Clayton Ray's first haircut

Mo gave Clayton Ray his first haircut this on Saturday. He didn't mind at all.

Zeb's Baptism

Here are a few pictures of Zeb's baptism. It was very nice. Jacob Randall was baptized at the same time. Quint spoke and so did Sherry Randall.

Easter Weekend in Las Vegas

These are some pictues of Easter weekend in Las Vegas. The Nelsons and the Jorgensons came to visit. We went to an Easter egg hunt down the street from my house and then had our own in my back yard. We colored eggs and went to Build A Bear. It was a fun weekend.

Here's the Nelsons just as they were leaving. Can you tell whose car they are in?

This is the Jorgensens in front of the Las Vegas Temple.

Dinner with the Sisters

This is Sister Naidu from Fiji, Sister Jones from Modena, and Sister Bwakatii from Kiribati

We had these sisters over for dinner last night. They work in the Uliga branch with us.

Jaxon

Oops, sorry this one wasn't posted earlier with Mylee. I found the message tonight in my junk mail. I'm glad I found it. This is Annie's baby.

Baby Mylee

A Message from Jessie.....
Here is the picture of Mylee....it is when she was 3 months....We took it when we were at Annie's....She is having Jon's attitude in this picture. ha ha

Good Looking Couple

Voted the best looking couple on the island.

Dance

For the 17th of March the Relief Society sisters had a party and dance. Sister Jones and Sister Dahl were guests of honor. Sister Dahl is the wife of a missionary doctor who travels to all missions in the Pacific Islands and checks the health status of the missionaries. They just happened to be on Majuro this day and flew out the next day.

Sewing

Here is Sister Jones helping the sisters in Rita sew purses. There were at least 19 women who came to sew a purse.

Some sisters would rather sit on the floor, even when sewing, because they sit on the floor at their homes most of the time.

Wedding

This young couple got married last Saturday so the wife could get baptized this Saturday. Mom took these pictures at the wedding and told them she would get them copies. Mom was the only wedding photographer at the wedding.

Guess where Karlene was today?

I'm sorry I couldn't make it over to the Majuro Atoll today. I was too busy on the Jaluit Atoll.

I was in the Field Musuem today here in Chicago and they had a display on the Marshall Islands.

These look like the trees that Dad and Mom were posing in front of a few weeks ago.

Do you wear jackets on the Majuro Atoll like I did here on the Jaluit Atoll?

Is this what the boats look like?

Tourists

Wade and Angel are here!! What a surprise it was for their parents. President Bleak got Wade and Angel into his office without Lavon and Colleen knowing it and then asked Elder and Sister Randall to come into his office to discuss a matter and there sat Wade and Angel on the couch. Colleen let out a squeal and Lavon about passed out. It was a wonderful reunion. The Randall's agenda for the day has drastically changed!! We hear Addie is doing better. We are still praying often for her. Oh, I almost forgot. Angel delivered the checkbook to us. Thanks, Mo. Also, Wade and Angel's luggage is still in Hawaii. Hopefully it gets here on the next flight. Keep in touch.

Chicago

What an eventful day I've had. I'm in Chicago where St. Patrick's day is a highly celebrated holiday. Here I am decked out in my green gear in front of the Chicago river. This is before it was dyed.

This is during. There is a plumbing company that uses 40 pounds of something orange to dye the river green every year.

And here are Tara and I after the dyeing. Following the dyeing we walked to the St. Patrick's day parade. And finally we went on a river cruise down the river. We were served Corned beef and cabbage. YUM! I can't even begin to explain how cold it was on the river. I'm used to cold weather and usually I don't get cold but today was an exception. I was happy to get back to the hotel for a nice hot shower.

Greenies

Mo sent us all this green stuff because she said we were "greenies". We have been here long enough and with our first transfer, we do not consider ourselves greenies anymore so we will not be wearing this again unless we go to a 17th of March Relief Society party with it on.

