Makiki Ward

Hawaii -05
Originally uploaded by S'mee.

Here we are in beautiful downtown Wakiki in front of the Tabernacle! Gorgeous! The photo shows the front of the building with the reflection pool. There is a very beautiful and intricate mosaic of Christ on the front facade. A tad Catholic, but beautiful all the same. We went to church in this building and that was great fun. Sacrament Meeting was first, followed by Gospel Doctrine and respective R.S. and P.H. meetings. The Sacrament meeting was packed to the gills and as happened the last time we were in Hawaii, as soon as the Sacrament portion of the meeting was accomplished the tourists fled the building in search of Pearl Harbour or whatever. It really is quite unnerving and I am always amazed at how weird it would feel to just up and leave once you have just taken the Sacrament; but that's just s'mee.

Hawaii -05
Originally uploaded by S'mee.

We went to G.D. class afterwards, which was so great. The teacher was this tiny little gal from Japan who barely spoke English, but she prepared so well that it didn't matter. It was a terrific lesson; lots of group discussion and direction then class discussion.

Our particular group just happened to have the Elder's quorum Pres. and one of the Bishopric. It also had that one older gal that each ward has. You know her, she has her finger on the pulse of the ward and has been around so long she knows what you looked like in Primary - and reminds you of it often.

"What are the responsibilities of the Elders?" (discuss) One thing led to another and the question was raised about home teaching and who is whom's family and why don't they visit, yada yada yada. After about 2 minutes, both the E.Q. Pres and Bishopric guy hand head in hands and stared directly at the floor for the remainder of the discussion. It was proclaimed that NO ONE did their home teaching and the single sisters were left alone too much and the families needed help and in effect, "KILL THE BEAST!" Thor leaned in to me and whispered, "It's nice to know the church is the same everywhere you go."