The Trapani's in Liberia

We finished.  The mission was a little hard and a little uncomfortable and perfect.  We had a part in making a lot of people's lives better. We were sustained, comforted, directed and inspired by the Lord. We accomplished so much by relying upon him. We traveled most of the way home with elders Cocoa and Frisbe.  Frisbe was going home to Idaho and Coco to Hawaii.  The plane ride was challenging. We were traveling over two nights and a total of 30 hours. Did not sleep at all. This is Alfred Greer and his family. He was one of the contractors that we used. He came by our house before we left and gave us some gifts. All of our contractors were so gracious. Most called us multiple times to say goodbye and many gave us gifts. We will miss them all.  We arrived in Sacramento late enough that we stayed at an airport hotel. The next morning Teresa came and picked us up and took us home. We spent the next week moving our belongings back in the house from our shed. On Sunday Greg and Jenna i

  This was our last Sunday.  This is the Harbel branch president Darius and first counselor Toe.  We like this branch because it has a generator and fans in the chapel. This is the Kerkula family.  Anna, Nancy, Naomi, David, and Johnson. Elder North is on the end. They have been members of the church for over a year. I have been teaching them the temple preparation lessons. Their understanding of the temple and its purposes is quite good. On the right is Nate Tollefson.  He is from Montana. He has a son on a mission in Liberia. He is a very successful developer and property owner. After getting reports from his son about how much poverty there is here he has decided to finance humanitarian projects here. He has an existing humanitarian organization. He along with other contributors plan on donating more than Cheryl and I have spent of the churches money here in Liberia. Him and his partner Paul are here in Liberia to interview the contractors and NGO's that I have recommended and a

This was our last Sunday in Dolo's Town Branch.  This is the branch president's wife Sister Mulbah.  She is the primary president. Each week Cheryl goes to primary and plays the music using her smart phone and a Bluetooth speaker. It really helps.   This is Branch President Mulbah.  He does a good job. He served a mission and knows church administration quite well. He is a kind and loving man who does a good job ministering to his branch. He runs a transport service to and from the airport. He has a Toyota Corolla station wagon with air conditioning. The Dolos town branch is in a rented building that is not well suited for a church. They thought they had another piece of ground to build a building on but that fell through. In the short term they have decided to rent for a while longer and so the landlord is doing a few improvements on the building. You can see the new ceiling tiles that have gone in.  This hopefully was our last week grocery shopping. Groceries have been unexpe