Hello Everyone
Happy New Year to you all, Happy Birthday to Staheli, and
Happy Anniversary to Mom and Dad.
Dad
Sounds like you guys are having a lot of fun snowboarding
and stuff. I am glad one of us can enjoy the cold weather in some spots of the
world. Glad you have enjoyed having work off. I hope no one died because you
took a couple days off of being a spy. ha ha
Question 1: What has changed most in regards to the local church
leadership on Yap?
Answer:
Their understanding of missionary work. Yesterday at church, Pres. Jim said
that OUR (as in all of us) goal for 2014 people baptized is 45 on Yap. So they
are beginning to understand that it is them who do things. As a whole, the
branches are doing better not relying on missionaries for things to. So they
are taking their role of leaders even more seriously.
Question 2:
Can you share more details about those on the “outer islands.” Members in particular. Why do they live off
the main Yap Island?
Answer: Well, that
is their home. That is where most of them were born and raised. They just come
here to get stuff because there is more stores here than out there. People come
here and get baptized.
Now that they are members,
they stay for a while and learn and grow in the church. Then they go back home
to their island. They sometimes forget everything they learn. Members just want
to go back home. Even though there is no church there.
Question 3: What is your favorite doctrine to teach, and why?
Answer:
Restoration. It is
different from normal churches. People get interested most of the time about Prophets.
Question 4: What is your
favorite commandment to teach about, and why?
Answer: I like to teach the Word of Wisdom because
everyone knows about it here.. that Mormons shouldn’t chew beetlenut, and then once they start learning about it, it
changes what they normally think about us. They still don't really like it, but
they understand it better.
Question 5: How many lessons and with member’s present this week? Answer: 20 lessons and 8 with a member present. Pretty
good.
Question 6: We received a
package from you in a box. Is this the
one we should NOT open until you return?
Answer: That would be the
best. It has a lot of stuff for you guys. If you feel like you need to open you
can, you won’t know what is yours though.
Question 7: Has your mission
exceeded your expectations? If so, explain how.
Answer:
Yes. I didn't know how much fun it is to serve a mission. It is a ton of work
yes, but it is also so much fun. I didn't know it would be this fun. I have
seen way more people baptized than I thought I would… so that is pretty great
to. And I feel so connected with the people here. I just never felt that with the
missionaries in Chico. Maybe it is because I have been on the same island my
whole mission.
Mom
So does each missionary have an iPad or is it for the
companionship? That is still pretty cool. A couple of missionaries here are really
really excited about the iPads. They have emailed their friends on missions to
see if they have one. Do you know if they are shipping the world wide if so when?
Question 8: How old are the boys you are watching? Answer: One is 17 the other 14.
Question 9: Tell me about a
time this week when you felt the spirit directing you to do something.
Answer:
To go see a less active family. I will tell you below. Her son could be
baptized soon.
Question 10: How was church? How many were there? What did you do?
Answer: It was
great. a really good Sunday. Things just went well with a lot of people there.
They were 25ish in the smaller Thool branch. I taught the youth class it, was
fun.
Question 11: Describe a typical
lesson - who does what and what do you teach about the most?
Answer: We teach
the restoration the most. It is the best lesson. There is no set order for
things we just take turns teaching. We
mostly just listen to the spirit. We prepare for the lesson, but we try to
follow the spirit. I am not sure if there is a typical lesson. Most of the time
they vary because the people are different. If that makes sense.
Question 11: Any
packages this week? What was in
them? Answer: Nope, but maybe today. Have not gotten mail yet.
Question12: We are sending a package this week. What should we put in it?
Answer:
Pistachios. and cheez-its and pop-tarts. That would be awesome.
Question 12: Tell
me about the senior couple - the Strothers?
Answer: They are
very musical and are very involved in branch activates. They are full of little
games that they do. They had like 12 kids and so they are good at keeping
people entertained. They have a wonderful spirit and are really connecting with
the people here. It is going really quite well.
Staheli
So skiing was fun, yeah. That is good. Dad said you guys had
fun. Just want to wish you a happy birthday. I hope you get to do something
fun.
Reed
School is starting here, so i imagine yours starts soon
too. I am sure that you enjoyed your break. How is basketball going? Are you
leading Chico 2 to victory?
Letter to Everyone
Alright what is new here? Not a whole ton from this week. But man
oh man was Sunday good. We have been trying to see a less active with an active
member. She has not come to church for a long time. So that is not good, right.
Well… we get in contact with her and guess what. She came yesterday. It was
super good. I was really surprised that she did. And even better, she has a son
who is 7 years old. His birthday is on Feb 4. We are going to work with them to
have him baptized on that date. It would be really cool, and what a better way
to come back to church than helping your son make covenants with God. Should be
pretty motivated. So that is going to be awesome.
We had 2 investigators at church. One named T*resa. She is J*sse's
mom. She is really interested right now. We have taught her off and on since I
got here, and now she is really interested so that is awesome. She could be baptized this month is we are
able to teach her everything and is able to live the word of wisdom. She is
going to be great.
The other was R*lphf*rd. He is great. He is super excited about the
church. His mom is a member and his brother, well half-brother is none other
than A*gistine. So that is great right. I have been trying to get his mom, L*yan,
to come for a while, and she did. So that is great. R*lphf*rd could be baptized
this month too. It would be really great.
We have got a couple of great potentials named J*vin and J**qin. They
are great. They just need to get to church. They will be great as soon as they
come. They are two really good boys. We will see what happens.
Well that is about it.
I love you guys so so much.
You are the best.
Love Elder Meyer
No comments:
Post a Comment