Aloha a day late
Yeah, sorry. It's a day late. Since yesterday was President's day, all the libraries were closed, and we weren't able to do our email. So, you get a wonderful Tuesday night (or Wednesday morning) surprise.
I'm afraid I have a bit of a headache at the current moment, so hopefully that won't come across as me being down in this email.
The last week has been an interesting one to say the very least. Lots of events happening, and not all completely good... or maybe will turn out to be good, we will have to see.
To start with our favorite three, Jack, Sandy, and Tylor. It seems that things finally boiled over in the house, and as far as we know, Sandy has moved out, or is in the process. Jack is tired of the drama, and is looking forward to who she can become becoming a member, and knows she needs to move out for that to happen. Sandy, on the other hand, seems to have been lying to us for a few weeks, so apparently we still have quite a bit of work. Tylor stays fantastic and strong. He is a great kid, but a little difficult to get him to focus at times. Were going to try to get him to play basketball with us tonight.
The interesting thing that happened occured on Friday night. We were at a valentines party at the church (guess we are a couple?) and we called to invite Jack. He came, but didn't want to come in. He said he was just going to stop by quickly, and asked me to make him a plate. Well, an hour and a half later, we had taught a little, learned a lot about Sandy, and laughed at some stories he has. He also made me promise him this last week that if he gets baptized after I go home, that I will fly back out to Hawaii to baptize him. That was a really special moment for me, to have him ask me that. He and I have also decided that we are going to write a book about his life. So, when he gets baptized, we can turn it into a religious book. "Jack Caneda, The Fisherman's Greatest Catch". He has some amazing stories, and through conversion on the end and it will be motivational as well.
The most exciting thing this last week was something completely different though. An older couple in our ward have two daughters who are starting to get active in the church again. And those two daughters have three daughters between them who are not baptised. So, we started teaching them this last week. They are really excited, and the moms want them to be baptized. In fact, I don't think there is a question in anyone's head if they will or not. They really liked the lesson, and they are looking forward to more lessons. We are teaching them twice every other week (two live with their dad every other week... bad divorce from the sounds of it), so we won't see them this week, but next week should go really well.
Like dad says, missionary work and teaching school are a lot alike. We see so often how people can reject something that will only help them in their lives, and we can't force it on them. We simply love them and try to do all we can for them. Then, when they do what they need to, it is all the more sweet for you.
Other than that, we continue being missionaries. We have our zone conference tomorrow, so that will be a lot of fun. Plus I am excited to see the new assistant to the president, since he was one of the zone leaders when I got to Kauai. Hehe, I'm going to have way too much fun with him tomorrow. As always, I hope everyone is doing well, I love you all, and thank you for the continued support!
Aloha
Elder Kidd
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