Laura Beach III

Laura Beach

A hermit crab is living in a colorful shell but didn't want to give up his home. Sister Davidson is holding the hermit crab while Sister Teichert is tyring to get the hermit crab out the shell.  Oh well, it was worth a try.  We let him stay in his home.

Majuro Stake Center, Long Island Ward

About a five minute walk from our apartment is the Majuro Stake Center where the Long Island Ward meets.

There was a baptism scheduled on April 3.  When we got there, the gate and the building was locked.  We arrived before the missionaries.  They came a little later but didn't have the key to get into the the building so they could start filling up the baptismal font.

Elder Jaksina climbed over the fence.

Here he is with his great smile.  He is from Florence, Arizona.

The basketball/parking lot at the building.

Someone finally came with the key to the building.  The font was filled and the baptism services got under way.

Home Sweet Home

Here are some pictures of where we live in Long Island on Majuro.  I took these pics in April.  The picture above is of the missionaries' apartment diagonally across the street from us. Yep, that's their laundry hanging on the line.

Here is another view of where they live.

This is the street directly across from our apartment. It is a little dirt road that goes back a ways to the oceanside.  There a several homes along the road, not very big homes and not much in them.  The people mostly sleep and sit on the floors of their homes.

This concrete building is where all of our water is stored.  We get water from the raingutters and from the city on Monday.  We don't drink this water but we do use it for washing.

The third and fourth windows from the right on the second floor are our bedroom windows. 

These are the stairs leading up to the second floor.

This is looking towards the US Embassy.  A few houses past the Embassy is our church building. 

That's our neighbohood!