3/28/10
Ran Allim ngenikemi ika neran nge nepong annim ika nepwin!
Man, so we're having Zone Conference tomorrow, which means that P-Day is today.... Yeah bad idea whoever came up with that idea! So I don't know what to say to you guys because you didn't say anything to me, but we went to Saipan and that was really fun! Elder Mafile'o is a stud!! I love him! Saipan was nice, similar to Guam but not as big and it was a lot slower which I enjoyed a lot! It had a more "islandy" feel if you know what I mean. It was really fun to work with the four elders up there and I even taught three or four Chuukese lessons so that was the bomb! There were quite a bit of Filipino's and there is a Filipino elder up there so I sat in a bunch of Tagalog lessons! Which is kinda nuts. I go to Pohnpei and Kosrae and sit in lessons where I don't know anything that is going on... Then I go to Saipan and sit in a bunch of lessons where I don't what is going on because it's all in Tagalog! ha
Ok so now I got a big favor... ha Elder Sorensen got accepted to BYU!!!!! He went to Boise State before he came out but he didn't want to go back so he got on the ball and applied for BYU after I talked him into it... and he got accepted!! So this is the favor! Since he just barely got accepted he doesn't have anywhere to live or anything soooooooooo when he called in for numbers on Sunday from Chuuk and he told me all this I was like brother I know a woman who does work like no other human being can and she can get not only you hooked up but me as well and whoever else is in on the party! So if you haven't guessed yet I was talking about you mom. ha Because you see here is the plan. Elder Sorensen and I know Chuukese like we were born there (something close to that) so Bro. Devalle (head of translation) is trying to get us to do translation stuff when we get home. I could talk a lot about that but anyway the real fact of the matter is that there are only three people on the Chuukese translation team and they honestly don't know that good of Chuukese because Elder Sorensen and I read their stuff and it doesn't make sense, but anyway, doing translation means money! And that is something that I will definitely not have a lot of when I get back! ha So translation is the way to go for some kind of date money. ha ha But Elder Sorensen and I are going to work together to translate everything they can throw at us! Yeah so you see where this is leading? I told President Dowdle and he was more than fully supportive of him and I translating and even more so on us living together. So what I would like to do more than anything is to be able to live with Elder Sorensen somewhere. That would be my number one choice over anything and anyone (except if Zach Miller could room with us as well that would be number one!) So I know I've asked for a lot of stuff recently but this one and a Chuukese dictionary are the only ones that really matter, and a room with Sorensen is the number one. Soooo there it is, I feel bad because I just say something and then leave you all hanging. But I love you all so much!
Thank you Mckenzie for writing your letter early so I had some letter to read! You're a stud!!
Love you all!
Tong Ennet fit Jaiwak,
Elder Wells "Ito"
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
More baptisms!
Ran Allim ami!
I don't know if I'll be able to pull another letter out like last time. Man that thing was long!! But so much good stuff happened I just had to let you all know! Well last Saturday Sampo got baptized! It was a wonderful service, and a lot different than any baptismal service that happened in Chuuk! It seemed so organized and everyone was on time... I didn't know what to do with myself. His whole family is Chuukese so it was pretty much a Chuukese baptismal service and I was asked to give a talk on baptism again so I gave it mostly in Chuukese and threw in some English because I felt bad for the branch president and the other missionaries that were there! Enrik baptized him! Enrik is another studly Chuukese guy from Toloas that is preparing to go on a mission! He should be getting it this week! He's amazing and is already so ready and focused to go on a mission! I love him to death and being able to work with him definitely keeps me sane! We're promise brothers so he's always got my back and he'll feed me a lot and I got his back and help him out with whatever it is that he wants! Yesterday he spent the whole day teaching with us! Which was awesome because me and him just tore it up teaching all the Chuukese here Guam! He's a stud and is one of the best parts about being in Guam. Him and another Chuukese guy named Cheech. He's my brother too, and he comes and helps us teach a lot as well!
