Letter and Pictures - Week 86

Dear family,

     This week has been good. We started teaching a mother of three named Lorraine this week and she has been progressing really fast. She already seems like a member. We can see her being the water soon. She came to church this week and loved it. She accepted baptism and she wants to make sure she is baptized by proper authority. She is praying about it. She was contacted before by Elder Tye and Elder Whipple who gave her a book of mormon but they weren't able to start teaching her and lost contact maybe due to transfers. She was actually looking for her book of mormon the day before we contacted back into her. I am very grateful the Lord led us to her and has been preparing her to receive the restored gospel with all her heart.  We are happy for this blessing and opportunity to teach her. She has begun her studying with the gospel tracks and the book of mormon making sure to complete the assignments we had given her. She is doing a lot of serious reflection and pondering to know if this is true and what God wants her to do. She also came to church this week! It was so exciting to walk in and see her already there early and waiting :) She loved church. I asked which part was her favorite and she was like, "all of them!" She considers us her Angels and knows God sent us to her. She has been reading in the bible a lot and had questions but has found answers already from the book of mormon. It's incredible how God is working so much with her and how the spirit is aiding, guiding, and blessing her. She has a pure heart and such great faith.

     Saturday we had the service project of painting at the Prison Fellowship Building. It was fun to do a little work and serve. We also attended the sister's baptism for a lady named Paula. Her daughter was recently baptized and she followed in her footsteps. Elder Anderson performed the baptismal interview for it. We waited outside while the interview took place and we didn't think to lock the bikes since we were outside right there by them but we went back inside to do the paperwork and forgot about the bikes. One of the sisters had a thought to look outside and was shocked to see a little boy running off with her bike. They ran outside and ran after the boy and fortunately recovered the bike. It was crazy haha I found after that my bike had a flat and we were far from our area and the sister were near their apartment so I rode the pretty sister's bike back to our area and for the day haha We switched back later and fixed back up my bike. 

     So this week we had transfers! We received a call from the Assistants yesterday and we were both excited with anticipation to know what was going to happen. I was thinking I was going to be leaving since I've been here for 6 months. They told us that we will be staying together for another transfer! I'm excited to continue serving with Elder Anderson. It's been a great transfer and we are looking to make it another great one. Plus it means I get to continue teaching Lorraine and help her to enter into the waters of baptism!

     Well that's all for this week. Until next time. I love you all very much! 

Love,

Elder King

Today we played ball for our P-Day activity :) It was fun! This is Lorraine and her most adorable daughter Alex! Alex got some cake from the Releif Society Anniversary cake they had at church and was stuffing her face full of cake haha super cute Don't they just look like they are already members? This is a photo of Alisean after a lesson. For a finding activity each Wednesday night we go ball at the court we went to for p-day and Alisean plays there. He is in a league and that's where they have practice and pick up games.

Letter and Pictures - Week 85

Dear Family,

Life is great in the service of the Lord! I would like to share about Sister Jones and how she is doing after baptism. She has told us that she has felt even more peace and been more calm since she has received the gift of the Holy Ghost. The gift has truly blessed her and you can tell the fruits of it in her life. She understands even more now in lessons than she did before. She detailed in her responses and comments. Her testimony and commitment is solid as she tells us that she is not leaving this church for she has found the truth. She had an experience where someone was bashing on the church and she defended it. She simply told them what they were saying about the church was not true and that they should seek to understand and find out for themselves what the church is all about and what we really teach. She attended the baptism for the Spaulding's daughter this weekend and church as well. None of our investigators came to church this week. With our area some of the current investigators we've been teaching for awhile have stopped progressing after many efforts to help them so we are moving on and have found some great new people to teach. We found one named Juliette who had been taught before and now is ready to work towards baptism. She has cleaned up her life and has been looking for the truth. She has built up a habit of studying from the bible and has read through it several times recently and now is starting to go through the book of Mormon. She accepted baptism. We also found and taught Asa who accepted baptism and has been reading from the book of Mormon daily. In setting up an appointment with him we asked him if we could come by on Wednesday and he said no that's too far away so we set it for sooner. He has opposition from his mother but he is overcoming it because he has such a strong desire to follow Chirst. We found a lady named Nefloya a few weeks back and this week we were able to come and teach her husband Travis. He had been taught a lot, studied, and came to church several years back. He really wants to come closer to christ and he opened up to us and we were able to answer some of his questions he has had. We also found a lady named Lorraine who was given a book of mormon by Elder Whipple and Elder Tye but they weren't able to ever come teach her. She was looking for her book of mormon and found it the day before we came into contact with her. We are going to see her on Wednesday. We gave her a Family track with the proclamation on the family and she loved it. With some of these new investigators they have plans on coming to church. We hope and pray they do. I love you all! I leave my testimony that no matter what happens to us, what challenges we have, what life throws at us, or what anyone says that this church is true! This gospel is true! God is our Father! Jesus is the Christ! They love us! With faith and trust in our Savior things become better! The Spirit whispers this is true! Again I love you!

