tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77460968412860566032024-03-12T20:52:34.245-07:00Elder John MeyerLord's representative of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-54720484024896644142014-06-17T08:15:00.002-07:002014-06-17T08:51:32.061-07:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Leaving YAP… last letter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
[Note from Dad: These pictures are some of my personal favorites gathered over the past two years. He is now on a plane heading home.]<br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">I know
that my mission is coming to a close, it may not feel like it, but I know it
is. I have spent the last two years among a people that have very little, but
have everything at the same time. I have grown to love them so so much. These
people, here, are my family. When I left on my mission, I was leaving my home
in Chico, and going to a strange country. Well, the same is true now. It sure feels
that way. I feel like I am packing up to leave my home here on Yap, and am
going to a strange place. This island has forever changed me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">I love
this <a href="http://www.mormon.org/beliefs/plan-of-salvation"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">gospel</span></a>. I know that it is
true. The <a href="http://www.mormon.org/beliefs/book-of-mormon"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Book of Mormon</span></a> is the
word of God. The <a href="http://www.mormon.org/beliefs/restoration"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Priesthood</span></a> has been restored,
with the true church of <a href="http://www.mormon.org/beliefs/jesus-christ"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Christ</span></a>. We have a <a href="https://www.lds.org/prophets-and-apostles/unto-all-the-world/we-need-living-prophets?lang=eng"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">prophet</span></a> today. Jesus
Christ is our Savior and he Lives. I love Him and I love our Father.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Alright…
So you know about the baptisms, that was awesome. It was so great to have three
baptisms on my last Saturday here. Really awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are still going really great in our area. This area is on fire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">My goal
for the end of my mission was to get these three baptized before I left, and
have Yap be at half of our goal. We are not quite half way yet, but it could
happen before the end of the month. My other goal was to leave my companion
with plenty of people to be teaching. Well, that is the case right now. We are
teaching so many people, it is great. That fulfills my other half of the same
goal, that Elder Waimila's new comp, will be in the middle of a fast paced
area. Well, the Saturday he gets here, he will have a baptism, so that is about
as fast as it gets. So I am feeling good about that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">We have
the best area on the island right now and it is all because of unity and hard
work. And man it is paying off. On Saturday we will have another baptism. Her name is R*lin. She is the sister of one of the people baptized on the 14th. So
that is good. They are the first in their family. So there are some good things
happening there. Also, on the 28th there should be two baptisms so that is
awesome. We could have a couple on the 5th and a couple on the 12th of July. So
that is amazing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Well,
this is the last time that I am going to write to you on my mission. The last
two years have gone by so fast. It is crazy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red;">Question 1</span></u></b><span style="color: red;">: How much do you love
the Lord now compared to 2 years ago? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: An
infinite more times!! He is almost an entire different person to me now. I have
never felt so close to Him. I know that He is my Savior and my Redeemer. There
is no doubt in my mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #7030a0;">Question 2</span></u></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">:
How much to you love the Yapese people compared to 2 years ago? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">: Oh so much
more. I loved them four years before I got here, but now the love is oh so
real. These wonderful people here, they are my family. They are amazing. I have
grown to love them so much. I see them as Christ sees them. They have taught me
so much. I didn't know it was possible for me to love a strange new group of
people this much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I am glad that reed is doing good. I hope that he is going
to be better soon. You know, I don't feel trunky at all. I don't really even
feel like I am going back to the states soon. I have been so busy working,
there has been no time to be trunky. It is awesome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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week? How many with members
present? <b>Answer</b>: We had 34 lessons,
23 of them were member present.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #0070c0;">Question 4</span></u></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: How were the baptisms? How many were there? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: The
baptisms were amazing. Oh so amazing. It was awesome. There were 3 people
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">It was great. The service was
great. I baptized and confirmed one of them. It was great to be able to do
that. His name was D*llion. He is awesome. We had a fireside on Sunday, and one
the people confirmed gave the closing prayer at the fireside. It was pretty
cool to see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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days ago? <b>Answer</b>: Not yet. I can get mail one more time before I go. I hope
they will make it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I have learned that I once I decide and put my mind to something, I am
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-56007165049493584822014-06-11T05:48:00.000-07:002014-06-11T05:48:06.323-07:00Letter from Elder Meyer: What taste like “fishy beef (Q3)? Plane trouble. Can’t believe coming home, it hasn’t hit him yet.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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am so glad that you love your calling. I was talking to the branch president on
Yap before, and he said the same thing. That he loves to help the people, and
is doing his best to do what the Lord wants him to do. Sounds like the missionary
committee is getting bigger, that is really awesome. Going to Israel later
this summer sounds awesome. I think that would be really awesome. I would
really enjoy doing that. Is it possible that we, or I, could stop on Yap, on
the way back to the states!!??? Cause that would be pretty awesome as well. I
think you guys picking me up in San Fran airport, rather than Chico, is fine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you know the usual stuff, I guess. One thing I talked a lot about was how
important it is to love the people you are serving. I have such a strong love
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turtle? <b>Answer</b>: Yep. It is really
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with D*llion. He is going to be baptized on Saturday. We taught the ten
commandments. And the way he was talking about everything, was that he believed
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I have been on Guam since Wednesday morning and am so excited to go back. I
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getting back together with everyone I was in the Mission Training Center with;
2 years ago. It was really fun to see them all again, and to be able to talk
about our missions together. So that was awesome. Also Sister David was on Yap,
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church this week? <b>Answer</b>: There were around 70
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honestly there is not a whole lot to say because I have been here on Guam for a
week. But we were looking at 6 people to be baptized by the time that I leave,
but the number dropped a little bit because some didn't go to church. But it is
still good. We had 2 baptisms on Yap on Saturday and they were both confirmed,
but I was not on the island to see them, so that was a little bit sad. It is
okay though. All went well. I am excited to go back and to see them and to talk
to them. I will have to get some pictures of them so I can have them with me.
So that is two that could be baptized. Um… J*stin and Tr*cy are the ones that
were baptized, I was so excited for them. The other ones we are looking
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on Guam, on Saturday, there were 5 baptisms in the Barriguda ward. It was
really cool, and a little <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2005/04/the-tender-mercies-of-the-lord?lang=eng">tender
mercy</a> from the Lord. Of the five baptisms, there were 2 of them that were
Yapese. It was crazy. There are very few Yapese on the island of Guam, and to
have 2 baptized who came from Yap, at the same time we had 2 baptized on the
actual island of Yap… this was just awesome to me. It helped me feel like
everything is going to work out the way it needs to. The Lord is in this work,
and he is in charge. We just need to be ready to listen and to do what he says,
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so we came back from Guam on Wednesday morning around 4:30am. It was not fun.
We are on the plane, and I fall asleep, I wake up, and we are getting ready to
land. I ask Elder Waimila if we are on Yap and he said no, we are on Guam again.
I was like, “what?” I look out the window, and there are a ton of lights… way too
many to be Yap, I ask what is wrong. He said something is wrong with the plane,
so we all get off the plane and wait in the airport. I thought we would be
stuck there for until Saturday. But it got fixed, and we made it back. When we
got back, everything was really slow. Nobody was home, we could not find our
investigators, being gone for an entire week was not good. It really hurt our
area. But now that we are back things are going strong again. Saturday and Sunday
were good days, we had lots of lessons, and things went well. We should have 4 baptisms
before I leave Yap. So that is going to be really great. The APs flew in on Sunday
morning, so that was good. They are here now. They are really good missionaries.
We take them back to the airport tomorrow night. We have not had that much
sleep this week. I am really excited about Yap and my area. It is going really
really good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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excited to be baptized. She wants to be baptized today, but we said Saturday
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baptized. We have had a lot of good lessons with her just recently, and she said
she wants to be baptized with M*lisa, so that is what we are going to do. So
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should be baptized on the 18th, my last day on the island. She is really good.
She just didn't go to church enough times. We had to reschedule her baptism
date. Elder Waimila said the 18th, I liked that because I would still be here.
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that is about what is going on here. I sure do love it here. I don't even feel
like I am going home soon. It still feels forever away. It is going to hit me
one day soon. Probably when I am on the plane, but as of now, I just don't feel
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-42372082764336822902014-06-03T21:27:00.002-07:002014-06-03T21:45:36.912-07:00Letter from Elder Meyer: It’s coming to a close. A basketball miracle (end of letter).<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">This was a pretty good week.
I am in Guam right now, we had a meeting yesterday. It was really good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Don't worry about the short
letters, you are doing amazing work, you just need to focus on that. I do want
to get as much work done as I can before I go home. When you said that, man, it
made me hurt a little inside. I know that I am going home soon, but I don't
feel like I am leaving soon. It just doesn't seem right to leave Yap. I don't
feel like it is going to happen soon. Then when you said that, it kind of made
me realize I am leaving sooner. I want to have 23 people baptized on the island
before I go. The goal is 45 for the year, so that is half.</span></div>
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Honestly, almost every lesson. It is rare, but very noticeable when the spirit
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a better dad, when that time comes about? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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patience. I have learned how to be more patient and also helping people make
the right decisions; Allowing them to use their agency, but to help them use it
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would have missed out on everything. I am a new person now. I see everything
differently. My testimony would not be where it is today. It would be
weak. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for a couple of people, specifically C*lvina, J*stin and Al*cia. Also that our entire mission will reach 1,000
baptisms for the mission, and 45 in Yap for the year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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name is D*llion. He has no background in God, so we are starting at the
beginning, and it was just really awesome to testify something so simple that
God exists. Most people here believe in God, but he is not sure. We had a
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stake conference. That is so many people. I can't believe it. That is crazy. Sounds
like prom was really fun. Could you also send another basketball, the one you
sent is almost entirely destroyed. The kids here love basketball. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Friday night, we have a sports night. So we had a lot of members and others
there at the church playing basketball. It was really fun. I got to talk to
some of the investigators that we had there, and it really helped. It helps
them see that we are normal people not just people who share the gospel. We
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my hand he would go the opposite way when his eyes were open. Then Elder Waimila
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Guam, but I am almost out of time, so I will go fast. This was a tough week
teaching wise. We still did good, but it was a little bit harder. We should
have a couple of baptism this month. So that is going to be awesome. I really
hope that we can make it to 23 before I leave. We had a really awesome lesson
after playing basketball. There were a bunch of boys at a basketball court, and
I challenged them to a game of basketball if my team won… we get to have a
lesson. So it was great. I got some of the young men to help us play. Well, we were
behind 4 to 11 and then we won 28 to 30. The boys were really mad at
first. I thought it was going to be a terrible lesson, but by then end,
it was great. They all felt the spirit and they were not so mad anymore. So
that was good. We taught about the restoration and Prophets. They all really
understood it. They all accepted a baptismal date, so that was really good. It
was awesome. A member that was less active was playing as well. He was so not very happy when we started the lesson. The whole time I was praying for the spirit to be
in the lesson, and that we would win the game. At the end of the lesson the
less active kid came up to me and told me to go and see him and that he forgot
everything inside the Book of Mormon, and that he wants to learn more. So that
was really awesome. We are expecting to have a good week as soon as we get back
to Yap. We will get there Wednesday morning around 4 am. We got to Guam Sunday
around 7 so we didn't sleep all day Saturday until Sunday night, so it was a
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-31896710022836362922014-05-21T14:15:00.000-07:002014-05-21T14:33:52.024-07:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Needs only one thing, more time on his mission. Unique Book of Mormon language discover (Q4).Letter from Elder Meyer: Needs only one thing, more time on his mission. Unique Book of Mormon language discover (Q4).Letter from Elder Meyer: Needs only one thing, more time on his mission. Unique Book of Mormon language discover (Q4).<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This was an awesome week. We are doing really really good
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I can't believe
you. You put your trust in Google instead of Apple!!?? Haha. I can only imagine
the look on your face and Brother Gagon's when he handed you that paper. It
makes me laugh. Sounds like things are going well you being the new bishop. I
am sure that you are really really busy. Don't worry, I know and can feel your
love for me. Have fun at dinner.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dad, 58 is a ton of interviews, that is crazy. This week,
we had 37 lessons, so you interviewed more people than I had a lesson with!! That is crazy. I am sure at one point you and
I were teaching at the same time, maybe even the same thing, or the same topic.