Just yesterday Me, Cheech, Enrik and Elder Tew (I was on an exchange) went and set up four chicken traps for a member. The member's name is Tavita and he's a blind Samoan that wants to eat chicken way bad! ha ha So I told him that I got some Chuukese friends that could help him out! We went to his house and set em' all up and he's going to be eating fresh chicken by tonight! He's a stud, and he wants to learn Chuukese so that he can come to the Chuukese class on Sunday because he loves Chuukese people too, especially Enrik and Cheech. He just calls me "the Chuukese guy" and I call him pwipwi (which is like sole or si'i in or brutha) in Chuukese and he loves it! I'm pumped to call him and see if he caught a rooster because if he did he's gonna give it to Cheech and Enrik. Yeah they're studs!
There are two more Chuukese boys that we are teaching that came to church last Sunday and should be getting baptized on the 17th of April! I'm pumped for that as well! I might say it too much for you all but Chuukese are definitely the greatest people ever! Oh yeah so transfers happened and Elder Sorenson is going back to Chuuk!!!!! He's so lucky! But Chuuk needs him! He needs to get the missionaries there whipped back into shape. I just wish I could be more apart of it. I wish I could be in the front lines with Elder Sorenson kicking trash and taking names. ha (figuratively) But he'll do a great job! Those definitely had to be the three greatest transfers ever! The three transfers Sorenson and I were together were amazing! I miss his guts. He's actually extending so he'll go home a transfer after me which means I'll be at his homecoming! Yeah!
Ok, before I forget could you send me the memory cards back please? I'm out of room on the one that I have right now and I need to take lot's more pictures! And one other huge favor. If you could find time could you look and see if they sell any Chuukese dictionaries online? I know there was one that was published because I saw it in Chuuk but if there's one online that would be sweet. The guy that did it was named Ward H. Goodenough. He lived for like 60 years on Romalum and then wrote a dictionary with the help of University of Hawaii. That would be so so so awesome but if you can't no worries.
We're flying to Saipan tomorrow morning and we'll be back in Guam on Friday. Elder Mafile'o is in Saipan so I'm pretty pumped to go see him and work with him again. He and Elder Mabey are companions now. They're studs! And I love them.
Anything else I need to do for school or for swimming? Tim knows I'm coming right? You can tell him that I'm going to blow him out of the water! ha Anymore news on BYU swimming? I'm working out extra hard in the morning now. ha Well as much as I can in 30 minutes and it's a lot easier to keep off weight here in Guam because I don't like this food that we get here that much, and they don't have parties where you eat until you fall over and go to sleep. ha So I'm looking good. Watch out!
Hey don't forget I love you all! So don't be going anywhere! Mckenzie guess what!? I had a dream that we raced.... I can't remember who won but it must have been me because my brain can't dream up something that is impossible! ha ha ha
Tong Ennet fiti Jaiwak!
Elter Wells "Ito"
I don't know if I'll be able to pull another letter out like last time. Man that thing was long!! But so much good stuff happened I just had to let you all know! Well last Saturday Sampo got baptized! It was a wonderful service, and a lot different than any baptismal service that happened in Chuuk! It seemed so organized and everyone was on time... I didn't know what to do with myself. His whole family is Chuukese so it was pretty much a Chuukese baptismal service and I was asked to give a talk on baptism again so I gave it mostly in Chuukese and threw in some English because I felt bad for the branch president and the other missionaries that were there! Enrik baptized him! Enrik is another studly Chuukese guy from Toloas that is preparing to go on a mission! He should be getting it this week! He's amazing and is already so ready and focused to go on a mission! I love him to death and being able to work with him definitely keeps me sane! We're promise brothers so he's always got my back and he'll feed me a lot and I got his back and help him out with whatever it is that he wants! Yesterday he spent the whole day teaching with us! Which was awesome because me and him just tore it up teaching all the Chuukese here Guam! He's a stud and is one of the best parts about being in Guam. Him and another Chuukese guy named Cheech. He's my brother too, and he comes and helps us teach a lot as well!
