Sunday, February 4, 2018

There Is Beauty All Around.

We have learned that when Missionaries get ahold of your phone you get some selfies. This is Sister Bartlett having a selfie with Elder Tutuila and Elder Franko. We love the Missionaries.
As we travel to see Missionaries and help them with bikes, injuries, and sickness we often come across something so beautiful we can’t help but take a picture for our enjoyment and yours. These trees were full in bloom with bright purple blossoms. Our picture doesn’t do them justice.
At one of the Missionary Flats I was fixing a bicycle and as I left I saw these beautiful flowers so I couldn't pass up a picture.
We took some time out of our Preparation day to go see the gannet colonies again. This time we went with some of the other Senior Missionaries. The Woodwards from New Mexico and the Ashbys from Utah. We have some really great Senior Missionaries in this Mission.
We thought that most of the gannets would be gone but you can see by this picture there are hundreds still here. Most of the young birds have spotted feathers unlike the adult birds that are creamy white. The young birds are continually flapping their wings to practice flying but don’t try to take off.
This is one of the younger ones before it gets its feathers it is just a white fluff ball.
There is beauty in this picture also, and it isn’t Elder Bartlett. Sister Bartlett and the view make up for Elder Bartlett. As you can tell it was a windy day and we had a lot of rain. But as you know rain brings the beautiful flowers.
There is also wild beauty in the raging ocean. It created this blow hole.
It created this cave which flowed from one side of the cliff to the other side. What power water can possess to create such beauty.
The water can also make your pathways a little scary. These people had to wait until the waves subsided before they could cross this part of the path. We didn’t try going that way.
After we returned from the gannet colonies we had Ward choir practice. After we came out of the church we saw this beautiful rainbow. I hope that you enjoy the beauty that is all around you. We have been here almost a year and we are still amazed by what we see. There is truly beauty all around and we thank our Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ for that beauty every day. We love you all and wish for beauty for each of you. Love, Elder and Sister Bartlett.

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