Iakwe!

That's how you say hello in Marshallese! So, I have this friend, Colin. I've known Colin since September, and he has probably become one of my best friends. Colin lived in Greenbrier at the same time I did, and he was my FHE brother Winter semester. He served his mission in the Marshall islands, and as a result, I have heard many prayers in Marshallese. It's really quite a cool language. Whenever I was going through a hard time, he always had the best advice to give, even if he didn't know the whole situation. That's something my older brother is good at too. Colin actually told me that he was going to be my big brother, although I'm not sure that still applies since he is in ALASKA and isn't actually a blood relative like Mitch, who is my older brother no matter where he goes... But back to Colin. When I started my blog, Colin told me I should write about him, so I told him that when he went to Alaska to work for the summer, I would dedicate a blog to him. So here it is!

Colin broke his hand the day after I broke my leg, so we were gimpy buddies together. Of course we documented it. Colin said we had to take the pictures Marshallese style. I wasn't sure what that meant, so here is my interpretation of it.

 

It's not what it looks like. But it does basically describe mine and Colin's relationship.

 

I personally think I look sick in this picture, but Colin doesn't, and this post is about him

 

Colin was the best FHE brother ever. He got our apartment sick a lot fall semester, and as a result, he made us delicious soups a lot. I also mentioned to him how I had a migraine one time, and he brought me advil and made sure that I was feeling better. Over general conference weekend, we got whoever wanted to go for a picnic together and went up the fields on campus, and it was so windy!! After we ate, Colin and I picked up the blanket, held it up like a sail, and jumped. Pretty sure we actually moved too. It was THAT windy!! Colin became one of my best friends. I'm so glad that I have him as a friend.  And Colin, I hope you are having fun in Alaska getting paid to make fun of old people!! Ij iakwe yuk, friend! :) (see what I did there? Marshallese AND English!)