October 11, 2010

That's AWESOME about Ryan at the JV game!!! Tell him I'm so proud of him!!!!! And let me know about his collar bone!!!! I hope he is okay, that's intense! I did get your package and thank you SO MUCH! I took some pics with the Halloween decorations :) loved it and the cookies are awesome and the shirts LOVE THEM! I'm going to send yours back though cuz I'm okay and that shirt looks too darn cute on you momma! ;) I'm going to write you a letter back to your letter cuz I don't' have too much time today. Thanks for the pics and my card!! :). Whats going on with Grandma's Eyes? give her a hug and a kiss for me and i 'll pray for her! That's awesome you've been enjoying working there! :) I love it! :)!
Well as for my week, it's been nuts! Such a crazy week, Tuesday we went on exchanges so I was with Sister Hauata again, it was a lot of fun, she is crazy! :) We committed Sapina to a baptism date of Nov 6. she is from the Philippines a really sweet lady in her 60's so we were really excited about that. Wed we were able to teach Josiah (10 year old member)'s grandma, Dora, she is soo soo sweet and has been to church twice already and says she loves it and she's noticed it's helped her out a lot during the week. We met with Charlene as well, she has a date for the 19th of this month! She is doing awesome! And we have Sia with a baptism this Friday, so we've been staying really busy. We did have to drop an investigator though, Thomas, he just isn't ready. We did feel like it was the right thing to do, but it's still sad. Especially when you know how bad they need the blessings and how the gospel can help them get through their trials. On Friday we got a new investigator names Gregg Gow, he is in the military and such a polite respectful man. He went to the Visitor Center with his brother and sister-in-law (member) and requested a Book Of Mormon, he wants to learn more and is really interested in Joseph Smith. We gave him some reading assignments cuz we won't see him again til the end of the month cuz he is going to Guam for work. Saturday was really interesting, we got Dayton, the ward missionary to come with us to some lessons, and then they all cancelled so we taught him. He is 21 years old and is trying to get out on a mission. So we taught him about Missionary work and it was AWESOME! He is so stoked and gave us his work schedule so we can let him know when we have appointments when he doesn't work so he can come with us. so he'll be like our 3 companion so to say. it'll be so nice to have a member with us. Members are SO IMPORTANT! Later that night we had a fall festival in Halawa Ward, they did a Chili Cook Off and then trunk or treating. it was so much fun, most everyone dressed up. We had the Hoffmans show up (investigators) and they just LOVED it and had such a great time. And we were able to meet another nonmember that we have an appointment with to teach so she could be an investigator soon too. :) It's so nice to have the members and ward leaders be so into missionary work. Sunday I was at church from 6:30am-3:30pm.... and went to 3 different sacrament meetings. lol. yup. It was good. we went to both of our wards as usual but Charlene slept in so we told her we would go to the Aiea Ward with her. Then we had back to back appointments the rest of the night. One was with Dora and she is still doing great, Josiah is so excited that she is taking the lessons. She also has a lot of support from her ex husband and one of her daughters who are members too. We taught a 18 year old boy, JunJun, too... and it's so neat to see the Spirit and his desire to learn more grow. He told us he wants to come to church next week and he loves how learning makes him feel. He lives with members so it's good. It helps them out so much when they have that support. Well that's a brief overview on everything so far!! Transfers are the 20th so I'll get a new companion crazy, pray that we get along lol. I'll be staying in this area for sure, wouldn't make sense to move me so that's good, i really love it here and have been able to see a lot. Well I gotta go! Love you all so much and miss you! Ya'll are great! Oh and I'm sending some of my things home that I don't' need here. I'll save up and send gifts home around Christmas but don't plan on much until I come home cuz well there is nothing Hawaiian cool in this area at least :)
Love you!