Just yesterday Me, Cheech, Enrik and Elder Tew (I was on an exchange) went and set up four chicken traps for a member. The member's name is Tavita and he's a blind Samoan that wants to eat chicken way bad! ha ha So I told him that I got some Chuukese friends that could help him out! We went to his house and set em' all up and he's going to be eating fresh chicken by tonight! He's a stud, and he wants to learn Chuukese so that he can come to the Chuukese class on Sunday because he loves Chuukese people too, especially Enrik and Cheech. He just calls me "the Chuukese guy" and I call him pwipwi (which is like sole or si'i in or brutha) in Chuukese and he loves it! I'm pumped to call him and see if he caught a rooster because if he did he's gonna give it to Cheech and Enrik. Yeah they're studs!
There are two more Chuukese boys that we are teaching that came to church last Sunday and should be getting baptized on the 17th of April! I'm pumped for that as well! I might say it too much for you all but Chuukese are definitely the greatest people ever! Oh yeah so transfers happened and Elder Sorenson is going back to Chuuk!!!!! He's so lucky! But Chuuk needs him! He needs to get the missionaries there whipped back into shape. I just wish I could be more apart of it. I wish I could be in the front lines with Elder Sorenson kicking trash and taking names. ha (figuratively) But he'll do a great job! Those definitely had to be the three greatest transfers ever! The three transfers Sorenson and I were together were amazing! I miss his guts. He's actually extending so he'll go home a transfer after me which means I'll be at his homecoming! Yeah!
Ok, before I forget could you send me the memory cards back please? I'm out of room on the one that I have right now and I need to take lot's more pictures! And one other huge favor. If you could find time could you look and see if they sell any Chuukese dictionaries online? I know there was one that was published because I saw it in Chuuk but if there's one online that would be sweet. The guy that did it was named Ward H. Goodenough. He lived for like 60 years on Romalum and then wrote a dictionary with the help of University of Hawaii. That would be so so so awesome but if you can't no worries.
We're flying to Saipan tomorrow morning and we'll be back in Guam on Friday. Elder Mafile'o is in Saipan so I'm pretty pumped to go see him and work with him again. He and Elder Mabey are companions now. They're studs! And I love them.
Anything else I need to do for school or for swimming? Tim knows I'm coming right? You can tell him that I'm going to blow him out of the water! ha Anymore news on BYU swimming? I'm working out extra hard in the morning now. ha Well as much as I can in 30 minutes and it's a lot easier to keep off weight here in Guam because I don't like this food that we get here that much, and they don't have parties where you eat until you fall over and go to sleep. ha So I'm looking good. Watch out!
Hey don't forget I love you all! So don't be going anywhere! Mckenzie guess what!? I had a dream that we raced.... I can't remember who won but it must have been me because my brain can't dream up something that is impossible! ha ha ha
Tong Ennet fiti Jaiwak!
Elter Wells "Ito"
Friday, March 19, 2010
I Still LOVE Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae are pretty cool too.
This one is kind of long but we didn't get one last week and he was updating us on the new islands he went to which is pretty interesting. ---K
Fakkun Ran Allim Chapur Ngenikemi!!
Ifa ussen ekkana inis? How are those bodies doing? ha Man! It was so good to go back to Chuuk! It was so good and all the members and Recent Converts were doing so well! They are all amazing and were so beautiful! Chuukese are the most beautiful of all the Micronesians by far and I was reminded of that again as I went and saw them! I love them so much, and now I'm homesick for Chuuk. ha We went to all the areas that are open in Chuuk which right now is only Romalum, Mwan, Mechitiw, and Sapuk. Not too many but it was so good to see everyone! It was so great because after being Zone Leader for a while I knew tons of people in every area so each area I went to there was always someone that I was just dieing to see and it was so good to see them and talk to them! It was really overwhelming and I am a girl so of course I cried a lot, but definitely the happiest part of the tour and one of the happiest moments in my life was to be able to be at Mensi's baptism! It was amazing! To have found him and his family, to teach them, and work with them to baptism only to get pulled out of Chuuk the Thursday before they were getting baptized was rough, but the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen and it was indeed a very tender mercy for me to be able to attend the baptism of the father (his wife and daughter had been baptized on that week that I left)! Samone and Marsine and their family were at the baptism along with Matasio and his family and Estino and Mensi's wife and daughter were there as well!! I was asked to give a talk on baptism and I was pumped to do so! When I got up in the front of that rickety old chapel and looked at all those people that I loved so much, that I had labored with so much, with Mensi all in white (along with Matasio who baptized him) was too much for this heart of mine to handle and I, physically, almost fainted. I cried a good amount and talked about baptism and how this choice Mensi and his family had made was going to change their lives forever, just look at Samone and Matasio's families. He got baptized and it was studly and everyone was pumped out of their minds and I was just running around like a chicken talking to everybody. ha Mormon's abridgment of Ammon's experience with King Lamoni and the queen (Alma19), to me, is descriptive of what I felt. Except for in Ammon's account he was overpowered with joy and did in fact faint. That is definitely not a play on words or any other weird concept but it literally meant his body and mind was full of so much joy that his physical frame couldn't take it. It is real, I have felt that way. I honestly was at the brink of being overpowered by joy and sinking to the ground. The only thing that kept me going is I had a talk to give:) ha. Ok I could talk about that forever but I'll move on.
