Bronchitis...

Well, it was District Meeting today. Our Zone Leaders do such a fantastic job. We learn so much. Our theme today was REPRESENT. Who and what do we represent? It was wonderful. After the meeting we went over to Ele'ele to the Kauai Clinic to see Dr. Penner. Wally's lungs sounded like somebody crinkling cellophane every time he breathed last night. Neither one of us could sleep. Dr. says Wally has bronchitis. Wally told him his son, the general doctor, has prescribed a Z pac and that he had started taking it yesterday. The doctor said he would have done the same thing but he also gave Wally Prednisone and an inhaler. The Relief Society President in our ward sells essential oils and she gave some to Wally to try. Lots of people use them here. They are supposed to cure all kinds of things. Guess where their headquarters is? Orem. We sure hope something works!

Z Pak from Dr. J

Wally has a cold! Can you believe it? It is that time of year. Every 6 months or so he has to have a doozy. He started last Friday but has gotten steadily worse. We called Jon and he prescribed a Zpak for Wally. We may call the doctor if he doesn't do any better soon. Believe me it is not a fun way to spend our P-day!

Missionary Work and the Young Women.

Here is another picture of our young women at camp. When I went to take this picture they were about ready to come home. Can you tell? Anyway, one of the leaders asked me if I would teach the lesson on missionary work on Sunday. We had a great lesson, if I do say so myself. As their camp theme had been Good Works I decided to talk about what Good Works it would be for them to share the gospel with their friends who weren't members and also some less active girls they might know. We all decided what better thing could we do than share the gospel with those we love. We could bring peace, joy and the love of the Savior to them. It sure brought back the old memories of being in Young Women at home and teaching 6th grade. I have been so blessed!

Kukui'ula Village.

On Saturdays Wally usually takes us to lunch at some place fun. We take little site seeing trips and he surprises me. This week we went to the Kukui'ula Village shopping center in Poipu. It has lots of little shops and we thought we would spend a little time there. We first went to Bubba's for a "world famous" hamburger and fries. I asked for lettuce and tomatoes on mine and they said we don't recommend that, just eat the burger the way we have been fixing them for 50 years. Hmmm. There was a bus boy who was about 90 and he asked me for my left over fries so he could feed the birds. Those birds were just waiting for their treat. It was fun to watch them. The picture above is outside the Lappert's Ice Cream Parlor. Lappert's is made here in Hanapepe. It is an island specialty. We stepped inside Lappert's for a cone and the RAIN started. Wow! Thunder and lightning you wouldn't believe. It poured buckets. Usually the rain stops after a few minutes but this time it kept on. We waited for about 1/2 an hour and then decided we better head for home. We were soaked by the time we got to our car. Guess what? The girl that was scooping ice cream told some people that it was probably island wide. We knew better. It hardly ever rains in Kekaha. And sure enough when we got home not a trace.

Brother and Sister Cox.

Meet Brother Ken and Sister Jan Cox. We have become good friends. They are the directors of the churches ARP or Addiction Recovery 12 Step Program here on Kauai. The program is very successful on other islands but is just getting started here. The Cox's have been here a year and are going to stay on at least another year to see that the program gets a good hold on Kauai. They teach 6 lessons a week, some of them in the prison and at outreach programs. Brother Cox met us one day at the Lihue chapel and said he had had a revelation that we should teach the program in Kekaha. We thought about it, then said we would. Sister Cox has been an addict most of her adult life but has been clean for about 7 years now. She is amazing. She is kind, loving and lots of fun. She has such a testimony of the program and is really a great facilitator. Because of their work at the prison we will be recommended by parole officers and will be able to sign off attendees paper work. The focus of the program is forgiveness through the atonement of Jesus Christ and we are able to teach and share the gospel if people ask us to. We had a gentleman from Star Valley, Wyoming attend last week because he was here on vacation and went to Sacrament Meeting and saw a posting for our meeting and he came on Thursday night. We hope we will be able to make a difference for people clear down here on the west end.

Thursdays With Bro. C.

We learned about the hula today. This is a picture of Ti leaves. Ti leaves were used to make grass skirts. They have long stems and so they were either stripped into fine pieces (grass) and then tied to a rope or "belt" and tied around the waist or they could have been left as a whole leaf and made into a skirt.


These girls are wearing grass skirts over their costumes. Costumes are very colorful and covered with flowers. Not a lot of grass skirts are worn now, mostly skirts or dresses. Dancers also always were flowers in their hair, leis and bands of flowers or leaves on their wrists and ankles. Did you know that originally the hula was performed by men? It was a temple rite. It was used to tell a history as well as the story of their exploits, fishing trips, battles etc. Later on, one of the Kings of Hawaii decided that women should do the hula because it would be more sensual! We love to watch the hula performances. The music is wonderful and the dances are so graceful. It is just beautiful.

Girls Camp.

Wally and Brother Inouye were priesthood security for girls camp today. The camp was at the Kekaha Boat House. It is a house with 2 bedrooms and a bathroom down by the boat harbor. It is set on a beautiful lot overlooking the ocean. You can't swim in the ocean though because it is at the mouth of the harbor and the water is murky there. Sharks love murky water. They had porta-potties brought in but they did have hot showers. Something Camp Shalom doesn't have. Camp was from Tuesday to Friday morning. It is a beautiful grassy area with palm trees all around. The ward camping areas are around the edges.

In the middle there is an awning area for crafts and this awning is the eating area. 3 wards get together at a time to provide the meal for the girls and leaders. On Thursday night it is skit night and the parents bring pot luck for everyone to share. The Bishops come too and they have testimonies after the skits. The camp theme this year was good works and our ward color was yellow (let your light so shine). Wally had a great time being security. They fed him and he could do his favorite thing and that is talk story with everyone.