Hey,
I know it has been a while since I have written so here is a few updates from my life in Kiribati!
Elder Carrington and I went back to Tab South and it was
AWESOME! We had 4 way sweet people get baptized
and 3 are potential Melchizedek Priesthood holders so that is awesome! We then went back up to Tab North by boat and
fished on the way there. When we got
there we were able to baptize a lady on Friday and then we flew out on Saturday!! We flew where you may ask? To Tarawa!!
So now I am in Tarawa with the West Zone Leaders for 3 weeks until my
new kid comes from the MTC and then we will head back to Tabiteuea!!
My new companion will be Elder
Pratt. I don’t know him but I believe he
is from America. I am pretty excited to get
a kid. My last kid knew Kiribati so I didn't get the full experience but this
next guy won't know anything so hopefully I can help him a ton. And since I am
just going back to Tabiteuea it shouldn't be too bad trying to get the work
started back up again since I know the people and such. The only issue is that
with flights we might be stuck in Tarawa for a month before I can get another
flight out. We will have to see how that will all work out.
As far as Tarawa goes there are 2
zones here, the East Zone and the West Zone.
I am staying on the West half of Tarawa so I am in the West Zone. At first I just pretty much followed the Zone
leaders around. We have been running a
ton of errands and we have been really busy.
It has been good though over all.
A few days ago we got another Elder here so now we can go on splits and
such so we can actually get work done so it has been really good.
One cool thing is that
we are teaching a Japanese lady here! So
we teach her in English and she isn’t the best, but she gets most of it and can
speak pretty well. We are also learning
some Japanese as well which is great. The
other people that we are teaching are all Kiribati people.
So, on Tarawa they speak Kiribati
just like all the other places but they use a couple different words then what
I am used to but you get used to it quickly.
The best thing about Tarawa is that they have a bunch more food and
stuff than anywhere else. A lot of it is
store bought stuff but it is great. When
I first got here I was sick for the first couple of days but I am better
now. We have a fridge in Tarawa and
power!! The Zone Leaders have a great
house with warm showers and air conditioning.
They have a car and it is just a luxury life out here. HAHA compared to America it is not still good
but it is way sweet for Kiribati. We
have also had a few Birthday Parties and a couple of dinners so I have been
eating cake and ice cream and is it awesome!!!!
I got my package!! Thanks a ton for all the food and the shoes
and stuff!! I don’t know how they
fit. I am trying to wear my old shoes
until I leave back to Tabiteuea so they don’t get worn out while I am here in
Tarawa. I will wear them some day
though.
We have a new Mission
President. His name is President Larkin
and he seems really nice!! I haven’t
talked to him much yet but I should hopefully before we fly back out. He has a lot of good ideas for the mission and
things are just way sweet.
When Elder Carrington goes home
he will be bringing 2 of my SD cards from the mission which have a ton of
pictures and a bunch of videos and stuff so enjoy those! Elder Carrington was a way good companion and
I am glad that I could serve with him.
So, yeah there you go! Things are way good here
and I hope you guys are having a great time at home.
Love you!
Elder Dinsdale
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