Wouldn't that be pretty funny. Honestly I am doing really good, and don’t really
need anything. I guess the only thing I need is more time on a mission. It is
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<b><u><span style="color: #c00000;">Question 1</span></u></b><span style="color: #c00000;">: Share about the
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There is a radio in the car and we have the iPod and stuff. The music I listen to
is all church music. I have a couple favorite songs no. One of them is called “Work”,
I don't know who sings it, but it is a really awesome missionary song. The
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re-reading the Book of Mormon in Yapese?
Have you picked up anything unique by studying in that language rather
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easy to tell who is talking to who and how many people are involved. Like when
Nephi is talking to Laman and Lemuel. Sometimes the sons of Ismael are there,
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I have not seen the new video. I really would like to. If I have time today, I
will try and watch it, but the internet here is really slow. Sounds like you
guys had a crazy adventure. I am glad that you guys all made it home safe and
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what it means, and why we celebrate it. The Strother's were excited that I
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Ummm, I think the most unique thing that happened was the amount of lessons we
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: Well, Pres
Mecham is coming this weekend. And me and my comp have to prepare a training
for the other missionaries when he is here (Zone Conference) We are going to
train on how to improve your teaching skills. We have studied about teaching
for understanding and asking question. Well, we have really started to be
better at that in our teaching, and it has really helped. We are asking better
questions, and it is really starting to open up our investigators to us. Then,
the members that are with us help share their experience about things, and it
is just working. We are hastening the work the way the Lord wants, and he is
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Two things were really funny. Elder Waimila was going to go and sit down at our
house on one of the chairs. The chair is pretty old, and is not the most strong
chair, but we still use it. When he went to sit down, BOOM the chair broke, and
he was on the ground. It was really funny.!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other thing we had several members with us teaching, one of them is name T*rry.
I don't know what was going on with her, but she was just really crazy that day.
She is normally really quiet, but that day, she would not stop talking and
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How are things going? I am doing great. My companion and I are really motivated
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What up man? How are you doing? School is coming to a close. I bet you are
going to enjoy summer. Things on Yap are rocking and rolling. There is nothing
more fun than serving the Lord, I promise you that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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really good here. We have so much support from the members. It is really
awesome. We taught so many lessons, it is crazy. We had an investigator come to
church on Sunday. It was great. It is the cousin of our last baptism named
M*ckie. His name is J*stin. He is super cool. He should be baptized in May. We
are look at the 17th. That is the plan. We have had 2 lessons with him, and he
came to church, and is reading for the Book of Mormon. It is great. He is an
awesome kid. I think he really enjoyed church to. He knows almost all of the
young men/women. So that was good. He seemed to fit in pretty well. It was
great. We are going to go back and see him on Tuesday. It is going to be great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the son is N*than. She has another son named JP and he is baptized. No one else
is though. So we are working with them. They didn't come to church, but we are
going to keep talking to them. The son that is a member is a big help over
there. We are going to work with him to get him to advance in the priesthood
and maybe he will be able to baptize his mom and his brother. That would be
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baptisms in May. We are working really really hard right now, and we are going
to see the fruit of it next month. The Aps, when they called, about fell out of
their chair, when they saw how many lessons we had taught this week. They we
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home before the next conference were invited to stand and share their
testimony. I was the only one. I didn't feel like I was going home soon. I
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work and I feel like I am just getting started. This really is the work of the
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know that. I really am so grateful that I was born into this family. I love and
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-23292973987450966012014-05-07T19:01:00.004-07:002014-05-08T03:56:38.417-07:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Question 6 is unique.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello Everyone, I
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">Congrats on the new calling
that is really exciting. Sounds like things are pretty crazy with the whole
calling switch. I am sure that you are going to stay busy. To answer question,
Yes, I am happy. I am very happy. Why, I guess because I am serving the Lord in
the spot of the world that makes me the most happy. Nothing could be better. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">That is an awesome goal to
have the focus to be missionary work. It is really the most important thing.
Elder Strother has been a bishop several times, and we were talking one day
about activities in the church, he said that the activities he planned were not
for the active members, rather for the investigator, or returning less actives.
That everything was centered around them. I really liked that. The active
members don’t really need the activities. I definitely like that as a missionary I receive
revelation for my investigators. I think it is pretty clear, when you are doing
all you can to help them, when you are studying for them, then it is clear on
what they need.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red;">Question 1</span></u></b><span style="color: red;">: Can you describe a
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: I
think yesterday. After church, we went teaching. We had a couple of appointments.
We had a couple of members with us. One was a recent convert. We were looking
for somebody to teach, and he said that is where his uncle lives. He said he is
a member. I was pumped, he didn't want to go. I felt like we needed to go see
him though. So he sat in the car while the rest of us went to go see this
family. We talked to the wife, she was really nice. She said that her visiting
teachers came by earlier that week and visited with them. We had a nice visit,
and we set a return appointment. It was great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time this past week when a member received an answer to his/her prayer? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are pretty involved in our work here, right now. Some of the young men have been trying to
help us. They have been praying to help us get new investigators, and this week
they did it. We have a lot of new people that we are teaching.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Umm, yesterday, I confirmed a person that was baptized on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Can you describe a time this past week when someone received a copy of the Book
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #c00000;">: We were
teaching this outer island girl, and we talked about the Book of Mormon and she
asked for a copy right away. We gave her one. I hope she will read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That is all the packages that I sent home; the long tube.
I am not sure if anyone will guess what is inside. I like what is in
there. Dad is going to be a great Bishop,
I know it. Be safe as you drive Staheli.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had a branch correlation meeting. It was good… good. It was strange to have
one, but it was good. It was mostly about missionary work for us. That is what
everything is about. And we are involved in it all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: Umm not yet. I
have not gotten the mail yet, today, I think that I should get it today. A dead body flew in last week, so not very
much mail made it to Yap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This week I used the three 3 cups and 3 spoons thing to represent the three
things we need to do to keep our faith strong. Church, pray, read. You have to organize
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #c00000;">: I had a
crab that was from the ocean this week. Most of the crab that people eat here
is land crab, but this one came from the ocean. It chills out at the bottom. A
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man. Pride is the destruction of everything. As I was reading, I can see how
pride can ruin everything. It made me nervous.
I know that I am prideful in some things. I mean everyone is, but when a nation
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When we are walking around people will normally offer us a coconut. The members
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still pretty tough. The basketball tournament is still going on down here. So
that makes it hard, but it was still a pretty good week. There were two
baptisms this week. One was a child of record the other a convert. The convert is
in the sister’s area, it was a really nice service. So that was good. The child
of record was A*gustine's girl, V*nesha. She was really excited. A*gustine was
pretty nervous about baptizing her. We went and talked to him. He said that he
would baptize her, but was not sure about giving the Gift of the Holy Ghost. We
talked with him some more, and he ended up doing it. He did a wonderful job.
The blessing was very nice, and he did a good job. It took a little bit of
convincing, but he did it. I was very happy. Sister Campbell said that it was
really cool, to have the father baptize his daughter. I couldn't agree more.
Seeing A*gustine do that made me really happy. Seeing that someone that I
helped teach, stay active in the gospel, long enough to go to the temple, come
back and then baptize and confirm his daughter. AWESOME!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">On Sunday, we had a fireside.
We were in charge of it. It was really good. We sang two songs as missionaries.
The Sisters, Strothers, me and Ramiterre, sang the song “As sisters in
Zion/Army of Helaman combo. It was really good. Then all the missionaries sang
a song called Oh Lord, My Redeemer. It was really awesome. The whole thing was
about missionary work. We had a couple speakers. It was great. Then we had the
youth act out some skits. We split them up into three groups. It was really funny.
We gave them some random props, and gave them a topic. Like Open your Mouth, Be
Bold, and Doubt not fear not. We had the missionaries guide the group and had
them prepare a skit about their topic. They were all really funny. Everyone
participated, even the really shy people. It was great. I recorded all of the
skits, so you will see them someday. I
keep forgetting to send home a memory card. One of the 16 GB ones. I will try
to do that this week. Anyways... It was a really good activity. I think
everyone had a lot of fun, and everyone really enjoyed the skits. And the
spirit was also there. So I think it was a successful activity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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same investigators. And*rson, this is the guy that has the seizures. He has a
really strong love for the gospel. He is so good. I just hope he will come to
church on Sunday. I really like teaching him. They are short and sweet lessons,
but it is what he needs. He said that he knows this church is true. It was
great. I really am excited for him. He will be good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">There was a baptism on Saturday.
