December 13, 2010

Christmas Morning on Rurutu

We had a cool story from an investigator. We gave a blessing to her husband who is like a thousand years old and she was really touched by the spirit. After when we were leaving she stopped us because she had to tell us something- "I burned the Book of Mormon". Uh..... OKAY. But yeah she was with one of those crazy JW's and she told her to burn that book of Satan. So she did! But after ripping it up and burning it she left and later asked one of her children to go see the carnage. The kid said it was just singed on the cover. The next day she went back to see it and there was nothing left. No ashes, no paper, no nothing. So she was really shocked and now whe's got a super cool testimony story. Those people are mean man, they told us that we were evil for celebrating Christmas.. Anyways that was that. Otherwise we had and little campfire on the beach with some new members and saw two crazy guys lose their trailer going up a hill. It was just in front of us during our lesson. We had a good laugh and later learned that one of those guys is known for being dangerous. Well that does it for me. I really like this sector. We're doing some really good work and definitely teaching by the spirit. It's hard not to when you've got investigators like these people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnKJ7xnCQRY

December 6, 2010

THE EVIL TARO PLANT
Man, I'm sorry I don't write enough, it's not just the time it's just that the things that happen here just seem normal to me you know? I don't really think about telling you guys about our house or our crappy washing machine. Our house is alright I guess but it's small in comparison to the mansion I was living in. I'm hoping I can get those packages back over here. We're going to Papeete from the 19th till the 22nd for a little Christmas deally. So yeah It's like a conference but more playing than spiritualizing. MY companion is Elder Alverez. It's a Mexican name and I have no idea why. He's from Riateia and he's pretty new some I am senior. It's actually Elder Coulson from my district who trained him. He's chill; we get along nearly perfectly. Our branch has it's own little building and we live practically in it. It's about thirty feet from the ocean as most buildings are so we have a nice cool breeze all the time. I'm pretty sure we're reaching about 60 to 70 members my companion says but at church the most I've seen is like 30. We eat mostly just fish here and they almost never ever cook it. Also we eat taro. I hate taro now. I dare you guys to eat one. It is the most dry, flavorless plant in the world. I would prefer grass cause it's at least something. Also here in Rurutu they have a thing about eating clams. I like clams. You just pull them out of the ocean put some lime on them and go nuts. Weird culture man. Most of my stuff gets shipped by boat. I have some souvenirs, not an overwhelming amount, nevertheless I have zero room in my bags. I think I'm gonna buy one when we're up for Christmas if it's cool. I'll have you know that I am happy but not healthy. I've got this terrible virus that keeps coming back every couple of months in my throat which causes much pain and sufferance elsewhere and finally leaves after about a week. It's cool though, there's not really much I can do. I've taken all their crappy French antibiotics and stuff. Hopefully this time it just dies. Really though it's nothing serious, just annoying.