This felt like a really long week for some reason, at this point in my mission it's nice to not feel like time is flying from time to time.
After Pday last week we had a lesson with the Kabzi Obama which was pretty fun. We are trying to get Ethan (10 year old) to read the book of Mormon so we had to fund a way to get him interested. Elder Ferrin ended up telling him the story of Ammon which got him pretty pumped. Who doesn't want to hear about a missionary cutting off the arms of wicked men? We have him the chapters of the story and found out later that he had read them and others. Awesome moment!
Tuesday we ended up getting stuck in Hilo again because Firestone broke one of our bolts when we went last week. So we took the car up again and got it fixed, took most of the day so that was a bust.
Wednesday we went on exchanges with Kea'au and I went to their area with Elder Dorrough. It was a fun time and I found out their area is just about as backwoods and sketchy as ours. Also the water in their pad went out so they stayed the night at our place. We celebrated by having a pancake breakfast the next morning so it was fun.
We had a couple slow days that followed but finished strong during the weekend. Awhile back President Bekker felt prompted that we needed to check in on our recent converts who weren't coming to church. We only have one who isn't (Trineice) but after meeting with her this week she ended up coming to church and bringing her non member sister Nyssa. Hopefully we can start teaching her this week, pays to listen to an inspired man.
Sunday was super long because me and Elder Ferrin spoke in sacrament meeting, then we taught our gospel principles class, then we taught primary. We were darn near wiped by the end of church but we were still able to have a meeting with our investigator Candice Kaawa, it was a solid lesson. After we had the amazing pleasure to hear President Nelson and Elder Holland address the saints of Hawai'i from Laie. I was sad to not be able to be there in person but you could still feel the power of the spirit through these inspired men and their wives. They got very personal while talking about the role of a prophet and they covered a whole lot of topics: temples, fore-ordination, missionary work, ancestry, and more. The part that hit me the hardest was Elder Holland's talk on loneliness and how we are never truly alone. That hit me because sometimes it feels like we are in the middle of nowhere and have nothing going for us here, but I can't complain, I'm serving the Lord in a beautiful place and I know he is with me. Just gotta keep moving forward.
Anyway this email is probably way too long, so hope you all have an amazing week. Love you all!
Elder Smith
Hawai'i Honolulu Mission
1. I made a friend
2. We ain't sayin' we fat buuuut
3. Pancakes
4. A small kitten
5. Me and Ferrin cruisin'
6. Have a nice day
7. I see this every day
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