It was in the Gagil area. It is the District Presidents mother in law. It was a
really good service. It was almost all done in Outer island language, so it was
hard to understand, but I got the jist of it. We were 1 baptism short of our
goal in March. We were striving to get
5, but we ended up with 4. I hope that we are going to be able to get five this
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">In the meeting here, we totaled
the number the mission thinks it can get. It came out to be 113 this month. So
we thought that we would make the mission work really hard, and so we set the
goal to be 120. It would be the most we have ever baptized in 1 month. We got
116 in August of last year. We are going to try to beat that. It would be
really awesome if we could. The training was about getting our vision to match Heavenly
Father’s vision. It was really good. We talked about how now, we are doing
things that the mission thought was impossible a couple of years ago. So we
have set some goals that the mission thinks is impossible, and we are going to
get them again. Like the 1,000 baptism this year. It is a large goal, but we
can do it. Everything is possible if we have the Lord’s help. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">This is last week I am with
Elder Ramiterre. He is going home at the end of the week. We fly to Guam
together for a meeting then I come back to Yap and he is going back to
Philippines. He is going to be sealed in the temple with his family. It will be
really great. He is really excited about that. When I come back to Yap from
Guam, I will most likely have my new missionary companion with me. He could be from
anywhere, and have served anywhere. I do not know. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">After this transfer, I only
have 2 more. Man time has gone by so fast. I can't belive two years is almost
up. With Elder Ramiteree going home, it makes me think of when I will go home.
As soon as I start to entertain that thought, I about start to cry. I cannot
imagine leaving these people here. It is kind of like leaving for the MTC, except
my whole life I was looking forward to going and serving, but this (coming
home) I never thought of having to do. I can't imagine me not being here. Don't
get mad about this, but this is my home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">Well, time is almost up. I
just want to say thank you for all you guys do for me. I really really
appreciate all the love and support you guys give me. I don't think I tell you
enough for how grateful that you are my family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">P.S. Can you order a couple more scriptures? I just got the other ones you sent. They are
going to love them. These ones are for
some of the young men that come teaching with us, that want to serve a mission. The names are: Magmay N and
James Ruwol. You guys are the
best<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-15699518012433867082014-04-19T22:09:00.001-07:002014-04-19T22:09:47.847-07:00Letter from Elder Meyer: This is just home (Q7). <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sounds like the game was a lot of fun. I am not sure how
much I would have enjoyed that. 20,000 people are a lot of people. I don't
think that would be to fun for me. The Elder that fell of was half Tongan and
half Samoan. I never met the elder, but it is still really really sad. I
couldn't imagine how his companion is feeling, let alone the parents. Glad you enjoyed Switzerland. That is really
fun that you sat next to the brother of Brother Wooley. Crazy how small the
world really is. Yes my mission is tough. Don't worry. It is work is hard, and
there are many problems on the island that we as missionaries face, but I don't
like to focus on that. That stuff is boring. The exciting stuff is on the
success that we have. I guess that is why I don't share the hard things going
on. I don't like to talk negative about things or people. I just like to keep
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #c00000;">: The
baptism we had. It was great. The boy’s name is M*ckey. He is super awesome. And
we have the same birthday, May 26th. It was funny when we found that out. We
are going to celebrate our birthdays together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">:
we had 27 lessons this week, and 15 with a member present. It was an awesome
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: I actually
don't teach in the city, I am just in the Colonia branch. The city is the sister’s area. I am still
teaching in the village. So I still don't see many tourists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the chief, when he dies, if you are the oldest son, you will be the next chief,
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is home to me. Not being able to speak to the people in their native language,
and now being able to. It is awesome. At first I felt that I was in a strange
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I am glad that you had fun teaching with the sisters. I
know that they really loved your help. That is good that they were bold. If
they were not members already, did they invite them to be baptized? We are
supposed to, on the very first lesson!!! Keep working with the sisters. I know
that you can help them. You know like everyone in Chico.<o:p></o:p></div>
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teaching the youth Sunday school class. They are a crazy group of kids, but I
love helping them. Nothing super unusual happened. Well, there was almost
nobody at church yesterday. There is this huge tournament going on for
basketball. It killed the work for the week, and it killed church attendance. I
am hoping that it will end soon, but I don't think it will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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grade. Not good. He has seizures if he thinks too much about things. We taught
him the entire restoration, and it caused him to have a seizure. Then we found
that he gets them. The dad still let us come back. He was not mad at all. So we
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I felt the spirit when we were teaching And*rson. He is such a good kid, and is
so eager to learn. He wants to do the best he can, and you can tell by the way
that he talks and listens. Every time we are there, the spirit is there helping
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We taught him for a while, but now he lives in their area. He was just taught
about the law of chastity. And this guy has a challenge with that commandment.
He came up to me and asked if it was okay for him to break that commandment
once a month. I just kind of smiled and tried to teach him more. We talked for
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<b><u><span style="color: #002060;">Question 13</span></u></b><span style="color: #002060;">: Did you try some food that I would think
would be unusual? <b>Answer</b>: I had some squid this week. It was all right. It is not
very fishy. I was quite surprised.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What was in the last package you got? <b>Answer</b>: I got a lot of jerky and the
huge thing of tootsie rolls. The kids really loved those.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Alright,
this was a really good week, accept for the fact that one of the elders in the
mission died in an accident. President asked to be 100% obedient, because the
rules keep us safe. He also asked us to move the work even faster, in the name
of the Elder. We are all said because of his death. As far as I know, this is
the first death of a missionary in this mission. You never know when your time
is up; you just always need to be ready.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Let’s
see... Elder Ramiterre and I had a baptism It was really great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sisters had a baptism as well, and the Elders in the Thool area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">It was
great. That was 3 in one week. We need to get to more to reach our goal for the
month. As of right now, we have 8 baptisms this year… that is really good. I
think that we can reach our goal of 45 for the year. It is a big goal, but we
are doing pretty good. We need to work harder and faster to get the goal
though. My goal is to have 25 for the island before I go home. That is about
half of the goal, and I leave about half way through the year. But I don't want
to talk about that. We are doing pretty good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">The
three people that were baptized are named M*ckey (mine) N*chele (sisters) and
T*m (Thol). The baptismal service down here was pretty good. It was really nice
and the spirit was there. M*ckey is a really good kid. His dad was not going to
sign his baptismal record. We went to go talk to the dad, we explained what it
was and how it all worked. He said that he didn't want anything to make his son
upset because he is carrying a lot of burdens because of his mother’s death. I
talked to the dad about the atonement and how it works. The dad signed the
paper, and he was baptized. I talked to M*ckey on Friday about how the
atonement can really help him feel less burdened from is mother’s death. I told
him to pray and ask heavenly father to take the burden away when he was
baptized. After the baptism we talked with him. He said that he feels so so so
much better that the burden is so much lighter. It made me feel happy. I know
that he is going to to good. He has a strong testimony.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Could
you please send some little consecrated oil containers. There are a lot of
people that have the priesthood, and would like to give blessings, but nobody
has the container to hold the oil. That would be great. Also do you think that
you could send the best two years video? The young men would really like to
watch it. I told them about it, and they want to watch it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">I love
you all so so much<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">I am
trying to send pictures, but the internet will not attach them. Time is almost
up, but I will keep trying<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Love you
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">You are
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-12202080546917001242014-04-06T07:05:00.000-07:002014-04-07T15:56:40.510-07:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Surprises (Q1, Q2). Food news (Q12).<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Things are going pretty good, here on Yap. Well, actually I
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1</span></u></b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: If I was to spend 1 week on Yap Island, what do you
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don't know. I think the most surprising thing would be the amount of ladies
without shirts on. That is surprising for most of the APs that come to visit
Yap. They have all heard about it, but they all are caught a little off guard.
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someone who lived on Yap Island there entire life, moved to Chico, what would
surprise them the most about how we live? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about how we live. The house, water, beds, food, everything that is normal to
you, is entirely different for them. I know they don't understand the normal in
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3</span></u></b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: I remember there being a little group meeting on Sunday. Is
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still going. It is a very small group. There have been about 4 to 5 people
going to that. I was working with a less active lady whose son was turning 8. I
was hoping that would help motivate the lady to come to the small group. So far
that has not worked. We will keep working with her though. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you every talk to those visitors from the big boat? Anyone notice Mormon
missionaries walking around the island and think that was interesting?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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them. They are going on the world tour trip. It was the first time in 3 years
they could stop at Yap. So that is cool. We’re the only FSM island they stop at
because we are the only island with a culture that is alive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would say something about enduring to the end. What we need to do to endure and
what blessings will come to them if the endure. And of course, I would want to
share my personal testimony of Our Savior Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #002060;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #002060;">: I would
say having 5 young men teaching with us on Sunday. It was really hard to keep
them all focused, but it was really good at the same time. They really like
teaching with us, it is hard to have them help you sometimes, but we got some
good work done yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Reed is getting so old. He is going to be on a mission really soon. Three
classes to prepare for is a lot. I am sure that you are loving it though. I
know how much you like to teach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this week when we went finding. It was pretty uneventful. We tried finding at a
thing called Yap Day. It is a day to celebrate their culture. And something
cool happened. A member came up to us, that I didn't know, and started talking
to us. It was pretty sweet. I really liked it. We are going to start working
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Do the members do family history work there? How do they keep
track of their genealogy? Do they wait until they go to the temple and
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bigger than Thol. I really miss the people down here. They were all so
surprised to see me back. I got a lot of comments like, “I thought you left the
island”, or are you staying down here for the rest of your mission? It was
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awesome. He is kind of a big jokester. He likes to goof around, but when we
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of fun. One of the sister missionaries loves basketball, she kind of reminds me
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man. You are getting really old man. One more year, and you could be out
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Guam was good and crazy. The meeting with President was very good. I think I told
you about that last week. On Tuesday night, at like 3 in the morning, we
finally made it back to my little island. I cannot tell you how happy I was
when we made it back. I felt so good, even though it was early in the morning.
Wednesday Elder Ramiterre was really sick. We didn't do much that day, but Thursday
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and super solid. He loves the gospel. I have really enjoyed teaching him. Elder
Ramiterre was teaching him for a while before I came back to Colonia, but now
we are teaching him and he is ready for baptism. He is really excited. He wants
one of the young men to baptize him. It is going to be a really awesome
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was telling you about in the questions. We went to go and see a couple of the recent
converts that have slipped away. We went to the house, and there they were,
just sitting there and talking there. It was really nice to see them again.
After that, they took me to their uncles house, he is a member, and helped me
teach them. And there was a boy there that I didn't know. I asked him if he
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yap day. It was so hard. Everyone came to yap day, and nobody was home. It was
really hard to teach people those two days. So that was no good. There was lot
of local dances which I really enjoy. So that was good. I love the culture here
on yap, so I liked the event. Umm... I am excited to serve down in Colonia
again. I am even more excited to serve with Elder Ramiterre. Him and I are
really good friends… we have wanted to serve together for a long time. And we
finally are together. We are going to get some good work done.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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couple baptizes this month. The goal for Yap is 5. The goal for the mission this
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-37296499179139964942014-03-18T20:30:00.000-07:002014-03-18T20:30:18.093-07:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Do you still have to carry a leaf in your hand when walking around some villages (Q4)? Making Yapese easier to learn for future missionaries (Q11).<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week has been good. Nothing too much happened. I have been trying to email for a couple of
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little girl. She had no idea what a <a href="http://www.mormon.org/faq/topic/prophets/question/twelve-apostles"><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;">prophet</span></a> was and what
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<b><u><span style="color: #00b050;">Answer</span></u></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: I
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anything new about baptism, just deepened my testimony about it. It is so essential.
