Moving Forward May25, 2008

So to tell you about the week. We had our trade-off and that went really well. It was a preview of what it'll be like for me at transfers since I'll be holding the area. It was really good we found 2 new investigators that are really good and we've taught since and it went really well. It was just a good day.

Friday during our weekly planning our water broke. (no we aren't pregnant) Since we live in a basement flat our water drains by pump. That broke and now we don't have water. Our sink, toilet, and our shower doesnt' work. So we've stayed at Pinati's flat for the past 3 nights. Man I haven't slept so horrible for a really long time. Him and Auapaau snore really bad. And their flat is just really cold too so that doesn't help much either.

We had a Luau on Saturday which included some talents by some islanders and then a chapel tour and then a feed. It was really good. We didn't have any of our investigators show up but it was still really good. It was a stake thing so there were a lot of people still. The baptism went really well and there was some good ward support and it was just really good.

On Sunday we had two of our investigators come to church and Kukama tought the Gospel Principles class with the mum while I taught Primary because the daughter wanted to go to primary. We also had an awesome fireside! We sang from "Greater Than Us All" I'm pretty sure it's by Kenneth Cope. But it was really good. It was a missionary fireside, and the sisters organized it and all and it was really good. We all sang and there was a projector that was doing a slide-show of pictures of Christ. It was really powerful. The same investigators that came to church came to listen to the fireside. They were both crying at the end of the night with the last song and the pictures. Called He Comes/Alleluia. Frankly I can't blame them for crying cuz I was trying very hard not to. But it was a really good week and we taught a lot and we have people that are getting really close to baptism. We are hoping to set 3 people for baptism this week and there are about 3-4 others who could be baptised in the next 2 months.

The work is booming here in our area. Its wonderful. You couldn't ask for a better ward either. They all just have the right attitude and are willing to help out in anyway they can. On Sunday's we're starting something nice. We are gonna do a trade-off for 2 hours with the ward members so we can see more people. It'll be sweet!

But the work is awesome and it's just so right! I know it is and the people can feel of the Spirit through us. I think that's the coolest thing. That they are feeling His love through me. Crazy. It's such an awesome feeling to see people progress and change!

Growing....

We had a really great week. It was long too so it meant we were working mucho. We found a family to teach that is really keen and we went to their house fairly late in the evening assuming we'd just set a time up to go visit another night but they accepted us just like any member would. They were all, "oh come in have a seat and we'll get some drink and we can talk." We just looked at each other like oh sweet as man! We taught them basically what missionaries are and all our background and everything about a mission and some about the Book of Mormon and it went really well. So they are a family of 5 and so it'll be really neat to see what happens with them.

We had a pretty neat experience yesterday too. We were up the peninsula going to contact a referral and we were riding by a farmer's house. They usually aren't home so that was why we dropped them. When we rode by there were about 10 cars there, so we decided to stop really quick to say hi since they are never home. Well it was the lady's birthday and they just got done eating and stuff and they ended up inviting us in for food so we ate and talked with everyone and there were like 16 people there and we ended up giving away a Book of Mormon and it was just really neat. We then went to the address of the referral and it was a ref from a member and he gave us an address and after talking with the guy we found out it was a wrong address and he said to try next door. So we did and we found out that it was still not the right person but they were interested and so we'll be going back to teach that family as well!
This transfer is going to be making me grow up really quick. We had our interviews with Pres. Cook and when kukama was in he basically told him that he was leaving at transfer and that I'd be holding the area. Kinda scary but it won't be to bad. The work is booming and there's always people to see and the ward is really good too. I'm going to be on a trade-off this Wednesday with Elder Aauppaau. He's from Samoa and doesn't really understand much English so it'll be interesting to see how it goes. He's just gotten here this last transfer and he's in the samoan program so it'll be his first trade-off and my first trade-off in my area. Kinda nervous about that too. But it'll all be good.

Well that's basically an update about what's going on and this past week! The work is amazing and I know its so true and that the Lord is so involved with what happens with it. I know this is the true church of Christ and that Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon and that it'll help us with any problem we have. I love you all so much