3/3/14
Today was p-day. I
did my laundry during studies this morning, then we had some elders over for
waffles, then went to Costco. We had to
get a few things from there. After
shopping we hit Ross so Elder Miller could get new basketball shorts then went
to the library to email be we didn’t have very long at all! We had to meet everyone for basketball at
2:00 because we had the keys to the church.
I didn’t even have time to write my weekly letter or respond to
emails. L We had some pretty intense basketball for
four hours then headed back to the pad for dinner. Luckily it was a drop-off, so we didn’t have
to go anywhere. Then we went and helped
Terri move into her new place the rest of the evening. Overall a so-so day. I was bummed not being able to email very
much and I just wasn’t in the greatest of moods. On top of that I had a headache. Hope tomorrow turns around.
3/4/14
Another busy day. We
had district meeting most of the morning.
We discussed the purpose of preparing for teaching appointments. We ate at Taco Bell as a zone and had a good
time learning more about the other missionaries. After lunch, Elder Boudousquie and Elder
Miller dropped Elder Saunders off at the library so Elder Saunders could rest
while I worked on progress records and wrote my email home. After the library, we returned to our
pad. Elder Saunders came down with a bug
and has a fever today so he went to bed at our pad and Elder Miller and I split
up with members of the ward to cover our prior obligations and appointments. While Elder Saunders was down and out, Elder Boudousquie had to stay with him. I
ordered pizza for dinner. We had a money
drop-off tonight which worked out well.
I am here with Elder Saunders, while Elders Miller and Boudousquie went
to ward correlation meeting. We have
Pearl Harbor in the morning. I better
check on Saunders and pizza will be here shortly. Til tomorrow…
3/5/14
Today was another day of service! Holy cow I feel like this is all I’ve done as
of late! We woke up bright and early and
met as a zone to carpool to Pearl Harbor.
Today was our monthly day that we go as a zone to serve our time and
volunteer at the USS Missouri memorial.
This was my first time at Pearl Harbor.
I was so excited since I’m a World War junkie! We arrived and we looked around the visitor’s
center till the bus arrived to take us out to Ford Island the to the USS
Missouri. Upon arrival, I was so excited
to see it in real life! Then we found
out we would be on the rear deck of the battleship cleaning the area that they
do a lot of ceremonies. And even cooler
was that on that very deck 69 years ago in Tokyo Bay, the Japanese government
officially declared their surrender! As
we were finishing up, we learned that a Canadian warship had caught fire off
the coast of North America and was being towed by the US Navy back to Pearl
Harbor for repairs. We also learned that
the Navy needed to borrow the Missouri’s mattresses for the Canadians to use
while the repairs were being done. So
they took us down to the lower deck where no one is allowed to go on
tours! It was pretty cool! Except the bulkheads are at 6’…. Haha. It was super cool though. We pulled out 150 mattresses to send over to
the Navy and took them up to the deck.
We ran out of time and weren’t able to tour the rest of the ship. I love Pearl Harbor! After my mission I will need to spend a good
two days there seeing everything!
Afterwards we went to Wendy’s – oh how I’ve missed it! There isn’t one in our area. Then we went and helped Terri finish moving
into her new place. Finally! Then dinner, then taught Richard and Jin
again. It’s slow and steady – they are
just so FOB? It’s hard to get anywhere.
I’m exhausted! Off to bed.
3/6/14
Today is our first full day of proselyting in almost a week
and boy did we get slapped in the face!
Every lesson that Miller and I and Boudha and Saunders had planned
cancelled! It wasn’t a complete
loss. We did our week plan this morning
after studies. Personal study was a bust
today. I tried to read but I kept dozing
off so I just gave in and slept on the couch until companion study. Haha
After planning we went to lunch at the mall and met the Tusan??? Elders
for lunch. (Elder Shalvis and Kim). We then took Boudha/Saunders over to go to
our lesson and left Boudha//Saunders with the Tongans. We arrived and she wasn’t home! So we met the Tongans and Boudha/Saunders at
the library to work on progress records and the ward list. Kaimuki 1 (Boudha/Saunders) (we are Kaimuki
2) left after an hour to go visit some members and we spent another three hours
working on the ward list!!! We got all
the names entered now we just have to organize it by street. We then left to go to our lesson with Lucy
and she called to cancel as we walked out!
So we visited a few members then went to dinner then to Ross. I love that place. Name brands for next to nothing. Elder Miller needed some new slacks and I
found a pair of Nike elite shorts for $20!
We then got a call to help a member give a blessing to his cousin who
was in the hospital because she had a bleed in her brain. The blessing was great and on the way out, a
nurse stopped to talk to us and I asked her her name and she said Manemaleuna….
Turns out she’s Ethyan’s cousin! (He
plays D-line at BYU.) It was pretty cool. We listened to a John Bytheway talk on the
way back from the airport. It was about
fulfilling your callings. I love his
talks! They are funny and have a
spiritual message. Off to bed.
3/7/14
Today was a slow but productive day. We had our personal studies this morning then
tidied up a little before going to lunch.
After lunch we finished our street list!!! Finally!
It started to pour while we were there.
Like hurricane rain and hasn’t stopped so that grounded most of our
plans because we don’t have a car. We
did visit and teach a less-active member named Lew. It was a good lesson. Then we had basketball which was good to
relieve my stress. I just need a
chiropractor! My neck has been screwed
up for a couple days now. Sometimes I
miss BYU because I had access to all of that stuff 24/7! Oh well!
Off to bed.
3/8/14
Today was a good day but very hard for me. We slept through our alarm so we got started
late. We worked on some things till we
went to a birthday party for a family in the ward’s first child. We had a good time. Most of the people there were Philipino and
not members. So we chatted to them about
what we do as missionaries as well as talked story with the members there. The food was good. I tried a lot of new things and enjoyed most
of them! After lunch the other elders
dropped us off and we prepared to go out and start going through the ward list
and see every family in the next couple weeks.
Well as we began to pedal away from our pad, it started to rain
again. Well we were already out, so we
said to heck with it we are going anyway.
So we biked around visiting our list soaking wet, covered in spots of
muddy water for two hours. We then
returned home to shower and change to head to the chapel for the baptism of a
12-yeaer-old kid named Vance that the other elders have been teaching. The baptism went really well. Such a great spirit in there and it’s so
fulfilling seeing people come unto Christ.
Afterwards we had dinner with the Gullages, then went to Elder Soludes
and Mailou’s pad so Mailou could cut Miller’s hair. On the way over I really started to think and
while we were there I sat on the steps and just stared off into the
distance. I had a pretty rough day. I am pretty down and have been thinking too
much and second-guessing myself and wondering if I’m fit to be a representative
of Jesus Christ… if I’m worthy to teach these people. Homesickness has also been a part of it. I’m kinda lost tonight. I’m going to pray for strength and head to
bed. Hopefully tomorrow yields better
fruit.
3/9/14
Sunday! Today was an
interesting day. Today we had a good
church block then met with Todd who’s a less-active guy who is homeless. We then met with Bishop with him for
awhile. He’s going through some really
rough things right now but we have set up a plan to help him have some peace of
mind and solace. After church he
returned to the pad to eat lunch then take a quick nap and ended up sleeping
for three hours!! Not quite what we
planned but we then were able to visit two less-active families we didn’t make
contact with yesterday. Then we had
dinner with the Okahuras (?) and played Apples to Apples with the kids. Of course I swept them. J For some reason I’m really good at it. Now we are just taking care of some odds and
ends stuff before bed. Good week. Looking forward to next week.
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