Month three of our Mission to Guam/ Micronesia

 I have had friends ask me to put their names on my email list when I send out emails.  I like to blog more than email and I don't know where to find or remember who asked for emails.  Whaaaaa.  So I haven't felt like blogging since arriving in Guam until now.  It has all been so overwhelming and I want to be positive and happy and excited like when you finish your mission and you talk about how awesome it all was.  

I think that day has arrived and I can be positive without crying. 

Just to clarify -- we did not sign up for Office when the choices were given on our missionary application.  We did not sign up for Humanitarian the first time we applied and found out that being Humanitarian missionaries was a wonderful blessing in our lives.  When I first started learning about Mission Secretary after arriving in Guam and what I would be doing I was so overwhelmed.  I truthfully thought there was no way because I am not a computer person.  I have taken classes and promptly forgotten whatever I learned.  It was so hard and there were many times that I was just done.  So done with trying to get it right and remember where I could find files, flights, and the right way to do things. 

Well, I am in a better place now and know that I can make it to the end of our mission in October.  I see the need for senior missionaries everywhere and how they help to make the mission move forward.  Our mission leaders are in the air almost as much as they are on the ground making sure all the missionaries are doing okay and learning how to be a missionary.  I am grateful that I can help.  I am grateful to learn what it means to sacrifice with a happy heart.  So it really isn't sacrifice because everything hard we overcome is to our benefit. 

I hope to post something of worth each month but for now, the highlight has been the young missionaries that have stories to tell of where they have come from and what they have learned.  I love being around them and learning from them.  

The sun rising on Jan. 1, 2026 .  Guam where America's day begins! Hafa Adai!

Hafa adai” is a Chamorro greeting that means “hello,” “hey,” or “how's it going”. It is the traditional greeting of the indigenous people of Guam and the Mariana Islands, and it embodies the islands' warm and welcoming spirit.