As I came home this morning to pick up some things we had forgotten, I saw this Very Large Snail near the front door. This is the largest snail I’ve ever seen (but I don’t think I’ve actually seen very many). It was gone when we got home from our shift at 2:30pm. It didn’t seem to be moving when I saw it this morning, but it definitely sped away or was snail-napped by some other creature.
We got an email from a long-lost friend! When we were living in Krefeld, Germany, way back in 1974, an English army enlisted man, Peter Chasteauneuf, was assigned to the British Krefeld Barracks. He was a very young recruit, single, and a member of the Church. He spent a LOT of time at our house and we really enjoyed him. A few years later when we were living in Chardon, Ohio he flew over from England for a few weeks. A year or so later we lost contact. However, thanks to this blog, he tracked us down and we’ve re-established contact with him! He’s married, several children, and active in the Church. That was a very pleasant surprise. Glad to get to know you again, Peter!
Even when I thought it wasn’t possible to be more busy, we figured out how to make it so! One of the primary sources of visitors to the Visitors’ Center in the afternoon and evening come from the Polynesian Cultural Center on Laie Tram Tour vehicles that make the trip every twenty minutes. The Director has been working to increase the ridership and that work is paying off, so much so that one of the senior couples needs to be at the PCC from 5:45pm – 7:00pm coordinating the trams and busses taking people back and forth. That’s a new set of work for us on an already busy schedule. But, it’s working great and between 100 and 150 more people are visiting the Temple Visitors’ Center every day because of these changes. That’s a sizeable number of additional people who will walk on sacred ground and be touched by the spirit of the Temple and the Visitors’ Center. The only downside is somehow finding the time to write in the blog more often!
Ta ta for now!