 8+ hours a day...so I found some of Sister Flakes 'streets of Kingston' pictures and will recycle them! Here is a guard at the Armored Car with his shotgun - they are always there when money is carried out. These are preschool children going on a field trip - "hold on to the one in front of you" - seems to be working okay! Next is a typical street shop - this one near the harbour - to many of these to count!
More of the computer pictures of Wenatchee High School Graduation - June 8, 2012. It was exciting to see the happiness of the graduates - and you know some of them barely made it!! I loved the hugs from favorite teachers and the Principal - and the kids hugging each other. The world will be a better place with wonderful young people like these in it. Thanks to technology we got to participate from an island in the Caribbean Ocean - so grateful!
We had a great time watching Sydney's graduation from Wenatchee High School from Kingston Jamaica!! Here is Nina with the other foreign exchange students, plus getting her certificate - sorry about the pole in the way! We watched from 10 - 12 midnight and enjoyed being a tiny part of the celebrations. I think we found Sydney walking in with three friends, one is taller and has red hair - Allison? any way - I liked how there were four together and they were ALL GRINNING!!
The talks were good - the band okay - the song nice - the throwing of the hats was perfect! Was there fireworks? It sounded like it on the audio but we didn't see any - these kids will make their own FIREWORKS!
This is the wall by my desk in the Mission Office... there is Sydney's graduation announcement, Eli's and Sophie and Grace's baptism invitations - just to help me get my work done! We sure love our family and wish we could be at their special events ...but know we will get to see them all soon. We are so proud of our children and grandchildren and the good lives they are living - we feel truly blessed each day.
