Yes being from another country we don't always fit in here in Chuuk. We try to speak the language, eat the local fruits and foods, wear flip flops and other things not to stand out. Sometimes we are just a bit too tall.......
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
DRIED FISH
Recently a local couple explained their process of drying fish. The usual fish is reef fish as they call "iken och." The small fish is called "Selif" or "Nuo". They explained that they heavily salt the fish and then dry the fish in direct sunlight. After a few days they rinse the fish and then soak it briefly in vinegar as shown below in the pictures and then it is left in the sun to dry again. We didn't try it, but they said that it is a really nice flavor after being soaked in the vinegar.
Xavier High School
From time to time we are able to explore some of the building left over from world war II. On this particular day while in service we were able to travel up to Xavier High School, the old Japanese communication center during the war, and enjoy the beautiful view from their roof. The building itself is unique. It was built to withstand an onslaught of bullets and bombs. The walls are more that a few feet think and the doors on the windows are made out of steel. From the roof you can see a number of the islands in the lagoon. We went with Kevin and Tabitha Klingbeil, The Asor family and Jun and Jonith Gran.
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| Jenny Jen was so excited...... |
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| GJ, Nana, Jenny Jen, Tabitha, Jonith |
Friday, January 9, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Highly Anticipated NEW YEAR's Post
I guess you can call it another parade. That is three parades in less than three weeks. Where else will you find that in the world besides Disney World. The new year's celebrations actually began right after Thanksgiving. They start practicing with folded up rice bags to create a popping noise. As it gets closer to the new year the activity increases. Fireworks are not the norm for the new year's celebration, however we did see a few of those this year. I guess they have had to improvise for the lack of fireworks for the past few decades as you will see in the videos below. The intense part of their celebration begins on December 31st around 4:00 p.m. and continued until midnight January 1st. As you can imagine sleep is not a high priority this time of year and can effect our ministry and meetings. Enjoy the show!
How to use the rice bags.
Lame beginning at 4:00 p.m.
It all starts around 6:00 p.m.
Then it continues.....
Monday, January 5, 2015
2014-15 CA "Kutta me Chei Kinamwe"
We recently had our "Seek Peace and Pursue Peace" Circuit Assembly. We had a peak attendance of 86. They came from the islands of Tol and Dublon to enjoy the program. We had several interested ones attend this years program. The only problem was that we ran out of water for the rest rooms. But as one new brothers said, the friends didn't seem to even worry about it. That is because this is the dry time of year and they are used to being without water. All in attendance enjoyed the interviews: a long time faithful sister who endured family opposition. Her family took her husband away to another island because she became one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Now her husband is our brother. Another young sister who is on translation faced pressure to date at a young age and move to Guam and Hawaii to make money. Another highlight was a demonstration of a family pursuing peace. Since we do not have a lot of brothers here many times we have to make our own family. In the picture below it 4 individuals from three different families.
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| Mitai and her daughter Natapwo |
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| Becky Esteva (Translator at the RTO) Chase a young bible study who came without his parents. |
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| Family demonstration. Not actually one family |
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| Jenaly Asor, Kurt Pfister, Wikipwo, Wandering Child & Amina |
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| Chit Esteva, Sylfia Phillip, Madleen Sonis |
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| Mary Rose Nakayama |
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| Asor Family |
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| Jun & Jonith Gran (front) Keven & Tabitha Klingbeil (background) |
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| Tom & Cindy Robertson |
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| Carlito & Sally DelaCruz (Translators) |
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| Jenny Ruben |
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| Our son Tunuper |
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| Frank Narruhn with our son. (His grandson) |
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| Sasa |
GARDENING
We are so glad to be in our new home and have a place to garden. After a long day in service it is nice to come home and spend some time in the garden. It helps us relax and enjoy the different types of plants that grow so easily here in Chuuk. Recently we found that most of our front yard was a cement slab. So we cleared off the weeds and made a little sitting area. This year we have finally been able to harvest tomatoes, cabbage, basil and lemon grass. We will see what this year brings as we try other vegetation.2015 KM School
Jehovah certainly is our "grand instructor." We recently had the 2015 KM School for elders here in Chuuk. It was such a wonderful school. It was conducted with just the local body of elders, our Traveling Overseer and a Branch Representative. I have to say that it is much different with just a few elders, but in many ways we benefit more with the personal attention.
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View of Moen
Because we spend most of our days here in Moen we often forget to take time to enjoy what we have here and post some pictures of this beautiful island. We were on our way to one of Kathleen's call and found a nice spot to take a picture. The mountain in the background is called Tonachou. Visitors to the island would often refer to it as 1 tree hill, because it used to have one tree at the very top. But a few years ago after a very big storm it lost that distinction. Even though Moen can be very dirty and has a bigger population than all other islands here in Chuuk State it is still a very beautiful place thanks to Jehovah.
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