Missionaries Sweep the Beach
Mormon Missionaries
Join Guam’s 20th Annual International Coastal Cleanup
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| From Left - Sister Ta’ehia, Sister Ande, Sister Mika, Sister Vave, Elder Afualo. Back - Sister Martin, Elder McEwan, Elder Barrus,Elder Petersen and Elder Martin join the volunteers at Piti shores in Guam for the annual Coastal Cleanup |
Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints joined forces with the volunteers of the coastal and ocean shore
cleanup, September 20, 2014.
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Sister Rotuk, Sister Kolini and
Sister Ma’a at Asan Beach |
Guam’s government leaders and others promoted this
event to clean up the coast and raise awareness for the need to keep Guam
clean.
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From Left - Sister Davis, Sister Masami, Sister Warner, Elder Amato, Elder Krueger, Sister Alaalatoa, Elder Baliling,
Elder Naegle and Elder Roque, join the many volunteers at Oka Point Saturday, Sept. 20th, 2014 |
34 LDS Missionaries joined the event early Saturday morning
at 4 of the 17 organized locations on the island.
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Sister Davis, right, looks down as trash buckets are
lowered to volunteers below at Oak Point |
One group of 9 went to Oka Point near Guam Memorial Hospital
in Tamuning. Another group of 11 went to Asan shore and beach area. The third
group of 10 went to Piti shore and beaches and included Senior Couple, Elder
and Sister Martin (Mission Office Specialists). A fourth group of two senior
couples worked at Tagachang Beach in Yona, including Elder and Sister Hurst
(Mission Family History Specialists) with Elder and Sister Reed (Mission Self
Reliance Specialists).
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From Left - Elder Vehikite, Elder Hunter, Elder Samachy, Elder Arcayan, Elder Rice, Elder Ladore, Sister Rotuk,
Sister Williams, Sister David, Sister Ma’a and Sister Kolini help clean Asan beach |
Each volunteer was provided buckets and/or bags to sweep the
coastal areas of Guam.
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| Sister Vave and Elder McEwan dig and pull, then others join together to remove the tire from the sand |
Among the findings included: beer cans, broken beer bottles,
tires, glass and plastic bottles, paper, plastic furniture, cigarette butts,
plastic grocery bags, labels, wrappers, pvc pipe, metal objects, aluminum lids,
boxes, Styrofoam chunks, food containers, Christmas lights, fabric, shoes, and
much more.
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| Sister Ande, Sister Ta’ehia & Sister Martin pose with the Rubish |
One missionary said, “It’s amazing how much junk is on the
beaches”.
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| Elder Petersen looks down as the group of missionaries begin to scour the beaches of Piti |
Most of the Missionaries wore the bright yellow vest
entitled, “Mormon Helping Hands”, which also refers to the popular web site,
Mormon.org.
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| All the missionaries wore “Mormon Helping Hands” vests. |
Many of the missionaries reported that they had a lot of fun
with this service project, especially since so many people were doing it
together. Their goal is to participate in at least one service project per
month.
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| Working together to improve the coasts of Guam |
Missionaries currently serving in the Micronesia Guam
mission are from Australia, New Zealand, Chuuk and Pohnpei in the FSM, United
States of America, Canada, Philippines, Vanuatu, American Samoa, Samoa, Fiji,
Tonga, Marshall Islands, United Kingdom, and Papua New Guinea. They serve from
18 months to two years. Many have saved and prepared for years to come on a
full time mission.
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| Asan beach is looking better than ever |
What a great opportunity to participate in a community event
that really makes a difference in the place we live.
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Elder Amato holds the free “20th annual Coastal Cleanup” t-shirt.
Volunteers received more than just a good feeling inside for their service. |
Thanks to all the sponsors
and especially the volunteers who made it all happen.
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Elder Martin tosses a pvc pipe into one of the trailers that
came by to pick up the huge amount of trash collected. |
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