Wedding Witnesses
We had the opportunity to attend a small
wedding in the Bishop’s office in the Teaoreke Ward on Friday evening, 28 Feb. The girl,
Teeba, is Marinoa’s (the librarian) niece.
Teeba is a member but her friend, Taike, is not. He has been taking the
lessons and will be baptized next week, but since they have been living
together, they needed to get married first. Marinoa had asked Sister Youngberg
if she could make a wedding cake but she couldn’t and asked if I could. I haven’t decorated a cake in years but I
did the best I could. I used what tips
Sister Youngberg had which weren’t much but it turned out OK. The ceremony was small only the couple,
Marinoa, the missionaries, and us. We
ended up being the witnesses and had to sign several forms. Weddings are always special no matter the
circumstance. There was such a sweet
spirit in the Bishop’s office, although we didn’t understand a word that was
said. Of course afterwards there was
lots of food, a few more guests a lot of fun and laughter sharing advice with
the newlyweds. They made sure to speak in English which always helps to enjoy
whatever the event is.
Our elder was in the Christmas pictures (Tanner Risk). Tanner has since been sent out to Butaritari and we've received one letter dated Feb 3. We are going on the assumption that no news is good news. It's not that we're so concerned about hearing from Tanner, we're sure he's doing fine, but we want to check on the process for him to receive letters/packages from us. All of our letters are going to the mission office. Are they being sent on to the island from there---on a regular basis? And I think we understand that the packages are held at the mission office until someone from the mission goes to see those elders and then they take the packages. We don't have an email for the mission president and haven't been able to find another avenue to check on this process. Sister Rasmussen, if you know the answer and could fill us in--that would be helpful. :-) And can you send me the email for the mission president?
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Thank you :-)
Lynnette and Todd Risk
triskette@q.com
Letters and packages that are sent to the mission office are sent to Tarawa via Our Airlines. Sister Cassita, the mission nurse, picks them up and then Elder and Sister Wall sort through them and send them to the outer islands via Kiribati air. Sorry, I don't think to look at the comments on the blog.
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