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| Elder Kennedy and trainer Elder Miller |
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| Elders catching a ride |
What a week!!! It flew by but it was awesome!! There were some awesome
miracles this week and just awesome experiences. So Monday, Elder
Miller got sick at the end of the day so I let him lay down for a
couple of minutes before dinner, and we planned on going a couple of
minutes late so he could rest. So after we would have left, these
ladies came to our house and asked if we could give a blessing, and we
said yes of course. But we realized these people live like 20 minutes
walk away so we went ahead a started walking, and right when we
started someone pulled over and we climbed into the back and we were
like sweet. So we get there, give the blessing, I tried doing it in
Kiribati so that was fun. Anyways, after we started the walk back,
another person pulled over and drove us back. It was a weird series of
events but I know it was God leading us for sure!
And then Elder
Pearson came and it was insane!!! He just went off just blowing
everyone’s minds for like 4 hours. It was honestly exhausting but
awesome. We learned a ton and got some super great tips on what we
need to do to improve!! So two things that have been super effective
is one, we pray before and after every lesson. It’s the best thing
ever, it super invites the Spirit and shows God we want to rely on him
instead of ourselves. We obviously can’t do anything by ourselves, it’s
just God working through us. So we pray a ton for guidance throughout
the day and it’s so effective. We forget to pray before some times and
the difference is black and white. One cool thing with prayer that
happened was so one guy wasn’t home so we were like who now. So we
prayed and this lady popped in my head so we went over there and she
was busy, so we were like that’s weird. So we decided to go back to the
first guy’s house and not only was he there, but two other guys were
there too now! They walked in right as we did so the timing was
PERFECT. And the two guys were both sooo solid. It was God working his
way!!
The work here is insane.
Kiribati is insane.
It’s not real.
We have over 30 investigators, at least 20 of whom will be getting
baptized next month. we have multiple baptisms every Saturday for the
next two months. We don’t know if we can handle any more investigators
because there are so many we don’t have time to teach them. It’s crazy
awesome!!! It all starts with exact obedience though. If you are not
exactly obedient you will have no success. Well-- you will always have
success in Kiribati, but to reach the full potential for sure.
Elder Pearson talked about how we have our divine identity before we came
here. Our identity now on earth is conditioned by our beliefs,
experiences, environments, and everything else. But the people we think
we are is not our true selves. It’s a weird concept but as we draw
closer and closer to God our true identity comes out more and more.
That’s the concept at least. The other crazy thing we have been doing
lately is promising people blessing in the name of Christ. It's
essentially the power slam in any lesson. Once you promise in the name
of Christ, anyone feels the power in the name and the promise. It’s
crazy the calling I have, honestly. There is ridiculous amounts of
power in it if you trust in the calling. The best thing is finding out
the promised blessing to any commitment and promising it to them and
watching it be fulfilled!
We have a ton of golden investigators who
all we have to do is teach them the lessons and baptise them. It's
almost too easy. But our teaching pool is perfect. We have every type
of person dang near. It’s so great because I get to improve and learn
in all the different ways. I’m scared for outies in that respect
because in Tarawa you have meetings and you can learn from all
different types of resources. But on outies, all you have is your
companion and the same 200 or so people on the island. Its nice to
know wherever I go is exactly where God wants me to go.
One cool thing that Elder Pearson said in a testimony meeting with
the First Presidency and the Seventy, Elder Eyring stood up and was like "I
was contemplating where God and Jesus are right this instant and what
they are doing. I know they are observing this meeting at this second,
and they are pleased. But the one thing God wants more than anything
right now, is that we let him do more" It’s like WOAHH but super
awesome. God wants to do more through us, but we have to let him. It
was perfect to look at myself as just a way God can do great things
for people here, but it takes me trusting in God all the way! It’s all
just great.
Fun things that happened this week. Hmmm well OH YEAH AT
THE ZONE CONFERENCE SOMEHOW THE SENIOR MISSIONARIES MADE BREADBOWL
BROCHILLI AND CHEESE SOUP WITH COOKIES. NO ONE HAS ANY IDEA HOW THEY
GOT IT ITS ABSOLUTLEY INSANE. AND IT WAS SOOOOOO GOOODDDD SOOOO GOOOD.
So good. So much taste and flavor. It was awesome. I’m kinda sick right
now so that’s not fun but I’m getting better!!
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