Chuuk was the first place we visited. Pohnpei was next on our stop. It was crazy!! It was similar to Chuuk but at the same time not similar at all. It was huge!!! It was a sprawling metropolis compared to Chuuk!! The roads were nice, stores were nice, all the houses were very nice (especially missionary ones). It blew my mind! I had imagined it being similar to Chuuk seeing that they are both apart of the FSM but it was not. Much much much more developed! It was crazy!! Lot's of people knew English and even crazier is that there are about 4,000 outer island Chuukese that live in select areas on Pohnpei!! The first day I got there I taught four lessons in Chuukese on Pohnpei! It was nuts! In Chuuk only Chuukese are there and I thought that was how it was everywhere. Guess not. Pohnpei is really really green! Lots and lots of thick dense trees in Pohnpei it’s more jungly like than Chuuk is, but I suppose that that is due to the fact that all the islands in Chuuk are way too small to have a jungle! ha The whole island is surrounded by mangrove trees so you rarely see the ocean which was odd. They have a nice road that goes all the way around the island with a bunch of other roads that get me all confused. The mountains are really quite tall in Pohnpei and they have insanely steep roads going up them that are impossible to bike up and a pain and a half to walk up! ha Pohnpeians, I guess, like to live more in seclusion and while I was there we did some finding and we’d get on a trail and walk 45 minutes not seeing a single person until we got to the end of the trail and there was a house there. It was nuts! Similar to Wichap but multiplied by 5. We worked with all the elders and drove all the way around the island, we went to a district meeting and they have four sisters on that island as well which was cool to hear them speaking Pohnpeian. The elders were all very nice and seemed to be doing great! Oh yeah, it was kind of overcast the whole time I was there and I guess that is how it is all the time. Apparently it’s the 2nd most rainiest place on earth. I road on a bike for the first time in probably over 2 years and that was weird… I wasn’t too good at it, especially being with an elder that had been riding bikes for the past 8-9 months on his mission! ha We got there on Monday and stayed until Friday. Friday morning we took off to Kosrae!
Kosrae was very very pretty! I really liked Kosrae but I have no idea why a plane would fly into that place! No one lives there! ha Well I believe there’s like 8,000 people on the island but it’s the second biggest island in the FSM so it feels like no one is there. It is really nice though. They had a nice restaurant that we ate at that was on a plank path out into the mangroves! You can see the ocean a lot in Kosrae and I enjoyed that because in Pohnpei and Guam I didn’t or don’t see it that often. Chuuk you see it all the time like Kosrae so it reminded me of Chuuk. There are four missionaries on Kosrae along with a couple and all their houses are way nice!! I was blown away! If you were to take the worst living conditions/ apartment/ house, out of all the islands except Chuuk and then took the best living conditions of missionaries in Chuuk it wouldn’t even compare. The best conditions in Chuuk are light years behind the worst conditions on any other island. ha Here I thought all this time that all the missionaries were living like me on Chuuk (with the exception of Guam and Saipan) when in reality they have been living in luxury! It’s insane the difference! Chuuk is definitely not for the faint of heart. I honestly was dumbfounded. But then again I’m a Chuuk thug. ha Kosrae was great! The language didn’t sound anything like Chuukese or Pohnpeian (which do have some similarities) but the elders seemed to have it down pretty good. The road is really nice and flat and smooth there as well. We rode around on beach cruiser bikes the whole day which was sweet! I would have like to spend more time on Kosrae but we took a flight out of Kosrae Midday on Saturday. We just taught a bunch of lessons and had a good time talking about the mission. The ZL’s house was way cold, it reminded me of Guam. If someone were to ask me which island in the FSM they should go vacation at I would say Kosrae. It's a little tropical island with beautiful beaches, clear water and they had some really nice hotels. Don’t get me wrong Chuuk is definitely the best of all the islands by far. It puts everyone in the dust. But because tourists aren’t usually up for the craziness of Chuuk (not tough enough) Kosrae would be a nice place because nothing big ever happens there. It’s just peaceful. President says it reminds him a lot of Kauai(Hawaii).
