Mauri ingkami, Kam uara n te wiki ae tamaroa aei? This week was a little slower due to a couple rain storms, so that meant not as much work. When it rains a lot it's against the culture to go to people's house. One of the main reasons it is that way is because mostly everyone's houses are made out of the coconut tree, so when the Buia gets wet it gets ruined faster. When it rains you either find a member that really loves you so you can hang out at their house, or you end up sitting in your own house until the rain stops haha. On Tuesday we were at a members house for 4 hours doing language study with them and talking because it rained non stop from morning until night. Around the 4th hour we were with them I told my companion that we either leave now and get wet or leave at night and still get wet haha. We ended up getting wet but it didn't really matter that much because when we got home our neighbor needed help fixing their rain pipe that goes into there rain tank. It finally stopped raining around Wednesday afternoon which meant we got to go out and work.
On Thursday morning we had a combined service with the Elders in the area above us, so we had to get on a little canoe and cross this channel that's probably 200 yards wide. And guess what the service project was!? We moved sand haha to make a foundation for this guys house. We had 1 wheelbarrow, 5 rice bag, and 2 shovels. We took about 70 wheelbarrows full of sand and about a hundred something rice bags full of sand to fill up this 30x15 ish foundation. I have to say that after moving sand all the time in my fist area and now for this service project, you start to enjoy it haha. 1 because it's a way good work out which takes off my rice belly and 2 you get to play in sand haha. I mean who doesn't like burning off rice bellies and playing in sand at the same time.
We have been teaching this man named Katutu who has lessoned with 5 sets of missionaries but is a pretty strong Catholic and doesn't want to give up his faith. The thing with him is he really wants to be sealed in the temple with his family (who is mostly members) but at the same time wants to keep his faith in the Catholic church. He has had 1 son serve a mission, 1 son who is currently on a mission, a wife who is a less active but switched over to the Catholic church, and a daughter who is a solid member. On Saturday we had a super awesome discussion with him. He started talking about why he believed what he believed and why he wanted to stay in his church. He said he has grown up in the Catholic church since he was a young boy and that the Catholic church is part of his life, but then he started talking about how his heart didn't really feel like belonging to the Catholic church. We got super excited because we thought he finally came around, but then he said that he wasn't ready to join our church. It was definitely sad but he said he would pray and read the Book of Mormon, so hopefully something happens there. Its by the small and simple things that great things are brought to pass right.
Ti ngai anne ibukin te wiki aio. I tangiringkami ao ti a bo
Elder Jeppson
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| Me and Elder Thornton (Utah) This is how we get around the island |
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| Moving Sand service project with Elder Quarase and Elder Thornton |
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| Baptism in the Jordan River, Kiribati (Not a real river haha) |
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| Elder Aiu pondering life |
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| Can you spot the Kiribati child? This was during church on Sunday. Maybe he didn't like the speakers haha |
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| What happens when you forget your sunscreen |
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