So I suppose I'll start with Monday last week. This guy
started building us a new house, so after awhile we're gonna move from
the chapel I think. We've been working the south end of the island so
far, but the new house is in the middlish. Then
we're gonna start working more northern, but we're probably gonna have
to start biking 1-1 1/2 hours everyday or every other day. Good news is
that the house will be way better. On Tuesday we had a lesson to start
the day, but it fell through. So we just talked
to some random people and found some people we are lessoning with now,
Tebou and Motu. We also lessoned with a girl which had already taken
some lessons, she accepted the initial invitation to be baptized. The
lady we were having dinner with that night said
I was better than the last new elder at Kiribati, so at least I'm
better that someone I suppose. On Wednesday we went to a botaki, a party
basically, I had to sit cross legged for like five hours, it was the
worst. The party itself was good though, just the
sitting was bad. At dinner that night we ate
mantis shrimp. Elder Wright was quite surprised when I already new what
they were. The people at dinner were confused when I tried to explain
that they can see in a broader spectrum of
light as well. I think I bit off more than I could chew with that
conversation. The next day was pretty average. Elder Wright got pretty
fired up because our branch president, Iotebwa, likes us better than the
last elders. Friday we made cakes (yeah even Elder
Wright was surprised, apparently you can substitute eggs with vinegar
and extra oil) with a less active lady, who is the elementary school
teacher in Tabontebike basically. She doesn't come to church because
she's afraid of her husband, but she really likes
us I think, and I think the branch could really use someone Like her.
We also met some people from Norway who have been traveling the world on
a sailboat, and have been to the outer islands in places like Samoa and
whatnot. We also met the head of the Kiribati
Navy (a boat). On Sunday the only thing that really happened is that we
lessoned with Tebou and Motu about the BOM and the word of wisdom, and
Tebou already could see that smoking made him worse at volleyball, so
he seemed eager to accept. Also we got much
needed new bungas today, so I'm excited.
Love you all
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