Another Trip to the Doctor with a Wedding and Two Baptisms - November 10, 2014

Wow. This week has been an interesting one. Last week when I wrote I was feeling pretty sick. And that feeling of sickness didn't really fade off until a few days ago. But I am doing much better now! We went to the doctor's office on Friday because I had been struggling to get full breathes in since Tuesday. So we went and this doctor was not the same as last week but this one was a really quick visit and he prescribed me an inhaler and some anti-biotics. As if the medicine in my cabinet wasn't already too much now I have even more...bleh. But it's okay. It's supposed to make me better, and it has helped.

Thursday we had a wedding and the baptism of Jean-Yves. He and his wife were married at town hall at 3 p.m. and then at 4 p.m. we had their baptism. The service went really well. My companion and I got to give the talks about baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost. I enjoyed giving my talk about the gift of the Holy Ghost and being able to promise Jean-Yves that He would be right there next to him as long as he stayed worthy.

Also Thursday we took our bikes to be able to get places faster. We biked all the way up Nina Peata, one the biggest hills in our area, without stopping to walk.

Friday was the baptism for Chantal Keck. The service went really well. I was the one that baptized her. Her friends were so happy to see that she was getting baptized. We even had the missionaries from Moorea, the neighboring island, who had done the lessons with her come down to be a part of her baptism. It's was really great.

Then on Saturday we biked all the way up to the highest part of our area, the Catholic monastery. Who knows why they put in on top of the mountain but we biked all the way up there. It made Nina Peata seem so small.

Overall it was a good week despite the sicknesses and what not. It still went well. We even put up a Christmas tree. Woot woot! My last Christmas here in Tahiti. It's nice but sad at the same time. Oh well.

Love you all,

Elder Squires

Chantal, Elder Webber, and Me

The Newlyweds and the New Member

It may not be the biggest Christmas tree in forest, but we found the best one to celebrate the Christmas season!