The big case this week in our office is that we got a young
elder from Tonga out of Papua New Guinea.
Towards the end of his mission, he got in an auto accident with a
pedestrian (about 3 months ago). The
government took away his passport, and required that he stay in the country
until his trial date. He ended up
staying beyond his mission release date by about 1 ½ months. PNG is an interesting country, high crime,
about 85% unemployment, kidnappings, and a dangerous place. Bribes are expected. At the missionary’s trial, the judge said he
should have received 5 years in prison, but instead gave him probation. We got him a ticket out of the country as
soon as he got his passport back, and he’s home again now. Friday evening we had Gordon and Julie Tanner and Dean and
Vangie Walker over for dinner of Hawaiian haystacks and games.
Saturday was Alisa’s 58th birthday, so we spent most of the day celebrating that. We decided to take it easy since last weekend was spent traveling to and from Wellington. She wanted to go to a movie, and the only one on was A Dog’s Journey. So we went to the 10 a.m. showing. It was ok, but melodramatic. Then we walked around the Takapuna downtown, where we got some money out of the ATM, and I got a badly needed haircut. Alisa wanted to watch Pres. Nelson’s 95th birthday celebration party, so we did that on the church’s website. From there we went to The Plant Barn, a nursery about a mile down the road. I wanted to check out their inventory, particularly citrus, and we bought beef steak tomato, cherry tomato and zucchini plants to grow on our patio. Then we drove to Devonport, where we went out for her birthday dinner at a Greek restaurant, then walked around their cute downtown area.
Saturday was Alisa’s 58th birthday, so we spent most of the day celebrating that. We decided to take it easy since last weekend was spent traveling to and from Wellington. She wanted to go to a movie, and the only one on was A Dog’s Journey. So we went to the 10 a.m. showing. It was ok, but melodramatic. Then we walked around the Takapuna downtown, where we got some money out of the ATM, and I got a badly needed haircut. Alisa wanted to watch Pres. Nelson’s 95th birthday celebration party, so we did that on the church’s website. From there we went to The Plant Barn, a nursery about a mile down the road. I wanted to check out their inventory, particularly citrus, and we bought beef steak tomato, cherry tomato and zucchini plants to grow on our patio. Then we drove to Devonport, where we went out for her birthday dinner at a Greek restaurant, then walked around their cute downtown area.
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