More time with Brandon.....(28 DEC - JAN 3)

This is right downtown Willemstad by the Renaissance Hotel
(Our home away from home our first  almost 4 months of our mission)

We had dinner with the Jones and the Parrs
It was Elder Jones's Birthday

Brandon got a little time in the Pool  😏

We spent a couple of hours one morning down at the beach close to our home (about a 10 min walk)
so we could go snorkeling for a while.
It was a beautiful morning.  

We enjoyed playing a couple of games of Settler's of Catan together.

 Mount Christoffel

This was the first time I've hiked to the top. It's a rough hike but a beautiful one!! (It's not long just pretty rocky and steep)

Our last evening together.  We had dinner by the beach!

We are sure going to miss him!!

Curacao Zone Conference (2 JAN 2019)

CURACAO ZONE CONFERENCE

We love having the BonAire Sisters over for Zone Conference 

and we invite all the Sisters to stay over at the mission home the night before. 

 We have really come to enjoy our morning walks with them.  

Sister Anderson, Sister Davidson, Sister Meyer, Sister Zaugg, Sister Orchard, Sister McGuire

Back Row: Sister & President Baird, Elder McBride, Elder Richards, Elder Groenendijk, Elder Stott, Elder Naef, Elder Buxton, Sister & Elder Parr, Sister & Elder Jones
Front Row: Sister Melendez, Sister Anderson, Sister Davidson, Sister Meyer, Sister Robertson, Sister Zaugg,
Sister McGuire, Sister Orchard.

It was so fun to have Brandon Join us for this conference.

Elder Naef & Brandon
Did a special musical number

Sister Orchard & Sister McGuire

Elder Richards & Elder McBride

Elder Buxton & Elder Durfee

Sister Melendez & Sister Anderson

Elder Groenendijk & Elder Naef

Sister Meyer & Sister Davidson

Sister Robertson & Sister Zaugg

President Baird & Brandon

Sister & Elder Parr

Sister & Elder Jones

President & Sister Baird

New Year's Eve with the Missionaries (31 DEC 2018)

We had All the Missionaries over for Dinner and Games

Brother Skinner, Elder Jones, President Baird

One pen....a pair of dice....first one to write to 100.  You have to roll doubles to get the dice.  It got pretty competitive.  It was really fun to watch them all interact with each other.   

 

Back Row: Elder Jones, Elder Buxton, Elder Naef

Middle Row: Sister Jones, Elder Parr, Elder Durfee, Elder Groenendijk, Elder Richards, Sister Melendez, Sister Anderson

Sister Parr, Sister Davidson, Sister Meyer

We have never seen fireworks quite like we saw here for New Year's Eve.  It sounded like a war zone.  They started before it even got dark and didn't end until around 4 in the morning.  A constant thundering of fireworks all around us.  We could see in the distance that right in downtown Willemstad it must have been absolutely crazy.  Next year, I would like to get a vantage point where we have a better view of the whole area.  The carport we have is flat...I even think we might be able to see more from up on top of that.  It might be worth it to drive up to the top of a nearby bluff that overlooks the city.  It was even fun to just watch from where we were.  I was really amazed that people would spend that kind of money on "personal" fireworks to keep it going all night long.