Elder & Sister Mundell

It's been another busy week for us, and some of the things that happened to us were a bit out of the ordinary from the usual routine of various service activities we attempt to do each week.  Because it was President's Day on Monday, we decided to give the youth at the correctional facility some trivia questions about the US presidents, such as which one was a movie actor (Reagan) and the only one who became president without being elected (Ford).  We were having a very enjoyable time until all of a sudden a fight broke out between two of the boys over one of the questions - and Elder Mundell ended up right in the middle of it!  Never a dull moment ... Our district was given the assignment to help do some service work at the USS Missouri - which is permanently moored in Pearl Harbor after a long and storied past in the US naval fleet - which included being the location of the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay at the end of World War II.  Our previous volunteer work inv...

Sister Mundell loves holidays because it's an opportunity to do service activities around a holiday theme. One of her most favorite holidays of the entire year is Valentine's Day.  Each year in our seminary class we do what she calls the "seven days of love".  The idea is for each student to pick the name of another in the class and then secretly give them something on the last day in a gift bag.  We had to adjust our schedule this week because the high school had a teacher in-service day on February 14th, so we moved everything up to Wednesday instead, and also had a nice breakfast for the kids. The other seminary class of freshmen and sophomores surprised us with a shower of hearts as a sign of their love for us they called a "heart attack". Seminary breakfast table for Valentine's Day, the students decorated the bulletin board. On Friday we hosted a special Valentine's Day activity at One Hope Ministries.  After a church service, we were invited t...

As Dan and I are reflecting upon our mission here in Hawaii, we have come to realize that we have less than 6 months left.  This has caused me to think and reflect about our time here as a senior missionary couple.  Wondering, are we fulfilling our missionary purpose?  Are we making a difference with those we come in contact with?  Are we serving as our Savior Jesus Christ would serve?  We have paused from our weekly BLOG for the last couple of weeks and have done some self reflection.  We realize that we can always do more to serve others.  This is our goal and our desire - to do more, to serve more and to strive to make a difference each and every day that we are here. Valentine's Day crafts and activities The Week of Love: For the last three weeks, we have helped the clients at the Windward Mental Health Center make homemade necklaces and crackers (poppers) to put the necklaces in.  They have been busy stringing over two dozen of their heart sh...