Aloha to all my friends and fam!
This week in the Waipiolani ward we had some great things happen both planned and unplanned. Of course we also had some bad things happen, most of which were unplanned since we try not to plan for those kind of things. First off we had a meeting early in the week with the Wong Family (a less active family trying to get back to church) and set their 9 year old daughter Mochi with a baptismal dater for the 26th of November (which is pretty cool because its exactly a year after my first baptism, Malia, in Kaneohe). They are solid and we will continue to meet with them this month. We also had a lesson planned for the Davis family to get them back to church and baptize their daughter Kiana... but when we got to the lesson Kiana was asleep the whole time so we will focus on baptizing her on a day when she hasn't been at a haunted house for hours. Despite that setback we did talk to the rest of the family and shared some scriptures that came to mind, they started tearing up and said it was exactly what they needed to hear. Bishop Goo was also with us for that lesson so of course it went well, he is just great at making everyone feel comfortable and loved.
We went to the 4-ward trunk or treat as well this week and had a good time. The Davis family and Francis came to that so that was great to see. Winning costumes were Elder and Sister Anderson's grandson who came as an AT-ST from Star Wars complete with a working Nerf Gun that he continuously shot the three of us with, and the Goo Family whose four kids came as the Ninja Turtles while Bishop was Shredder.
The best part though was that we found a younger military couple referred to us by the Visitor's Center who seems to be interested in what we have to say. The wife, Georgie, said that she would read the introduction before we met again this week and she seemed to really mean it. Despite their Catholic upbringing they have a really solid understanding on what the Book of Mormon is, not a new scripture or correcting doctrine, but a second witness used to clarify. It made me really happy to see that.
Anyway that's all for this week, remember to never take what you have for granted and to always find ways to share it with others.
Love and Aloha
Elder Smith
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