Over a month ago I realized I had lost my driver's license. I looked everywhere in our apartment in hopes of finding it. I even called a few of the regular places we shop. Never found it. So, then I started researching how to get a replacement driver's license, but everything I read said I would have to go to the DMV in person to get a new license. Well, that was impossible! I finally found a phone number that I could call that would let me actually talk to a real person. He was very nice and told me he would send me a temporary license and email me the instructions on how to apply for a new license. When I read the email he sent, I was not happy that it was quite complicated and a lot of work to get a replacement driver's license. The worst part being I had to go get my eyes checked from an eye doctor. I had just renewed my driver's license less than a year ago before we left on our mission. I had passed the eye exam at the DMV and had my eye's checked in Utah by my eye doctor, but since it had been more than 6 months ago, I had to get another eye exam. Getting any kind of doctor's appointment in Laie is a little inconvenient and also trying to work it into our work schedule is tricky. I finally was able to see an eye doctor, who after two appointments filled out the form the DMV sent so I could send it in. Step one done. Next, I had to make an appointment for a zoom meeting with the DMV for an interview. With the difference in time zones, I had very limited options available, but I was able to set up a 7AM meeting on Monday, October 28th. Then I had to fill out the application form online and submit it. After all that, I spent 10 minutes on a zoom meeting Monday morning before going to work to get approved for a new replacement driver's license. Now I have to wait 4 - 6 weeks to receive it in the mail. I definitely don't want to lose my driver's license again.
Monday evening was Family Home Evening at the movies. Here's our little group that watched the Halloween movie, Casper in the little theater on the BYU-H campus. It has been a long time since I watch the movie Casper. Halloween is a big deal here in Laie. It was a regular workday at the PCC. We got a wonderful surprise when Sister Su Jones popped into the warehouse. Sister Jones was the other sister missionary in the office with me for the first 5 months of my mission. She helped me a lot when I was first learning the ropes and struggling with all the things I had to learn to do. She'd been there, done that, so she could totally relate. She went home last April, and the office has never been the same. She was back for a short visit.
For Halloween evening, we went to hang out with the Cowleys. We were going to miss seeing our grandkids all dressed up in their costumes, so the Cowley's kids are the closest to grandchildren we have here. They live on Moana Street in Laie and they were doing a neighborhood potluck dinner before the trick or treating began. We brought something to share (tuna casserole) and a few candy treats to pass out to the trick or treaters. The top picture to the left is us sitting in front of the Cowley's house waiting for the treat or treaters to come. Everyone sits in lawn chairs out by the curb to pass out candy, so the kids don't have to walk up to each door to get their treats. The bottom picture is Elder Rappleye in front of the Bates's pad (another missionary couple who lives on Moana Street). The whole length of Moana Street gets blocked out so no cars can drive on the street, and everybody just walks up and down the street to trick or treat. Some of the neighbors go all out with decorations and costumes. The street gets packed with people. You can see the bottom right picture shows some of the trick or treaters going down the street - and that picture was taken early in the evening. It got much more crowded than the picture shows. The treats we brought (150 pieces of candy) were gone in an hour. After we ran out of candy, we strolled up and down the street and enjoyed the Halloween displays and greeting people we knew (mostly other senior missionaries). While we were there on Moana Street, we found out from other missionaries that at 9:30PM the student workers in the PCC's theater group put on a dance competition in the Pacific Theater that we should not miss. So we left the trick or treating festivities around 7:30pm and went home until 9PM. Elder Rappleye got a pretty good nap on the couch during that time!
While we were waiting to get into the Halloween Dance competition we got our picture taken in the Marketplace in front of the Happy Halloween backdrop.
We were told that last year the competition wasn't very crowded, so we were surprised to see so many people there. By the time we got into the theater the bottom section was full. The pictures show the bottom sections to the left and right of where we were sitting on the first row of the top section. The students that were performing were divided into three groups to compete against each other. The theme of the dance competition was "Night Terrors". Each group chose a theme within the category of "Night Terrors". They each made costumes, props, and choreographed their presentation. The first group, pictured right, called their performance "Into the Deep". It had an ocean theme with mermaids, sharks, pirates, and the titanic ship. The props and costumes were amazing. They did a good job.
The second group had a doll theme and it was called "Dolls of Doom". They had all kinds of dolls represented from a Chucky doll to Ken and Barbie. The second counselor in our" YSA bishopric performed in this "dolls of doom group. It was fun to watch.
The last group called their performance "Shadows" and it had a zombie/nightmare theme. It even included some fire when they torched a coffin! All three teams performed together at the beginning of the show (bottom pictures) and the top picture is the whole group waiting for the winner to be announced.
And the winner is - "Into the Deep"!
That was where my vote would have been if I had a vote. We didn't get home until 11PM - way past our usual bedtime. Many of the students were staying after the show for a dance. Ah, to be young and able to survive on very little sleep.
We had to work the next day, and we were dragging from the late night out. On Friday night we attended the play, "You Can't Take It With You" at the McKay Auditorium, a BYU - Hawaii theatrical production. We both knew Isa (in the bottom middle picture - last one leaning forward) who attends our YSA ward. She was a maid and had no speaking lines, but her facial expressions were awesome. I also knew Thanush (the man in the suit in the pictures). I am teaching him piano. His character was the IRS tax collector. It was a small part, but he did a good job at being irate at Martin Vanderhof for not paying his taxes. Ever since Devin's family left to go home on October 22nd it has been rainy and never a good time to get some beach time in. So, on Saturday we went to Pounder's beach to try and get a little beach time. It was a little overcast, but we stayed for about an hour. I took this picture of our legs to prove that Elder Rappleye is actually getting a little color on the legs. Not as much color as mine (that would never be possible), but after almost a year of beach time they are not ghostly white anymore and he actually has a tan line!
We were asked to do a presentation to our YSA Ward on Saturday night on how to use Family Search to find family names to take to the temple. Our YSA ward is scheduled to do baptisms for the dead at the temple at the end of November and they are encouraging the students to bring family names to the temple. We really don't know too much about how to find family names, so we had to do some cramming. Not very many students showed up.
Sunday was time for the next munch and mingle (already?). This month there was only one senior couple we sang Aloha 'Oe to, Elder Mike and Sister Tamie Taylor from Sandy, UT. We got to know them well because they joined us most days for lunch out on the terrace. Sister Taylor worked upstairs from me in uniforms and Elder Taylor was the safety officer (OSHA) for the PCC. Poor Sister Taylor fell while walking on the beach a few weeks ago and broke her wrist and had to have surgery. Not a fun way to end a mission. When the Taylors leave the middle of November, we will have the longest tenure of all the senior missionaries that are part of the lunch bunch at the PCC.
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