We get interesting visitors




This week we had Elder Evans who is a member of the Quorum of 70 and also in the Asia area presidency visited us. He is in the white T-shirt. The taller man standing next to him is Paul Hansen who is the director of temporal Affairs for the church for the Asia region. They were here as part of the process to decide when is the right time to have full-time missionaries in the country.

We took them for a morning run. Cheryl who has been running much faster now that she puts in more miles each week was able to easily keep up with the group. This is a picture of the sunrise.


Going from left to right is Sister Hanson, Elder Evans, sister Subandriyo and president Subandriyo. Presidents Subandriyo is the new interim Mission president until a permanent one starts in July of this year. Our previous Mission president, president Rowley was transferred to a church assignment in Malaysia

Because they are all high-ranking Church officials we only eat at the best restaurants.
The man in blue is a pilot for the u.s. Air Force. He is a member of the church. He noticed our name tags and then end up accompanying us on our morning run, he attended an evening Fireside with elder Evans and then on the next day he attended and helped out in our English class. The lady in the picture is from Portugal and is also part of the Air Force Mission here.

As a service to the nation the Air Force is arranging military transport and delivery of Food Supplies to the more rural parts of the island. Eric is the captain in charge of the logistics of the operation. Eric is stationed in Alaska and has a family with five children.


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  1. UnknownMarch 25, 2018 at 2:06 PM

    Glad to hear you had visitors. We enjoy your blog

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  2. The PiersApril 5, 2018 at 8:33 PM

    E/S Trapani did you get to go to Java and meet with the other senior couples for their trip to Borobudur?

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    1. The Trapani's in LiberiaApril 7, 2018 at 11:44 PM

      Yes we did. It was wonderful. What a wonderful place. We went to Prambana and Borobudur and saw the Hindu and Buddhist Temples.

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  3. UnknownApril 17, 2018 at 2:08 PM

    Your son and daughter in law spoke in church on Sunday and did an awesome job.

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