And it has to be done in the right <a href="https://www.lds.org/youth/learn/ap/apostasy-restoration/restored?lang=eng#video=restoration-of-the-priesthood"><span style="color: #00b050;">authority</span></a>. It seems so clear to me, I don't know
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south… one of the pronouns is a bad word and offensive. So I am not sure how to
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going to the temple. She is so so so excited. The spirit was there and she
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">:
Finding a new member, that is super awesome. Her name is L*li. She is super
great. She used to translate for the church. I am a Yapese language master now,
and am trying to redo the packet to help missionaries learn Yapese easier. She is helping me. It is awesome. It should be
easier for missionaries in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I am trying to think about what else is new. We got a
couple of new people that we are teaching. We are looking for some members to
help support them. Church was pretty good. I think we had 22 people there. Little
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Well, sorry… I need to go. Time is up and it took a long
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-22544589227613401522014-03-10T19:57:00.000-07:002014-03-10T19:57:02.121-07:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Someone thought he was half Yapese and there is a HUGE boat on the island this week.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week has been pretty good. We had a child of record
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<span style="color: #1f497d;">Oh yeah, there is a huge boat in the island right now. It is a cruise ship that is doing a world tour. There are 1300 people that are on the island. I have not seen so many white people in a really long time. I am emailing right now, and there are so many of them next to me. They are all trying to get on their emails with their smart phones and it is slowing everything down. It is so funny to see smart phones and people with their faces into the phone and walking. It really makes me laugh.</span></div>
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That is awesome that there is so much rain over there
now. I think the storm that was here last week made it to California. You are
so lucky to be able to go the temple all the time. Sounds like the temple trip
there is going to be great. This year, there is twice the amount of funds for
temple trips here in Micronesia Guam mission. It is awesome. President would
like 2 trips from each island this year. It should be great.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #c00000;">: Anything
about our Savior Jesus Christ and what he did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Besides Ag*stine and Sam/Peter, I would say, J*hnny. He is just the most
amazing young man. He has had so many problems and trials, but still hangs on to
the gospel that he has been taught. He has a strong testimony, and loves the
gospel like I have never before seen. You can just see it in his face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #c00000;">:
Yes. The Branch president's wife asked us for a blessing after church. She was
not deathly sick or anything, she just had some made pain in her hands and
feet. We anointed her with oil and sealed, right after church. We went back
that night to talk about people we are teaching, and she said that the pain was
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">: It is
going by way too fast. I can't believe my mission is so close to being over. My
companion likes to remind me that I have as much time left that he has been
out. I tell him, before you now it, you will be home. I am not sure if he believes
me yet. He will very soon though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I am starting to like Papaya more and more. It is an odd fruit, but it is
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: I would
have taken a picture of last Prep-day, when we played basketball Yapese verse American.
American lost really really bad. It was not good. It was a lot of fun though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rain is so good. That is amazing; God really does answer
our prayers. I just like to think about how many of the testimonies were strengthened
because of this. Pretty sweet, yeah. I am glad Reed is doing better. That is
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I really like the one in Doctrine and Covenants 84:88. The one about having
angles on our right and left side to bear you up. It is true. God is in this
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There should be an Easter Branch Activity. Nothing has been planned yet, but
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to just sit and talk for a while, but it is hard. It is fun because of the way
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awesome. I am glad to hear that. Keep reading and praying. You will get better,
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Alright
what to share. Let’s see, the child of record baptism was really good. It was
the family that we just found and help reactive. It was awesome. The mom is
really awesome. She is going to start preparing to go to the temple. It is
great. I baptized the boy. We did it in the ocean. It was a really good service.
The mom gave a talk on baptism. She did a really good job. It is fun to see
people remember how important the gospel was to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">R*lo,
the guy that was just baptized, receive the priesthood yesterday. It was really
great. We are going to go and see him tonight and talk to him about what he can
do with the priesthood. It should be pretty good. Um, I am thinking... Oh yeah,
so the APs are on the island. We went finding with them. We found this crazy
girl. She was really smart, but not all there. She had so many questions. She
was really fun to teach, but it was a little bit scary. She asked if I thought
there would be a prophet called in the near future, I told her I believe we
have a prophet on the earth right now. It was fun to bear testimony to someone
with that kind of question. I have never been asked so many questions before.
It was interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">I have
had a couple of people ask me if i was half Yapese. It all came up, because of
how well I know Yapese. I was talking to them in Yapese, and they didn't
believe that I new it. So then they started to test my knowledge of Yapese. It
was quite fun. In the end, I had a couple people thinking that I was "half
cast" or half American and half Yapese. It was awesome. It made me feel
really good. In the end, the believed, that I just new it, it was pretty funny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">I got
the scriptures that you sent. I gave M*ry F*lnagrow hers, but I have not seen
J*hnny since I got them. I am going to go and see him this week. M*ry really
loved them. She was so so excited. I forgot to get a picture of her, but I will
try and do that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">We started
to do a sports night up in Thol. They have been doing it down here in Colonia.
It has been working pretty well down there, so we thought that we would try it
in Thol. It has not been quite as successful, but it is going pretty well. We
had 10 people show up and we played some basketball and football and some
volley ball. It was pretty good. I think that it can continue to grow and we
could be a lot of people to show up next time. It was a lot of fun. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">I really
have enjoyed serving my mission here on Yap. It is really the best place on
earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Love you
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">You guys
are really the best family every. Thank you so much for always supporting me
and helping me. I can feel your prayers on my behalf.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-86912717513876878442014-02-28T19:18:00.000-08:002014-02-28T19:18:03.092-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Member’s sacrifice, but so worth it. Two more baptisms. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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was a pretty good week. We had a lot of good things happen. The baptism was
awesome. Yes it did happen, and he was confirmed yesterday. So that was great
as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">That
is super crazy about the drought. I did see the picture that is super super
low. How much water is in the lake now? When it is full it is about 900 ft
deep, but the picture looks really low. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Question 1</span></u></b><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent2;">:
Describe the sacrifice and commitment the Yapese members must give in order to
go to the temple?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the same commitments that everyone in the world makes. You promise the same
stuff, but the sacrifice, it is different in this part of the world. When
someone in the states wants to go to the temple, they sacrifice a day to go. Here
though, it takes a full week to go to the Philippines and back, and you don't
get a whole lot of time in the temple. You get as much as possible, but it is
not a lot. They sacrifice as much money as they can, it is not a lot that they
give, but as much as they can. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you notice blessings and/or improvements in the lives of members there who have
gone to the temple? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lives is better. Definitely. I have asked everyone that went, and they all
loved it. It was awesome. They all want to go again, and they all have the
spirit of the Lord stronger in their lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3</span></u></b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">: Those that went to the temple, what did they share about the
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said that the spirit was stronger than they ever felt before. And that they loved
being at the temple, it was a quiet, peaceful spot. Nothing outside of the
temple mattered, just what they were doing then. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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many lessons and with member’s present this past week? <b>Answer</b>:
We had 8 member presents, and 21 lessons taught. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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5</span></u></b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">: Did anything happen this past week that you hope you always
remember? <b>Answer</b>: The baptism of R*lphord. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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various emotions have you felt this past week? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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joy, and I have felt sad about some things, too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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7</span></u></b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">: On average, how many people do you talk with in a given day? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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too. I don't know…10 or more people. , but ones that we have a lesson where we
can teach the Doctrine of Christ, it averages out to about 3 lessons a
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">That is no good that Reed still is not doing super good.
I am glad that he was able to go to church for at least part of it. I was
fasting for him yesterday. I know that he will come out of this soon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that it has gotten bigger. It is super weird. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">If you thought that turtle was big, you should see some
of the other ones around here. When someone catches one and it is really big,
you can't lift it up by yourself. It takes several people to carry it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Question 8</span></u></b><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">: Tell me one time when you
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and we were reading from the Book of Mormon. I can't remember the chapter that
we were reading, but it was just all making sense to me about what I need to
say to help him understand the doctrine being taught. I ended up reading that
same chapter in the morning, and I know that helped me be able teach him. The
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9</span></u></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: Did you get any packages?
What was in them? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is a little bit smaller. When we got 8 missionaries, my area split a little
bit. We lost a municipality. It is a little bit hard to find people, just
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asked the district leaders to train on a document he created. It is called the
25 keys to extra ordinary missionary work. He linked them to Preach My Gospel
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here, and we went out to lunch after the meeting with him. We can order
anything under $10. I order chicken alfredo. It was unusual. Really good, but
not something I normally eat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Does that change what you do? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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change a whole lot. We still go out and see people. It makes it harder to just
find people. Most people are hiding away in their house until the rain
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Staheli <o:p></o:p></h2>
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Mom said that we might redo the church history trip. That would be really sweet,
yeah. I don't remember a ton from the first time around. I just remember how I
felt, really. I think that we would all understand more now that we are
older. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you are not doing well. You are going through some tough trails in your life,
but it well end. You will be stronger after it is all over. I promise. Just
keep doing what you know is right. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Things are going great here. I am really enjoying the time I get to serve here.
It is super fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was a really good service. I tried to get A*gistine to baptism R*lo, but that
didn't happen. He wanted me to baptize him, so I did. It was really good. A
friend of Z*ric baptized him. He was really scared to do it, and I helped him
through it. It was a really good service. We had many people there, and it was
really good. I will send home some pictures of it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">I interviewed Z*ric. He is a really good guy. I think
that he will do good in the church. Elder Ramiterre interviewed R*lo. He said
that it went well. I think things are going really well on Yap right now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">There is going to be a child of record baptism in my area
this week. We have been working with him and his mom, to get them more involved.
It is super cool. I am very excited about it. The boy turns 8 on Tuesday, and
we are going to baptize him then. It will be really awesome. The boy’s name is
J*marion. It is super cool. They are a really good family. The baptism is going
to be in the ocean. It is going to be really awesome. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Well that is about all that is new. I will try and attach
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Love you all so so much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">I got some more names for scriptures... you got J*hnny's
and M*ry Jane's, right. Here are the new
ones: R*lphord Ezra Y**rthin and E*phresia
L*yan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-47683644108159054352014-02-18T18:01:00.003-08:002014-02-18T19:58:38.046-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: When you’re on a tiny island for 2 years, the plane coming is noticed. (Q13, Q16). Never baptized someone with just one leg before.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This was a pretty good week. The AP’s didn't make it, but
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That is crazy with Reed. It is a good thing you listened
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He has not been able to stop chewing beatlenut, he has not made any progress.
