No Rest for the Weary

Just as I predicted, Mike got a call from the Kauai Stake President yesterday, wanting to meet with us this morning. He extended Mike the calling to be first counselor in our branch presidency. Our little branch comes from the three towns on the North Shore of Kauai: Hanalei, Princeville, and Kilauea. Our chapel is beautiful. It is located in Hanalei, across the street from a beautiful view of the mountains. Hanalei is the area known in the Puff the Magic Dragon song as "the land called Hanalei." It is truly a magical place.

Mike served for about three years as a counselor to Bishop Todd in Colorado, then served as the bishop for three and half years, and now is a counselor to President Koga, who is a sweet, humble and kind Hawaiian man, a taro farmer in Hanalei. We have grown to love him and his family very much already.

We feel so blessed for Mike to have the opportunity to continue serving Heavenly Father is this capacity. I guess we'll get to know the people here pretty fast now.