This week was great. I got things figured out with my doctor and I will be seeing a specialist next Thursday, the 6th. I am excited and worried at the same time. But I know it will be the Lord's will whatever happens.
Monday night we had a family night with a some members, a new convert, and a couple of investigators. One of the investigators is a grandmother and after our lesson where we talked about Christ she was really touched and decided to take the lessons again. Again because just before I came here she, her name is Myrta, decided to stop the lessons because of some family problems. So we scheduled our next lesson with her and everyone was pretty happy about that. And her grandson who was the other investigator decided to accept us for the first time. That was a great moment.
Tuesday was good. We saw Rudolph who wants to be baptized in July. Things with him are good except that he has a hard time praying. Also, we had a lesson with an excommunicated member and we had planned to do a little reading in the Book of Mormon. But when we arrived there she told us that our lesson was supposed to be about the sacrament. My companion and I looked at each other and felt really embarrassed that she had planned to hear that and we had no idea that was supposed to be the lesson. I must have been else where when my old companion told her that. Ha.
Wednesday was a fairly normal day, except that it rained a lot! After our second lesson we called a member to take us to our next lesson because the rain was so heavy. And fortunately he was able to take us to see an investigator that we hadn't seen in a long time. Her name is Naomi and she really really wants to be baptized but her boyfriend doesn't want that to happen. It's hard to see her struggle through that. And I dropped off my companion so he could take a flight down to Tahiti for a leader's meeting and I got to spend some time with the other two elders in our house.
Thursday I went with ward members. One of them is preparing to go on a mission but he needs to lose 10 kilos and the other ward member is a recent convert. When they came to the house things were good and all was well until about an hour later when the rain started coming down super hard. We called for rides to get to almost all of our lessons because of the rain. It was a lot of fun. We were able to fix the baptism of Rachelle who is the daughter of the grandmother Rosine who got baptized last week. And we taught Rosine in Tahitian! That language is still hard for me but it's coming. Then the two other elders and I went to get my companion from the airport. We waited for the last boat that would take us out there to the outer island which has the airport. We took the boat thinking that my companion was on the last flight of the night. But as we arrived at the airport we were suprised to see him already on the boat heading back to the island! Ha. So I had to call a member to go get him and save him from being all alone at the dock. We had a good laugh that day.
Thursday I went with ward members. One of them is preparing to go on a mission but he needs to lose 10 kilos and the other ward member is a recent convert. When they came to the house things were good and all was well until about an hour later when the rain started coming down super hard. We called for rides to get to almost all of our lessons because of the rain. It was a lot of fun. We were able to fix the baptism of Rachelle who is the daughter of the grandmother Rosine who got baptized last week. And we taught Rosine in Tahitian! That language is still hard for me but it's coming. Then the two other elders and I went to get my companion from the airport. We waited for the last boat that would take us out there to the outer island which has the airport. We took the boat thinking that my companion was on the last flight of the night. But as we arrived at the airport we were suprised to see him already on the boat heading back to the island! Ha. So I had to call a member to go get him and save him from being all alone at the dock. We had a good laugh that day.
Friday was calm and good. And Saturday was the craziest day of the week. I was on a split with Elder Bagley from Arizona. He is a great elder and he is very competitive. We started out on our bikes not having a lot of time to get to our lesson on the other side of the island. So we needed to hurry. He started going pretty fast and I kept up. He slowed down and I speeded up. And when I slowed down he sped up and passed me. We did that racing for 29 miles that day. It was so much fun! It felt so good to hit a rythm of breathing and peddling and I just didn't want to stop. I was so tired but so happy at the end of the day. And even better we were able to fix the baptism for Myrta for this Saturday! Yup, I was happy that day.
Well, I know these things are true. Let's keep our hope burning brightly and allow our faith to guide our lives. I love you all!
Love, Elder Squires
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| Saying goodbye to Elder Millett |
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| This is my package, I think tape, cardboard boxes, and damages are becoming friends with my things. |
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| One of the Baptisms from Saturday |
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| There are a lot of crabs out here, and I mean a lot! |
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