What A Week

So, family and friends. What can you say about a week of rain, of cancelled lessons, of problems with investigators, of practical jokes, sad moments, early conference mornings, Easter and activities? Well. I guess you say it's normal and you share these moments.

Rain. It rained EVERY DAY. It's only a problem because our laundry dries outside on the line. Oh well.

It's a strange fact. No matter how free you would think your life is it always seems to fill up with things. We have investigators that don't have time. They were too busy for us. You wouldn't think so here on such a small island. But that's how it is.

We have an investigator that doesn't really talk. He is very shy. If you ask him a question he just says I don't know. It's rough. We are trying to find ways to help him. We'll see what we can do.

It was April Fool's this week so we called the Sisters to play a joke on them. The joke was that we called them at 3 in the morning to wish them a happy April Fool's. Ha.

Our ward mission leader's family/our adopted family/ had a tragedy when their two dogs died. It was a rough moment. It's hard to lose a friend.

For activities we went to the motu, one of the outer islands, and spent the day with the first counselor in the Mission presidency. It was a lot of fun. My companion has the photos.

Conference was great. We woke up at five in order to be there at six when it starts here. It reminded me of early mornings going to the temple. The talks were great. We were lucky enough to watch four of the five sessions in English. It's so much better in your own language.

Easter around here is pretty low key. They don't really celebrate it. Like at all. And unfortunately my companion and I forgot to do an Easter egg hunt.

Wow. What a week. But the biggest part is Easter. The day to remember Jesus Christ and what He did for us. I love what Elder Holland said and what the other speakers said about the Atonement. It was such a nice reminder of what it is all about and how important it is in our lives. The Atonement is our saving hands in this life. The thing that saves us and keeps us in His love. I am so grateful for Him and what He did. I know He lives. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Love you all!

Elder Squires