Aloha! Hello! Welcome to the end of my first transfer! Every 6 weeks all the missionaries around here receive transfer news. That is, the news about who goes and who stays in their area for another six weeks. I wanted to let you know some stuff about this week, and included are a few interesting updates that might clue you in on the happenings of the Hawaii Honolulu Mission.

First off, the big worry this week was my hand. I was doing service cutting some trees with a motorized buzz saw at a farm and my hand slipped. I sawed right through the glove and sliced into my finger a little ways. My reflexes are pretty fast though, so I stopped it before it cut my thumb off. It was pretty scary though. It's doing a lot better, so that should bring you some comfort at the least, but the problem now is the skin is healing in a kind of weird way, so it looks like my hand has gills. I don't have to wear a bandage on it all the time anymore either, so that's good. It still looks pretty nasty though, so I try not to look at it whenever possible. Because of the way the skin is healing it will probably look weird for something like a month after it's completely healed, but that's OK. I'm fine, and not in constant pain anymore, so I should be able to draw and write and stuff again either today or tomorrow without it making me hate my life. Hooray!

Second thing I wanted you to know about is transfer news. All those peeps that like anime are getting transferred. As for me, I'm staying right here. It's a nice blessing because I want to stay to see Tyler Ramos be baptised, and since I'm staying for another transfer, I should be able to see that happen. Me and Tyler get along really well, so I might actually be the one baptising him, and you aren't going to believe this, but after our lesson on the commandments and the word of wisdom, Tyler Ramos has given up drinking. Not only that, but this is his 2 week anniversary of being clean from chewing tobacco. It's been amazing to see his life change for the better because of the gospel, and his house seems so much brighter and more full of joy that I can't even hardly describe it to you! But wait, that's not all! We have been looking for the Vickers family since I got here, because despite being what you would call "Golden Investigators", they're very busy and never home. This week an appointment cancelled on us, so we went to check the Vickers house one last time before dropping them, and we found that they were home. Rubin (the Grandpa) brought his entire family to church, including grand kids. This is huge, because it's a part member family. That means we have somewhere between 3 and 5 new investigators this week. All of them loved coming to church and it was wonderful to see the spirit they all had. Elder Campbell says we're going to invite them to be baptized next lesson, and that I'm the one who will extend that invitation. I'm nervous, but excited. Things right now are going great!

There's a downside though.

I'm sure you all remember the Jellins family, but try as we might, they just aren't responding well to the gospel messages. I love them dearly, and they've become great friends, but this week, we decided that they are no longer progressing, and we had to drop them. This means that I will no longer be visiting the Jellins family. Sad day, I know. Bro. Wayamau is also slowing in his progression. He's stopped reading the scriptures, and he's not coming to church, so I hate to say it... But we might have to drop him as well. (Sad face).

The other day I saw a MASSIVE toad. He was chilling out back by the water heater, so I took some pics for you. Bet you didn't expect to see one this big yeah? Yeah. Me neither. I love toads but this one caught me off guard for a sec. That's pretty rare, but seriously this dude was freakin' huge. He lives around our pad I think, so I'll probably catch him eventually. His name is Parker.

Love you all! Aloha!