I copied Michol's list of things our missionaries should know. I also added a few of my observations. I hope it helps those who are preparing to serve.
Hi there - how about a list of Frequenty asked questions - or things you wish you would have known before your missionary went to Hawaii?
Here are some samples
Bike - Might need - buy one there if they do need one. (My son bought one when he needed it.)
Umbrella - will need one (although it does rain sideways)
Money - will have about $115 for groceries and toiletries per month
Ties - this current President, Peterson isn't extremely strict about ties and colors that I can tell (although the last zone conference they were talked to about their clothing: shoes, ties, ironing, belts, and general appearance)
What zones and districts and areas are there?
What do they eat? Rice almost every meal. They eat breakfast at home and lunch on their own, nearly every night a member family feeds them and some get sent home with leftovers.
Not too many weird things to eat, but some.
The members are every nationality, all asian nationalities, all pacific islanders also.
Shopping - just about anything can be bought there, except church publications, music and books.
Do they need checks? Occasionally they might write a check for something out of their own account. It is easiest to have a debit card. That way they can get cash when they need it.
Pdays - are Mondays - P-days they hike, play volleyball, fly kites, play sports, go to the zoo, etc. So they have fun. The Laie (Oahu) temple is closed for about 16 more months for renovations so the one temple in the islands is on Kona/Big Island of Kauai.
They don't need their temple clothing, just baptismal clothing. (I think)
Visitors - no friends, no family. Too distracting.
EMAILS - P-days are on Mondays in the field, they usually find an internet cafe and send Emails from there to family, but they can't email friends, just family, but they can RECEIVE emails from friends. There is a 30 minute "timeout" on their Emails, so they need to watch their times and even maybe send a paragraph or two at a time, Miles' email timed out like 3 or more times and I got not much, I was not happy! I think it only times them out in the MTC. In Hawaii they are encouraged to only be on for half hour but it depends on their comp. I would add to get their sign in information for their email and clean out the old emails. Print them off and make a book for them. I also can see who he is getting news from.
I send all mail and packages to the Mission home, not their home address, that is easier if they get moved, transfers are every 6 weeks, on Wednesdays.It is fun to find out where they live and look it up on Google map or Google Earth.
Calls - from airport Miles called me from the airport and we talked for about 45 mins, I sent a phone card with him so that was good, he used it in the airport.
They can call home on Mothers day and Christmas, Miles used the missionary cell phone, it was Sprint, so he just used his Sprint to sprint minutes, so his brother had a sprint phone -so that was great....
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Spring Storms In Utah
This really doesn't have anything to do with our missionaries. It was just so beautiful this morning after a night of snowing that I wanted to share. The pictures give you a glimpse of how what we woke up to this morning. ENJOY :)
Mary Ann Hatch
MM Elder Zach Hatch Wahiawa, Oahu
Mary Ann Hatch
MM Elder Zach Hatch Wahiawa, Oahu
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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zoom in to look at picture closer, Makiki Zone Fall 2008
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