After the tour my love for Chuukese people grew even more because they live, in general, in more humbling circumstances than the other islands. I love Chuuk so much! So this Saturday Sampo should be getting baptized! ha We just found some more Chuukese that are great and they’ll be getting baptized soon as well! If I can’t be in Chuuk and baptize I guess I'll just baptize Chuukese in Guam! Next week we’ll be flying to Saipan to go work with the missionaries there! And then two weeks after that we’ll fly out to Yap and then Palau.
Congrats Zach on winning your tournament bro. But I gotta tell you that Chuukese are known for being good at basketball and volleyball and I dominate in both of those now! ha Sorry this is a long one and I can’t remember what you all said but I really do love you guys a lot and I pray for you all to do well. Kelsey keep training hard! McKenzie you’re a stud! Zach keep trying to be like me! Syd you’re the cutest of us all! ha Mom and Dad I hope you have a super stellar time in Palm Springs!
Tong Ennet fiti Jaiwak!
Elder Wells “Ito”
P.S……………..Ummm I can’t remember anymore ha
Fakkun Ran Allim Chapur Ngenikemi!!
Ifa ussen ekkana inis? How are those bodies doing? ha Man! It was so good to go back to Chuuk! It was so good and all the members and Recent Converts were doing so well! They are all amazing and were so beautiful! Chuukese are the most beautiful of all the Micronesians by far and I was reminded of that again as I went and saw them! I love them so much, and now I'm homesick for Chuuk. ha We went to all the areas that are open in Chuuk which right now is only Romalum, Mwan, Mechitiw, and Sapuk. Not too many but it was so good to see everyone! It was so great because after being Zone Leader for a while I knew tons of people in every area so each area I went to there was always someone that I was just dieing to see and it was so good to see them and talk to them! It was really overwhelming and I am a girl so of course I cried a lot, but definitely the happiest part of the tour and one of the happiest moments in my life was to be able to be at Mensi's baptism! It was amazing! To have found him and his family, to teach them, and work with them to baptism only to get pulled out of Chuuk the Thursday before they were getting baptized was rough, but the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen and it was indeed a very tender mercy for me to be able to attend the baptism of the father (his wife and daughter had been baptized on that week that I left)! Samone and Marsine and their family were at the baptism along with Matasio and his family and Estino and Mensi's wife and daughter were there as well!! I was asked to give a talk on baptism and I was pumped to do so! When I got up in the front of that rickety old chapel and looked at all those people that I loved so much, that I had labored with so much, with Mensi all in white (along with Matasio who baptized him) was too much for this heart of mine to handle and I, physically, almost fainted. I cried a good amount and talked about baptism and how this choice Mensi and his family had made was going to change their lives forever, just look at Samone and Matasio's families. He got baptized and it was studly and everyone was pumped out of their minds and I was just running around like a chicken talking to everybody. ha Mormon's abridgment of Ammon's experience with King Lamoni and the queen (Alma19), to me, is descriptive of what I felt. Except for in Ammon's account he was overpowered with joy and did in fact faint. That is definitely not a play on words or any other weird concept but it literally meant his body and mind was full of so much joy that his physical frame couldn't take it. It is real, I have felt that way. I honestly was at the brink of being overpowered by joy and sinking to the ground. The only thing that kept me going is I had a talk to give:) ha. Ok I could talk about that forever but I'll move on.
