February 26, 2018
We were able to spend a little of our p-day with the Bendixens last week. They took us to a delicious breakfast at Liliha Bakery. Sister Kwak and I shared an omelet and some waffles with custard. It was really good! We also did some sight seeing with them. We went to the blow hole near Sandy beach and saw a few really good ones right as we were leaving. It was a beautiful day! We were hoping to see some whales but there weren't any... We also visited Punchbowl which was good...there is a great view from up there.
We had interviews with President and Sister Bekker which was good. And that meant we got to check all of the Elders Area book app and planner on their phone to see how they are doing. It was exhausting looking at phones for several hours and it's interesting because we are all still trying to figure out how we can best use our phones.
We were able to stop by the Kisin ohana with Sister Lukas which was good. They are doing well. They don't speak very much English but they all know my name, hey Heath! :) So fun! I love their family!
We stopped by the Yawata ohana which we have been trying to teach but everyone isn't always home. So this week we taught the mom (Ornika) and then the son (Aiven) came in later. Aiven read 1 Nephi 2 as we asked but Ornika didn't read. He is super solid and understands well. He is going to help remind his mom to read. We love their family.
We were finally able to see March and Enson! Apparently they have been sick and that's why they couldn't meet with us. We made sure they are still interested in learning and they said yes. So that's good. We are going to try and help them read more often.
We had a fun adventure on Thursday night trying to find out where the place for our dinner was. No one answered the number we were given and I had never been to the house. Also the ward information is not updated and we don't even have their records! Haha so after many calls we decided to go to an address in the records from a possible relative. There was no apartment number. So we went to a potential investigators house and asked if she knew the person and sure enough she did! Blessings!
Saturday Raven got baptized! Sister Ogawa and I met him and started teaching him around November and then we were moved from Kahala.... I'm so happy for him. It was really great.
We also were asked last minute to help with an activity they had for the young women in preparation for camp. We did the spiritual activities so we shared about receiving answers and writing them down along with other spiritual experiences. We shared the video from the Youth theme last year, Ask of God. It is a great song and video! It went well. We had fun participating in some of the activities too like making hiking sticks out of bamboo... I didn't want a huge hiking stick so I sanded a little one...we will see if I end up keeping it but it's pretty cool. We also learned how to tie some knots...hopefully I can remember them for when I use rope!
We had a great lesson with Yuriana on Saturday night. She was able to read the Book of Mormon and we talked about questions she had from church and whatnot. AJ was able to read too. We hope we can continue to help them progress.
Saturday night we got transfer news! I'm getting a new companion to help me with the Chuukese. Sister Eberhard! I went on exchanges with her. She is super awesome!
Sunday we had a great lesson with an investigator named Alexcia. She is really interested and understands well. She loved the Restoration. Especially that we have a prophet today and learning that the priesthood was taken away. We invited her to be baptized and she is going to pray about it this week. We hope she stays here long enough to get baptized because she is visiting from Colorado!
I know that this gospel is true and that it is so special that God loves us so much that we have a prophet today leading his church and us. I know that Russell M. Nelson is called of God and as we follow his counsel we will be blessed!
Aloha!
Sister Heath
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