This shows Elder Jones explaining to Sister Jesse, the Ajeltake Primary President, about the Church News and giving her a copy to read. Even though the paper is in English, they like to get a copy and look at it. Some can read good enough English to understand it.

This shows Elder Jones with most of the students in the Laura institute class. The older woman in the front is Sister Harry. She teaches seminary here and has a great family. The older man in the back is Brother Gideon Lang. He is a returned missionary and is a high councilman in the Majuro District.

Adventures on P-day

For P-day yesterday we went island hopping. Many of the islets of this atoll are separated by narrow necks of ocean water. When the tide is down you can walk on the coral reef from island to island. You just have to get back before the tide comes back in. This picture shows several sister missionaries standing on the coral reef as we are heading to the third island out from the "mainland".

Sister Jones and Sister Bwakatii on the coral reef. Sister Bwakatii is one of the missionaries we made friends with in the MTC and she got here a week after we did. She is pretty shy so she sticks pretty close to Sister Jones whenever we are together.

These school kids in their school uniforms came out on the reef to greet us as we approached their island. They are friendly and can speak a little English.

This shows the school kids with Elder Simmons. Elder and Sister Simmons are the CES couple. They work with the Seminary and Institute programs in the branches. They are from Idaho. Elder Simmons and I hassle each other about Idaho potatoes versus Enterprise potatoes. He doesn't understand the logic of my position.

This shows the Ejit school kids lining up after recess to go back to class. Karlene could teach here but I don't know what the pay would be. The people living on Ejit were relocated here from Bikini atoll and Kili atoll during the testing of nuclear bombs on those islands in the 1950's. They want to go back but the radiation levels are still unsafe.

Although we don't look stupid in this picture, do not be deceived. This was taken during our island hopping walk on the reef. You will notice we are not wearing hats, nor do we have any sunscreen on. In fact, we don't even have an adequate water supply. We paid a price for our lack of intelligence. Sister Jones is being treated by Elder Jones for a sunburned neck. The treatment consists of ice cubes wrapped in a towel around her neck. We have not found any aloe vera plants on the island.

This one's for Shirley

This picture is for Shirley. See what you could be driving if you would come to the Marshall Islands and sell Mary Kay. I think this car is driven by the top Mary Kay salesman on the island. It isn't a Cadillac but it is pink.

District Meeting

Another district meeting picture. L-R: Elder Nickl, zone leader, Bountiful; Elder Davis, zone leader, Fallon, Nevada; Elder Beckstrand, Panaca; Elder Stone, district leader, Australia; Sister Beckstrand, Panaca; Elder Keeley, Boise, Idaho; Sister Knowlton, Nephi; Sister Seeley, West Valley; Elder Jones, Enterprise, Utah; Sister Jones, Beryl, Utah

Young Single Adult Activity

This picture shows Elder Randall in his P-day clothes with a young man named Dalton Mote. This is at a young single adult activity. Dalton is a great young man. He is a returned missionary from Guam and is going to school here in Majuro.

This picture shows my companion at the same young adult activity.

Making Bread

You wanted evidence--here it is. This is pretty solid evidence that Mom is making bread here. This shows Sister Jones and our landlord making bread. Frances, our landlord, made a batch of bread by herself last night. I asked her husband how it turned out and he said great, "I ate a whole loaf."

One Month

This picture was taken in recognition of our first month completed. Taken on the evening of Tuesday, March 4, 2008 in our apartment by Elder Keeley. Notice how happy we look. We are not faking happiness either.

New Photos

This is a picture of our apartment. We live upstairs and our landlord lives downstairs. It is a good apartment, quite new and clean. We like it.

Look at how the Lord has blessed us. We go from driving a 1997 Toyota Corolla to a 2005 Toyota Corolla. That's what I call a step up.

The end of the Sabbath day, Sunday, March 2, 2008 from the beautiful Marshall Islands.