In August of 2006 for six weeks we full-filled a lifelong dream of Stephen’s doing volunteer dental work in the Tonga Islands (South Pacific). Our time was spent on the islands of VaVu’ and Tongatapu. Jody helped high school students with English assignments applying to BYU Hawaii while Stephen did the dental work. The people were wonderful, grateful and always very happy...always laughing. We were able to scuba dive (Stephen) and snorkel (Jody) on week-ends and had amazing close encounters with whales and their calves. 

In May of 2007 after an urgent call from a friend for dental help on the island of St. Vincent (Caribbean) we booked a flight to volunteer again. The paperwork was not completed in time, so darn, we had to vacation. We had a wonderful time and made many new friends.