Now he is so close. He is only chewing 1 or 2 a day. It is way better than the
30 plus that he was chewing in a day before.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #00b050;">Question 3</span></u></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: Do members get <a href="https://www.lds.org/youth/article/what-a-patriarchal-blessing-can-do-for-you?lang=eng">Patriarchal
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They can, but they have to go to Guam or the Philippines to get them. We only have
a district on Yap, so no patriarch is on the island.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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How many lessons this week and how many with members' present? <b>Answer</b>:
we had 23 lessons and 10 with a member present.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really do feel like I know they are true. Testifying about the doctrines every day,
either makes your testimony stronger, or will make you believe you don't really
have a testimony. It has made mine stronger.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What did you most enjoy doing this past week?
<b>Answer</b>: I enjoyed baptizing someone this week. More about that later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">:
Honestly, a little bit scared. I know that it would be a joyful experience,
just like when <a href="http://mormon.org/beliefs/joseph-smith"><span style="color: #0070c0;">Joseph Smith</span></a> saw him, or when he <a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/11?lang=eng">appeared</a> to the
people in the Book of Mormon. And since it would happen on Yap, I think that it
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It is good that you listened to the spirit to. I am not
sure where the world would be without the help of the Spirit of God. It would
not be good. I hope you had a wonderful
birthday, besides the whole going to the hospital thing. You are, what, 29
years old now right? ha ha <o:p></o:p></div>
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to see his brother R*lo. It was the best lesson I have ever had. A*gistine
taught probably 50% of the lesson. It was so great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: Honestly,
to take A*gistine teaching with me. I have wanted to for a while, but he lives
far from my house and his brother’s house, so it has not worked out. Well, we
were close to A*gistines house, so I asked, he said he would love to, and it
all went amazingly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That would have to do with the baptism that just happened. You will have to
wait to hear the rest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">: I think
there were about 20 people there this week. It was okay. I did about the same
thing. I taught the young men priesthood class like normal, and then I also
lead the music in sacrament meeting. That is about it though. A pretty normal
week here in Yap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Then he would take his GPS and put a flag where he was. His GPS is the one like
dad and I used for camping and stuff. They are going to compile all the info
and try and organize rides for the members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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They went to the airport on Guam and then the pilot decided not to show up, so
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<b><span style="color: #c0504d; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #c0504d; mso-themecolor: accent2;">: It was really good. He talked a
lot about the gathering of Israel again. He said that that is something that
the General Authorities of the church really want the missionaries to
understand by the time they come home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Not from my area, but one in the sister’s area. It was last Saturday. This
week, we have one in our area and one in the sister’s area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nope, but the plane didn’t come in the middle of the week, and I have not
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– How are things at work? I know that you stay really busy that is good
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Man o man. You really scare me with all of these concussions and stuff. You be
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">Alright, what do I get to
tell you guys? Oh yeah, the baptism. So we went down to interview the man being
baptized, C*rlos. He is super prepared for the baptism. He has been taught very
very well. He is great. Well, C*rlos is an interesting man. He has one leg
missing. It is cut off right below the knee. Well, I asked him who he would
like to baptize him, and he said me. Yep, that is right. He wanted me to
baptize him. I was more that little nervous. I have never baptized someone with
only one leg. It was a little bit scary. I said a prayer right before I baptized
him and all went well. It was really cool. I really enjoyed being able to
baptize him. He is a great man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">After that, we picked up A*gsitine
to go see his brother. It was a wonderful lesson. A*gstine is such a good missionary.
He is bold, and actually likes to share the gospel with people. It is great. We
talked for a long time about the <a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/04/the-word-of-wisdom-the-principle-and-the-promises?lang=eng&query=word+of+wisdom"><span style="color: #0070c0;">Word of Wisdom</span></a>. It was great. I think it
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">R*lo is almost ready for baptism.
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Everyone seems pretty motivated. That’s about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">Oh wait… one the members had
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-30857443713885883232014-02-11T19:52:00.001-08:002014-02-12T08:14:07.617-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: You can always have more copra (Q7). Heard an Earthquake coming (Q2, Q10).<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Things are going pretty good here. We are not going to
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Sounds like things are going well. Ward Conferences
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<b><u><span style="color: #4bacc6; mso-themecolor: accent5;">Question 1</span></u></b><span style="color: #4bacc6; mso-themecolor: accent5;">:
Does it feel like time is going faster, slower, or the same on the
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<b><span style="color: #4bacc6; mso-themecolor: accent5;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #4bacc6; mso-themecolor: accent5;">: It feels like it is going really
really fast. It has really sped up, knowing my time here is getting smaller and
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<b><u><span style="color: #c00000;">Question 2</span></u></b><span style="color: #c00000;">: Did you feel the earthquake on Yap Island? I think it was 1am and registered 4.9? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #c00000;">: Nope, I have
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<b><u><span style="color: #002060;">Question 3</span></u></b><span style="color: #002060;">: What has changed most in your life over the past 1 ½
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I would say, maybe enjoying the simple lives people have here. They are sweet
and simple, outside stuff doesn't matter, and I like that.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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companion and I were joking around one night, and one of them said something
that was super super fun, I can't remember what it was. Elder Mott was eating
sunflower seeds and he start chocking on one, he kept laughing and his face was
super funny looking. We both just laughed forever.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: <a href="http://www.lds.org/ensign/1996/11/the-eternal-family">Eternal marriage</a>.
Seeing A*gistine and his family come back from the temple, and the other
families, and seeing how much it affected them. It was great. It is a principle
of Christ that no one else can offer. And it is Awesome!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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How many lessons and how many with members’ present this week? <b>Answer</b>:
We only got 19 lessons this week. We did have 8 member presents though. It was
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<b><u><span style="color: #00b0f0;">Question 7</span></u></b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">: Any service opportunities this week, could you describe
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<b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">:
Well, this week we helped someone collect Copra (old coconuts). They use copra
for cooking and eating and feeding pigs. You can always have more copra. So we
just walked through the jungle looking for copra. You pick it up and through it
by the car. It is fun.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Okay. So we could get iPads in my mission soon too? That
would be pretty cool. I am glad you enjoyed your break, but I know that you are
excited to teach again. I think that you guys should go on a CES mission
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: I
play sometimes. I will start taking pictures of the basketball courts. There
are several. Some are really nice and cement and others are just a hoop tied to
a tree. It is fun.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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really do anything. One time, we heard one coming, but we didn't know what it
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the small Thol Branch, there was only like 15 people to begin, then 4 more came
during Sunday school. It was a pretty typical Sunday. I have made a new “deal”
with the branch presidency. The 1st counselor will teach the Sunday school
youth class every week, because that is also his calling, than I will start
working with the young men during priesthood. I will try and do some duty to
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say that a hard one to answer is about pain and suffering. I mean, I understand
that, but when someone is in pain and suffering it is hard to answer. There are
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Well, when you walk in you have a limited supply of choices. There are lots of
canned goods and things like that. Canned soups and raviolis, spam, and always
rice. There is normally a supply of ground beef and pork and chicken and
hotdogs. It is not the best quality meat, but it is meat. So we buy some of
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you really put your mind to it, you could do it. Make sure you go on a mission
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</u>- Hey grandma. How are you doing? I love to get your letters. They are always
fun to read. They make me so happy. How are things going around the house? It
is January, so no more garden, but any trees doing anything?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">Alright, what else do I have
to share. The 1st counselor from the mission presidency is on the island. He is working to get transportation
for the members. He is going around and trying to find all the houses and get
the GPS coordinates. Should be interesting.
I hope he has better luck with finding people then I have. He is taking
members here with him, so it could work. People just move around so much and so
fast, it is hard. Tomorrow night the APs are coming, so that should be fun.
Someone from my group from the Mission Training Center is the AP. He is a
really good missionary. I am excited to see him. They go back to Guam on
Saturday, and President Mecham comes in the same Saturday. So it is going to be
a crazy week here. We are going to have many visitors from Guam. It should be
good. When people come it gives us a new drive for the work, so it will be
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">R*lo is doing really good. He
did not go to church is what I was told. He goes to the other branch so it is
closer. So if he didn't go, he won’t be baptized this Saturday. I am sad about
that, but it should happen next week. I am going to go see him today at his
office, then we will have a lesson with him tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;">You now the two boys that I
am looking out after? Well, one of them
is kind of lost, a little bit. No one has seen him for a while, if he goes to
seminary he is not his normal self. I have tried to find him, but I have not
been able to. He is making me a little bit worried, but I am sure that I will
find him and talk to him soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You are the best family ever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-82589314157096899652014-02-02T17:31:00.004-08:002014-02-02T17:53:14.888-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: One Unhappy Pig. In the Village, where will this path go? (Q11). Fav food = Swamp taro with coconut milk (Q14).<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Things went pretty well this week. We should have a
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Sounds like all is going well. I feel so blessed to be
your son. I am the lucky one, not you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: Patience
is key. Nothing really specifically happened, just when you are working with
different people, and they use their agency in not good ways, you just need to
be patient with them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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R*lo, he should be baptized on the 25th. We were teaching the <a href="http://www.lds.org/topics/word-of-wisdom?lang=eng"><span style="color: #77933c; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #77933C; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Word of Wisdom</span></a>.
The spirit was so so strong when we were there. He understood and didn't argue
with it at all. It was the best because of the Spirit. I have never felt the Spirit
so strong when teaching the Word of Wisdom before. I think that he was just spiritually
ready to hear it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Women don't have the rights like they do in the states. They are very much
underneath the men of Yap. That goes back to the culture. The men are in charge.
For the most part, men are not mean to women, but it does happen like that
sometimes. What the man says goes, for the most part.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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church’s that teach about Christ, what would they most be interested to learn
about from the missionaries?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f79646; mso-themecolor: accent6;">Answer:
Honestly, for the most part, if they are active in another church they don't
want to talk to us, but when they do listen, they like to agree with us about
who <a href="http://mormon.org/beliefs/jesus-christ">Christ</a> is and what He
did for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f79646; mso-themecolor: accent6;">If we
connect that, and then lead into the <a href="http://www.lds.org/topics/apostasy?lang=eng&query=apostasy">Apostasy</a>,
they are okay, but question the <a href="http://mormon.org/beliefs/restoration">Restoration</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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President Mathew was teaching Sunday School and we were playing a game like
hang man, one of the sisters in the branch said “O.” Pres Mathew didn't not
hear at first and just kept telling her to say a letter. I said she said “O”
and then he yells. O, O O, O. It was funny.
