Aloha Friends and Family,
This week was pretty good. For last p-day we were low key and just stuck around the house. It was kind of nice.
On Tuesday we had district meeting and we talked about having an eye of faith how that leads us to being anxiously engaged and that leads to urgency. We are trying to have more urgency as we share the gospel with everyone we come across. It was a good reminder.
That night we had dinner with Sister Sampaio and Morris. We went to a really good Thai food place. It was a lot more fancy than I anticipated. We had the Chef's special soup to start, then we had really good fish cake for the appetizer. Then we shared a few things for the entree. The yellow chicken curry was my favorite, it was sooo good! The chef even came out and talked to us and shared a unique mango with us. I think he called it a White Puria or something... apparently it only grows on the big island. It was really sweet and good even though I'm not a big fan of mangos. We had coconut cream ice cream for dessert which was really good.
Sadly, our investigator with a date, Molly has not been feeling good all week so we haven't been able to have a lesson with her. She is having aches and pains and sickness...it's so sad. She is pretty independent so we have asked her several times if she wants a priesthood blessing. She doesn't really reject it but she doesn't accept it either. But we went by a few times to visit which was good and we got to talk to her husband that isn't active. We were hoping he would listen in on lessons but he said he's been there done that... I'm hoping it will change though.
We experienced some more interesting people this week. This guy was just going on about our church and how we needed to do our research. He wouldn't really let us talk but this time I tried to share my testimony but he kind of shot it down. I felt like I did my best and moved on.
We were able to find one new investigator this week which was really exciting. We were looking for a less-active member but he had moved so this girl named JoGina answered the door. She was super sweet and told us that he moved. But she was like do you want to share a message with us and we were like yes. So we sat down and taught her about the restoration. She told us how her family goes over to her relatives house a few minutes away for dinner and the sisters usually share a message. So that was super cool that she has already had experiences with the missionaries. And her grandma was a member and she was really close to her. Sadly she passed away a few years ago. But she was really nice so we will see how this week goes.
We are trying this new things where the sister training leaders come to our area for an hour and we go on splits to visit people. I was excited because I found out I was going with Sister Modolon (my grandma in the mission). Sadly when the time came we were only able to do it for 15 minutes but it was still really fun to be with her. She is awesome, especially talking to everyone. And she is going home tomorrow! So sad but I'm glad I was able to do that with her.
We also were able to finally meet and have a lesson with one of our investigators Tommy. He is in his 60's. He super nice but really laid back and doesn't like to make appointments or plans. But we had a lesson where we sat down and read the Book of Mormon and talked about the restoration instead of just standing at his door. He has a strong belief in God, was raised Catholic but doesn't really go to church. We asked him to continue reading the Book of Mormon and come to church and be baptized. But of course he doesn't like making plans so he has to think about it. But I felt like it was a really good lesson.
Saturday night we got transfer news and it surprised Sister Mousley and I. I am staying and Sister Mousley is transferred to Kaneohe 1st ward! She will still be in my zone! Crazy! My new companions name is Sister Lybbert and I will meet her tomorrow.
Church was really good. Once again no investigators came but Brother Kishida came which was great. We had a really good lesson in Sunday school about our different roles as members of the church. We are soldiers-fighting for right, athletes-we keep enduring and we be the best we can always striving to be better, and farmers-planting and sowing the seed and having the faith that it will grow and cutting out the bad and replacing it with the good.
That's about it for the week!
Love,
Sister Heath
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| Sister Mousley and I loving our plumeria flowers |
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| Quick splits with Sister Sorenson and Modolon |
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