Love,

Elder King

 

P.S. - We do not know Asa's father. He doesn't live with him. His mother isn't too thrilled about us teaching him and is not interested herself but she said it was up to Asa and this is really what Asa wants in his life. Fred helped in the teaching process some for Sister Jones. It is better for a member to perform the baptism because when the missionaries leave there is still a connection for the convert with the member. The Sobers were recently baptized too and are in the gospel principles class with Sister Jones. Plus it is a great blessing for Fred to have that experience. I thought it was awesome! Renee is making preparations for her to move in. Some Rasta's might believe in Chirst and others not at all. Basically everyone has there own beliefs out here regardless of what religion and then attend what ever church or claim a certain belief if that makes sense. If they believe in a religion they might now follow or believe everything that is taught. It's a little weird and doesn't make a lot of sense. It's like saying I'm LDS but I don't believe in Temples. Structure and standards here are out the window. People do whatever they want.

 

Elder Anderson and I

Nice picture at the coast

We got a new bike and were given the spare bike as well so now we are riding again!

Service for Brother Brewster! We used some spray to kill some tall grass.

 

 

Some great food with the Elders! A cheesesteak sandwich with bacon, chicken and jalapeno pizza, nice caramel shake :) 

 

 

Sister Jones' Baptism photo and the Christ Church Branch building

 

 

Elder Anderson fell asleep :) Junika holding a teddy bear. Elder Anderson barring on a bike with Elvis (member) haha

 

 

Letter Home - Week 84

Hey family,

This week we prepped Sister Jones for baptism. She passed her interview and was baptized and confirmed this week. The service was a spiritual highlight for me this week. It was simple and beautiful. I could really feel the spirit there. I gave the little talk on baptism. The coolest part was that Fred Sobers was the one who baptized Sister Jones. He did a great job. He said it was an honor to do it. Sister Jones is doing great and is happy. We were able to teach Asa this week who is the 14 year old boy that I believe I mentioned earlier. We gave him the book of mormon and now he is already on chapter 13. He keeps it under his pillow and reads every night. He has such a strong belief in Christ and such a great desire to follow him. He believes that God sent us in answer to his prayers. He accepted to be baptized. Heavenly Father has prepared Asa's heart to accept the gospel at this time in his life from all the family challenges and experiences he has had that have led him to pray hard and desire this so much right now in his life. He thinks of us like two Angels that God has sent to him. It's amazing to see and a great blessing to be able to share the gospel with him. Fred also gave his first lesson in Priesthood class. It was a lesson on the talk given in Conference by Elder Renlund on repentance. It was a really spiritual lesson and he did a great job. It's been a good week though no one came to church. We did everything we could yet it was to no avail. Here is an up to date with how all our investigators are doing:

Sister Jones: BAPTIZED!

Renee: He hasn't been to church yet though he keeps telling us that he is coming. He has been making big steps though with the word of wisdom. He still has challenges but he is making good progress. He is reading and praying and believes what we are teaching him is the truth. His wife is going to be moving in shortly. He is making arrangements for her to come. 

Patrick: He has really been studying and praying to know if the gospel is true. We promised him that if he would come to church he would receive his answer and he didn't come this week. Maybe he'll come another week but we think he is having a hard time with the idea of leaving his church. It would be difficult because he has teaching responsibilities at his church. Most reasons he gives of why he doesn't come is because of his church responsibilities. 

Juanita: She was going to come to church but she got up too late to come. We weren't able to see her this week. She has had a busy week with work. She is still reading. 

