Tonga Trip 2016

We had a wonderful trip to Tonga.   We visited Liahona High School and met with our ITEP missionaries.

Some of the 1,200 students at Liahona High

Our wonderful ITPEP missionaries:  Elder & Sister Holbrook,
Elder & Sister Radmacher, Elder & Sister Bearce

We conducted training at Liahona High School and Pakilau and Havelu Middle Schools.

Vice Principal and Principal of Havelu Middle School

Principal of Pakilau Middle School

While we were in Tongatapu, we participated in a service project for a family with 5 children.  We each bought some groceries and took them to the family.  It was a rainy day, but our spirits where high.

The house of the family we visited

Lots of rain 

Mother and daughter happily receive their gifts

From Tongatapu we flew to Vavu'u to meet with our missionaries.   They are the only senior missionary couple on the island.   There is a church school there, Saineha High School.  We visited classes at the high school and met with the principal.

Flying to Vavu'u.  It took two tries to get there.  The first flight had to return to Tongatapu due to bad weather.

We were able to treat some of the wonderful Tonga missionaries to dinner.  It was their last meal together before some were transferred to new assignments and some finished their missions and were returning home.  What great young men.  Filled with the spirit of missionary work.

Tongan Missionaries

We said goodbye to the beautiful country of Tonga.

Tonga at sunset