Hello Everyone
Dad
I thought you would have a ton of questions because you didn't ask any on the phone. Haha. Thanks for the birthday wishes. I guess I am never going to get to hear the end of that blessing. Thanks for all you do for me. You are the best dad in the world. I love you.
Question 1: Do you have any specific memories from prior Aaronic
Priesthood / Father-Son campouts that make you smile?
Answer: That
one time we were sleeping next to Dave Stevens and he snored all night long.
Question 2: Brett
leaves this week on his mission. There are others departing soon, like
Travis. Any words to share with them?
Answer: Get the
work done. Lose yourself, and love the people you serve.
Question 3: How many lessons have you been able to teach over the
past several weeks?
Answer:
We teach around 20 a week.
Mom
I loved talking to you too. I just what to say HAPPY MOTHERS
DAY. You are the best mom in the entire world. I love you so so much. You are
always there for me.
Question 4: How do the Yapese celebrate birthdays?
Answer: They don't unless they are turning 1, 2, or 3 years old. They
just have a big party with food and cake.
Question 5: Do
missionaries have birthday traditions?
Answer: Nope. We
just make ourselves a cake.
Question 6: How much more do you have to do on your language mastery?
Answer: I am
getting closer to being finished. I have to teach a couple more things in Yapese
and speak the language all day with my companion.
Question 7: Did you get any packages this
week? What was in them?
Answer: Yes. I got the one with the blanket.
Thank you so so much. And the cookies. Yum.
Question 8: I taught Young Women's today. It was about recognizing personal
revelation. I asked them how the spirit talks to them. So how does the spirit
talk to you?
Answer: I get a warm feeling in my heart when something is true, and when
I receive revelation for my investigators, I receive ideas of things I can do
for them.
Question 9: Tell me one unique
thing that happened in church this week.
Answer: We finally had an
investigator come to church again. His name is C*rding.
Question 10: Tell me more about beatle-nut. How big is it? Can people just go to a tree growing in the
jungle and pick one? Do you wait until
they drop on the ground? Do they eat the
shell?
Answer:
It is the size of a half of a big marshmallow.
No, they can't go pick them unless you own the tree. They pick them, not
waiting for them to drop. And there is no shell. It is more like a fruit.
Question 11: Can
you get hamburger helper - or would you like me to send some?
Answer: I can, it
is like $3.50 a box though. If you could send some that would be great.
Question 12: What determines what time you e-mail us?
Answer: When every I get down to Colonia. Pretty much when ever I want
to. We are going to go too the southern part of the island today. So we are
going faster than normal.
Question 13: Tell me about one lesson that you
taught this week that stands out.
Answer: I would have to say the one with
C*rding. It was mostly in Tagalog, so I didn't understand a whole lot of what
was going on, but it was a really good lesson. I could just tell that he was
very interested and wants to know more. It was funny, because I know what
questions he was asking even though it was in a different language. I knew them
because I have been a missionary for a long time.
Question 14: How many young Elder
missionaries are on Yap?
Answer: 6
Question 15: Will
Yap ever have Sisters serve on it?
Answer: Maybe someday.
President Mecham called me and said Happy Birthday, then talked about sisters.
He wants to get them here, but is not sure how.
Question 16: Is there anything you need or
want?
Answer: No. I am doing great. I love you
mom. You are the best. I am so grateful for all you do for me.
Staheli
Hey, it was great to talk to you. I am really excited for
you to get published. Thanks for the birthday wishes. I didn't do anything
really special on Sunday. There was a Seminary graduation, so I went to that.
There I got a bunch of leis for my birthday. Besides that, we just hung out
after the graduation at the other missionary’s apartment and played with all
the stuff I got in the package. Wow, that is a lot of roller coaster. And a
huge building. I think I would be a little scared being in a building that big.
I am guessing that this conference has something to do with your work. Is it
the one you wanted to go to last year? Anyways, I hope you are doing well. It
was great to hear from you today.
Reed
I hope you had a fun time working with Doug. He is really
fun to work with. Hope you get better soon. All of the elders here were surprised to hear
that you got that nice of a car. That is pretty sweet. Take a couple pictures
and send them to me. I hope you had fun at the Salvation Army. Have fun
boating! And you are only semi expert right now, maybe someday you with be an
EXPERT. Ha ha love you man.
To Everyone
I got the
package that said to wait, so I did. I opened it yesterday. May 26th.
It was really cool package. Thank you so so much. We ate the cake, it was
delicious and we played with all the stuff inside. Pin the name tag on the
missionary. Really funny. Good idea.
We got a
new elder this week. He has been promised to us for a long time, but he is
finally here. I am so excited. His name is Elder Waimile. He is from Fiji. He
is a pretty cool guy. I am excited to work with him some day.
I did go to a local dance this
week. You remember A*gistine, his kids were doing one at their school, so I
went and watched it. It was really good. It was a little bit different than
normal. The kids made up their own moves. So it was not always quite the
traditional dance. It was still really fun to watch and support his two
daughters.
I also went with S*m and P*ter to catch some crabs to eat.
It was really fun. Pretty much, you just run off in the jungle and catch the
crabs before they go back in the holes. It was hard, but also a lot of fun.
There are a lot of crabs out right now because it is full moon.
Something pretty exciting did happen however. We went to go
see Chr*s and D*rlene. They were not there, and we started talking to their
son. JV. We taught him the first lesson and invited him to read from the Book
of Mormon. We went back to see him and his family. He read from the Book of
Mormon. And guess where he was at? He was almost finished with Helaman, in like 3
days. It was awesome. He knows it is true. And I am so excited for him. He is
really going to help move that family along.
Talked to the chief’s wife. She is really interested still,
just really busy with all of her kids. We are going to really try hard to
meet with the whole family instead of just some of them at a time. They are
doing great. She knows the Book of Mormon is true and that the church was
restored. IT is so cool. I love working with them, and it is all in Yapese. It
is really good. Yeah, that is about it
on the new stuff with investigators. It was a good week, just a little bit
slow.
Oh, I got something you could
send me, The plan of salvation in Yapese all printed out
like the cut outs you gave before I left. If yes, I will type them out next
time.
Well, some interesting problem came up. My investigator C*rding
is Filipino. He was married twice in the Philippines and was divorced once
there. In order for him to be baptized, he needs to be divorced from the lady
in the Philippines and married to M*rtina here. So, that is where we are at
with him. It should be interesting. I am not sure how to deal with an
international divorcement. We will see how it all plays out.
C*rding came to church yesterday. He came wearing a white
shirt and tie. It was fantastic. I loved seeing him dress like that. I could
then immediately see him as a Priesthood holder. It was really cool.
Chr*s and D*rlene and JV are doing pretty well. I think it
will just be slow and steady with them. We just saw Mar today. He is doing
pretty good. His wife is very interested, she is just really busy. I am very
excited for the both of them.
Well that is pretty much it. I love you guys so so much. You are
the best family in the world. Thanks for making my birthday special. You are
the best family in the world. I don't know how I got so lucky.
Love
Elder Meyer
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