All About Iolana

Horses, missions, and adulting.

If you’ve ever seen me, it would be with a horse, or a picture of a horse. Well, ok, not all the time. To spare you the time-consuming process of reading, I’ll get to the point.

The year 2023–2025 was spent doing a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. People just aren’t my thing. I like myself an open field, a horse, and maybe a friend to share the experience.

I got to serve with a horse every day if I wanted to! I volunteered at an equine therapy stable, and it was one of the best parts of my mission.

Sister Jones and Faamoe — Lake Orion area

Service Mission Zone — most of them anyway.

Now I’m starting a new adventure in the world of Adulting. I got a job as of June and I love it! If you know me, you could probably guess what makes me want to go to work. Yup — horses.

The job is at the Bloomfield Hills Open Hunt Club. I’m a Groom there — that’s a fancy word for the cleaner and caretaker of the horses.

What’s Up 2025?

Nothing too big; I don’t want people to think I’m a functional adult or anything. The heavy hitters:

The most troublesome guy is Apache. He can’t seem to keep any of his blankets on properly.

Then there’s Phil, who only wants to come in (the light bay), and the two troublemakers Walter and his buddy. And here’s Nemo — he just quietly waits for me to clean his stall and bring his lunch.