Christmas Island

Fam-oh-wham!


#1. Happy EIGHT MONTHS to me.


#2. Breaking news! I AM TRANSFERRING TO KIRITIMAS ISLAND!

Wahooooooooo! Which means a ton of things. Number one: I will be going
to Fiji (cause you can't go anywhere from here, only from Fiji) so
that's way fun. It means that (most likely) I will stay there for five
to six months..and it is the biggest transfer in mission history!
across the south pacific blue! and it means that i don't get packages
out there..and i can't skype home for mothers day...but it means that
i will be riding a bike! I will be companion with Sister Tarie
(remember her, i've already been companions with her once before..but
there are only 10 sisters on the island, so that's gonna happen)
and..that's about all I know, but it sure is exciting! I will fly out the sixteenth 
of this month. i CAN email out there, and mostly likely will be there for five months..
but there is an elder who's been out there for seven..so you never quite 
know with this mission.

I am WAY EXCITED! I am so excited...oh my wordy word. I'm sad cause I finally
learned all our investigators names..hahaha..truth? I am teriible at
remembering everyone's name out here! Mostly cause I've worked in four
area's already..and trying to remember all the ward members, and
investigators, and recent converts...that is seriously SO MANY NAMES.
But anywhooo. Just feeling a little hyper sitting in this little
internet place talking to you-who-who. Hahaha.

Iai au bubuti! I have a favor to ask!
There is this family we are teaching. Well it all started with one 11
year old girl investigator, the missionaries started teaching her, and
her father wanted the lessons. This is when I came into the area, and
so we starting teaching her father..and then his two adult sons wanted
lessons, so we started teaching them..who wanted their wives to hear
the message..who then told their kids to listen. Lo and behold we have
THIRTEEN INVESTIGATORS all with baptismal dates from that family.
Which is incredible, but their whole family is super stuggling with
word of wisdom problems. The last six times we came to their home,
the grandpa - head of the house - has been drunk. His life has
consisted of drinking everyday for months at a time, then he'll have
no money, and then he'll get money and be drunk for a couple
months..every day...and really struggles to keep word of wisdom. we've
made calendars, fasted, prayed, taught a hundred times on Word of
Wisdom..but nothing really has changed..the whitehandbook tells me not
to ask you to fast..but I feel obedient in asking you all to pray.


Pray that their faith can be stronger than their desire to drink. Pray
that they will remember what it feels like to have the Spirit..pray
for hearts to be changed. We visit this family everyday..and seriously
these three families we are teaching could lead generations! They just
need a miracle to help them get there. I would be so grateful if you wanted
to pray for them. Anyway, I love that family will all of my heart, and I know i won't
see their miracle in my time here, but I pray pray pray that one day they 
can all find the truth.

Lastly a little story from this week. in district meeting we talked
about a quote from President Bednar I believe (and i am
totally paraphrasing, don't quote me) when he said something along the
lines of: We will come to find that we are all toddlers before the
Lord who trip and fall..but just as we don't make fun of our toddlers
who fall, we applaud them, and tell them to keep trying, and learn how
to walk...anyway, just thinking a lot about that.

well, gotta run and get on with this lovely pday, but I sure love you
guys with ALL OF MY HEART! 

love
sister j