Palmers in Tonga

Our MTC District and our Instructors.  On left  is Sister Finau (instructor)  from Tonga; Brother and Sister Williams
from Australia - they are going to serve in the office in Thailand; Brother and Sister Palmer and
Sister Langkilde (our main instructor) from New Zealand, originally from Samoa who served her mission in Samoa. 
Sister Langkidle and Sister Finau are amazing women and great teachers.

The pictures below are all on the MTC property.  There is a hill between the MTC building and a chapel.

The story goes that the property had once belonged to the grandfather of the Mayor of Manukau City where the MTC is located. When the Mayor was a young boy he used to sit on the corner of the property and overlook the city. 
He said that he had the distinct impression that some day a spiritual light would come from that spot to brighten the city.  When the Church put a building permit in the Mayor was not there when the City Council denied it and threw it in the bin.  When the Mayor returned and saw it in the bin he told them the story and told them to let them build.  

This is the Chapel in the Church on the MTC property.  Notice anything missing?  Yup, the hymn books! There are 3 Wards that meet in the building with 3 different languages so they bring out the hymn books when they're ready to start their meeting and put them away after their meetings.

These are pictures of the view from our window. They have a great court, and a nice lawn area for the young Elders and Sisters to play on during our exercise hour.