The Trapani's in Timor Leste

This is Milford Sound.  It is a Valley that was carved by glacier which was then flooded by seawater when the glacier melted. The side Mountains are all granite and almost vertical. It is probably the most beautiful place I have seen in my life. There are beautiful snow-covered mountains and Lakes everywhere . New Zealand is also called and stormy. We were here in early October which is earl spring .  It was pretty cool everyday. Probably the temperature was around 40 Fahrenheit Waterfalls are everywhere. Because it rain so much many of the waterfalls are only temporary and disappear if it doesn't rain in a few days Here is a picture of the Franz Josef Glacier These are called Pancake Rocks. There are many more than what is shown in the picture. They haven't figured out yet how they are caused. These are part of the blue pools . The water is so blue because of the clouds, the coolness of the water and the snow in the area. It was a cold day and the water

Over this past week we said goodbye to all of the members of our little church group,, our humanitarian partners and all of the students in our English class. When we showed up to catch up plane we were met by about 30 of our English students who came to wish us a final goodbye.  There were lots of pictures and lots of crying . President McKay our mission president and his wife came to give us our final farewell interview and to be sure that the sisters who are replacing us have things properly arranged.  This is the first time we've been able to drink water from a public water fountain in 2 years period we have always had to use bottled water. This is at the airport in Darwin Australia We went from Dili Timor leste to Darwin Australia to Sydney Australia to Christchurch New Zealand.   We had overnight stops in Darwin and Sydney so we could see some of the sites. We got off to a disappointing start.  After our English students bid us goodbye they waited around t