Hello Everyone
Things are going pretty well here. I am really excited
about the potential baptisms we have in our area. Internet is really slow right
now. I have spent the last 30 minutes trying to log on. This one might be
little short.
Dad
I hope you are able to figure out what is causing the
blood sugar deal. That is no good. Sounds like you guys had fun in Tahoe. Thanks
for the picture.
Question 1: Do you still like it when we ask you particular questions, rather
than you just writing from scratch?
Answer: Yeah, I like the questions. They help me think of what to write.
Question 2: Do you have any
questions for us?
Answer: Just how is
grandma doing? I sent a package home just for her. I sent it on Saturday.
Question 3: How many lessons did you get to
teach this past week?
Answer: We were able to get 20. It was
great.
Question 4: When
people are invited to speak at Sacrament meeting, do they get an envelope with
the request and a specific topic? How is
it done?
Answer: No. The
branch president will try and call them maybe like Tuesday or so and give them
their topic. When he is unable to get a hold of them, he calls me and we go to
their house and let them know what their topic is. The missionaries here, especially
in the Thool branch, help a lot to run the church and keep it functioning.
Question 5: Any service projects this week?
Answer:
We did. It was a lot of fun. We chopped down some coconut trees. Gathered some
copra, and went to the taro patch. It was great.
Mom
Wow, you want to do all that by August. August is just
around the corner. I know that you can do it though.
Question 6: Tell me about church
today.
Answer: Church was really good. We had 20 people here and 2
investigators. I taught the youth Sunday school and Elder Hatch taught the
adult Sunday school class. It was great to have that many people there.
Question 7: How
do you decide who to visit?
Answer: We just
try and see everyone. Who we think will be home helps us decide who to visit
and also when we have return appointments. I prefer to visit investigators, and
have the members see those who rarely come to Church, but that doesn't really
work all the time. Sometimes, when we see those who don’t come often, we find
new people to teach. That is always great.
Question 8: Does Thool have
Ward Council meetings and if so, do you go?
Answer:
Nope. We do not have those meetings. I wish we did. It would really help out
the missionary effort on the island. In Colonia, they have a meeting like that.
The missionaries go to it. It helps out a lot.
Question 9: Did the youth have
any special events this summer? If so, what?
Answer: We had the
district youth activity last Saturday. We had 30 youth there. We went and
explored the caves. I think that there is going to be another youth camp like
last year. It should be in August sometime. That is about all they will do
though.
Question 10: You have sent some pictures of you and Elder Hatch
digging up some plants. What plants are they?
Do you eat them?
Answer:
The plant is called Taro. Yes, I eat them. It is quite good. You boil the taro
then pour on top of it a coconut milk and sugar mix. It is really good.
Question 11: Elder
Garrett says that pineapple is delicious there and that bananas are a staple
food. Do you eat those?
Answer: Yes, they
are both great. I will try everything on the island at least once. Most of the
stuff is pretty good.
Staheli
Hope you are doing well. How was Lake Tahoe? Did you get
in the water too? I miss you. Love ya.
Reed
Just one question for you. What is "your
thing"? You said that you are just doing your thing. Not sure what that
is.
To Everyone
Alright, let’s see. Things
are going good. At the service project we clear part of the jungle. We cut down
some coconut trees and clean the area a little bit. The plan is to plant a garden
there. It was really cool to watch the really tall coconut trees fall down. We
had a lot of fun there. The day before we were able to help the same people go
and get some taro. It was really muddy and really fun to be in the mud. I
really liked helping them out. I took some video of the coconut trees falling
down so I will send it home sometime soon. Just need to fill up the memory
card.
We got a couple of referrals
this week. I think that we could get 4 baptisms from them. The members that
gave them to us are really helping them out. That means that they should be
baptized. We will see what happens. Their names are T*no and l*mona and M*tsin
and G*na. They live next to the district and branch president. So they could
really be baptized soon. I really hope they will.
C*rding is still doing really
well. He came to church on Sunday. It was great to have him there. We went and
saw the chief and his family. I talked to him for a while. He said that when
his wife is ready to be baptized, he will come and join in. I talked to him
about the kids being baptized and he said that they can't. That they are too
young. He said when they are older, they can decide for themselves.
That is about it. Sorry it is
short this week. I hope you actually get this message too.
I love you guys. You are the
best family in the world. I miss you guys
Love
Elder Meyer
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