Hello,
Things are going good here in
Tarawa. You asked if there were any
safety issues in Tarawa. No worries, everything
here is safe. Just getting sick from
food here can be an issue, but I haven't gotten sick really so it is all good. In fact I feel like I am getting fatter. My first few weeks I ate a ton every dinner
but now I am watching myself a bit. I
could feel my pants getting tighter. I
have never worried about that before on my mission but there is food in Tarawa.
The whole zone leader thing
is good. We just have a meeting every week with the other zone leaders and AP's
and Sister training leaders and Senior couples.
We are supposed to go on splits with the Elders in our zone once a
transfer but I am not really sure how that all works. I have
not seen President Larkin since I have gotten to Tarawa but he just got here
yesterday so hopefully I will see him soon.
I have had a ton of
experiences this week so I will share a few with you. First, Teeti who I talked about last week is
doing alright. She is just way against
doing work for the dead or for families being sealed after this life. She doesn’t believe in it. We will keep working with her though. One good thing is her daughter who is around
20 has been sitting in on the lessons and I think she might progress more. So, that is good.
This week we baptized a great
guy who is a singer. He is actually
known around Kiribati for his singing so that is pretty sweet. He was ready for baptism so that was sweet.
We have also been teaching a
50 or 60 year old guy named Kianteiti.
He is way solid but he is just having a hard time gaining his
testimony. Kianteiti’s daughter is a
return missionary and he will come to church if she takes him but it is
difficult for him to go on his own. He seems
to have a pretty good experience at church learning so I feel like he should
gain a testimony soon.
Cool story. We got a call
from our bishop one night and there was a guy that needed a blessing. He was
just standing there and all of a sudden he fell over and his leg didn't work
and he couldn't feel it at all. He couldn't sit up or anything. Elder Lutz and
Elder Emor gave him a blessing. During
the blessing I remembered about the time something like that happened to Tom
and it ended up being a potassium deffiency. So I
told them to get a couple bananas for him.
Just like 3 minutes later he could lift up his leg. It was way too early for the bananas to work,
it was definitely the blessing. It was just
a way cool experience that Tom’s experience came to me so clearly.
My mission is awesome and I
am so glad that I am serving.
Have a great week, thanks for
all the support.
Love,
Elder Dinsdale
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