loha, and G'day mate
So, I think Ben will be most excited about this. My companion, Elder Ka'ahanui and I were able to come down to his house yesterday so that he could open his mission call. And he is going to....... Australia, Adalaide mission! So, he is super excited about that. The only problem is that I have to get him to focus on this work for one more day. I don't think it will be too hard, but he is definately looking forward to going home on Wednesday.
As for the rest of our week. This seemed to be the week of canceled appointments. I think by the end of the week we had somewhere near 10 of our appointments cancel. So, that always makes things a little more difficult, but you endure through and do the best that you can.
JJ still seems to be struggling a lot with commitment. He "guarenteed" (sp?) us that he would be in church on Sunday... and he wasn't. One of our bishop's councilors knows him, and said that he just doesn't feel ready to make the commitment. So, hopefully one or two more bold lessons will help him with the commitment. Otherwise, some other missionaries may have to help him.
On Friday we had a wonderful baptism for Mandy. Everything seemed to go well, and we had a lot of people there. I forgot to grab my camera, or else I would include pictures. When I do, I promise that Mandy is a girl (though she doesn't look it: short hair and boy clothes). Her parents are going to work on that aspect thought. Then yesterday I was able to confirm her in sacrament meeting, which was a great blessing.
Saturday we had an open house at our chapel, which was awesome. It was supposed to be for the members to bring their friends to to introduce them to the gospel. Well, not many did that. But, most of the people that came were from Waianae ward, and most were either recent converts, or less-actives that are coming back to the church. Also, our bishop came and loved it, and told us we need to do it again, and next time he will bring people. Then, 7 of the 8 people that bore their testimonies yesterday had come to the openhouse, and said that it was a wonderful experience. I think next time we will have a lot more support.
I also got some fantastic news as I logged onto the computer to send this home. If everyone remembers the Taufa'asau's from Mililani that I wrote about around 6-10 weeks ago.... Mandy (the wife) and Jensen (the older son) got baptized this last Saturday. They emailed me and invited me to the baptism. Unfortunately I didn't find the email until today.... but I am still super excited that they got baptized.
Also, I got a phone call from President Peterson this morning, and I will be a district leader again next transfer. So, I get to serve more missionaries again. I am excited to be able to do these things once more.
Yesterday we gave a good lesson to the young men in our ward, and I wanted to share a little from it. We talked a little bit about the things they liked to do (all talked about the super bowl). Then, we told them about how they couldn't do any of that on their missions, and asked why would anyone want to serve? Then we went on about sacrifice, having a testimony, etc. But, for us, how many things in our lives does the Lord ask us to give up? What things do we have to sacrifice? Why do we do it? I think there may be a lot of answers, but doesn't it come down to a couple basic things: we love the Lord, and want to follow Him; we love the Savior for all that He has done, and want to be worthy of His sacrifice for us; we love our families and want to be with them forever. What wouldn't we give up for that?
I love you all so much. Thank you continually for the support and love that you give to me.
Elder Kidd
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