Watch Out for Flying Poles

14 July 2009

Nepong Allim Ami!

It sounds like it’s non-stop back at home, man you guys are busy people. Keep it up! McKenzie good luck with Zones coming up, that’ll be fun! I’m sure you’ll do super. I mean since you can claim islander blood and you’re going to swim on an island you’ll do amazing!

Thank you for that information on our ancestors and you bet I’ll claim islander lineage, I knew there was something to our family being so cool and it’s because we’re islanders. Just from the Atlantic side, ha.

That story was neat about Nathaniel Wells Dad, thanks. I thought, before my mission, that family history work was for old people but man I like it, and I haven’t even done any! Ha But the magnificent importance of it for our salvation and for the salvation of our progenitors gets me pumped! Ha

We had a great week! All the elders came in for shopping and no one was injured and they all returned safely. They stayed the night so the “house” was torn apart but it’s always fun and I enjoy their company.

We have two baptisms this weekend, their names are Peter-s and Keinin, they’re great. We set two more baptismal (?) last week as well which look super promising. One in particular named Sewel is the head of a large family. He is intelligent, perceptive and looking for the truth. He could be a key to a flood of baptisms through his family. I pray that he may come to know with a surety the truthfulness of this Church because he could become a leader and bring many souls unto Christ. He has already attended church and plans to continue. He is consistent in reading the Book of Mormon and he took a priesthood manual home from church and read that. At our next meeting with him he had wonderful, fantastic, amazing questions about the priesthood and when they were answered the Spirit was penetrating and memorable. I know he had a witness from the Spirit that the authority is in our Church alone. Good stuff!

While the elders were in this past week we had another neat experience. While we were all waiting for them to email on the one working computer (why doesn’t he email us?), a drunk man with a metal pole was running around outside. He was bashing the ground, bashing trees and everything in sight. Apparently he was bored with trees and rocks so screaming like a maniac he ran over to our truck and bashed the side window in. Then ran into the road and stopped traffic and knocked the hood of a car in. I was outside for all of this and thoughts of running and tackling him were going through my mind until I imagined my skull being the hood of the car he just slammed. So I didn’t. But some other guys came flying by in a flat bed truck throwing rocks at him. Ha So he threw the pole and ran off into the forest.

It caused enough commotion the police showed up. They looked at our truck, looked at the pole and dented car hood. Gave us some concerned looks and then left. They did work! That’s the most I’ve ever seen them work, I’m proud :) I’m 100% positive that nothing will ever come of it. But the fact that they showed up was a nice thought. Anyway, so now we taped up a box and plastic bag over our window. We’re really striving to fit in. Right now we’re ¼ of the way there, three windows left and we’ll be like every other car in Chuuk.

It’s great and I love it! But don’t worry I don’t ever leave the camera in the truck anymore :) Those videos were great by the way.

Okay, I’m out of paper and 2 pages is a lot for me in my struggling English. Thanks for your continued writing it’s inspiring :)

Tong Ennet

Elder Wells Ito

P.S. “Famili ese much” is families are forever. I’m pretty sure I already told you that, but I like it, and I’m putting it up in my house when I return :)