Hey everyone. I don't have a lot of time. And since I'll be seeing you all soon I'm not too worried about it.
But I want to let you all know that I'm done. I've done my two years. Thanks for all of your emails and support. I love you all.
I know this Church is true. I will keep serving even after this is over.
See you all soon,
Love,
Elder Squires
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Hello Again - May 4, 2015
Hello friends and family. Things are really coming to an end. Next week will be my last time doing emails as a missionary. So soon we will be saying hello after I say my goodbyes here.
So, for this week in Tubuai we worked a good bit. I say that because normally we have our ward mission leader who drives us around to our lessons and helps us out. This week we were alone. It was nice. But I will not complain about having a member that drives us around.
On Monday we went to the other end of the island and spent most of the day with the sisters learning how to do a plan of salvation presentation that the mission created. It was cool. I really enjoyed teaching it. It's a big banner that has pictures and phrases on it that depict the three questions of the plan of salvation along with the first vision. Our job is to present it in a way that investigators understand and feel the Spirit. I enjoy that it is like a puzzle that we tie together as we continue. Once that was over we had our family night. The family night was organized by the elder's quorum presidency. They set up everything. All we did was show up and teach the lesson which went well. After the lesson we played games and ate. The investigators that were there enjoyed it and we received two new contacts from it. Overall a good night.
Tuesday our working alone began. We left for our first lesson with our shy investigator and....he wasn't there. No! Afterwards we headed for our Tahitian lesson with the grandmother. We talked about the Book of Mormon. We read Alma 40 together and we talked. It was going well until she brought up a remark about the Sabbath day. She is Adventist which means that she is a believer that Saturday is the real Sabbath day. She seemed to pose the question but was unwilling to receive any explanation that we had. It was too bad. But we'll see her again this week. Hopefully that will go well. After that lesson we visited a couple, Nelson and Herenui. We FINALLY were able to do their lesson. That worked out perfectly. We talked about the apostasy and Joseph Smith and committed her to pray about it. She said yes. We'll see what happens. Then we visited Augustin and read 1 Nephi 2 with him. We want to have him and Mata and Nelson have a contest for reading. That night we went to our ward mission leader's to celebrate the birthday of his granddaughter. It was a good time.
Wednesday we did a lesson with Mata. He has been an investigator for a long time but hadn't been taking the lessons consistently until recently. He wants to be baptized but is waiting for the okay for the baptism with his wife. We need to talk to her. We committed Mata to read the Book of Mormon. He said yes. He also said that he would try to finish it before Elder Hill leaves Tubuai. We did our English class. Talked about the body parts.
Thursday we did our service project. We dug a trench for a cemented driveway. My companion's hands got bad blisters and now they are infected. Unfortunate side affect of that kind of work.
Friday we had a sporting activity. We played futbal, soccer, volley ball and we played around on a pull-up bar with some of the investigators. It was a fun activity. That night the branch did another sport activity where we played basketball and volleyball.
Saturday we did another day. Sunday was another day. It was my last Sunday in the branch of Ziona and this upcoming Sunday will be my last here on Tubuai. Normally. I found out today that I leave Tubuai Friday the 15th to go to Tahiti. I had been thinking it was the 17th. That's what I get for guessing.
That was our week. Still working and still pushing the pedals.
Love you all!
Elder Squires
(I forgot my camera cord so I can't send pictures. Sorry!)
So, for this week in Tubuai we worked a good bit. I say that because normally we have our ward mission leader who drives us around to our lessons and helps us out. This week we were alone. It was nice. But I will not complain about having a member that drives us around.
On Monday we went to the other end of the island and spent most of the day with the sisters learning how to do a plan of salvation presentation that the mission created. It was cool. I really enjoyed teaching it. It's a big banner that has pictures and phrases on it that depict the three questions of the plan of salvation along with the first vision. Our job is to present it in a way that investigators understand and feel the Spirit. I enjoy that it is like a puzzle that we tie together as we continue. Once that was over we had our family night. The family night was organized by the elder's quorum presidency. They set up everything. All we did was show up and teach the lesson which went well. After the lesson we played games and ate. The investigators that were there enjoyed it and we received two new contacts from it. Overall a good night.
Tuesday our working alone began. We left for our first lesson with our shy investigator and....he wasn't there. No! Afterwards we headed for our Tahitian lesson with the grandmother. We talked about the Book of Mormon. We read Alma 40 together and we talked. It was going well until she brought up a remark about the Sabbath day. She is Adventist which means that she is a believer that Saturday is the real Sabbath day. She seemed to pose the question but was unwilling to receive any explanation that we had. It was too bad. But we'll see her again this week. Hopefully that will go well. After that lesson we visited a couple, Nelson and Herenui. We FINALLY were able to do their lesson. That worked out perfectly. We talked about the apostasy and Joseph Smith and committed her to pray about it. She said yes. We'll see what happens. Then we visited Augustin and read 1 Nephi 2 with him. We want to have him and Mata and Nelson have a contest for reading. That night we went to our ward mission leader's to celebrate the birthday of his granddaughter. It was a good time.
Wednesday we did a lesson with Mata. He has been an investigator for a long time but hadn't been taking the lessons consistently until recently. He wants to be baptized but is waiting for the okay for the baptism with his wife. We need to talk to her. We committed Mata to read the Book of Mormon. He said yes. He also said that he would try to finish it before Elder Hill leaves Tubuai. We did our English class. Talked about the body parts.
