Yeah, its a day late. We took our P-day (Tuesday) so that we could go to the temple this morning! It was a wonderful experience there, and it was beautiful as well. The temple is in Kona, which is on the other side of the island. So, we got up at about 3:30 this morning, and then drove between all the volcanoes (not active, but that is all this island is is volcanoes) over to Kona side. Then we drove back (after a quick stop at Costco) and were afraid our weight was destroying the car.
Well, we're all alive, the car is still running, and the recent RM is happy he got to go to the temple again.Work continues here as well. We have had a couple really cool people we have taught, but one couple decided they weren't interested, and another is out of town for about 3 weeks, so we get to postpone some of that. We do have a lesson tonight with a lady that has some potential though.Ikaika (one of our progressing) is still having great spiritual experiences, but had a family emergency this last week, so he was unable to make it to church. He knows he needs to, and hopefully he will soon.We weren't able to meet with Cathy and Pearlina this last week, but they came to church, and are still loving things.
It sounds like Jeremy and Heather had fun in Seattle, except for the Ticket to Ride game. Heather, you have the new record now! I loved Pikes market when I got to go my senior year, and the space needle was fun as well.
Right now we are starting to work with two 9 year-old girls who haven't been baptized. They both want to be, so hopefully we can set dates for them this week, and their families will bring them to church. That seems to be my best success recently.
We are really looking forward to general conference as well. I'm really excited to see who is going to be the next apostle. Everyone in Utah can think of us poor Hawaiians who will be getting up early so that we can see the session start at 6 am (yeah, I know we have no sympathy, but I can try, right?).
Our biggest problem we have right now in one of our wards is that the members do not seem to want to get involved. Any suggestions from those at home? also, may I take this opportunity to encourage all of you to make a little more effort in your own missionary efforts. I don't know the statistics for other places, but about 80% of baptisms in Hawaii are from member referrals... So, figure over 300,000 baptisms last year, cut by 80% is only 60,000. Well, enough preaching from me.
I love you all so much. Continue to put your trust in the Lord. As the rain falls, we see that all things are for our good. The rain here makes it so beautiful, and quite cool actually, so we prefer it. Can we change our lives to enjoy our trials a little? I love you all.
Elder Kidd
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