My average day at PCC

I know a lot of you have probably been wondering, "What does Elder Ballam do every day?" Well, I'll tell you.

      My day starts when my parents come back from their morning walk around the beach/ golf course. Yup we live on a golf course... anyway, I get up, have morning prayer, get ready for the day, eat breakfast, read the Book of Mormon as a family. This should be when I have exercise time but we're still trying to figure that out so we haven't been very consistent with it. I either take the bus or go in the van to the PCC, where I go to Hale Ohana which is a Barbecue lunch, 11:45  to take tickets.  I have had some cool experiences there with people from all over the world.  I can eat there for free, and it's great food.  I love the purple Taro rolls. After that, I go to the Mission Settlement which is a replica of three buildings that were built when the early Christian settlers came here and started Christianity in "the Islands", the Chapel, the Schoolhouse, and the Mission Home. I'm working on learning all the facts so I can share them with the guests. I stay there until 3:30-ish.

Then I roll across the street for seven minutes and go to a Gospel ASL class that I am taking so I can learn all the Gospel vocabulary in case a Deaf person comes into the Center. That way I can talk to them and help them with anything they need.  If you have been reading my posts,I wrote an experience about using sign language a few days ago.

After my class, I come back to the "Center" and stay until 6 when my dad (or mom) comes to get me and take me home.One of my responsibilities is to teach ukulele lessons to people. So the first thing I had to do was learn how to play it myself. :)

 Since it's October now they have started this thing called Haunted Lagoon that I get to work at once in a while, giving hot chocolate (although i dont know why they drink hot chocolate in one of the hottest places on Earth) and Cup-O-Noodles to the people that scare everyone that goes through the Lagoon.

Occasionally I get to work with my parents at the Lu'au that I work at in the morning only we do dinner instead of lunch, and we take tickets.