April 21, 2013

dear family:)

Answers for the week:
1. How long does it take you to bike to Tofol?  Or do you take a bus
or something?
--we don't bike to tofol. the malem elders pick us up on mondays for
p-days, and thursdays for district meetings. it would probably take
about an hour.
2.How is Maiye doing?
--maiye is still doing well. she is still reading her Book of Mormon,
but hasn't made it to church. we aren't 100% sure that she understands
everything we say, either, seeing as none of us are native speakers.
but the Spirit is still working with her.
3. How is Zoraline doing?
--we haven't had much time to see her. she spends about half of her
free time in malem at her other house. we are now planning on team
teaching her with the malem elders.
4. How is Bernice doing?
--he hasn't chewed betelnut, drank coffee, or smoked for over a week
now. however, every saturday night, his boss comes up to his house and
hands him a beer. we gave him the idea to just have a big jug of water
by him all the time, so he can just swig that instead of the booze. he
really wants to quit drinking, and he only drinks with his boss on
saturday nights.
5. Where did you get your bike?
--the mission provided them. they are GT agressors. not my first
choice, but probably the nicest bicycles this island has ever seen.
6. How do you like your new house? What is it like?
--the new house is a lot smaller, which i am a fan of. it is much
easier to keep clean, and we don't have to buy our own cash power. it
consists of a kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom.
8. Did you ever get your missionary pamphlets in Kosraen?
--we did and they have been wonderful. i never thought that i would
use pamphlets as a missionary, but the pictures in them are really
useful.
9. Other than Maiye, do your investigators read the Bof M in english?
--yes. however, almost all the other island languages have translated
copies, so whenever we find out that someone is from a different
island, we give them that language. but, it is pretty rare that we
teach someone from another island.
10.  Do you know how much we love you???:):):)
--  :)

it sounds like easter was fun with everybody. i just got a letter from
owen and andy. those are probably my favorite letters that i receive.
thanks pals:)

things are going really well here. likiaksa got ordained yesterday,
and he's doing really well. he just gave us 25 referrals, and likes to
come with us to teach people.

i love you guys a lot. i hope everything is going well. we're getting
really excited to watch conference next week; sounds like there were
some fantastic talks. waiting for conference is surprisingly similar
to waiting to see a movie back home. other people have already seen
it, and when they start to talk about it, you start to get a little
upset with them for spoiling it. i never thought i would feel that way
about conference.

love,

elder gerber