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| Carters at the Marriott Hotel in Guam |
We’ve been in Guam for a couple of days in advance of our
couples’ conference and must admit that our senses are on overload with all of
the fast food places, shopping opportunities, movie theaters, people, beaches,
and cars. We’ve had time to visit the
dentist, catch up on a lost night’s sleep, walk along the beach, and prepare
for a week’s worth of meetings with all the other couples of the Micronesia
Guam Mission.
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| Elder Carter at Denny's |
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| Guam map |
It might be enlightening to share a little about the other
couples with whom we serve. Elder and
Sister Crisp, originally from Arizona, are on Chuuk with 22 young elders. They were called as CES missionaries, but
like all of us, they wear several different hats. The big difference on Chuuk is that they and
all the other missionaries must be in by 6:00 every evening because of all the
alcohol-related incidents. The Crisps
were with us in the MTC and are have served for nine months.
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| Dinner at the Mecham's |
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| Sunday Lunch |
Elder and Sister Chandler from Heber City, Utah have been
serving on Pohnpei for the last seven months as CES missionaries, but again,
they do all that’s asked of them to give members the support they need.
The Norton’s of Michigan have been serving on the southern end of Guam for almost two years and go home only days following our couples’ conference. We’re excited to think that they will be relocating to our hometown of St. George not long after their release.
Elder and Sister McCabe serve as military relation missionaries
on Guam and serve soldiers on two bases.
This is their TENTH mission and though in their 80’s, they serve with
enthusiasm and excitement. We want to be
like them.
Elder and Sister Strother are the newest missionaries. They’ve been serving on Yap for the last
three months as CES missionaries, though they also do whatever the members
need.
Sister McClellan, our mission nurse, has been here for
several months and keeps far too busy.
The abundance of strange tropical maladies keeps her hopping as she
tries to care for each and every missionary throughout this gigantic
geographical mission.
Our mission office couple, Elder and Sister Prince, are from
New Harmony, Utah. They have only a few
more weeks before returning home after successfully serving all of us and the
entire mission presidency.
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| President & Sister Mecham |
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| Pres. Mecham & Elder Chandler |
President and Sister Mecham have been faithfully serving as
our mission leaders and will find their way back to Salt Lake City, Utah the
end of June. We are so grateful for
their selfless service, inspired leadership, and priceless friendship. We love them so much.
Though we are grateful to be with the other missionary
couples for the next week, we do miss our branch family and young missionaries
on Palau. We are sad to have missed the
baptism on Saturday night and the first Sunday with our new branch presidency
but expect to hear every detail when we return on Friday night.
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| Sister Carter on the balcony of the Marriott |
We attended the Barrigada Ward of Guam Sunday morning and enjoyed
seeing Elder Gubler, one of our former Palauan elders as well as some members
we met six months ago. After the
meetings we congregated at the Mecham’s home for a barbecue and chance to talk
with all the couples. We look forward to
a week filled with uplifting meetings and heartwarming fellowship with the
other couple missionaries.
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| Our last visit with Elder Gubler on Guam |
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