Meredith: We've had a few lessons with her and we found that she doesn't want to be baptized right now. She feels she isn't ready and she isn't willing at all to tell us why. She doesn't want to talk about it. We found that Andre doesn't really have that big of a problem with her being baptized but he just wants her to make sure she is ready before. She hasn't been to church for several weeks. She said she is coming next week though and is still reading in the book of mormon. She did say that before she makes this step she really wants to know that this is the right decision. So I think the challenge is a mix between repentance and testimony. 

Sobers: They are doing just great! They are coordinating to when the time comes to go to the temple with another Mother and Daughter that were recently baptized. 

Junika: We are continuing to reteach the missionary discussions with her. She is super smart and remembers it all. She is always so happy and her and her mom were at church this Sunday. We are going to have an FHE tonight with them. 

Keemar: A less active who started to read his scriptures more. He works a lot which makes it tough for him to come to church. Right now is a stressful time in his life. 

Ulanda: She had something come up so we couldn't teach her this week and she didn't come to church. She has been a couple times to church and is starting to make progress. 

Ziggy: He is a friend of Enrico and is 20. He has taken an interest in the book of mormon. He believes what we are teaching him  is true yet he finding it hard to exercise his faith and keep his commitments. 

Asa: The 14 year old we recently started teaching. His mother is a Rasta and doesn't believe at all in Christ but his grandmother does and took him to church growing up. He believes very much in God and Christ and wants to change his life and start going to and serving in church. He accepted baptism and is reading a lot in the book of mormon. 

Alisean: We started playing basketball with young adults in our area on wednesday nights with encouragement given by President Herrington and we found that Alisean plays at the court where we went to go play. It opened him up more to us. We had a lesson on the plan of salvation and it was great. He was intrigued by what we taught and learned so much. He accepts the things we teach him. 

Grants: We were finally able to see them and had a good lesson to help them get back on track for baptism. They want to be baptized together and they know this is what they need to do. They are praying to know a date to work towards.

Chedrian: We keep trying but we haven't been able to teach her. She is pretty busy. 

John, Simon, and Nadecia: Simon is John's father and Nadecia is John's girlfriend. We recently started to teach them and though a little doubtful they are wanting to learn more and fully understand our message. Nadecia has more potential. She is more believing and accepting. 

These are the people we are working with right now. Well I gotta go. I love you all!! Choose the right and you'll be blessed! Test it! It works! The gospel is true!

Love,

Elder King

Letter Home - Week 83

Dear family,

     It's been a good week! We had our zone conference this week and Elder Gonzales of the Seventy and his wife came. It was an uplifting and spiritual mtg. All the other English Islands skyped in to the mtg. and were able to comment and participate in the mtg. Elder Gonzales also held a member and friends devotional in the evening. Thelma gave the opening prayer at the devotional. The devotional went over the similar topic as in the zone conference which was on member missionary work. There is a big focus on building up the kingdom of God and establishing the church. There was a big focus on baptism. He also gave some tips and counsel on always opening your mouth to share the gospel which is so vitally important. One of the tips that stuck out to me was that of building common ground with those we teach and talk to. That means to find something in common with the person and then teach to help them grow instead of finding things that are different first which can make them put up walls against the message we are sharing. So like if someone were to say when initially contacting them No I'm not interested I've already got my own church you would say that's great we believe in going to church too! From there you might say though we believe that God has restored his one true church on the earth today and go on from there. It works great! There was a lot more to the conference than I can write but more important than what was said was the spirit felt there and what the spirit spoke to each person there. In the mtg. through thoughts and feelings that came to me I recognized my utter dependance upon the Godhead for help. We need them for everything. They are there for us and do so much more for us than we realize. I am truly grateful for how intertwined they are in the details of my life in teaching me, in guiding me, and in helping me to find peace and joy in this life and eternal life in the next. I love them!

