I have been having a
really good week this week. Here is a little about it.
So this Sunday was our
ward conference for the Teaoraereke 2nd Ward.
I honestly love this ward so much. I worked here when I came in from Tabiteuea to
wait for Elder Pratt and now I am starting my 4th transfer here and I still
love it. We are working on trying to
split the ward by the end of the year. We
had about 250 people at church on Sunday and we had about 30 Melchizedek Priesthood
holders with 16 or 17 potential Melchizedek Priesthood holders. So that was way sick. We are really working with the list of people
in the ward to try and fix all the stuff that is messed up. I just want to help this ward split so much. It would help tons of stuff I think. We had 10 investigators show up as well to
church so that was awesome! One of the
issues all the time here is with divorce. We have 2 super solid couples but
they can't get married because of marriages before with other people. Many people move from island to island and
without internet it’s hard to find the spouse so they can get divorces. But we
keep working on it.
Nei Natia is doing really
good! She is doing well and they should be getting married and she should get
baptized in a couple weeks. Her husband has
just been having a hard time with drinking.
She keeps saying she is feeling the church is true, but she has a hard
time thinking about joining it when her husband (long time member) keeps
drinking. Yesterday we talked to him
about it so let’s hope he is going to get that figured out.
Tematang (a lady that got
baptized a couple weeks ago) just had her baby we think. We haven't seen her yet but we are excited to
see the new baby. We have this couple
Tourakai and Renute that we have been teaching and they both came to church on
Sunday! He came a couple Sundays ago but
this is their first time as a couple. It
seems like they really liked it. We gave
them an old gospel art book and they hung up a ton of pictures all around their
house so that was cool. She
(Renute) has been doing a
preschool at her house and I have been giving them a bunch of random stuff (stickers’
etc.) that you guys have been sending to help with their preschool so that is
pretty fun.
You said Tia and Ryan are
having a baby? That is way sweet! Honestly the joy of having family is better
than anything I feel like in the world. In
God's plan that is also very important so that all his children can come down
to the earth.
You asked about some of
the people here. Well, the people here
in Kiribati have seen like cows, but only in movies. I think most of the time
when people see animals or other things they just see movies where they are in.
I know here in Tarawa and a couple other
places people can access the internet, but most people only do so for email or
facebook.
Thanks for sending the
talk that Dr. Riddle gave. I honestly have always wanted in life to have enough
money that I don't have to worry. But I
feel like I will try and have it for righteous desires such as taking care of
my family and helping people and the church and stuff. But I completely agree with what he said. One thing that is crazy but true is that as we
teach these people in Kiribati, it seems like they just become wealthier over
time. As they focus on the needs of
their families it seems like they just grow in many different ways.
One thing that I have
noticed about myself is that I have been getting a lot more organized out here
on my mission. I have been really clean
throughout most of my mission but organization is something I am just working
on. So that should help me later in life. I think anyone could live in a stick
hut here in Kiribati, but it is really hot.
I just love being a
missionary. I am so glad to be out here
serving the Lord. I have 3 SD cards full of pictures that I am pretty sure you
guys haven't seen yet so I will think about sending them home with the Jenks as
they come home in like 6 weeks.
Yeah pretty much things
are just way sweet out here. No problems or anything, just trying to do all I
can to help establish the church.
I hope you all have an
awesome week!
Love
Elder Dinsdale
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