October 2011 General Conference

The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles invite all members of the Church to participate in the 181st Semiannual General Conference on Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2, 2011.

General sessions will be held on Saturday (10/1) at 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m Hawaiian Standard time.  Live broadcasts will be available at the following locations:

• Kaneohe Stake Center
• Oceanic cable channel 52. 
• Conference.lds.org: video and audio in multiple languages
• Mormonchannel.org and Mormon Channel mobile apps: video and audio in English only
• BYU.tv: video and audio in multiple languages
• Facebook.com/LDS: video in English only (Choose “General Conference” from the left menu.)

The general priesthood session will be broadcast (delayed) at 6:00 p.m. at the Stake Center.  All priesthood brethren are encouraged to attend.

Two more general sessions will be held on Sunday (10/2) at 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Hawaiian standard time and can be viewed live at the above-listed venues.

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Elders Quorum today 9/25/11

Announcements

• Activities:  Upcoming activities: Filipino Food Fest @ Thelma's Restaurant in Waipahu on October 8 Saturday.  We will meet at 10:15 a.m. on Mokulele Drive by the Parkway Rec Center and then carpool from there. Makapu'u Lighthouse See-the-Sun-Rise Family Hike on October 29 Saturday.  Meeting time is 5:15 4:45 a.m. at the Makapu'u Lighthouse parking area along Kalanianaole Hwy.  We will eat breakfast at the top and watch the sun rise.
• Service projects:  We have committed to four clean-up per year in the Adopt-a-Highway program (trash pick-up) for the section of Kahekili Highway from Haiku Road to Kaneohe Bay Drive. The date of our first service outing will be 11/12 Saturday announced but likely will be a Saturday in November.  Other projects we may do include Kawa'ewa'e Heiau (brush clean-up), Ho'omaluhia Gardens (adopt-a-park). and help-our-neighbors yard cleanup.
• Home visits via Splits with Missionaries (Wednesday evenings, ongoing).  Next split date will be 9/28 Wed.  (Dayle Turner and Destinn Labatte).
• Home Teaching: Remember to love thy neighbors by visiting your assigned home teaching families.   See updated Home Teaching Assignment List. Remember to complete your HT assignment and report to your district leader by the end of the month.  Mahalo!
• General Conference on 10/1 Saturday and 10/2 Sunday.  Broadcasts will be @ 6am and 10am on both days.  On 10/1 Saturday, the General Priesthood Meeting broadcast will be aired at 6pm @ the Stake Center.  All priesthood holders in the stake are expected to attend.
• Seminary Security:  priesthood brethren are needed to serve as security for Stake seminary.  Those interested in volunteering can contact Brother Carlile of the Bishopric.

Lesson today:  was taught by Brother Bill Sellers and was based on the talk "The Atonement Covers All Pain" by Elder Kent F. Richards of the Seventy.  Key points:

• None of us is immune from experiencing pain and people cope with it very differently. Some turn away from God in anger, and others allow their suffering to bring them closer to God.
• Pain is a gauge of the healing process.. and it often teaches us patience. Perhaps that is why we use the term patient in referring to the sick.
• Our great personal challenge in mortality is to become “a saint through the atonement of Christ”²²  with the pain we experience being where this process is most measured.  
• In extremity, we can become as children in our hearts, humble ourselves, and “pray and work and wait”²³ patiently for the healing of our bodies and our souls. 
• As Job, after being refined through our trials, we “shall come forth as gold.”²⁴

Baptism of Lona Alfred

The newest member of the Kaneohe 1st Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is Lona Kennila Alfred who was baptized on 9/24/11 Saturday at the Kaneohe Stake Center.  The baptismal ordinance was performed by Lona's uncle Caster Kunou of the Waipahu Ward and serving as witnesses were Elder Delai and Elder Weirich.

Lona and Bishop Bert Oshiro

Lona and cousin Caster Konou Jr

Elder Delai, Lona, Elder Weirich

Family members & Lona

Lona and her mom

Lona and Elder Z

Cousin Rocky Baso & Lona

(left to right) Jacque Turner, Dayle Turner, Wally Wong, David Suficiencia, Gene Tamashiro, Caster Kunou

Lona & Ward Mission Leader Tommy Friel

Baptism on 9/24 Saturday

Aloha Ye Elders of Israel:

There is a baptism scheduled for Lona and Rysen Baso (cousin and brother, respectively, of Rocky Baso) this Saturday 9/24 @ 6:30 p.m. at the Stake Center. 

