Week 5 on Tanna November 4, 2014
Dia ol Famle blo mi we mi lavem tumas!
Not
too much happened this week compared to last. But since you last heard
me, last monday night we went to the District Clerk's house. His name
is Daniel. His wife Julie and her niece named Linda is an investigator
of ours. Daniel set up a projector so we could watch the Restoration
for Famle Haos Night. It was really cool and I love that movie, the
church is true!!!
Tuesday
we drove to Karimasanga and taught Henry's family about the saving
ordinances in the church and set a baptism date for him and his family
on
Nov.15th!
They're a family of 6 and 5 will be baptized! The sixth born is too
young to be baptized. So the next few weeks are gonna be awesome! We
then drove to Greenpoint and walked up the side of a steep hill to the
Village of Miraweng. Before walking up you see trees and bush and when
you get up their you're really surprised to see people and houses up
there. The people really know how to live and survive in the bush.
It's way cool. Up there I put on a magic card show and many people came
to see my magic tricks and it brought many members, less actives, and
non-members together. After the magic tricks we taught them all about
enduring to the end and how it's so important for us to read the
scriptures, pray, and go to church. The people loved it and glad to
have us teach them. Then it started to rain so we had to get out of
there fast because the roads wouldn't be good.
On our way back we saw a
crab crossing the road, decent size, and I got out and picked it up and
I asked Elder Child, what do you want to do with it? Eat it? Then he
said "no, let's put it on the windshield and see how long it stays on.
This crab was strong and we put it on the windshield and it hung on for
quite a few miles! It would hang on to the windshield wipers and we
would turn them on and the crab would be pushed over the edge but would
somehow be able to catch itself and hang on!!! It was a random thing
that we did but it was pretty funny I think!
Wednesday
a man named John Bennion was flying to Tanna with 2 other people. John
looks over the church houses here and they all came so they could work
on some things at the whitegrass church house and a missionary house.
So that morning we went straight to the airport and picked them up and
the first thing he said is "Elders, are you Hungry? Let's go to
Evergreen Resort." So we drove to a tourist resort called Evergreen
Green resort which is right by the airport. We got their and went to
the restaurant there and John ordered everybody eggs and bacon. I
noticed that I haven't had bacon since the MTC and it was sooo good!
Then we drove to whitegrass and we helped them work a little on the
house. Then that afternoon they needed to go back to the airport and we
also had to check in some sisters who were being transferred. Then
after we checked in, we had some time to kill and John said "let's go
to Evergreen agian". So we went there and he bought us their homemade
ice cream and cake. The ice cream was Vanilla Bean and it was really
good, I could totally tell that it was homemade. So we had a good
dessert before John left. There was some good food there. Then we
taught our investigator Linda about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and
invited her to be baptized! She gladly accepted and now we hope to have
6 baptisms by the end of this month.
Thursday
we went to Ianapkasu and and walked up the hill that we slid down (we
won't drive up or down that hill anymore). We got up there and played
with many of the kids and then we taught them about the story of Nephi
and his brothers, and how they sailed to America. Then we walked up to a
village nearby called "Ietufun." There we taught some members about
how the book of mormon came about and when Joseph Smith translated the
plates.
Then we went back home a little early to do weekly planning.
We ate good that night though. Me and Elder Child eat good here, the
best I've eaten on my mission. We fried up some steak and I boiled
Kumala(which is like a sweet potato) and I made some mashed Kumala and
Gravy. It turned out way good!
Friday
(Halloween), we stayed in Lenakel and decided to walk around instead of
driving the truck. It was good so we could shake hands and talk with
people. We walked across town to a member's house and we read in 1
Nephi 1 with her and helped her know more about Nephi and his family.
Then we walked to our recent convert Royal's house. On our way there
was a teenage boy walking by and he saw us and told us "Elders, I want
to join your church but I don't know how". We talked with him for a few
minutes and set up an appointment and gave him a restoration pamphlet
to read. It's amazing how the lord prepares people and puts them in our
path to teach.
We then taught Royal about the Plan of Salvation to
make sure he knows heavenly father's plan really well. He's so awesome
and he sets a good example for his friends. After seeing Royal, we went
to a perspective missionary's house. Her name is Belinda and her and
her family invited us to come over. And since it was halloween we
decided to watch a scary movie! Just Kidding, we decided to watch 17
Miracles with this family to help them know about the early years in the
church and how the Pioneers faith was so strong that they gave up all
they had to go to Zion and go to the temple.
Saturday
we drove to Karimasanga and we got to the base of the road to drive up
to Henry's house. For some reason another truck was parked in the
middle of road and it was raining and we decided to drive around the
truck. We started driving around it and almost made it but since the
road was wet we couldn't go higher. So we backed up a little but since
we were on the side of the road and there was old deep tire tracks that
our wheels were in so we went back and got high centered! About 20 feet
away from where we got stuck a few weeks ago! Good thing I put a
shovel in the back of the truck to prepare for these situations. We
were high-centered for about only a half an hour before we got out and
then we just decided to walk up to Henry's house. We were soaked
because of the rain but that didn't stop us. Nothing can stop me and
Elder Child!
We got up there in about 45 minutes and reviewed the
baptism interview questions with his family and we just talked there
awhile and then on our way back down a guy named Sam asked about our
church and we set up an appointment with him. Another man was placed in
our path. Then we taught a less active member about the priesthood
before we went back to Lenakel.
Sunday we wanted to go to Ianapkasu for church. The Church house was finished so we went up there. It rained alot
saturday
night so the roads were very slick again so we had to park the truck
way down. Then we walked 45 minutes up to Ianapkasu. The church house
is beautiful and many members came to church. They used to place mats
in a small kitchen and worship but now there's a bush house that we
worship in. They put in mats for everyone to sit down. We taught the
kids during
sunday
school about the story of Nephi and the Prophet Mormon and how he
abridged the records. During Sacrament meeting I had the Priviledge to
give a baby blessing to a 2 week year old baby! Then it was testimony
meeting and we bore our testimonies and taught a new investigator named
Elina about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Then we had to walk all the way
down to the truck and we drove to Lenakel to teach. We shared a
scripture with a member before going to see royal again. After teaching
him, we received a call from the Greenpoint Branch President's son
asking us to come to the hospital to give a blessing. We went there and
there was a baby named Moroni that had respiratory problems so we went
and gave a blessing. I think the baby's doing better now.
Well
know that all is well, I'm glad that Halloween was fun and know that
Everything is great here! I love serving the lord and living among
these people. I love you all so much and you're in my prayers!
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