So, whaaaaaat a week it's been this week. I've had more weird stories for the journal this week than you can imagine! I'm gonna be honest I don't even think I can fit it all in this email, but I'll do my best to cram some in here.
We went on a boatload of splits this week, with bishop, and our ward mission leader, and one was with one of my favorite people ever! His name is Bro. Lauaki and he's Tongan. We killed the pig with him a while back, if you recall.
Also, currently we're working with a lot of new investigators, but my favorite is this girl named Sydney. She's super solid! We visited her with bishop on Wednesday and taught the plan of salvation! It went super well, and she's way intersted! She used to meet with the missionaries a while back, and she actually took notes from the lessons! Isn't that awesome? Her entire family wants to be baptized, but the main issue is her dad. He despises the church and wants nothing to do with it. He doesn't want his family involved either, although they all want to be baptized. Right now he's deployed, so we're teaching them while he's away. I've been praying and fasting that his heart will soften while deployed, because Sydney really wants to be sealed to her whole family, him included. Please keep the family in your prayers if you could.
Anyway, the title of this email is "Outlast". Why is that, you ask? Well, friends, that would be because, just like the game this email is named after, this week, Elder Maxwell and I explored an abandoned facility that still had people in it. It was like an abandoned insane asylum. I wish I was joking about that. It's called Waianae Community Outreach in Kapolei, feel free to look it up. No staff, but full of people. We thought it was just low income housing, but... well.... it was not just low income housing. While there, we blessed a Book of Mormon, saw a buck naked man slowly walking in circles in his room, and talked to a drunk and high man who claimed to have the priesthood. That was a trip let me tell you. The rest of the details are too much for the group email. It was disgusting. I was appalled at the fact that these people were just left to rot there with no care takers at all. It's sad.
This Sunday, Sydney and her family showed up to church! I was so excited to see them and they all felt right at home in sacrament meeting! It was great!
So, enjoy your week all, pray for Syd and family, they're facing an uphill battle to follow Christ, and it's inspiring.
Until next week! (the pictures are of the facility, I didn't want to take any of the people)
We went on a boatload of splits this week, with bishop, and our ward mission leader, and one was with one of my favorite people ever! His name is Bro. Lauaki and he's Tongan. We killed the pig with him a while back, if you recall.
Also, currently we're working with a lot of new investigators, but my favorite is this girl named Sydney. She's super solid! We visited her with bishop on Wednesday and taught the plan of salvation! It went super well, and she's way intersted! She used to meet with the missionaries a while back, and she actually took notes from the lessons! Isn't that awesome? Her entire family wants to be baptized, but the main issue is her dad. He despises the church and wants nothing to do with it. He doesn't want his family involved either, although they all want to be baptized. Right now he's deployed, so we're teaching them while he's away. I've been praying and fasting that his heart will soften while deployed, because Sydney really wants to be sealed to her whole family, him included. Please keep the family in your prayers if you could.
Anyway, the title of this email is "Outlast". Why is that, you ask? Well, friends, that would be because, just like the game this email is named after, this week, Elder Maxwell and I explored an abandoned facility that still had people in it. It was like an abandoned insane asylum. I wish I was joking about that. It's called Waianae Community Outreach in Kapolei, feel free to look it up. No staff, but full of people. We thought it was just low income housing, but... well.... it was not just low income housing. While there, we blessed a Book of Mormon, saw a buck naked man slowly walking in circles in his room, and talked to a drunk and high man who claimed to have the priesthood. That was a trip let me tell you. The rest of the details are too much for the group email. It was disgusting. I was appalled at the fact that these people were just left to rot there with no care takers at all. It's sad.
This Sunday, Sydney and her family showed up to church! I was so excited to see them and they all felt right at home in sacrament meeting! It was great!
So, enjoy your week all, pray for Syd and family, they're facing an uphill battle to follow Christ, and it's inspiring.
Until next week! (the pictures are of the facility, I didn't want to take any of the people)
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