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something that they are doing. Just a connection outside of the church. Talk
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Oh, I don't know. It depends on the
week, how often we go finding. Sometimes only like 1 or 2 if that is all the
new investigators we have. Sometimes like 10 or so if we get a lot of referrals
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Sounds like you are going to stay pretty busy with
teaching. I know that you will enjoy that better. Sorry that you were sick. Are
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Yes. I got one from Karen and Bob and Grandma, (Candy and caramels and fudge)
an other from Grandma and Grandpa Meyer,
(wire puzzles) and one from the <a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bd/high-priest?lang=eng"><span style="color: #00b0f0;">high priests</span></a> group. (ties, cards, and a book
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<b><u><span style="color: #ffc000;">Question 9</span></u></b><span style="color: #ffc000;">: How many were at church? What did you do at church? <b>Answer</b>:
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one fun thing did you do this week? <b>Answer</b>: We helped Jesse cut down some
wood to build a house for him. It was a lot of fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to them. If not, we don't go in. It is really hit and miss on finding people Sometimes
paths lead somewhere, sometimes they don't.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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doing really really great. They are teaching a lot of people. They are able to
work with the women in the branch; able to take them teaching. We, as Elders
can't, unless another adult male is with us. Most of the time the men are
working somewhere so we can't take the women, but the sisters can.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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How fast people can climb up and coconut tree or betelnut tree. It is crazy. It
is just a stick growing out of the ground and they just walk up it like
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<b>Answer</b>: Swamp taro with
coconut milk over top. It is delicious.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fun. Keep preparing for your mission. I would read from PMG.<o:p></o:p></div>
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you so much for the package. It sure does mean a lot to me. The fudge and caramels
are delicious. I really love them. My companion loves the fruit punch mix too.<o:p></o:p></div>
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and Grandpa Meyer</span></span> </u>- Thank you for the puzzles. They are so much
fun. I am going to try to use them in lessons and how all things are possible.
My companion has really enjoyed trying to figure them out. We have almost done
all of them. Some are really hard though.<o:p></o:p></div>
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see, what else is new. I feel like I told you everything that happened this
week. R*lo should be baptized on the 25<sup>th</sup>. It is going to be so
awesome. I can't wait for his baptism.
He is doing really really good. He has a strong desire to learn about this
gospel. He is A*gistine’s brother. I think that is helping a lot too. They talk
a lot about the gospel together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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active we found with R*vinio is still doing good. She came to church again. Her
son is named J*marion Ken B*gulrow. He turns 8 on Feb 4. We are helping him
great ready for his baptism. They have not gone to church in a long time, so it
is like teaching an investigator. He is
a really cool kid. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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teaching a really good family. Her name
is J*nnifer L*yan. She would like to go to the temple. So we are going to help
her prepare to go. It is going to be really really great. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">I am now
in charge of teaching the young men for priesthood. They got the 2014 manual
and President Mathew would like me to teach them. Most of the time they just
run around and play outside, because the Elders Quorum is sometimes boring. I
am going to try to keep things up beat and fun. The new manual is pretty good.
I like it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Well
that is about it. I love you all so so much. You are the best family every<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Oh
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-75953207886167696242014-01-28T16:17:00.002-08:002014-01-28T16:17:11.173-08:00I think I spotted Johnny Meyer in this one :-)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-83614290374727276802014-01-28T07:48:00.000-08:002014-01-28T07:53:14.319-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Exceeded expectations (Q7).<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello Everyone<o:p></o:p></div>
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Happy New Year to you all, Happy Birthday to Staheli, and
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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 <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #0070c0;">Question 1</span></u></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: What has changed most in regards to the local church
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">:
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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Can you share more details about those on the “outer islands.” Members in particular. Why do they live off
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #c00000;">: 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
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<span style="color: #c00000;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #7030a0;">Question 3</span></u></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">: What is your favorite doctrine to teach, and why?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">:
<a href="http://mormon.org/beliefs/restoration">Restoration</a>. It is
different from normal churches. People get interested most of the time about <a href="http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2012-08-3150-a-steady-reassuring-voice?lang=eng">Prophets</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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
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<b><u><span style="color: #0070c0;">Question 5</span></u></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: How many lessons and with member’s present this week? <b>Answer</b>: 20 lessons and 8 with a member present. Pretty
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package from you in a box. Is this the
one we should NOT open until you return? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #0070c0;">Question 8</span></u></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: How old are the boys you are watching? <b>Answer</b>: One is 17 the other 14.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #c00000;">:
To go see a less active family. I will tell you below. Her son could be
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: 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
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: 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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #7030a0;">Question 11</span></u></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">: Any
packages this week? What was in
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<b><u><span style="color: #00b050;">Question12</span></u></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: We are sending a package this week. What should we put in it? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pistachios. and cheez-its and pop-tarts. That would be awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #0070c0;">Question 12</span></u></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: Tell
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: 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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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
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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?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Letter to Everyone<o:p></o:p></h2>
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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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are great. They just need to get to church. They will be great as soon as they
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<span style="color: #17375e; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">You are the best.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-41568439796873062672014-01-20T12:29:00.001-08:002014-01-20T12:29:59.092-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Packages finally arrived. Grateful.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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really good. It is hard to believe the New Year is almost here. It seems like
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">: Umm… let’s
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really really old. Not sure if that was the reason though. The cell phone
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much really. I just remember everyone saying that I gave a good talk. And one
of the young women played the song about the stripling warriors and I believe
you were crying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: Yes I got
2 packages. They were great. The scriptures and carving tools. The other was
chocolate. Both awesome. I got some pictures of the scripture sets with the
people. Everyone loved them they were all so so happy. The chocolate was great. I am loving every
minute of it. How much money did you spend on the chocolate? Because I think
that if I bought all of that here it would be close to $250 worth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Church was good. Yep, I still go to
Thol. We had 20 there. It was an alright attendance. Surprisingly all I did was
lead the music. The people that are supposed to teach prepared lessons. It was
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see what is new. The party was pretty fun. No acting though. I was sad about
that. Everyone seemed to be having fun with it though. So that was good. We
might get a couple new investigators from that day. There were several non-members
there. I talked to them, we will see if the parents allow it though. It should
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">We
talked with J*** about the <a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1976/04/the-blessing-of-building-a-temple?lang=eng&query=temple">temple</a>.
She didn't understand what was going on there
and how they are different that chapels. It was a good discussion. She was
really interested in them. So that was good. Maybe she will go in 2014. I think
she would like to. Most of the active members in the branch are endowed now. I
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-52845706332250369882014-01-12T19:34:00.001-08:002014-01-12T19:34:03.647-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Christmas eve cleaning property (Q2). “Yapese are clean people” (Q5). <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am trying to go fast, so we get the times for us to
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had a lot to do with it. $940 in fast food. That would kill me. When I went to
go pick up Elder Mott from Guam, I had some fast food, and my stomach was
killing me. I could not imagine eating $940 worth. [<i>Explanation
from Dad: I had an unathorized $940 charge on my personal credit card from a
fast food restaurant. Card has been cancelled </i><i><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> </i>]<o:p></o:p></div>
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Congrats again on the Master’s degree. That is really
awesome. Sounds like you had some delicious food at the party. I am sad I
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I am a little worried about the ones you sent. I have not gotten mail today, so
maybe they will be here today. I am really hoping the scriptures will be here
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Christmas lights go up at all the catholic churches, and there is always a Christmas
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- Dad says that you guys play ping pong a lot. He says that you will never beat
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Let’s see what is new. This was a pretty tough week. We
had a lot of lessons, but it was just a hard week. We did do a lot of service
this week. It was good, but teaching is so much fun. We helped people clear out
an area so they can build a house and we helped in a taro patch and some other
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We are going to have a Christmas party in the Thool
branch, and they would like to act out the nativity scene. Do you think that
you could email me a copy of what we say and the songs we sing in the order
pretty fast. That would be great. I am going to record the whole thing so I
will send it home after. I think it will be pretty fun and pretty great all at
the same time. That is about all that is new. I am really excited to talk you
guys on Thursday. I can't wait love you all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-12414464119536298392014-01-05T16:19:00.001-08:002014-01-05T23:29:18.096-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Fire on the Island! First baby blessing and not so easy to say. View from front door.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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are going pretty good. M*ldon and his family are going back to their island in
the outer islands. We are going to miss them. They came because they were going
to have a baby. The baby is very healthy and guess what? We named and </span><a href="http://www.lds.org/manual/family-guidebook/priesthood-ordinances-and-blessings?lang=eng"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">blessed the baby</span></a><span style="color: #1f497d;">. Guess
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too. It was the first time I did that. Now, when I eventually have my own baby,
it won’t be the first one that I have named and blessed. I was joking with the
parents that I was going to name the baby Meyer Jr. It was pretty funny. They
were laughing. The baby's name is Trayden Blake Hashigairig. Yep, you try saying
that. It was really hard. Yapese names, no problem, outer island names… really
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So hopefully there should be more this week. I taught the youth. It was pretty
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calling me for Christmas, I will give you a number next week. As for the time,
could you please give me a list of times that are best for you and then I will
let you know what time is best for me. Like what we did last time. I think that
works pretty good. I have no land line now. So I might go to the church and
have you call that or maybe just the cell phone. We will see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of people went this time. Some of them were new members like A*gistine, and
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so then one of them to the other said "do you chew betelnut" and the
other one said sometimes, oh, wait, no. It was so funny. I am looking forward
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It is the same church as Thool. There is only one on this side of the island.
If you look on a map Gagil is on the left side under the two islands that are a
little bit separated. I covered it the whole time I have lived in Thool, just
not very much work happens there. There are a couple members that live there, I
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have a blog. They are really nice. SIster Strother (wife) calls us here boys.
She is super great. They are really good cooks and are a ton of fun. They are
really musical too. It is really fun. They want to do a Christmas party for the
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R*lford, J*ven and J*ff. They are all doing pretty well. They didn’t go to
church, so they are not doing the best, but they are really interested. T*resa
is the mom of a member named J*sse. I have been trying to teach her for a
while, and nothing, now she is really interested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- Hear you went skiing. I am sure that was great. Dad said that he went down a
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- Have fun with basketball. The team is really going to need your help
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- Merry early Christmas. Hope you are doing great. I sure do love you. I think
that we might act of the Nativity scene here like we do at your house. It
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You guys are the best family ever. I love you all so so
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-3925482545871371242013-12-27T10:29:00.002-08:002014-01-06T08:16:08.722-08:00Moves and front door is on the ocean. Audio message for Christmas. Never thought the day would come (Q4). Another baptism (Q6). <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Things are going pretty well here on Yap. We have had a
lot of changes to the island in the past week [Week of Dec 8<sup>th</sup>). It
is awesome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red;">Question 1</span></u></b><span style="color: red;">: Refresh us on who all the missionaries are, companion setup,
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and Elder Mott in a new area called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagil"><span style="color: red;">Gagil</span></a>. It is the same area, just some of it was assigned
for the other missionaries. Waimila and Hatch in Thol (where I just was),
Ramiterre and Huppe in Dalipebinaw. Huppe is new to the island, but served on the
Island of Chuuk for a while. He is 2 transfers older than me and the sisters.