Chuuk was the first place we visited. Pohnpei was next on our stop. It was crazy!! It was similar to Chuuk but at the same time not similar at all. It was huge!!! It was a sprawling metropolis compared to Chuuk!! The roads were nice, stores were nice, all the houses were very nice (especially missionary ones). It blew my mind! I had imagined it being similar to Chuuk seeing that they are both apart of the FSM but it was not. Much much much more developed! It was crazy!! Lot's of people knew English and even crazier is that there are about 4,000 outer island Chuukese that live in select areas on Pohnpei!! The first day I got there I taught four lessons in Chuukese on Pohnpei! It was nuts! In Chuuk only Chuukese are there and I thought that was how it was everywhere. Guess not. Pohnpei is really really green! Lots and lots of thick dense trees in Pohnpei it’s more jungly like than Chuuk is, but I suppose that that is due to the fact that all the islands in Chuuk are way too small to have a jungle! ha The whole island is surrounded by mangrove trees so you rarely see the ocean which was odd. They have a nice road that goes all the way around the island with a bunch of other roads that get me all confused. The mountains are really quite tall in Pohnpei and they have insanely steep roads going up them that are impossible to bike up and a pain and a half to walk up! ha Pohnpeians, I guess, like to live more in seclusion and while I was there we did some finding and we’d get on a trail and walk 45 minutes not seeing a single person until we got to the end of the trail and there was a house there. It was nuts! Similar to Wichap but multiplied by 5. We worked with all the elders and drove all the way around the island, we went to a district meeting and they have four sisters on that island as well which was cool to hear them speaking Pohnpeian. The elders were all very nice and seemed to be doing great! Oh yeah, it was kind of overcast the whole time I was there and I guess that is how it is all the time. Apparently it’s the 2nd most rainiest place on earth. I road on a bike for the first time in probably over 2 years and that was weird… I wasn’t too good at it, especially being with an elder that had been riding bikes for the past 8-9 months on his mission! ha We got there on Monday and stayed until Friday. Friday morning we took off to Kosrae!
Kosrae was very very pretty! I really liked Kosrae but I have no idea why a plane would fly into that place! No one lives there! ha Well I believe there’s like 8,000 people on the island but it’s the second biggest island in the FSM so it feels like no one is there. It is really nice though. They had a nice restaurant that we ate at that was on a plank path out into the mangroves! You can see the ocean a lot in Kosrae and I enjoyed that because in Pohnpei and Guam I didn’t or don’t see it that often. Chuuk you see it all the time like Kosrae so it reminded me of Chuuk. There are four missionaries on Kosrae along with a couple and all their houses are way nice!! I was blown away! If you were to take the worst living conditions/ apartment/ house, out of all the islands except Chuuk and then took the best living conditions of missionaries in Chuuk it wouldn’t even compare. The best conditions in Chuuk are light years behind the worst conditions on any other island. ha Here I thought all this time that all the missionaries were living like me on Chuuk (with the exception of Guam and Saipan) when in reality they have been living in luxury! It’s insane the difference! Chuuk is definitely not for the faint of heart. I honestly was dumbfounded. But then again I’m a Chuuk thug. ha Kosrae was great! The language didn’t sound anything like Chuukese or Pohnpeian (which do have some similarities) but the elders seemed to have it down pretty good. The road is really nice and flat and smooth there as well. We rode around on beach cruiser bikes the whole day which was sweet! I would have like to spend more time on Kosrae but we took a flight out of Kosrae Midday on Saturday. We just taught a bunch of lessons and had a good time talking about the mission. The ZL’s house was way cold, it reminded me of Guam. If someone were to ask me which island in the FSM they should go vacation at I would say Kosrae. It's a little tropical island with beautiful beaches, clear water and they had some really nice hotels. Don’t get me wrong Chuuk is definitely the best of all the islands by far. It puts everyone in the dust. But because tourists aren’t usually up for the craziness of Chuuk (not tough enough) Kosrae would be a nice place because nothing big ever happens there. It’s just peaceful. President says it reminds him a lot of Kauai(Hawaii).
