This week was amazing

11.2.2014

This week was amazing.

Well let's see first of all I did an exchange in Neao, with Elder Joseph Smith (from England) back in my old area! I was so eager to teach that we didn't have one moment where we were not teaching or walking to an appointment to teach. Elder Smith just kept saying that those two days went by super fast...I just told him that that is how hard work is! There shouldn't be any day not like that! Pretty much
what we did is we went and saw every progressing investigator and every less active family we could, mainly looking for potential Melchizedek Priesthood holders. And it was amazing how many miracles we saw and just seeing how the Lord is preparing Chuuk to become a stake. I have a list of 20 names written down for Elder Garae to start working with, and even I can work with them since it is the same branch!

We did some baptismal interviews on some islands of Friday, going to Uman, Tonoas, and Fono. I love being able to go to the islands and meet so many members. It really puts everything into perspective when I get to see the whole picture.

We have been having more truck problems, found out one ran out of oil and ruined the engine and now one had the front left suspension break. So those two are unusable now. And one has like no brakes...we are eagerly expecting those new trucks!

On Friday night, Elder Plocher got a call from the Assistants and turns out Elder Plocher will be transferred to Guam to be the new Assistant to the President. I will really miss him because we pushed each other to be the best missionaries we could be and really saw a lot of success. But I guess that is why he is in the position he is now! I will find out my companion on Wednesday night! Also meaning I have to do the Zone training by myself tonight because after mission
leadership council in Guam Elder Plocher just stayed in Guam!

Saturday though we had the baptism for Mienta, she chose me to baptize her so that was a cool experience! She was super prepared, and will be able to endure for sure. She goes to Seminary every day and is doing very well in high school where several of her friends (member friends) have dropped out. So keep praying for her she will be an amazing enduring member and go on a mission!

Which brings us to Mission Leadership Council in Guam, the meetings and trainings were awesome. We went in thinking we were going to get chewed out because chuuk only had 8 baptisms in October, lowest for a long time. But turns out the entire MISSION only got 20 baptisms total, the next closest zone to us with 4. Haha a bad month, but we were actually getting praised for it a little...but that is not the attitude I will bring back to Chuuk, because I know we can all work a little harder and plus I know we have a huge November set up. All of our numbers actually went up in October, besides baptisms and I know that these are all the blessings from exact obedience. It is working miracles. and we are seeing big steps on our way to becoming a stake. I am so excited to keep our zone going with obedience and with our goals. I could talk about this for an hour ha but I'll leave it at that!

To answer questions, Mito is like 30 probably, haven't had time to meet with him since last Sunday. Sammy and his family are members, just really less active. [Sammy is the boat driver that takes him to all of the islands] The new Book of Mormons we will be able to get to the members, I'm sure it will be really easy access to get them. I have not gotten the box yet, but we haven't checked since Friday so maybe it is here today. Well, I love you mom! And I love you dad! And I love you all! Miracles happen every day due to exact obedience to God's commandments. I realize it more now than ever!

Elder Schroath