SisterCambell and Sister David. They are in Colonia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Most are new. It is really great. I can't wait for them to come back and talk
to them about it. Jim the district president is going again. If you go a second
time, you have to pay for expenses. [<i>Note from Dad: Because of the substantial
flight and expenses to travel from Yap to Philippians –nearest temple—the Church
helps defray the costs for those going the first time to the temple to be
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past did a lot of good work. So it is good to have them here after not having
any for several years. I was a little concerned too. I have actually never
really served with sisters before. The only sister missionaries I saw was when I
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: Umm.. Everything…
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is. And she asked why there are so many churches, and what are the differences
between them. She was super interested. It was really great. She was engaged in
what we were teaching. It was all in Yapese. She was really impressed. We got
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Alright so what is new here? Well I guess a lot is new
here. So dad asked about where everyone is. So that is really cool. We have not
had 8 missionaries or sisters in such a long time. It is super exciting. I know
that it will really help the church grow here. The sisters have a car, which
forces a walking area in the Thol branch. It is a big area. It is from where I
use live at to the church. It is large, but good things can come. I moved
apartments and so did Ramiterre. It has taken a long time to get it all
situated, but it is all done now. My new apartment is really nice, and every
morning I get to wake up to a beautiful sun rise over the ocean. It is super
nice. It is really fun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I live like right next to the ocean. It is really nice.
In the morning there is a really good breeze. It is nice. When we moved to this
apartment, we lost the air conditioner. None in the new place. I am okay with
that, but Elder Mott is still not adjusted, so he is always hot. There is another
apartment right next to ours. The missionaries for the Jehovah witnesses live
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We had the baptism of Cl*nton. It was super great. He was
so excited. One of the members who is his friend baptized him, S*lvester. It
was really great. I gave him the <a href="http://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-21-the-gift-of-the-holy-ghost?lang=eng">Gift
of the Holy Ghost</a> yesterday. It was a really good service, and he was so
excited. Cl*nton has a couple of friends that we are going to try to work with.
They are pretty shy, but we will see what comes out of it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let’s see what else is new. Oh yeah. I am the new
district leader. So that is cool. It should be pretty fun, I guess. I need to
give trainings ever Thursday at district meeting. I call all the missionaries
for their work report and then tell the zone leader. Then they tell Guam, but
besides that, I am just a normal missionary. I just make sure the district is
functioning well, and help fix any problems.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have talked to the sisters a little bit. Sister Cambell
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would be hard to train in an area, where you don't know anything about anyone.
They will do really good. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You are the best family ever.<o:p></o:p></div>
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-39737848798304800262013-12-11T19:32:00.002-08:002014-01-06T08:17:07.980-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Wow!!! Sister Missionaries coming to the island! Now there are 8 missionaries on Yap.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So, this transfer is crazy… I will go fast. We heard we
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Well, then we were told we need to find some more
apartments so that is what we are doing now. We have found 2 new places to
live, and are getting things ready for more missionaries. We were told that we
might get some sisters, which is really exciting, and go up to 8 missionaries.
We have not had either of those for 3 to 4 year. So things are pretty great right now. It will
be really great. There should be 4 missionaries in the Thol branch and that would
be really exciting. I can't wait for that to happen. This transfer should be
good and quite interesting at the same time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cl*nton is doing really good he should be baptized on Saturday.
It should be great, we are both very excited. The person, who gives him a ride
to church, is going to the temple, so we need to find him a new ride to church.
It will all be okay though. Blessings will come from people going to the temple.
We have some new really great investigators, they should be baptized this week,
if all goes according to plan, we are going to push and pray that it all
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Sorry it is short. I had a huge letter written out and
when I pushed send it took me to toggle.com, so I lost it all. I am very sorry.
The internet is crazy here sometimes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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That is about all the time I have left. Just know that I
am doing fine, the work is going great, I love this gospel, and I LOVE YOU ALL.
YOU ARE THE BEST.<o:p></o:p></div>
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to be able to go to the temple so much. I truly miss it. And over 200 kiwi's,
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-26522292317734648932013-12-01T17:47:00.005-08:002014-01-05T23:30:23.879-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Haircut Yap Style (video). No one sick from Chikungunya. Maybe more missionaries coming. Huge conference and well attended.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This was a good week. Unfortunately everything that I just typed was erased, and now I need to do it
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Quite a story about the <a href="http://www.lds.org/church/leaders/presiding-bishopric">Presiding Bishop</a>.
[<i>Note from Dad: Bishop Stevenson attended our ward/congregation
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<b><u><span style="color: #00b050;">Question 1:</span></u></b><span style="color: #00b050;"> From the story
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Everything happens for a reason.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It was awesome. Elder Ringwood, the new Area President was there. It was really
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The kids are great. They are supper funny and really fun to talk to. They are
like normal kids. They like to have fun and play around. There is just a
special spirit with these kids though.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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So you are a junior. That is what I thought. It has just
been a long time since I thought about school. You need to stop injuring
yourself. You are going to lose both your legs if you are not careful. Ha ha.
Glad you are doing great man!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I just got a letter from you last week. It always puts a big
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Alright, I will go fast because this is the 2<sup>nd</sup>
time I’m writing this letter since my first letter got deleted… This has been a
crazy week. We are being very careful
about the chickenguna illness going around. Then got a call that Pres Mecham is
thinking about putting more missionaries on this island. And that I need to go
and find an apartment for them to stay in. So now I have done that. I am not
sure what is going to happen. I think it will all be good. Whatever happens it is
the will of God, so no reason to worry too much. I know that there is a lot of
work to be done where the new missionaries would be moving to. So it will be
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Elder Ringwood is here. He is a really great man. We had
a ton of people and District Conference. It was really good to see so many
people there. We had 137 people, it was great. As I have mentioned, some of my
recent converts talked. Ag*stine, and his wife, and also J*hnny.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was really great. They all did a fabulous job. It was
so good to hear their testimonies. It made me feel really good. The spirit was
super strong there. It was great. J*hnny talked about me in his talk. He was
really scared to go up and talk. I helped him feel a little bit better the
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It was a very good conference. It was mostly about
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This morning we had a meeting with President Ringwood and
his wife and the Pres and Sis Mecham. It was a really good meeting. Most of it
was about working with members more. Hastening the work. And of course there
was always something about being obedient, well exact obedience.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Ringwood is a very smart man. We talked for a long
time just on <a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/11?lang=eng">3 Nephi
11</a>, and the order of things that happens, and the order that Jesus Christ
did things. It was really interesting. I never thought about it. For example,
there were about 2500 people there and they all touched Jesus. If you figure it
took about 10 seconds per person to touch Him. Then that is about 7 hours that
Jesus stood there letting every single person come and touch Him and get their
own testimony. It was all really good. True conversion takes time on our part
and on theirs. We can't be frustrated when some people are progressing faster
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You guys are the best ever. I love you all so so so much.<o:p></o:p></div>
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-4808836279142630902013-11-27T12:53:00.001-08:002013-11-27T12:53:14.707-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Biggest surprise about the mission (Q9). Unique cultural matter, the aunts have a lot of say about a new baby. Many new pictures.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sounds like the snow (whatever that is) was a lot of fun.
I am glad that you guys had fun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When it is raining and then the wind picks up it is super cold. All of the
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opinion the funniest thing is how hot he is all the time. It just makes me
laugh. We'll teach a lesson, and then after he goes, “man it is hot.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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For the most part, I just use the scriptures. I open to a good story in the Book
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Not really, it is mostly the church that will do a thanksgiving party. No one
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island (besides yourself) has changed the most because of your mission, and
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: I think A*gustine
and his family. A*gistine was a heavy drinking, etc… using man. His wife was
constantly praying that he would change. Now, he is preparing to go to the
temple. How wonderful is that. I hope that I have impacted the youth as well. I
put a lot of time into helping them and trying to help them understand the
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To the ones that listened carefully. It is super powerful to them. It impacts
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I would love the people, but I did not know that I would love them as much as I
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Still not sure what this "snow" thing is, but I
am glad that it was fun ha ha. Year ski passes. That is awesome. You guys
better go a lot. We didn't go very many times when I was home. Mom, I know that
you would do just wonderful on all the parts of your Masters. To be honest, I
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Just 1. You taught one thing to 5 people. It is just one lesson. That is a challenge
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Cl*nton and F*ona. They are two investigators. They are just really funny. They
love to play with my camera and take lots of pictures. So it is funny to watch
them. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, kids are good with
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recent convert was there. We were talking about the <a href="http://www.lds.org/topics/word-of-wisdom"><span style="color: #c00000;">word
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I still go to Thool (smaller group in the northern part of the island). I will
be up at least until the end of December. I gave a talk this week. The person
who was supposed to speak didn't want to, so I was asked about 3 minutes before
we started. It is a normal thing in the Thool branch. We only had about 18
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- So I here you went skiing. That must have been fun. Are you still a skier, or
did you make the jump to snowboarding. One missionary here is a huge skier and
another is a snowboarder. It is funny to hear them debate about which is
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cannot remember what grade you are in. It is making me crazy to. I think you
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see about this week. Not to much more to say about this week. It was a pretty
normal week. We found a new guy next to our house. His name is R*llin. He is
pretty cool. I cannot tell how interested he really is. I think he is, but then
his friends showed up and he kind of shut down a little bit. So I am not sure
how that will all work. We will see how it goes. We watched the Book of Mormon movie
with a member and his family this week. They loved it. He asked when the next
one was coming out. He thought it was really great. I think it is going to
float around that village and maybe something good will come from it. I hope
something does. I am using that Book of Mormon dvd to help people find out how
awesome the book really is. It seems to be working right now. It is pretty
awesome. I think it will help a lot of people with bring the book to life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we have had a family drop out of the temple trip. It is really sad. They just
had a baby, and the baby will be 1 month when the trip happens. Well, in Yapese
cultural, the father (of the baby)’s sisters has control of the baby, the name,
where they live, and who raises the baby. Well the sisters of the father has
decided that the baby is too little to go the Philippines. So they cannot go.
