And in the begining. . . .

We entered the Mission Training Center April 18, 2011.  It was a wonderful experience.  We had great teachers and  enjoyed the group of missionary couples in our training group.  We left the MTC on Friday, April 29th and arrived in Guam just after midnight, Sunday,  May 1st.  President Dowdle was off island and got back on Wednesday.  We had an orientation meeting with Pres. and Sister Dowdle Thursday at the mission home.  The house is unique.  It used to be a disco.  The kitchen is large and has an adjoining large family room that was the dance floor for the disco.  The Dowdle's are warm, friendly, and spiritual people.  They made us feel welcome and needed.  They are from Salt Lake City.  We left Guam Friday morning, May 6th.

Our arrival in Pohnpei, May 6th. Our flight was supposed to be 3 to 4 hours but the plane had a problem and had to turn around after about 45 minutes to an hour out.  We boarded a new plane in Guam and arrived around 4:30 p.m.---with a little luggage.

  This is our first adventure in Pohnpei--the second day we were there.  The Holloway's, the  missionary couple we are replacing, and Sam and Ben Bailey, took us on a hike through a slippery, lush, jungle area to   Lehn Paipohn waterfall. It is a beautiful spot.  We waded a creek and a small river to get there.  We were so hot we waded into the clear cool river near the waterfall to cool off.  Left to right-Elder Kjar, Sister Kjar, Ben, Sam, and Sister Holloway
                                                 
                                                  We live at Yvonne's Apartments & Motel.                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                



Living room




Kitchen--Notice our water bottles.  We love the water dispenser with ice cold filtered water.  It is $2.00 for a 5 gallon bottle delivered.  We have 5 delivered at a time.  We call and they are here usually within 5 minutes.



Bedroom



Office

Bathroom

In the office --one of our keyboards.  We are trying to figure out a schedule to teach keyboarding.  I am actually trying to figure out how to teach keyboarding!

Jackson Makaya is a 20 year old young man Elder Kjar helped get to his dental and physical exams for his mission.  He is holding his mission application that just needs his branch president (his father) and the mission president to do their part.  It was a happy day!  He was also eathing oatmeal cookies!

President and Sister Dowdle's last visit to Pohnpei.  We and many faithful district  members are at the airport to say goodbye.  Dowdle's are going home June 29th.

We will be starting our 4th week of summer seminary/institute next week.  This is our Paliker Branch group. This church building is a house the church rents.  A family lives in one side of the building.