Halloween

I need some individually wrapped Halloween candy for the kids. NO CHOCOLATE candy bars. It melts before we can even get to church with it. Sam's club used to have a five lb. bag of assorted candy with tootsie rolls etc. in it. They also have the large tubs of double bubble bubble gum. I have seen the individually wrapped skittles. Anything like that would be appreciated. I have seen very little Halloween candy so far on Kwaj. I should have planned this earlier. In order to get it to us in time for Halloween, you will need to mail it this week. If you can help, please let me know at nothertz@gmail.com Blessings to all.

Buster

This is Little Buster which is one of the small islands on the way to Ebeye. No one lives on this island. It is only one of the many islands that makes up the Kwajalein Atoll which is the largest atoll in the world. It consists of a lot of islands connected where the reef meets up with the ocean. Some are small, others are larger. When the tide is low you could actually walk over to Ebeye if you had that much gumption. This island is Big Buster. Someone actually lives on this island. There is no electricity on the island, but nothing like living on an island by yourself. You can always jump in your boat to go shopping at Ebeye. I was in a store on Ebeye the other day. A box of Frosted Flakes was $9.75 and a tube of Colgate toothpaste was $4.99. Ouch! Prices are better on Kwaj. No Wal-Mart specials, but better than Ebeye. We had thirty-seven kids this morning for Bible Class. I passed out some personal products last week that we received from Gospel Broadcasting Network and Monica Wiggens. The kids jumped on them like a duck on a June Bug. With toothpaste costing five bucks a tube they were thrilled to get some as well as tooth brushes.

Last Day of the Meeting

This is Sandy who lives next door to the church building. She has a bubbly personality and comes around every time we are there. She has no idea how to speak English but she will repeat almost anything you say. I was counting clothes pins with her and Joey the other day and she would repeat what I said. These are three of the boys that come from Ebeye with us every week. Great kids. This is five of the women who came to the church services all week. Heity, on the right front row and her husband were the ones who had the dream for a church of Christ being established on Gugeegue. He helped lay the cement floor and past away at the age of 54. Paul Hester raised the money to build the building and followed through with the dream. Annie is Heity's sister and sitting next to her on the front row. We had a great meeting with Brother Robert Martin. It has been bone dry for weeks and it rained everyday of the meeting. I think Brother Martin is kind of like the state fair. You can just count on it raining during the fair. Thank you to Monica Wiggins for sending some personal hygiene products for the kids and to the Gospel Broadcasting Network for sending a box of personal products and craft supplies. God bless all for your help.

Day Two of Meeting

We had sunshine today so we had a few more people to attend. The ferry schedules made our time tight but it should be better tonight. Robert is doing a great job with the lessons.

First Day of our Gospel Meeting

We went over to the church building to finish getting ready for the gospel meeting on Saturday. Robert Martin, the preacher flew in on Thursday. This is Robert painting the podium Lee made. Lee and Robert made another bench and Lee worked on a few door issues. Robert did a great job on the sermons. His voice carries well and he keeps the message simple and easy to understand. Robert has been preaching to the people in the Pacific for many years and he knows how to make it easy for the local people. It rained Sunday and it really cut down on our numbers. Several people got drenched riding to church Sunday morning. We still had pretty good numbers in spite of the rain. We had just under 40 kids and I was too busy to count the adults. This was our Sunday night group and our numbers were down but we are expecting better numbers tonight if it does not rain today.