It is really sad. I really wanted them to go. I hope they are able to go next
time to the temple for the next trip next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">You
asked if there was something that you could get for some friends that I have
here. Well, do you think that you could send some carving tools. It would be
for a young man, who is not culturally allowed to live with his family right
now. And really misses them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bunch of people love to draw here. Could you send a couple art kits for some of
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Oh could
you send another SD card for my camera. I just sent one home, but I almost
filled up the other three, and will be without one here in a little bit.
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-91795303469112933402013-11-17T15:47:00.002-08:002013-11-17T15:47:39.361-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Typhoon just took out banana and coconut trees. Ship biscuits (Q15). Finding J*ne. Darkest night ever. More baptisms.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, that is crazy. I think that I agree with your
seminary students. That would be a pretty nice welcome home gift, and it would encourage
me about coming home and not pushing to stay forever. Ha ha. I am not sure how
you get all the cool stuff. You have every missionary convinced that you are a
spy. It is quite funny. It makes me laugh. A temple… someday in Chico. That
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concerned regarding the typhoon. Somewhere around a few thousand people were
killed in the Philippines from it. I
wrote a note on my Facebook page expressing a little concern about you. President Mecham wrote me a note directly
saying all was well. He is a wonderful
communicator and must be a spectacular Mission President. So what happened in regards to the Typhoon?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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They go through the temple class like in the states and passports stuff get
sorted, and how much they can contribute, interviews are challenging because President
Mecham needs to interview them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #002060;">Question 4</span></u></b><span style="color: #002060;">:
Were you able to find J*ne? I’ve been
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<b><span style="color: #002060;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #002060;">: Yes. I was
able to find her. It is quite a story. I’ll
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a package for Christmas, we promise not to open it until you say it is ok. Speaking of packages… what can we send to
your friends on the island for Christmas?
We’re open to pretty much anything you suggest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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send home I don't want you to open till I get home. Is that okay? Things you
can send. Let me think of what some members need that would be fun for Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #00b0f0;">Question 6</span></u></b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">: Is
there anything that happened this past week that helped your faith in Christ
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<b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">: Finding
Jane. She has had me worried.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: Watching
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<b><u><span style="color: #00b050;">Question 8</span></u></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: Have
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: Right now,
no. In the future, yes. The island used to have 3 or 4 small group meetings.
Now we have one. All the leaders on Yap left. So that is when Yap's missionary
work fell. It is starting to come back up though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Congrats
on almost finishing your masters. That is awesome. Your interview thing will be
fine. You will not have any problem. Don't even worry about it. Sounds like a
temple in Chico could happen someday. That would be really awesome. Don’t push too
hard until we get one in Micronesia please. We are going to push hard really
soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: Us,
nothing. We have a cement house, so no big deal. We went and helped members.
Tie down houses and cut banana tees down so they don't blow over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #0070c0;">Question 12</span></u></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: How
much damage was done on Yap because of the typhoon?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: Down on
the southern end, not a ton, but a lot at the same time. It was the roughest
there. Some power lines were down and trees were in the road. Coral from the
ocean was up on the road. I mean there was 20 foot was crashing down there. But
even with that the damage was not too bad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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yesterday - how many were there? What
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We had 24 people in the small northern branch, Thool. 3 investigators. It was really good. I taught
the Youth Sunday school class again. So it was fun. It was pretty good Sunday.
I really enjoyed it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: red;">: Jim
the Facilities Manager for the church here, just changed the lock on the door,
and I am now the only one with a key, so I was a little behind because we were
running the small group meeting and everyone was outside waiting for me. And
this week for sacrament we use ship biscuits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">: Just
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<b><span class="Heading2Char"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">Staheli</span></span>
</b>- How are you doing? What is the weather like right now in Reno? Anything
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<b><span class="Heading3Char">Reed</span> </b>- Sorry, I think dad
should give me the car when I get back. It sounds like I have the support from
his seminary class too. Ha ha.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span class="Heading3Char">Grandma</span> </b>- Hope you are
doing good grandma. I got one of your letters. Thank you so much. I am sorry
that I am not good at righting you back. Please forgive me. Things are going
great here on Yap. I love this people so so much. There is an old lady here.
Her name is Fransica. She is the grandma of two boys that are great. She
reminds me of you. She and you are both supper faithful and have wonderful,
powerful testimonies. I love you so much.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #8eb4e3;">Well, I am close to time, so here it goes. Finding J*ne
was crazy. </span><i style="color: #8eb4e3;">[Note: J*ne is someone they
baptized earlier.]</i><span style="color: #8eb4e3;"> </span><span style="color: #8eb4e3;">She’s been
missing and we’ve been trying to find her on this island for a long time. Got
some info on where she lives. Went there and no one was there. I was really
sad. I have been praying to find her and that she would be alright and not hurt.
Well, as we were leaving this spot, I felt impressed to walk up the road a bit.
We did and there she was. She was with her husband (not very nice) and the
mother in law. J*ne pretended not to know who we were, but I did talk to her.
She gave me the look of "you don't know me, okay" so I went with it.
Started talking to everyone and she seemed okay. She was not bruised at all,
which made me relieved. We are going to go and try to teach the husband and
her. I think we are going to approach it like she has not been baptized already.
</span><span style="color: #8eb4e3;"> </span><span style="color: #8eb4e3;">His behavior changes rapidly. So we will
see how it all plays out. I was so happy to find her and see that she is still ok.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8eb4e3;">When the typhoon was on its way we went to all the
member’s houses. We went and checked up on them and see if the needed help.
Well, at one house we cut down a ton of trees. Namely banana trees to save them
from the typhoon. It was raining super hard and the wind was really strong. I
think we saved the trees though. We cut them down so the wind does not blow
them over and hurt the people. If they are cut they will grow back. We helped
some other members tie down their house with rope. To keep the wind form taking
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almost a day. So not too long. It was really dark that night. I have never seen
anything that dark before. It was crazy. It was like standing in a sealed room
with no light. It was nuts. The next morning, things were alright. Some trees
had fallen over in the road, so we went and cleaned that stuff up. We were pretty
lucky that nothing really bad happened to us here. The Lord was protecting us,
no doubt. The typhoon did hit an outer Island of Palau really hard. They had to
evacuate the island. I believe Elder Ramiterre's family, from the Philippians,
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<span style="color: #8eb4e3; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #8EB4E3; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=40000 lumo=60000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 102;">Cl*nton and F*ona. They are cousins. They are super
great. We have taught them several times. They should be baptized on the 28<sup>th</sup>. Thanksgiving day. It should be really great.
They are both super kids. Cl*nton is 12 and F*ona is 9. They are really fun to
teach. I have really enjoyed them and will continue to enjoy teaching them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8eb4e3; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #8EB4E3; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=40000 lumo=60000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 102;">Cl*nton and F*ona live right next to Jim and Mathew
and Sylvester, so they have a lot of member support, so that is good. They came
to church and really enjoyed it. We talked about the ten commandments and how
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<span style="color: #8eb4e3; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #8EB4E3; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=40000 lumo=60000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 102;">I love you all so so so much. You are great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8eb4e3; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #8EB4E3; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=40000 lumo=60000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 102;">You are the best family in the world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8eb4e3; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #8EB4E3; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=40000 lumo=60000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 102;">Love Elder Meyer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8eb4e3; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #8EB4E3; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=40000 lumo=60000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 102;">I love you all. I just love saying that. You are the
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John R. Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387644756997279436noreply@blogger.com0Colonia, Yap, Micronesia9.5159366 138.122541800000029.4846166 138.0822013 9.547256599999999 138.16288230000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746096841286056603.post-62996511015131175162013-11-11T18:33:00.001-08:002013-11-11T18:33:22.532-08:00Letter from Elder Meyer: Week before Typhoon. Finding miracle (Q5). Just wants “white” shirts for Christmas (Q13). Two new babies born.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week [<i>note: this letter is from 2 weeks ago, prior to the Typhoon]</i>
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started enough so members talked about it, and I said that anytime they want to
go, give us a call. Then we just started talking and we made a plan to do it
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<b><u><span style="color: #0070c0;">Question 2: </span></u></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">How many lessons did you get to teach this week? And how
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<b><u><span style="color: #7030a0;">Question 5</span></u></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">: Can you describe a moment this past week when you are
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We were walking in a village, and a little girl that knows me said, “bye Meyer”,
and I said bye and kept walking. Then Elder Mott stopped and started taking
pictures, I just felt like I should go talk to her. I go over there, teach a
mini lesson, and get 2 new investigators. We go back on Saturday, that two
grows to 4 and one of them is named Cl*nton. He is super excited about this,
and wants to be baptized, that was all because of the Holy Ghost, no doubt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It was really hard, because I don't speak his language, and the other people
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hard, but good. And they all really liked it. It was really fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sounds like you are going to be busy at Christmas. That
was a really fun party. I am sad to miss it. I do remember that. Congrats on
your masters. You are almost done. I know that you could do it. I had no doubt.
Elder Mott's parents are just a little new with technology. Elder Mott said
that if you guys would talk to them, they would love to her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #0070c0;">Question 9</span></u></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">: Do you like me
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You guys are the best ever. I love them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4bacc6; mso-themecolor: accent5;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #4bacc6; mso-themecolor: accent5;">: He is awesome. He is great. He
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Answer</span></b><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">: Elder Mott being hot. He is hot
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but the Spirit was there. It was really a good lesson, they understood. It was
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great. J*ne is not. Her x husband came and picked her up and we can't find her.
A*guistine and his family are going to the temple this year, so they are doing
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- Hope you are great. I hope work and school are going well still. Things are
about the same here on Yap. I am training a new missionary. It is really fun.
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Well,
not too much other stuff has happened. I feel like I told you guys about the
good stuff. I am super excited about Cl*nton. He is going to be awesome. We had
a pretty good group at church. So that was good. We had 23. It was a drop from
last week, but there was 2 babies born this past week. One on Oct 31st and one
on Nov 1st. So that was pretty exciting. We have two brand new babies in the
branch. That is pretty fun. Both are very excited about having a new baby. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">We went out
looking for J*ne. We had no luck. I am really worried about her. Her husband
just came and picked her up. I have not seen her in a couple of weeks. She is
so great, and was so excited about this gospel, but now she is gone. We are
going to keep looking for her, but I am just worried about her. M*ldon is
great. He is one of the people who just had a baby. He is pretty excited. This
is first baby that they have had. They are both really excited. J*hnny is still
doing great. He loves this gospel, and loves going to church. He is super
great. Once he was baptized, I was worried he would drop off, but he is doing
fantastic. We are seeing more and more changes here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sure to come. It is all very exciting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Question,
if I send home some packages, would you not open them. There is stuff for you
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Also
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a couple of members are asking if you could send a copy of the Book of Mormon Movie.
Could you do that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">You are
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