     Sister Jones is looking all set for baptism this weekend. We are going over the final preparations with her. We had invited her to read a chapter in Alma and she ended up reading the first  40 chapters. Since the first time teaching her she says she always feels a peace and a calm whenever we come over and recognized the Holy Ghost. She is faithfully living all the commandments and told us she's been Mormon for years with how she has been living her life. She and ourselves are looking forward to her baptism this week. Ulanda who is a less active came to church again this week. We've been bringing Bro. Sampson to teach her and they get along great. He is a great help to her. We found a youth named Asa this week who we will be seeing tonight who is just awesome! When we contacted him he was so interested and when we followed up with him he has been reading and was excited to tell us about how he read about Joseph Smith and how an angel appeared to him and showed him some gold plates. We are excited to go and teach him. There was also the counsel given to find and teach the youth and young single adults and I know the Lord has prepared this young man's heart and placed him in our path. The Lord is doing his work. It's amazing and miraclulous to witness and be a part of everyday. Fred passed the sacrament this week for the first time. He did so good. He also received an assignment to teach priesthood next week. He accepted it willingly. The Sobers also applied the counsel from the devotional in addition to finding people for the missionaries to teach to also feeding the missionaries and made us a Sunday lunch which we were very grateful for. It was a treat. :) They made chicken, rice, veggies, and mac pie! 

     I will give a more in depth update on all the people we are teaching and how they are doing next week. Things are going great though! :)

     I know this gospel is true! I love it! I love you all!

Love,

Elder King

Letter and Pictures - Week 82

Dear Family,

This week has been good. We've been helping Sister Jones prepare for baptism. We reset her date for the 4th of March. She came to church again and has been progressing well. She is doing better on her reading. She is living the word of wisdom and this week we committed her to living the law of tithing. We had a less active member named Ulanda Alcott come back to church for the first time in a long while. Everyone at church was super happy she was there and came back. Jalisa Gibson, the other less active we've been teaching, texted us this week thanking us for teaching her and helping her gain confidence to come back to church and helping her understand that Heavenly Father is there for her but she said she didn't want to meet with missionaries anymore for now. It was a sad text to receive. We don't really know why but she doesn't want to talk about it. We reset a few dates this week one with Renee for April 8th who has been doing great at quitting his addictions to live the word of wisdom and also one with Juanita and her daughter, Jaania, for March 25th who we had a powerful plan of salvation lesson with at the Sobers. They were committed to come to church but she felt sick again. Meredith was also going to come and she was dressed and ready waiting on her two friends that she invited to come with her to pick her up but they never showed. It was awesome that she invited her friends though sad they left her hanging and kept her from being able to come to church. We've been having a lot of fall through appointments and stuff not working out but we keep doing the best we can and we keep pressing forward in faith knowing that all thing will work out in the end. I have a fun story to tell about the stolen bicycles. So last week Thursday we filed a police report for the bikes and this Monday early on Pday I got a call from the police station saying they found the tires for my bike and that I needed to come in and identify them. We did and they were my tires. They then told me that I had to go to court and give a short statement a little later that morning right during sports at 10:00am. I was in shorts and a t shirt from playing sport and I quickly went from sport to home to change into some jeans slightly nicer but not fully dressed as I didn't have time because we then had to drive with the senior couple all the way into town to go to the court. I got there and found that Jeans and a t shirt were against the policy but they let me in at the gate and even the police officer at the court entrance let me in to the court with my attire but as soon as I got up on the stand in front of the judge he kicked me straight out one time. I didn't even get a chance to say anything and I was like a deer in the headlights. It was crazy haha. The police station didn't tell me anything that I needed to bring or wear or really do but just to go there to give a statement. They said they would give us a call later on about the case. We could only file the report for one of the bikes the first time since Elder Tye was transferred to st. vincent and wasn't there to report it and the senior couple couldn't come at that time so Friday this week we went in with one of the senior couples to report for the other bike and when we were there they gave us back my tires! That was great! I'm still missing the front fork and a lot of stuff from the other bike but it's been reported and hopefully we'll get it all back. For now we are still walking but it's possible we get our bikes back. We were very shocked the police actually did something and found the one set of tires. It has been a good week. I love you all tons! I testify that this gospel is true with all humility and sincerity of heart! Take care!

Love,

Elder King

 

Victory!! haha one step closer to gaining back all the parts of our bikes!

 

 

End of Elder Anderson's first district mtg photo and then district lunch after. Elder Dixon, Elder Kuru, Sister Koger, and Sister Fuller are the others in our district. The other Elders are the Assistants to President Herrington. I got a Chicken and Potato Roti for lunch which is basically a Caribbean burrito and I had some local golden apple juice which was really nice :)

 

 

Letter and Pictures - Week 81

Dear Family,

With transfers this week it's been a fun and interesting week!

