Sent: Mon, Mar 3, 2014 05:39 PM
Subject: Working in Paradise (Kolipoki Style)
Hello!
This week went well. It was a little bizarre because our Church had been hit with a landslide and so everything that is normally at the Church has been else where.
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| The church We have done lessons on the out(door basketball court. We have done baptisms in the ocean. (That's one of my favorites.) We have meetings at our Bishops house. And it will stay like this for a while. We won't have a Church until they fix it all up. Only two rooms were hit by the landslide but we can't use the Church at all. |
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| The geneology room - one of the two damaged by the landslide.. |
Wednesday we had to do a split because we had two lessons at the same time. So my companion went with our Bishop to a lesson with Naomi, Marco and their two kids. Naomi and the kids have been taking the lessons for a long time. She knows these things are true and she wants so badly to be baptized. But the block has always been the boyfriend, Marco. The lesson on Wednesday they engaged the children for a date and they accepted but before we could be sure we needed the approval of Marco.
Friday we went again with Bishop and we talked with Marco. It seemed so simple. We just talked to him about it and he said his worries were the challenges and also he didn't want them to get divorced. The thing is they have been living together for 18 years! I was so shocked that they had together for so long and that they were worried about being seperated. And in the end they accepted to be married and baptized the 10 of May. I was so happy afterwards! It was a great moment when they accepted. I looked at Naomi and she smiled so big at me. Yup, a great moment.
We had a baptism this Friday. Her name is Lanivei and she is 9. Her family is all members but we needed to teach her simply because she was over the age of 8. And I am glad that we were able to teach her. She is pretty awesome. We had a handshake that reminded me a lot of the handshake I did in high school.
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| Our baptism Friday |
Sunday we had a lesson with the son of an inactive couple. His name is Terii. He didn't want to get baptized right now. He wanted to wait. He didn't want to make those changes. But the more we talked about how much better his life would be if he changed, he made his decision. I don't know if he did it for his future family, or for his health, but I know that he did it because he saw that his life would be better. And it is so true. When we choose God, He promises that our lives will be better.
I know this Church is true. I love you family.
Love,
Elder Squires
Pictures from last week:
Pictures from last week:
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| The reserved seats for Elder and Sister Nelson |
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| From our hike to the World War II cannons. |
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| The view from a cannon! |
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