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calledtoserve: There's a Drought! Why Don't We Set the Mountains on Fire?
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Why Don't We Set the Mountains on Fire? When I returned home from work one night, I looked out my living room window and saw what looked like lava coming down Pichincha- the mountain outside my window. Hmmmm, "That's not good," I said to myself. Then I realized that some idiot had set Pichincha on fire! I took some pictures thinking I could maybe convince Daxton, my seven-year-old grandchild who is obsessed with seeing lava, that Pichincha had finally erupted. Posted by Kim Griesemer.
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calledtoserve: May 2009
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Since the Wards will be coming home in early September, we've decided, as a group of senior missionaries, to visit the places the Wards have wanted to visit before they go home. One of those places is a rain forest 2-1/2 hours away from Quito called Mindo. Here we are taking a break after our ride to Mindo. First, we took a cable car across a gorge so we could hike down a mountain to see a waterfall. Here's some kind of a centipede thing that Elder Ward convinced to climb over his shoe. Then we went to t...
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calledtoserve: September 2009
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Hyatt Cole Rohner was born at 11:46 pm on Saturday, 19 September. He weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. Once he was cleaned up, he was quite curious about his new world, and spent a good deal of time alertly checking everything out. He interrupted a Diamondbacks game that Dad and brothers were attending. His mom describes him as looking alternately like a little old man with a recessed chin like his Grandpa Griesemer, and a gnome in his hospital hat. All is well with Mom and babe. The b...
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calledtoserve: October 2008
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Throughout the day on Wednesday, missionaries are moving through the mission to their new assignments. They get lost. They can't find their new companions. They don't know what to do. They call the office. I spend my day answering panic-stricken phone calls and running upstairs to the training room to apprise the Assistants. Finally, late in the day, everyone is safely in their new sector. Please don't misunderstand. I wouldn't have it any other way. I love my mission. Posted by Kim Griesemer. In the lat...
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calledtoserve: The Gathering
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Joseph Smith said, “We believe in the literal gathering of Israel. . . .” (Articles of Faith 10) While we, with our limited understanding, may associate gathering with a hoped-for spectacularly obvious return of the Lost Ten Tribes en masse, Joseph’s revelatory vision encompassed not only a global gathering that spanned temporality, but also the intimately personal gathering of individuals through the ordinance of baptism. The very kind owner of the property, who is not a member, allowed all participants...
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Hikes On Tinian: September 2014
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Saturday, September 6, 2014. The Collared Kingfisher, known locally as the Sihek, is an indigenous bird here. Quite an attractive bird but very noisy and sometime vicious to other birds and sometime to its own species. I've frequently seen it fly through a group of smaller birds shrieking and scaring them off. Once I saw it attack a Sparrow which lay on the ground stunned for sometime. Today at the Fiesta Grounds bandstand at we had a 'Sihek Saga' that I was able to get some photograph of. At first I tho...
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Hikes On Tinian: January 2015
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Monday, January 26, 2015. WALK DOWN THE RED CARPET - Jan 14, 2015. 2015 Inauguration of Joey P (JP) San Nicolas. This seems to have taken me ages but finally I can bring you some pictures of the Mayor’s Inauguration. This is a bit of a departure from the hike and nature theme of this blog but is an event of interest. Y. Ou can click on the pictures to enlarge them for your viewing. For weeks in advance there was sprucing-up of the designated site. And the Kammer Beach Pavilion got a new coat of paint.
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Hikes On Tinian: February 2008
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008. We will be doing the following hikes for March. This will most likely be the last set of hikes I will be leading on Tinian. I plan on leaving for the U.S. Mainland sometime in early April. So, if you have been meaning to come on one of the hikes, this will be your last chance. All hikes meet at 8 AM at Grace Christian School on Saturday. March 1, Saturday - Circumnavigation of Lake Hagoi. March 8, Saturday - Exploration of the Harlem area by North Field. We will drive to the...
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Hikes On Tinian: January 2008
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Thursday, January 31, 2008. The following are the hikes for February. I am starting to run out of ideas, so if anyone has any place they would like to explore, let me know, please. As always, all hikes meet at 8 AM at Grace Christian School on Saturday. February 2, Saturday - Hike to the Latte site above Long Beach. February 9, Saturday - Mt. Lasu upper cliff line. February 16, Saturday - Marpo Valley Hike. We will explore an old Japanese train station near the asphalt plant in Marpo Valley. This is ...
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Glimpses of Tinian: Local Famed Historian Don A. Farrell
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These are glimpses of an idyllic island in the western Pacific Ocean called Tinian. One of three main islands in the fourteen-island chain known as the Northern Mariana Islands. Friday, October 19, 2007. Local Famed Historian Don A. Farrell. We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. - George Bernard Shaw. The History of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI Public School System, 1991) by Don A. Farrell. Photo taken at the Tinian Public Library. Farrell, ...
