Elder Bob Wood and Sister Suzy Wood – Middle School ITEP Missionaries
Sister Sherrie Holbrook and Elder Bryce Holbrook – High School ITEP Missionaries
we are wearing our House Shirts. Elder Holbrook gave the opening prayer to the games on day one and Elder Wood gave the opening prayer on day two.
Below are fun pictures of different competitions.
The first Sunday in
May is “Children’s Day” – downtown was very busy on that Saturday with shoppers
looking for things to celebrate children’s day.
On Children’s Day the churches have a children’s program where the
children perform, like our Primary Program, and so of course the children need
to look nice and so shopping happens on that Saturday.
The second Sunday in
May is “Mother’s Day.”
Mother Day Cakes at the Fair and Sherrie receiving a flower as she enters church
The third Sunday in
May is “Father’s Day” and Sherrie gave me a Liahona tie
It is kind of cool how
all three days of recognition are lined up in May.
We were invited to
attend a “Coaching Workshop” where participants were taught a model of working
with students referred to as “coaching.”
It is coaching rather than counseling because instead of telling
students what they need to do to resolve their concerns, issues or problems, you
help coach the student in exploring and discovering their own solutions and
commitments to move forward. The
presenter was once the principal at Liahona (3 principals ago) and she was
really good at facilitating this workshop.
Each course that is required
by the Tongan Ministry of Education has a Common Assessment Task during the
semester. Here is a picture from the
English CAT
Here are pictures from the Tongan Studies practical test .... weaving
Akata had her 8th
birthday on May 18 and since we home teach her family we took her a gift. An Elastic Loom / Bracelet Kit. Hope we get to see some bracelets at our next
visit. You never know why you do certain things and what the outcome will be
but we hope to see Akata baptized in the near future.
Isn't she cute?
