dear family:)
i got one package from home and it was absolutely perfect. actually, i got it last monday about an hour after i emailed you all. anyway, thank you sooo much for all of it. it was so obviously thought out (dont worry, i got the humor of the solar snowman). i have to admit, i was so excited, i opened it all that day. i love you all so much.
as for the kosraean book of mormon, it is being worked on. last i heard, the translating team was working on 3 Nep, but the editing and confirmation team is only in Mosiah. so there won't be a book of mormon here for another couple of years:(
home sounds like you guys are pretty busy and having a good time:) i am happy to hear you are doing so much together. something missing here on kosrae is good solid family relationships. it might be that since everybody is related somehow or other, they dont consider it to be a big deal. or maybe im just not understanding correctly.
all the elders are staying at our house right now. we got up really early today and went fishing. collectively we caught a grand total of one fish. and it was about 6 inches long. i took a nap:) but we did get some really great pictures. we are working on our oom for tomorrow and have been playing ping pong:)
there are two miracles i want to talk about. they both have happened a few times. the first is we wont be able to find our consecrated oil for a few days; then randomly find it in an obscure pocket. later that day, somebody asks us for a blessing.
the second one is a little more conditional on attitude. i'll be feeling pretty hungry or thirsty. when i keep a good attitude and forget about it, somebody offers us food or water. but if i start feeling like i don't really want to work anymore, that doesn't happen as often.
oh yeah, miracles exist.
so all of our baptisms for christmas have fallen through. the people we were really hoping for, didn't come to church or didn't keep their commitments. the christmas season is really hard here because everyone we want to visit is busy or gone, and everyone else is busy getting drunk.
fun kosraean phrase of the week: bako matohm (literally, shark your face) it means i feel sorry for you. also, atro matohm means your eyeballs, but literally means egg you face. i have had fun saying these to people:)
we have been teaching a girl and she really wants to get baptized, but her mom hasn't been letting her. the odd thing about it is, her mom had a dream where her ancestor came to her and told her to let her daughter get baptized; but the next night a devil (like with horns and stuff) told her not to listen to the missionaries. i guess i am confused because it is so obvious who she should listen to. anyway, i think that given a little more time, she will allow it.
i love you guys so much. i pray for you and hope you are all doing well and are as happy as can possibly be.
love,
Elder Gerber
ps, i have been loving the uke book. i got a uke now too and have been having a good time with it:)
i got one package from home and it was absolutely perfect. actually, i got it last monday about an hour after i emailed you all. anyway, thank you sooo much for all of it. it was so obviously thought out (dont worry, i got the humor of the solar snowman). i have to admit, i was so excited, i opened it all that day. i love you all so much.
as for the kosraean book of mormon, it is being worked on. last i heard, the translating team was working on 3 Nep, but the editing and confirmation team is only in Mosiah. so there won't be a book of mormon here for another couple of years:(
home sounds like you guys are pretty busy and having a good time:) i am happy to hear you are doing so much together. something missing here on kosrae is good solid family relationships. it might be that since everybody is related somehow or other, they dont consider it to be a big deal. or maybe im just not understanding correctly.
all the elders are staying at our house right now. we got up really early today and went fishing. collectively we caught a grand total of one fish. and it was about 6 inches long. i took a nap:) but we did get some really great pictures. we are working on our oom for tomorrow and have been playing ping pong:)
there are two miracles i want to talk about. they both have happened a few times. the first is we wont be able to find our consecrated oil for a few days; then randomly find it in an obscure pocket. later that day, somebody asks us for a blessing.
the second one is a little more conditional on attitude. i'll be feeling pretty hungry or thirsty. when i keep a good attitude and forget about it, somebody offers us food or water. but if i start feeling like i don't really want to work anymore, that doesn't happen as often.
oh yeah, miracles exist.
so all of our baptisms for christmas have fallen through. the people we were really hoping for, didn't come to church or didn't keep their commitments. the christmas season is really hard here because everyone we want to visit is busy or gone, and everyone else is busy getting drunk.
fun kosraean phrase of the week: bako matohm (literally, shark your face) it means i feel sorry for you. also, atro matohm means your eyeballs, but literally means egg you face. i have had fun saying these to people:)
we have been teaching a girl and she really wants to get baptized, but her mom hasn't been letting her. the odd thing about it is, her mom had a dream where her ancestor came to her and told her to let her daughter get baptized; but the next night a devil (like with horns and stuff) told her not to listen to the missionaries. i guess i am confused because it is so obvious who she should listen to. anyway, i think that given a little more time, she will allow it.
i love you guys so much. i pray for you and hope you are all doing well and are as happy as can possibly be.
love,
Elder Gerber
ps, i have been loving the uke book. i got a uke now too and have been having a good time with it:)
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