September 28, 2017

We've only heard from Matthew once in the past few weeks.  He says he is enjoying his time on Tonoas, a small island that is a boat ride from Chuuk, the main island.  He and his companion Elder Thomsen are working hard to find those searching for the Gospel.

Brother and Sister Grimshaw, a missionary couple that watches over the missionaries on several Chuuk islands, took some recent photos and posted them on Facebook.  

Nice to see Matthew and his companion, the house they live in and the church on the island.

Matthew's companion, Elder Thomsen. He only been in the 

mission for 2 months

Brother Grimshaw and Matthew

The house on the left is Matthew's new house that was just completed.  The old missionary home is on the right.  I don't know if they use it any longer.

Some young visitors on the missionaries' porch.

Inside the church building in Tonoas.

This is early morning seminary ~ looks more like Primary. The Seminary teacher is instructing below. He is a former branch president.  They all leave their shoes at the door. 

September 6, 2017

Matthew sent us a very short email message on Monday ~ the first one we received in 3 weeks since he has been on his new island.  

He said he is doing very well and excited about the work there. We haven't heard much more, but he did send us a box that contained beautiful shells, a wooden carved turtle, some lava lava skirts, some carved fish and other items.  

He sent two photo cards as well and has been taking lots of pictures. So until we hear from him again, I'm going to post a bunch of his pictures. If you hover your mouse over a photo, it will enlarge.

Thanks for following his blog.

Looks like Octopus! Yuck