Hello,
So there is a ton of stuff to
write today and unfortunately I am being rushed for time a little bit. I will
try and answer all your questions and write what is going on.
So on Wednesday night I was told that I was being transferred. On Friday morning we left on the speed boat
back to Tarawa. A couple people on the boat were fishing while we were heading
back so that was pretty fun. I will miss
Elder Musser (my companion) he was great to work with. The mission is running out of missionaries so
they are only having 2 missionaries in Abaiang and I am headed to the Island
Tabiteuea. I am flying to Tabiteuea
tomorrow with Elder Carrington! I am very excited!
Here is a little about Abaiang. We had our first baptism on Abaiang the
Saturday before I left!!! A girl named Otobina. She was way ready and just a
super sweet girl. There should be a ton more people baptized down there I bet
in the next month as the work was going way good when I left. So the reason
that I couldn’t email last week was we were busy getting some people married
and that took up most of my P-Day. And
then that night at the school the internet wasn’t working. But, the wedding was way fun!
They had a pretty big farewell party for me. It was way
sweet and I gave all my candy away to everybody.
I got my package and it was awesome!! The Reese’s Peanut Butter cups were the best
ever!! Tell Sarah that I will totally rock the High School Musical shirt!! The tools will be very useful for our bikes
and the new white shirts are perfect. Thanks
so much for everything in the package. The Indiana Jones card was sweet and
also tell Sarah thanks for her card it was super funny!
I have a cool story for all you guys to satisfy your want
for cool stories. There is a kid named Babakai. He is like 16 or so but he has
just been way sweet lately. He was reading in the Book of Mormon and was
reading about when God told Nephi if he did what he was supposed to then he
would go to the land of promise. He then took out his Plan of Salvation pamphlet
and found the question about where you go after this life. He then told us
all about this and how the scripture in Nephi answered the question. And he
told us if he did what he should then he would be going to the land of promise.
It was just way awesome to me on how he completely personalized the scriptures
to himself. We should all read the
scriptures and try to apply them to ourselves even if we don't think they would
apply. That was my cool story.
I would like to say that I could guarantee that I will Skype
on mother’s day but I don't think I will be able to. On Tab (Tabiteuea) South
they say there is no internet. I think
we will be able to radio into the Elders on Tab North for contact. I am thinking that I will be there until July
so I can probably Skype in a couple months. Please keep writing me at the Tarawa address and you can email me but just realize that I might not see them for a while.
Well, I am happy and healthy here and loving my mission. I just try and remember that this is my time
to serve the Lord. I try to forget
everything that goes on outside in the world and I try to just focus on my
mission and serving the Lord.
I am having a great time here! :)
Love,
Elder Dinsdale
Here are some pictures from Elder Kitchens mom. They were taken when Scott was in Tarawa with many of the Elders from the MTC!!
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