On Monday Elder Tye and I were able to take out some of the new missionaries proselyting for their first time. I took two of them contacting and the other went with Elder Tye teaching. I had a great time and they did too. Everything was so new and different to them and it was so fun and refreshing to spend some time with them. They wanted to come back out again another day while they were at the mission home but they couldn't. 

On Tuesday we had zone mtg and it was uplifting and inspiring. One thing that I took away was about sharing personal experiences when teaching. There were a lot of testimonies and personal experiences shared as part of the mtg by the missionaries and it was a really great experience. 

On Wednesday we sent Elder Tye off and I was with Elder George for the day until Elder Anderson came. Elder George's companion ( Elder Sandbakken ), Elder Moli, and Elder Tulikihakau had their flight cancelled for the day until the next day so Elder George stayed with us for the night. With all the driving around we were still able to do a lot of teaching. We had some really solid lessons today too. We saw one of Elder George's investigators and then saw Meredith and we shared the story of the tree of life. It was a good lesson. She still feels the same about baptism. She wants to but she won't until the time is right. She still knows it's true. She came to church this Sunday with the Sobers. We saw Sister Jones and read with her in the book of mormon because she hasn't been as active in her studies as she should be. We saw Patrick and we talked about baptism and testimony. He is now really searching for the truth. We also saw Jalisa and read from Moroni 6 and spoke more on repentance and forgiveness. 

On Thursday we had to go file a police report for the stolen bikes and that in addition to weekly planning and picking up Elders took most of the day. it was a long day. We did see Khalil and talked with him about the Atonement. 

On Friday we saw Ulanda again with Bro. Sampson. Bro. Sampson committed her to come to church and she didn't come. It was a good lesson on coming unto Christ. I thought she was going to come. I'm not sure why she didn't. Since Elder Anderson is the district leader we had a mtg at the mission office. With walking it took a while to get home. We did some contacting and then brought the Sobers to see Sis. Jones and then had a visit with the Sobers. We taught about CPR with Sister Jones and she understands the commands to pray, study, and come to church. We read Gen 1 with the Sobers and spoke about the goodness and greatness of God. 

On Saturday we taught a lot of lessons but most of the people we saw were interesting and they weren't the best of lessons. They were some new people that we saw. We aren't going to see them again. We did see Junika and it was great. We showed the restoration video and she remembered very well about Joseph Smith and was her super happy and cheerful self. 

On Sunday we had Dwayne, Meredith, and Thania at church. Sis. Jones, Chedrian, Jalisa, and Ulanda all didn't come. I was really surprised. Sis. Jones and Chedrian got home late in the morning and I'm not sure about Jalisa or Ulanda yet. We saw Patrick again and read in JS HIstory and it was a good spiritual lesson with him. He is becoming more sincere and earnest in knowing the truth. He is reading and praying a lot more. He committed to church this next Sunday. We saw Sis. Jones and talked about the word of wisdom. She drinks tea but committed to give it up and said it would be no problem. She said that she had been thinking earlier that she should do away with it kind of like Thelma. Oh Thelma made us some Mac Pie and it was so good. We had a first appointment set up for a guy named Simon and we came by and he wasn't home but his son John was. He started talking with us and asked us questions and took interest in the gospel. Simon didn't show up but John accepted to have us share a message with him them and we spoke of the book of mormon and he committed himself to read it. He used to go to church  but hasn't been in a while and he wants to get his life back on track. He was really cool and I'm excited to start teaching him. 

We weren't able to see Juanita, Renne, Chedrian, or the Grants this week but we have some appointments set up with them to go and see them this week. 

It's been a fun week! All is well! I'm loving the mission and the people! I'm working as hard as I can to bless the people here! I love you all! The Church is true!

Love,

Elder King

 

Well I said goodbye to Elder Tye this week. He is a great man and a great missionary. It was a blessing to have served with him.

 

 

Some volleyball action from today. We have some fun on P days :) Elder Moli was there today too.

 

 

Elder Anderson selfies haha he's crazy...crazy awesome!!! It's been fun so far and I'm excited for this transfer with him!

 

 

Elder Moli is leaving tomorrow to go home after a mission well served and I got to see him before he left back to Tonga. It was great to see him again.  From left to right: E. Moli, E. Me, E. Sandbakken, E. Tulikihakau, E. Anderson ( My Companion ), and E. George.

 

 

We had an encounter with Etzel the Monkey this week :) It was awesome!

