Photo of all the missionaries from Kiribati at the September Zone Conference. Sitting in the middle of the photo is Elder Pearson and Elder Wakolo along with Pres. and Sister Davis of the Fiji Temple and President and Sister Shaw. All the missionaries from the outer islands and even Christmas Island were flown to Tarawa to attend Zone Conference and Stake Conference. More about the zone conference is in an earlier post on this site.
Language Barriers
One of the challenges for students and staff in learning a second language is vocabulary. Lita (the principal of Moroni) is emphasizing the importance of teaching academic vocabulary as part of each lesson.
President Tune related a humorous story which illustrates this point. A few years ago there was as Tsunami warning in the Pacific. So the Tarawa Police Department radioed the police in the outer islands. The police went from door to door telling the people there was a Tsunami warning around 3 pm for the island. Most of the island people did not know what the word Tsunami meant. They thought it was the name of a ship bringing supplies to the island, so they all went to the ocean to wait for the tsunami ship.When it did not arrive at 3 pm, the people were upset, saying, "did the Tsunami ship take our supplies to Christmas Island instead of bringing them here." Fortunately, the Tsunami did not hit the island or the story would have been tragic instead of humorous.
There were a couple of major communication problems first, there was no training for the people on what a tsunami was and that they should go to higher ground, not to the ocean. Second, if they had just said, there is a "big wave" coming the people would have understood.
Good Riddance to the Bats -
A few weeks ago our daughter Carrie went into our home and it was full of bats. She called an exterminator who removed about 100 bats from different places in the house. The next evening, she and Kevin went to our house at dusk and saw around 300 bats fly from our chimney.
It appears Carrie and Kevin have got rid of the bats, at least, we hope so. With Halloween coming up at the end of October it would have been a good decoration, especially if they flew out the front door when it was opened for trick-or-treaters. Perhaps the bats have moved to a new location and some one else can have fun with them. We have enough challenges here with rats eating the internet wires.
It appears Carrie and Kevin have got rid of the bats, at least, we hope so. With Halloween coming up at the end of October it would have been a good decoration, especially if they flew out the front door when it was opened for trick-or-treaters. Perhaps the bats have moved to a new location and some one else can have fun with them. We have enough challenges here with rats eating the internet wires.
Treating Spiritual Failure as a Catastrophic Event
Recently, I saw an education web seminar advertised with the title: "What if a school treated a student failure as a catastrophic event?" This is an interesting concept that could have many applications.
What if a ward or branch treated failure of an young man to be ordained at the appropriate age or a young women not attending or being advanced in primary or young women as a catastrophic event? Or a man not being ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood when they turn 18 or not serve a mission at age 19?
When a major catastrophic event occurs - such as a large earth quake, flood, tsunami, tornado, or other natural disaster - an immediate response brings a multitude of resources together to alleviate the suffering from the disaster. People leave what the are doing a go to the aid of the victims.
From an eternal perspective, is not a spiritual failure as important or more important. Should not all the resources possible from a ward
focus on the serious failure of an individual? Is that not the purpose
of Ward Councils, Priesthood quorums, class presidencies and the
teachers and advisers?
Recently, I saw an education web seminar advertised with the title: "What if a school treated a student failure as a catastrophic event?" This is an interesting concept that could have many applications.What if a ward or branch treated failure of an young man to be ordained at the appropriate age or a young women not attending or being advanced in primary or young women as a catastrophic event? Or a man not being ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood when they turn 18 or not serve a mission at age 19?When a major catastrophic event occurs - such as a large earth quake, flood, tsunami, tornado, or other natural disaster - an immediate response brings a multitude of resources together to alleviate the suffering from the disaster. People leave what the are doing a go to the aid of the victims.
From an eternal perspective, is not a spiritual failure as important or more important. Should not all the resources possible from a ward focus on the serious failure of an individual? Is that not the purpose of Ward Councils, Priesthood quorums, class presidencies and the teachers and advisers?
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