Let's all attend in support of the Baso ohana.

Elders Quorum today -- 9/18/11

Announcements

• Endowments: Two members of the quorum, Gene Tamashiro and John Teves (with his wife Melinda) received their  endowments this week at the Laie Temple.  Congratulations to them.
• Activities:  Upcoming activities: Filipino Food Fest @ Thelma's Restaurant in Waipahu on October 8 Saturday.  We will meet at 10:15 a.m. on Mokulele Drive by the Parkway Rec Center and then carpool from there. Makapu'u Lighthouse See-the-Sun-Rise Family Hike on October 29 Saturday.  Meeting time is 5:15 a.m. at the Makapu'u Lighthouse parking area along Kalanianaole Hwy.  We will eat breakfast at the top and watch the sun rise.
• Service projects:  We are applying have applied and been accepted to the Adopt-a-Highway program (trash pick-up) for the section of Kahekili Highway from Haiku Road to Kaneohe Bay Drive. We have committed to four trash-pick-up outings per year for the next two years. The date of our first service outing is TBA.  Other projects we may do include Kawa'ewa'e Heiau (brush clean-up), Ho'omaluhia Gardens (adopt-a-park). and help-our-neighbors yard cleanup.
• Home visits via Splits with Missionaries (Wednesday evenings, ongoing).  Next split date will be 9/21 Wed.  (Kanoa Kanahele and Jershon Laimana).
• Home Teaching:  New assignments announced.  See updated Home Teaching Assignment List. Remember to complete your HT assignment and report to your district leader by the end of the month.  Mahalo!

Lesson today:
Today's lesson was based on Chapter 41: The Postmortal Spirit World.  Questions that were addressed and answered in the lesson included:

• What happens to us after we die? [Alma 41:11]   
• Where is the postmortal spirit world? ["...not far away."] 
• What is the nature of our Spirits?  [Ether 3:16 and Alma 34:34] 
• What are the conditions in the Spirit World? [1 Nephi 15: 28-30] 
• What happens in Paradise? [D&C 138:30]   
• What happens in Spirit Prison? [1 Peter 3:18-20]

Endowments for Gene

This evening at the 7pm session at the Laie Hawaii Temple, Brother Gene Tamashiro received his endowment which is "a series of covenants we make with the Father to live a life of chastity and virtue, to sacrifice our selfish desires in his service to our fellowmen to build up his kingdom; and he, in turn, promises us protection and blessings in this life and greater blessings and glory in eternity." [source]. Congrats to Gene.

Gene and his sister from Las Vegas.







Gene and Roy Hirokawa (middle photo)

Potluck afterward in the Fale

Elders Quorum Today -- 9/11/11

Announcements

• Endowments: Two members of the quorum will be receiving their  endowments this week at the Laie Temple:  Gene Tamashiro on 9/14 Wed 7pm session  and John Teves (with his wife Melinda) on 9/15 Thurs 2pm session.   All who can are encouraged to attend.
• Activities:  Flag football activity, organized by Ka'anoi Walk,  on 9/5 Monday was well attended and a success.  Upcoming activities will be the Filipino Food Fest @ Thelma's Restaurant in Waipahu on 10/8 Saturday (time TBA) and Makapu'u Lighthouse Family Hike in late October/early November (exact date and time TBA).
• Service projects:  We still are in the planning stages but potential projects include Adopt-a-Highway (trash pick-up) , Kawa'ewa'e Heiau (brush clean-up), Ho'omaluhia Gardens (adopt-a-park). and help-our-neighbors yard cleanup.
• Home visits via Splits with Missionaries (Wednesday evenings, ongoing).  Next split date will be 9/21 Wed.  Assignments TBA.
• Home Teaching:  New assignments announced.  See updated Home Teaching Assignment List.

Lesson today:

•  Kanoa Kanahele taught the lesson today, sharing with us his very interesting family history (his ancestors include Sir Isaac Newton and a 4th great grandfather from Molokai who was shown great respect by Kamehameha 1, the unifier of the Hawaiian islands).  He also read to us the story of the first ancestor from his family to join the Church.  We all were encouraged to do family history work, which includes recording our own personal history via journal writing.