Ni sa Bula Vinaka people,
Weather forecast is cloudy with a chance of flooding, don't drive your trucks on flooded bridges and cover your windows so no rain comes in. Hahahahaha, classic.
Monday/P-Day- Had a great day of volleyball and food, with a sweet family home evening night that was both hilarious and spiritual, with people who don't speak English or Fijian, ha. They made us some curry for dinner and I'm the kinda guy who can handle some chilis if needed, but eating a whole one the size of my thumb without any warning can be dangerous! (And it hurt, haha, but it was still very good.)
Tuesday- District meeting, normal, but after we went to lunch and I ate all the fried chicken they had in the place, great food. Afterwards we went to Naduna, got soaking wet and taught some lessons to our investigator Salote and the recent converts Ili and Te. Very good lessons. Salote is having a hard time and I really see that the gospel is helping her become a better person.
Wednesday- Pretty slow, Elder Seila’s last day so we just visited some people in Labasa and had some good food.
Thursday- Seila leaves and the whole day is spent with Elder Callahan the ZL (Zone Leader) running to the airport. Pretty lame day but what can ya do.
Friday- Elder Mecham and I's first day, weekly planning until 4 then the rest of the day was spent showing the new sisters around Labasa and the members here....... kind of lame.
Saturday- With our areas Naduna and Bulileka, because they are so far away and the weeks we don't have the truck we have to take a bus or cab out to the area (there are only 2 buses that run to these places a day). And before we leave we need to get a hold of either 1 of the 2 people that own cell phones in these areas to check and see if the people we need to visit are there. Well guess what, we couldn't get a hold of either one of them all day so we couldn't go do any teaching all day. It was the worst.
Sunday- hahahaha classic jungle Naduna church is supposed to start at 10 but it was like typhoon weather. The rain and wind was crazy so we are there by ourselves just waiting to see if anyone would show up. Around 10:30 the Unit Leader showed up in shorts and a t-shirt all soaked and we spent the first hour with him putting a tarp up so people could sit inside, ha. I don't know if you've ever tried to put a tarp up in crazy wind but if you haven't then I will let you know now it ain't easy. After we finally finished that, all muddy and soaked, people showed up and we did a small sacrament meeting. It was cool to see all the ladies come even though the weather was so bad.
Weather forecast is cloudy with a chance of flooding, don't drive your trucks on flooded bridges and cover your windows so no rain comes in. Hahahahaha, classic.
Monday/P-Day- Had a great day of volleyball and food, with a sweet family home evening night that was both hilarious and spiritual, with people who don't speak English or Fijian, ha. They made us some curry for dinner and I'm the kinda guy who can handle some chilis if needed, but eating a whole one the size of my thumb without any warning can be dangerous! (And it hurt, haha, but it was still very good.)
Tuesday- District meeting, normal, but after we went to lunch and I ate all the fried chicken they had in the place, great food. Afterwards we went to Naduna, got soaking wet and taught some lessons to our investigator Salote and the recent converts Ili and Te. Very good lessons. Salote is having a hard time and I really see that the gospel is helping her become a better person.
Wednesday- Pretty slow, Elder Seila’s last day so we just visited some people in Labasa and had some good food.
Thursday- Seila leaves and the whole day is spent with Elder Callahan the ZL (Zone Leader) running to the airport. Pretty lame day but what can ya do.
Friday- Elder Mecham and I's first day, weekly planning until 4 then the rest of the day was spent showing the new sisters around Labasa and the members here....... kind of lame.
Saturday- With our areas Naduna and Bulileka, because they are so far away and the weeks we don't have the truck we have to take a bus or cab out to the area (there are only 2 buses that run to these places a day). And before we leave we need to get a hold of either 1 of the 2 people that own cell phones in these areas to check and see if the people we need to visit are there. Well guess what, we couldn't get a hold of either one of them all day so we couldn't go do any teaching all day. It was the worst.
Sunday- hahahaha classic jungle Naduna church is supposed to start at 10 but it was like typhoon weather. The rain and wind was crazy so we are there by ourselves just waiting to see if anyone would show up. Around 10:30 the Unit Leader showed up in shorts and a t-shirt all soaked and we spent the first hour with him putting a tarp up so people could sit inside, ha. I don't know if you've ever tried to put a tarp up in crazy wind but if you haven't then I will let you know now it ain't easy. After we finally finished that, all muddy and soaked, people showed up and we did a small sacrament meeting. It was cool to see all the ladies come even though the weather was so bad.
After we went to lunch at a member’s house in Labasa. When we showed up their whole house on the inside was wet from how crazy the storm was, so I went out there with another guy and we spent an hour hangin’ up a tarp to cover up their windows. It was freezing but classic at the same time. So my church clothes got drenched twice yesterday, but now it’s just a great memory, hahaha.
How are you doing this wonderful day?
Peace and Blessings,
Elder Hanke
Is anyone else thinking “freezing”…? J
Can I throw in my own “ha-ha”….? Sounds like he’s doing well, but had a couple of frustrating days this past week, which is all part of life. I guess we’ll need to be prepared to wrap him up in lots of blankets when he gets home.
Hope everyone has a nice week. Thanks so much for your support of Elder Hanke.
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