Thursday we did our service project. We dug a trench for a cemented driveway. My companion's hands got bad blisters and now they are infected. Unfortunate side affect of that kind of work.
Friday we had a sporting activity. We played futbal, soccer, volley ball and we played around on a pull-up bar with some of the investigators. It was a fun activity. That night the branch did another sport activity where we played basketball and volleyball.
Saturday we did another day. Sunday was another day. It was my last Sunday in the branch of Ziona and this upcoming Sunday will be my last here on Tubuai. Normally. I found out today that I leave Tubuai Friday the 15th to go to Tahiti. I had been thinking it was the 17th. That's what I get for guessing.
That was our week. Still working and still pushing the pedals.
Love you all!
Elder Squires
(I forgot my camera cord so I can't send pictures. Sorry!)
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Two Left - Mon, Apr 27, 2015
Hello family and friends,
Another week on Tubuai has passed. This one was a good one. We had five lessons in the week. One almost every day. That was really nice. We had good weather, except for Wednesday night when a lot of rain came down.
On Monday night we had a family night with the district president. We shared a Mormon Message about choosing what is right and then we talked about it. It ended up being a good night.
Tuesday we went with our branch (it's not a ward out here) mission leader. We taught a lesson with the elderly Tahitian woman. We talked to her about the apostasy and the restoration.
Wednesday we taught our shy investigator. We tried doing a shorter lesson to help him better understand. We invited them to come to church. They said that they will come fast Sunday. However this week their baby come to church! That's one out of three. We also had our English class. We had a good number of students and we talked about the vocab in the house. Then that night we were woken up by the rain. It was a serious downpour.
Thursday we were supposed to do our service project. We arrived at the member's house a little before seven. He was supposed to have left at six and we would meet him up where we work. But when we passed his house we saw that his house was still shut. We called out for him but he didn't answer. Turns out he was still asleep. When we talked to him he decided that we would not be working that day. NO! Working with him was our plan for the whole day. And then in one instant we had nothing to do. It was a bummer. But we survived.
Friday we had our district meeting. We then went home taking the long way home. We took the long way so that we could visit the member in charge of the family night for the elder's quorum. It was bad news when we talked to him and he said that he was still waiting for the calendar despite that we had told him the week before. Oh well. It's okay. We went and played basketball with one of our branches.
Saturday was interesting. We visited the couple Michel and Karina. They fixed their marriage for the 15th of May. Michel, an excommunicated member, will be baptized that weekend and then his wife the week after. We also went on an adventure. We were looking for a shortcut to one end of the island when we ended up in a field leading into a swamp. Once we arrived at the swamp my companion did his best to push through the thick brush to get through the swamp. I did not realize that it was a swamp until my companion fell over his handlebars into the swampy field. Haha. It was so funny. We went back home in shame but laughing nonetheless.
Sunday we went the church, did our meetings and had a good day. I like Sunday's. I'll see you all soon! I love you all!
Elder Squires
Another week on Tubuai has passed. This one was a good one. We had five lessons in the week. One almost every day. That was really nice. We had good weather, except for Wednesday night when a lot of rain came down.
On Monday night we had a family night with the district president. We shared a Mormon Message about choosing what is right and then we talked about it. It ended up being a good night.
Tuesday we went with our branch (it's not a ward out here) mission leader. We taught a lesson with the elderly Tahitian woman. We talked to her about the apostasy and the restoration.
Wednesday we taught our shy investigator. We tried doing a shorter lesson to help him better understand. We invited them to come to church. They said that they will come fast Sunday. However this week their baby come to church! That's one out of three. We also had our English class. We had a good number of students and we talked about the vocab in the house. Then that night we were woken up by the rain. It was a serious downpour.
Thursday we were supposed to do our service project. We arrived at the member's house a little before seven. He was supposed to have left at six and we would meet him up where we work. But when we passed his house we saw that his house was still shut. We called out for him but he didn't answer. Turns out he was still asleep. When we talked to him he decided that we would not be working that day. NO! Working with him was our plan for the whole day. And then in one instant we had nothing to do. It was a bummer. But we survived.
Friday we had our district meeting. We then went home taking the long way home. We took the long way so that we could visit the member in charge of the family night for the elder's quorum. It was bad news when we talked to him and he said that he was still waiting for the calendar despite that we had told him the week before. Oh well. It's okay. We went and played basketball with one of our branches.
Saturday was interesting. We visited the couple Michel and Karina. They fixed their marriage for the 15th of May. Michel, an excommunicated member, will be baptized that weekend and then his wife the week after. We also went on an adventure. We were looking for a shortcut to one end of the island when we ended up in a field leading into a swamp. Once we arrived at the swamp my companion did his best to push through the thick brush to get through the swamp. I did not realize that it was a swamp until my companion fell over his handlebars into the swampy field. Haha. It was so funny. We went back home in shame but laughing nonetheless.
Sunday we went the church, did our meetings and had a good day. I like Sunday's. I'll see you all soon! I love you all!
Elder Squires
 |
| My companion after his swampy fall |
 |
| Our English class. Talk about an attack of words! |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)