Sup,
It has been a double doozy, my friend. This week
was the dopegnar. Not a ton to report on really. Our dog had puppies,
but I don't know where they are. Our crab, Sipologo, is quite healthy,
thank you for asking. A lot of time he likes to hang out in the
bathroom on the shower curtain, but lately he has been playing in the
mats we have under the bed. He is a real keeper.
Not much for this week really. We started lessons
with this dude, Esau. I don't know if I wrote about him or not. Last
week we were halfway through SUnday School in Lotofaga when we just felt
prompted to leave and go to our other ward that is like 15 minutes
away. At the time I didn't really think it was a prompting of the
Spirit, but now I realize it was. So anyways, when we got to the other
ward we went to the bishop's office to talk to the bishop. But not too
long after, Esau came in cause the bishop had sent for him. Cause Esau
has been going to church for over a year off and on, but is not a
member. So the bishop talked about how he wants Esau to be baptized and
receive the priesthood so he can bless his baby son. And then I talked
for a little bit about repentance and how baptism can cleanse us of our
sin. The Spirit was pretty strong. So we finally were able to
convince him to start lessons because until then, he had refused. So
then later in the week we visited him and got to talking. He is a way
cool guy. He kind of opened up and explained that part of the reason he
never wanted to take lessons was that he was embarrassed cause he
doesn't know how to read. So we told him not to anyone nag his gnar
about it and not to worry. So now we're just going to watch church
DVDs, which is way cooler anyway. We also committed him to quit
smoking, which commitment he has kept so far, so it's good. He's in his
mid 20's and has 4 kids. He said sometimes he would go spend their
money on beer and then the next day the kids would be crying cause there
was no food and no money to buy food. But we'll help him out with that
for sure.
Also, this past Monday we ran out of gas on our way
to Apia. The day we went on a split, my comp went to fill up gas, but
it didn't end up being enough and we ran out. So then we waited forever
for the senior missionary dude to come with gas. He took like 3 hours.
And then when he came, he chewed us out. Haha. And then when we got
to Apia he sat us down and chewed us out again for like 20 minutes. He
is kind of an angry old man. He almost made us take the bus home. And
now my comp is banned from driving the van. Haha. It was a lame p-day
though. We got back home and it was already time for our dinner
appointment.
Also this week we gave this old Catholic woman a
priesthood blessing (Moevanu's Mom) cause she has all these pains in her
arm. So for like two days after the blessing I guess she was
completely relived of pain and she felt way good. But then she started
praying to this big 4 foot tall statue of Mary that they have in their
house and I guess now her sickness is back. I don't really know. Haha.
That's just what Moevanu told us. Pretty crazy though.
Also, this less-active guy, Faivale, that we play
basketball with every Monday has been attending church regularly now and
on Sunday brought this other inactive kid as well. So that was sick.
Faivale said that he is stoked on my comp and I cause we were the only
ones who tried to be friends with him. I guess everyone else just
looked at him like a ranjo and never talked to him. He is from
California, but got jailed or something and is now stuck in Samoa. He
has been here since like 2004.
Also, Toaono, this other girl who has started coming
back to church, has been attending regularly and this upcoming week
we're going to start lessons with her mom, Naiu'u, and her broth, Le'u.
So good stuff is going on.
And this week we went on splits with this 75 year
old man name Pese Brown. He is the 1st counselor to the branch
president, and is like the goofiest old man ever. He is probably one of
my favorite people in the branch. I always go with him when we do
splits. He lives in a tiny house by himself and has a couple of dogs
that he always talks about.
But that was this week. Not much else exciting happened--just spankin' around like Doug Davis would do.
"Get on yer horse and ride!"
Elder Johansen
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