After the tour my love for Chuukese people grew even more because they live, in general, in more humbling circumstances than the other islands. I love Chuuk so much! So this Saturday Sampo should be getting baptized! ha We just found some more Chuukese that are great and they’ll be getting baptized soon as well! If I can’t be in Chuuk and baptize I guess I'll just baptize Chuukese in Guam! Next week we’ll be flying to Saipan to go work with the missionaries there! And then two weeks after that we’ll fly out to Yap and then Palau.
Congrats Zach on winning your tournament bro. But I gotta tell you that Chuukese are known for being good at basketball and volleyball and I dominate in both of those now! ha Sorry this is a long one and I can’t remember what you all said but I really do love you guys a lot and I pray for you all to do well. Kelsey keep training hard! McKenzie you’re a stud! Zach keep trying to be like me! Syd you’re the cutest of us all! ha Mom and Dad I hope you have a super stellar time in Palm Springs!
Tong Ennet fiti Jaiwak!
Elder Wells “Ito”
P.S……………..Ummm I can’t remember anymore ha
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Never a missionary in February again
Ran Allim!!
I'll never be a missionary in the month of February again. Weird that I can say that every time we leave a month.ha You can e-mail to either e-mail address, the church has changed the e-mail service and my lds mail is now powered by google and is exactly like Gmail and runs a lot better apparently. I wouldn't know the difference seeing as I just started but hey it's cool. I actually think that anyone can use it but I don't know. ha The old account will just forward everything to the new one so either or.ha
We had a good week of teaching lot's of Chuukese people which only enhances a good week into a marvelous week! I love them so so so much! It seems that anytime I ever write anybody I tell them how much I love Chuukese people but it's pretty much the number one thing on my mind all the time so I think that's why it comes out so frequently. Anyways they're all studs and I love their faces off and I'm so pumped out of my mind because this Friday we are going to CHUUK! We are going to go to all the islands on the west half of the mission so we'll visit Pohnpei and Kosrae as well but we could skip those and just spend the whole time in Chuuk and I would be happy as a clam! We'll be gone for a week and half or so, and mother I don't know if we'll e-mail but if it's possible I will. The only place it's not possible is in Chuuk because Chuuk is for thugs!ha I'm excited to see all the members and Recent Converts in Mwan and Romalum and I'm going to stuff myself full with all the Chuukese food in the world because I'm going through withdrawals without it here in Guam, man! It is so good! Oh and guess what the best thing is!? Elder Kuss and I found a family before I left Chuuk and they were going to get baptized on the Saturday of the week that I left for Guam (lame right) Well the wife and the daughter got baptized but it turned out the husband needed to be interviewed by President Dowdle and he is supposed to be getting baptized this Saturday!!!! So I should be able to see it because we are spending Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and part of Monday in Chuuk!!!! I'm so crazily pumped out of my world I'm so excited!!!................Yeah so life is good here no complaints! ha
Kelsey, Elder Mabey, my MTC comp is living with me and he is way into Triathlons!! He's pumped that you're doing them. He said a great way to train is 3,3,3. 3 swimming workouts, 3 biking workouts, and 3 running workouts a week. He said spread it out nicely to give your knees time to recover from those workouts. He said it's just an idea but he's pretty hard core so I would do it. ha
Thanks for all the sweet updates about the Olympics, I hope you have recorded all that.... And dad I tell all the missionaries about how you just get to listen to General Authorities all the time and they're all way jealous. ha That's so gangsta that you got to listen to Elder Bednar and don't go forgetting those stories because you bettcha I'll be asking you about them! Which reminds me Elder Christofferson is coming to Guam in May!!! Crazy! President Dowdle is way excited about it but he says they haven't said for what reason he's coming out. Everyone is hoping that he will create a stake but it's all up in the air. Either way he will be having a missionary meeting and a member meeting so it's going to be awesome!! Missionaries here from Guam say that when General Authorities come to Guam they usually interview the Assistants. I don't know about that but they said it happened to a couple of Assistants the last time one came...... Yeah so that would be intense, but that's far away. Hopefully Guam will be able to become a stake because that would be super neat to be here for!
