Letter and Pictures - Week 81

Dear Family,

With transfers this week it's been a fun and interesting week!

On Monday Elder Tye and I were able to take out some of the new missionaries proselyting for their first time. I took two of them contacting and the other went with Elder Tye teaching. I had a great time and they did too. Everything was so new and different to them and it was so fun and refreshing to spend some time with them. They wanted to come back out again another day while they were at the mission home but they couldn't. 

On Tuesday we had zone mtg and it was uplifting and inspiring. One thing that I took away was about sharing personal experiences when teaching. There were a lot of testimonies and personal experiences shared as part of the mtg by the missionaries and it was a really great experience. 

On Wednesday we sent Elder Tye off and I was with Elder George for the day until Elder Anderson came. Elder George's companion ( Elder Sandbakken ), Elder Moli, and Elder Tulikihakau had their flight cancelled for the day until the next day so Elder George stayed with us for the night. With all the driving around we were still able to do a lot of teaching. We had some really solid lessons today too. We saw one of Elder George's investigators and then saw Meredith and we shared the story of the tree of life. It was a good lesson. She still feels the same about baptism. She wants to but she won't until the time is right. She still knows it's true. She came to church this Sunday with the Sobers. We saw Sister Jones and read with her in the book of mormon because she hasn't been as active in her studies as she should be. We saw Patrick and we talked about baptism and testimony. He is now really searching for the truth. We also saw Jalisa and read from Moroni 6 and spoke more on repentance and forgiveness. 

On Thursday we had to go file a police report for the stolen bikes and that in addition to weekly planning and picking up Elders took most of the day. it was a long day. We did see Khalil and talked with him about the Atonement. 

On Friday we saw Ulanda again with Bro. Sampson. Bro. Sampson committed her to come to church and she didn't come. It was a good lesson on coming unto Christ. I thought she was going to come. I'm not sure why she didn't. Since Elder Anderson is the district leader we had a mtg at the mission office. With walking it took a while to get home. We did some contacting and then brought the Sobers to see Sis. Jones and then had a visit with the Sobers. We taught about CPR with Sister Jones and she understands the commands to pray, study, and come to church. We read Gen 1 with the Sobers and spoke about the goodness and greatness of God. 

On Saturday we taught a lot of lessons but most of the people we saw were interesting and they weren't the best of lessons. They were some new people that we saw. We aren't going to see them again. We did see Junika and it was great. We showed the restoration video and she remembered very well about Joseph Smith and was her super happy and cheerful self. 

On Sunday we had Dwayne, Meredith, and Thania at church. Sis. Jones, Chedrian, Jalisa, and Ulanda all didn't come. I was really surprised. Sis. Jones and Chedrian got home late in the morning and I'm not sure about Jalisa or Ulanda yet. We saw Patrick again and read in JS HIstory and it was a good spiritual lesson with him. He is becoming more sincere and earnest in knowing the truth. He is reading and praying a lot more. He committed to church this next Sunday. We saw Sis. Jones and talked about the word of wisdom. She drinks tea but committed to give it up and said it would be no problem. She said that she had been thinking earlier that she should do away with it kind of like Thelma. Oh Thelma made us some Mac Pie and it was so good. We had a first appointment set up for a guy named Simon and we came by and he wasn't home but his son John was. He started talking with us and asked us questions and took interest in the gospel. Simon didn't show up but John accepted to have us share a message with him them and we spoke of the book of mormon and he committed himself to read it. He used to go to church  but hasn't been in a while and he wants to get his life back on track. He was really cool and I'm excited to start teaching him. 

We weren't able to see Juanita, Renne, Chedrian, or the Grants this week but we have some appointments set up with them to go and see them this week. 

It's been a fun week! All is well! I'm loving the mission and the people! I'm working as hard as I can to bless the people here! I love you all! The Church is true!

Love,

Elder King

 

Well I said goodbye to Elder Tye this week. He is a great man and a great missionary. It was a blessing to have served with him.

 

 

Some volleyball action from today. We have some fun on P days :) Elder Moli was there today too.

 

 

Elder Anderson selfies haha he's crazy...crazy awesome!!! It's been fun so far and I'm excited for this transfer with him!

 

 

Elder Moli is leaving tomorrow to go home after a mission well served and I got to see him before he left back to Tonga. It was great to see him again.  From left to right: E. Moli, E. Me, E. Sandbakken, E. Tulikihakau, E. Anderson ( My Companion ), and E. George.

 

 

We had an encounter with Etzel the Monkey this week :) It was awesome!