Dalling History

Fiji Mission Report to our beloved Family and Friends June 29 2010   The Dalling’s are on the move! No, that is not the truck moving from Fiji ; it is the other Dennis Dalling family moving from North Carolina to Oregon . Our youngest son and family are finally coming home. We will probably get there first but not any more rested. We are taking home more than we brought and we have given away a ton of stuff. Everywhere we go we get another gift that is precious so we just add another suitcase! This has been such an incredible week that we cannot leave our mission without sharing some of our emotions. We promise that this is it from Fiji ! The Friday Cultural Show was as grand as we expected even though it was staged outside on the athletic field in a pouring rainstorm! Typically Fiji , the show went on. They erected a large elaborate covered stage with professional lighting and sound and several very large tents for the spectators to sit on mats. The downside was ...

Fiji Mission Report to our beloved Family and Friends Jan 26 2010   We know this is sounding so redundant, but what a week it was! Pres Ostler was complaining J that it has been almost two months since we had a member of the Quorum of The Twelve Apostles or one of the First Presidency visit Fiji. This week we had Elder D Todd Christofferson, one of our newest apostles, and his lovely wife, visit our little island. Elder Jay Jensen of the presidency of the Seventy and his wife, Elder James Hamula and his two beautiful daughters, and Elder and Sister Wakolo, our Area Authority accompanied them! The entire party and stake leaders arranged to come to the temple on Friday and filled one session. What a joy to be in the temple with them! Most of you will not remember the good old days with stake conferences every 3 months and always two general authorities that would attend. Of course, there were far fewer stakes and far fewer members in those days. When we were in Ala...