To All My Good: Friends, Shipmates, Comrades, Chums, Lads, Boys, Hoboes and Vagrants Alike,
Salutations and fair wishes to you all. Most especially Pipscum and Mumbledore--greetings with a tender heart.
This week was just as you would expect it to be--like seventeen bouncing, bubbling babies--their bulbous bellies glistening in the wintry moonlight. We've been trying to snatch up new investigators this week like Trash Can Dave snatches up old chicken bones and rusty pieces of tin (meaning with a fervent zeal and almost reverence for the work taking place.)
But anyways, this week was pretty good. We've been working with a Tongan lady named Uila who hasn't been back to church in like seven years. But she came to church this past week, so I was stoked. She also brought some of her kids, a few of which are not members. Her husband is not a member as well, but went to church quite often when they lived in American Samoa in 2006. But at the time they weren't married, so he couldn't be baptized. The guy's name is Pesa. They now live with Pesa's family who hate Mormons and will kick Pesa out if he goes to the Mormon church. They're cool to let Uila and the kids go, but Pesa is just afraid of the family chief. But we shared with him 1 Nephi 3:7 and told him the Lord will provide a way. So I guess we'll see what happens. I'm really hoping we can bring this whole family into the church. That would be tight.
There is this other family we've been working with in this past little while. The guy's name is Sili and the woman's name is Peone. They're a young couple and have 3 little boys. Sili is a member but hasn't been back since he was baptized years ago. But Peone is not a member, but she has good feelings towards the church because of her cousin she lived with who served a mission. This family is interesting because we discovered them through pure inspiration. As I was saying my nightly prayer, I asked to know who we should visit in order to find those individuals who have been prepared. Well this random house came into my mind, and so a few days later we visited it. They said that no missionaries had ever visited their house before. It was pretty amazing actually. And they were totally down to listen to our message. I'm excited for this family. So that was tight--it was definitely a testimony to me of the power of revelation. It was like getting a referral directly from Heavenly Father. Haha. So I'm sure there's good things in store for this family.
This week we've been doing splits with the zone--they're a good group of dudes. I always dread the prospect of doing splits with the zone cause I'm naturally cynical and don't like anyone--but the splits always turn out good. So I guess it's good. It teaches me to spunk around with other bros for awhile.
We've been without water all this week as well. That's been a lamefest for sure. And there aren't any water tanks I can climb here to get water from. We've been filling up these water jugs at this stream a few villages over that we use to shower with and to drink. It's pretty clean though--no worries. But yeah, it would be nice to have water. All good though.
This week has been pretty good. The work is still relatively slow, but beginnign to pick up. I love the area though. The members are freakin' cool. And the area is super pretty too. We were supposed to go hiking on p-day and look for wild boars, but our ward mission leader called and said he's busy, so we're going next week probably.
It's good stuff--keep it real--3 buttons down,
Elder Eric "Bet Your Bottom" Johansen
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