This week was awesome!
To finish our Christmas off we had a party at the mission office. The Senior couples provided a wonderful Christmas dinner. There was even a fireplace playing on the TV. After dinner we learned more about the history of Christ at the time of his birth. Then we were able to watch Ephraim's rescue. It was a really touching movie during the time of the pioneers. It definitely made me more grateful for all the things I am blessed with!
On Tuesday we had the privilege of going to the temple. It was absolutely wonderful! I always love the peace I feel in the temple...you can't feel it like that anywhere else. We stopped by the visitors center afterward and Sister Sicotte was able to see some of the VC sisters. It was kind of hard for her but good.
We talked to some awesome people this week:
Eimy: Preparing for baptism in February. Super happy..you can always count on her smiling. She loves our visits and never ceases to say sorry and thank you. Hasn't been to church yet but we are walking her next week!
Annalore: Super nice lady Sister Ogawa and I met a while ago when we were eating outside Wal-Mart. She knows English super well and she is up to speed with the American culture it seems like. We stopped by her house on the day it was pouring rain outside. We got to know her more. She loves the bible and wants to learn more. She is hard working and super kind.
Merisa: Local girl we saw when we were visiting some Chuukese. She was very upbeat and super nice. We decided to talk to her and it turns out she just moved from Wainae and was involved with the church over there and loved it. So we told her where ours is. It was a great meeting. Also her son is 2 years old and could easily pass for 4 years old...mind blown...ask Sister Sicotte...I wouldn't stop taking about for a good 5 minutes!
Kasto: We taught him the plan of salvation last week and he read the pamphlet and had really good questions. We had a great lesson about the gospel of Jesus Christ. The spirit was really strong. He seems very sincere. He tried to pray for the first time at the end of the lesson. He said it was hard but he tried for a good few minutes. We are excited to see him progress. He has a Catholic background but really wonders if God is there. We are just encouraging him to pray right now.
Nlornca: a super sweet lady we met when we were trying to find a referral in this huge housing area. We ended up setting a return appointment after asking for her help. We stopped by and she invited us in even though they were having dinner. She made us some raw fish and I told her kindly I will eat the rice but I don't really eat raw fish...there was a big pan of cooked fish ion the table. I did try the raw fish though and I chewed it for a while. I did not take another bite... I don't know how they eat raw fish...not for me. Sister Sicotte did a great job and ate a bunch. Anyway after that fun experience we were able to have a great lesson. She really wants to learn to help her family.
We were pleasantly surprised to have 6 investigators at Church. And one of them is Fenciana who used to come a lot but we haven't been able to contact her in weeks. So it was awesome!
We also got to attend the Sunday school of the Chinese group in the other ward. That was fun. The Chinese Elder translated for his companion so I could hear a bit. They are awesome and have a goal to become a branch!
Many blessings this week. I am so grateful to be a missionary right now and I love this area and these people. I know we are put in certain places for a reason. Reach out to those around you and you can help them feel the love of Our Savior.
It's pretty interesting having a smartphone...its pretty nice especially when the library is closed to email...so I will send more pictures next week from my camera...
Aloha and Happy New Year!
Sister Heath
Pictures:
Hike from last week!, we found some more fun art in the street, family we had a message with on Christmas eve, playing songs for people on Christmas eve,playing songs for people on Christmas eve, temple!, caroling at our investigators house...her name is March, and then Eimy, picture in front of the museum
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| caroling at our investigators house...her name is March and then Eimy |
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| Geraldine and her family after church |
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| playing songs for people on Christmas eve |
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| family we had a message with on Christmas eve |
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| we found some more fun art in the street |
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| Hike from last week! |
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| temple! |
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| picture in front of the museum |
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