My dearest little pwipwi (Zach) I am afraid that you will never be able to beat me at anything, including basketball. It reminds me of a Chuukese saying "Ese wor namwotan kapas, ika ese fiti foffor." Which says " There is no need for words if your actions can't back it up!
Mckenzie I love you and I love dancing! You should too!
Sydnee you're so pretty!
Love you all like nothing else!
Tong Ennet fiti Jaiwak!
Elder Wells "Ito"
I'll never be a missionary in the month of February again. Weird that I can say that every time we leave a month.ha You can e-mail to either e-mail address, the church has changed the e-mail service and my lds mail is now powered by google and is exactly like Gmail and runs a lot better apparently. I wouldn't know the difference seeing as I just started but hey it's cool. I actually think that anyone can use it but I don't know. ha The old account will just forward everything to the new one so either or.ha
We had a good week of teaching lot's of Chuukese people which only enhances a good week into a marvelous week! I love them so so so much! It seems that anytime I ever write anybody I tell them how much I love Chuukese people but it's pretty much the number one thing on my mind all the time so I think that's why it comes out so frequently. Anyways they're all studs and I love their faces off and I'm so pumped out of my mind because this Friday we are going to CHUUK! We are going to go to all the islands on the west half of the mission so we'll visit Pohnpei and Kosrae as well but we could skip those and just spend the whole time in Chuuk and I would be happy as a clam! We'll be gone for a week and half or so, and mother I don't know if we'll e-mail but if it's possible I will. The only place it's not possible is in Chuuk because Chuuk is for thugs!ha I'm excited to see all the members and Recent Converts in Mwan and Romalum and I'm going to stuff myself full with all the Chuukese food in the world because I'm going through withdrawals without it here in Guam, man! It is so good! Oh and guess what the best thing is!? Elder Kuss and I found a family before I left Chuuk and they were going to get baptized on the Saturday of the week that I left for Guam (lame right) Well the wife and the daughter got baptized but it turned out the husband needed to be interviewed by President Dowdle and he is supposed to be getting baptized this Saturday!!!! So I should be able to see it because we are spending Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and part of Monday in Chuuk!!!! I'm so crazily pumped out of my world I'm so excited!!!................Yeah so life is good here no complaints! ha
Kelsey, Elder Mabey, my MTC comp is living with me and he is way into Triathlons!! He's pumped that you're doing them. He said a great way to train is 3,3,3. 3 swimming workouts, 3 biking workouts, and 3 running workouts a week. He said spread it out nicely to give your knees time to recover from those workouts. He said it's just an idea but he's pretty hard core so I would do it. ha
Thanks for all the sweet updates about the Olympics, I hope you have recorded all that.... And dad I tell all the missionaries about how you just get to listen to General Authorities all the time and they're all way jealous. ha That's so gangsta that you got to listen to Elder Bednar and don't go forgetting those stories because you bettcha I'll be asking you about them! Which reminds me Elder Christofferson is coming to Guam in May!!! Crazy! President Dowdle is way excited about it but he says they haven't said for what reason he's coming out. Everyone is hoping that he will create a stake but it's all up in the air. Either way he will be having a missionary meeting and a member meeting so it's going to be awesome!! Missionaries here from Guam say that when General Authorities come to Guam they usually interview the Assistants. I don't know about that but they said it happened to a couple of Assistants the last time one came...... Yeah so that would be intense, but that's far away. Hopefully Guam will be able to become a stake because that would be super neat to be here for!
My dearest little pwipwi (Zach) I am afraid that you will never be able to beat me at anything, including basketball. It reminds me of a Chuukese saying "Ese wor namwotan kapas, ika ese fiti foffor." Which says " There is no need for words if your actions can't back it up!
Mckenzie I love you and I love dancing! You should too!
Sydnee you're so pretty!
Love you all like nothing else!
Tong Ennet fiti Jaiwak!
Elder Wells "Ito"
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