We've heard some requests to post some more photos of Jenn and Mom and Dad (Gordon's parents) in Micronesia on the island of Kosrae. Jenn took Grandma Evans to visit the new Foote missionaries. Here are a bunch of pics. Enjoy!
Jenn and Elder Foote went and looked at some ancient ruins.
Here is Jenn and Dad (Elder
Foote) at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the ruins
Jenn and Mom (Sister
Foote) are standing
infront of the Island of the Sleeping Lady. You cannot see it very well in this picture, but the island resembles a lady on her back.
Dad is holding a coconut tree growing out of another coconut husk, he found that sitting on the ground!
This is a member family on
Pohnpei (pronounced:
pon a pay)
Mom and Dad seem to be doing great. While we were on
Pohnpei, the Facilities Manager told me how great they were doing and that Dad had already remembered
everyone's names and that mom was trying to learn the language. None of the other senior couples have tried to learn the language. But what really struck me was Dad learning
every one's names. Remember when Dad used to call everyone "Sunshine" because he couldn't remember their names? While I was in the zone conference on
Kosrae Mom loaned me her notebook. It happened to be the notebook that
LeeAnn had written the notes from their setting apart blessings. While reading that, I had forgotten that Dad had been blessed to remember names and love the people. Loving the people was easy, but the remembering of names was a blessing to be sure. The people there love Mom and Dad and Mom and Dad love the people. Mom learned to introduce Grandma and I in
Kosrian. She would say, "This is my mother" and "This is my daughter". Everyone would look at me, then look at her. Then the conversation of she's really my daughter-in-law would commence. I'm a little too tall! Everyone would always say, "She's so smart!" talking about Mom, because none of the other senior missionaries had tried to learn the language.
Their home is really nice and roomy for
Kosrian standards. They have two bedrooms, one used as an office, a large living room and a good sized kitchen. Compared to here it's not spacious but on an island where an entire family lives in one or two rooms and cooks outside it's pretty nice.
Mom is teaching anyone who wants to learn how to play the piano and they've taught the young women how to lead so they can do it instead of the missionaries. Mom helped the youth put together some hymns which they sang at District Conference as well as in the youth fireside. The islanders sing beautifully and as loud as they can. When I was at church on Sunday here the difference was sad. 60 people from Kosrae could put our entire congregation to shame without even trying. I really loved singing with the Kosrians.
I could go on and on, but I'll end here. Mom and Dad look and are doing great. I didn't get to spend tons of time with them, but what time I did get was so wonderful!
Miss you all!
This is a pic of Maddie and Mackenzie on skit night doing their wonderful "popcorn popping" skit. Neither thought it was a brilliant idea, but they couldn't stop laughing as they sang popcorn popping on the apricot tree at the top of their lungs. Joy... 
We do a flag ceremony every morning and night where they raise and lower the U.S. flag. We all stand in big circle and sing a song and have a prayer for whatever meal is coming up. This is of Maddie, Mackenzie, and Leeannah (she's on the far right).
"Sexy Lady come along..." We are practicing our cheers at role call.