 

 

 

 

Letter and Pictures - Week 80

Dear Family,

It's been an awesome week!

Monday - We went with Juanita and her family for an FHE to go play ping pong at this nice facility. It was a treat. Everyone had a lot of fun. The kids were really good. They play so much road tennis that it just came natural. Abby who is the father is a professional. He almost went to the olympics. He is so good. We came back to their home for a lesson. Everyone joined and we sang, prayed, and read from the book of mormon about the story of Nephi. It was special. Everyone received their own copy of the BoM and they've been reading. The kids love it. The spirit was strong and Abby took interest in it. Hopefully he continues joining in. It was a miracle.

Tuesday - We saw Sister Meredith several times this week and she finally opened up to us today and told us the one thing that has been holding her back from baptism and committed to give it up. We set a date for baptism with her. 

Wednesday - We've been working a lot with a great lady named Marcia Jones. She came to church again this week and is coming again next week. She is set on baptism and is looking forward for her day in a couple weeks. We are visiting with her as often as we can like everyday to get her ready by then. 

Thursday - We came by Meredith and we found that she told her son that she was going to be baptized and he was really upset about it. He doesn't want her to be baptized and doesn't like the church. He said he would leave if she got baptized. She doesn't want her and her son to separate and have their relationship torn apart. She told us she wasn't going to be baptized. It felt like the lesson from the District when Jynx said she received her answer and wasn't going to be taking the lessons anymore. My heart dropped when I heard and I prayed hard for help to know what to say to help her. It ended up being a good lesson as we talked about eternal families and how God wants her to be with Him and her son and that can only happen through her accepting the gospel. She accepted to continue to meet with us, to be baptized when she's ready, and to talk to Andre about it. It was an intense experience and I'm glad we were guided by the Holy Ghost to know what to say. 

Friday - We finally saw Chedrian for the first time in a while and we had a good lesson on the plan of salvation. She had a lot of good questions. She had stuff again this week but is planning on next week. 

Saturday - We saw Renee with a member named Elvis and talked about the word of wisdom. He is working on quitting so we set a plan with him on overcoming his addictions. He is set on quitting. He said he was tempted to drink coffee this week a couple times but he exercised self control and didn't do it. That was a great success. 

Sunday - We had Sister Jones and Jalisa Gibson come to church! It was Jalisa's first time in a while. She overcame her fears and came and loved it. Everyone welcomed her back with loving arms and the fellowship was awesome. She's coming again next week. Both actually are planning on coming again next week. Thania came again too. Junika was confirmed this week. It made her and Sister Cadet very happy. We got our transfer calls. Elder Tye is leaving to St. Vincent to be a district leader over there. I'm staying here and I will be with Elder Anderson and he will be the district leader. I'm really grateful for these 3 transfers I got to spend with Elder Tye. It was a great time in my mission and I've been truly blessed by it. It's sad to say goodbye. I don't know Elder Anderson but I'm excited to serve with him. I believe he is from Utah. He too was trained by Elder Odhiambo so I get to serve with my mission brother. Elder Tye is also my mission brother since we were both trained by our Father Elder Odhiambo :) The Grant family had a busy schedule this week and we weren't able to see them. Hopefully this week we can. 

I love you all! 

With much love,

Elder King

 

Jalisa Gibson with us and Jelani who is a member that comes out with us teaching. (I think he likes her so we are doing him a favor by bringing him with us haha I think they'll get married one day and it's all because of us ;) You can call us the match making missionaries haha Don't they look great together? They would make a great couple :) )

 

 

We had an awesome time with Juanita and her family! We went and played some ping pong! It was a blast!

 

 

I turned on the oven and then came back to it and I found there was a little fire in there haha :) I wished I had some marshmallows or starbursts to roast but I just warmed my hands by the fire :)

 

 

Meatballs and Elder Tye roasted some good chicken. Yummy :)

 

 

This is Renee with Elvis a recent convert. Elvis is in the buttoned up shirt. Because of the sun it made us all look like we are from star trek or something haha I thought it looked cool.

 

 

Oh I forgot to mention that on Saturday night we locked up our bikes to a pole and went out with a member teaching to a couple of appointments and then came back to this.... Someone ransacked our bikes and stole everything off of them and left the frames. It was a sad sight to come back to. Now our area will be a walking area. No more bikes :(