Aloha everyone!
Another week has seemingly disappeared. It is funny the closer I get to coming home the more dreams I have about life back in St. George. Last night I dreamed I came back and was in shock because of how bare the mountains were. It was a really strange dream. BTW I got a call on Wednesday, my official release date is March 25! I am beginning to get a little nervous. I feel like I am on death row. Transfers are in two weeks and if I stay in Honomu one more I can assume I will finish my mission here- Me and my companion have both have been getting really close to the members, every time we visit them we make it a point to tell them we love them. This makes a huge difference! We on occasion, as circumstance allows tell complete strangers we love them. The branch is going through less turbulence, I did get to be a psychologist on Saturday when a zone leader came to be with me and my companion. They currently are training 2 missionaries and are having a hard time with a missionary in our zone who stirs up drama. Me and Elder Brown used our comp study to help him find a little peace in the storm. He told us going with us was what he needed. We also enjoyed his company and we all made it a point to have fun as we worked. For dinner hour we went to a lava rock beach park and watched the waves. (During the winter the waves get huge.) We got splashed a few times, We could taste the salt on our lips! We had a kapuna (Elderly)dinner that evening. We were given the job to help bring trays of food to the guests. I really enjoyed having a job serving people, it is fulfilling to try to make their experience as memorable as possible. As a bonus I feel the relationship with several of the nonmembers improved. One lady came up to me after the program and thanked me which I though was nice. We also met a lady who we had knocked her door and she had told us she was not interested. We had a good talk about how she ended up in Hawaii and though she is comfortable with her views of God she told us she respects what we do! Christmas is coming soon, This will be my last Christmas in Hawaii. It hasn't even felt like that time of year. It is hot and I sweat a lot. Tracting can be miserable during the middle of the day. I think that is my report this week The Lord is starting to teach me a few lessons for post mission life, I guess he wants me to start preparing. A lot of the lessons are on personal conversion and finding myself. Maybe that's why I have been given a crazy amount of opportunities to be a psychologist these last few weeks. Guess I will see what else he has prepared for me to do to finish up my work in the pacific. It is sad to think most of my mission is behind me, but I am overflowing with joy thinking about where this journey has taken me. It is not about numbers or statistics, It is about bringing children closer to God. Not everybody is ready foe a fullness but that doesn't stop him from loving them with a fullness of his love! I have received a promise that the Lord has some work for me still to yet do. I am excited to see where that will lead me. I am content with my successes and my failures and I have come to terms with the short time I have left, "Let's see what miracles the Lord has yet to perform on an Isle of the sea-" Aloha, Love ya, -Elder Esplin
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