November 26th, 2012

Dear family,
Thanksgiving here was fine. we celebrated over lunch after our district meeting (our district is our zone as well. there is a district leader and a zone leader) at the Eldregdes. we really just ate more than usual:)
We are living in an apartment. it has electricity and running water (that includes a washing machine). it is pretty much the nicest place on the entire island. except for the Eldredge's house.
yes i have received your letters and have thoroughly enjoyed them:) it takes about 8 days for your letters to get here. i'm not 100% sure because we don't check mail every day.
the voltage here is standard, so everything is working just fine.
yeah, i don't plan on subjecting anyone to eating taro root anytime soon. however, that was a wonderful idea for the hockey team. maybe i'll talk to the islanders about putting a team together.
um, as far as fruit goes, there are a lot of bananas. some mangos, a lot of coconuts, a few papayas, mwak, and i've heard there is breadfruit. no pineapples:(
the gospel does make people smile.
thanksgiving sounds like it was really fun. im glad it went well:)
christmas lights will always be there to tempt us. stay strong.

lets see, we have a baptism set up for dec. 15, 22, and about 10 set up for the 25. our zone has been one of the slowest in the mission so far, but in the last few weeks we are catching up. God is blessing the people here.

i had an experience the other day. me and elder conejero were walking and i felt impressed to take a different road (trail) up toward the mountain. we walked for about 10 minutes without seeing anybody. then, we walked up this windy, grassy road and saw this guy randomly sitting at the end of the road (the road literally ended there). i was super excited. we went up and talked to him and he seemed really nice. then we started talking about religion. and he laughed at us. he wouldn't let us talk. he started spouting anti-mormon trash. then he left. i only know that i felt the Spirit when we tried to teach him. we did what we were supposed to and hopefully we will see the results later.

something i realized is that i really never understood what the gift of tongues was. i understand now.

i hope you are all well and happy. i want you to know that i feel your prayers. especially mom's. they are more appreciated than you know.

thank you so much for being the family you are. we have been blessed and i have come to recognize more and more it is because of our obedience and love. i love all of you and your righteousness. keep going:)

love,
elder gerber