We got a sweet little letter in the mail from Garrett on Saturday saying that he and his companion had been sick earlier in the week, but this came after I let my motherly anxiety get the best of me and emailed the mission office in Oakland to see if he was okay. The mission office secretary let me know that he was fine, so all of that worrying for nothing. (Typical of me! But hey... we do have a little "history" in this department.)
He also mentioned in his letter that he’d finally connected with Pita’s parents and that they will be meeting for lunch soon, which he was very excited about. He also said that he and Elder Simmons get along great, and he included the below picture of the two of them in their car while stuck in San Francisco traffic. You can see that Garrett is as goofy as ever - which is a good sign! J
Elder Simmons and Elder Hanke – June 2012
(Good thing they are too young to recall the old TV show “Streets of San Francisco”, ha ha.)
So, here is Garrett’s email for the week… read and enjoy.
Ni bula Vinaka
Vakacava tiko?
How is it?
Over here this week it has been great, haha. So ya earlier this week Elder Simmons and I got a little sick so we were out on Monday and Tuesday-ish, but it has turned out alright, after we got better we went out and killed it this week. A while ago we got a referral from a Fijian member, and we had been trying to contact them for ages now and we decided that we would go back and try one last time, so we did. The people’s son who is like 25ish answered the door and invited us in and we had a pretty good lesson with him, then he invited us to come back the next day to meet with his parents. We went back the next day and it turns out that the father and I have some good mutual friends from Fiji and that he was baptized in Hawaii like in 2000 and the wife is not a member, but it was her cousin that referred us to them. So they are in like a perfect situation to receive the gospel plus we invited them to come to church and they came. I just hope so much that they had a great experience and that they have the desire to come to church and make the necessary changes in their lives to come closer to God. So that was just wonderful.
We have a lot of work going on in the Fijian branch and it has been a lot of fun workin with these members and our investigators. We also have an investigator who will be baptized and I know his family back in Fiji. I love meeting new Fijians and getting to know the stuff we have in common. I often find myself talking to them for an hour about Fiji and people there and by then it’s time for us to go and we haven't even shared anything with them about the gospel. But I can't help it, I love these guys.
Anywhobywaty, other than that nothing has really happened. Yesterday’s miracles are today’s normal moments, so I can't think of anything more specific to share. Just that I know the Book of Mormon is true, Jesus is the Christ, He is the Son of God and that He died for us so we could be forgiven of our sins. God is our Loving Heavenly Father and He desires our happiness, ena yaca iJisu Karisto, Ameni.
Peace and blessings,
Elder Tavoi
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