6/7/16
Aloha ohana!!
So... in case it isn't
obvious... I'm getting this week’s e-mail out a little late. But hey, better
late then never I always say! ...Just kidding... I don't always say that... in
fact I pretty much only say that when I am late and don't have a good reason to
justify my being late.
But anyway, I actually DO
have at least a fairly good reason for not e-mailing you guys back yesterday,
because yesterday I literally didn't even leave our house! In fact I spent
almost the entire day yesterday sleeping because Sunday night I literally
didn't even leave the bathroom floor as I came down with a REALLY bad stomach
flu. So yeah! That was fun! I'm still really only at about 79% functionality
but it was enough to get out and see a few people today and then we came to our
ward activity night so we could send just some really quick updates and e-mails
out. So yeah! Thankfully it was a super quick sort of bug and worked its way
out of my system already, but it sure didn't go down without a fight! Now it's
just a lot of slow re-hydrating and re-filling my stomach. Hey! On the bright
side all of my pants now fit again really well! I lost at least 10 pounds over
two days. :P But don't worry, knowing the member out here they will make sure I
put that ALL back on in one night! haha!
So anyway, enough of my
sob stories! I'm sure you're all much more interested in what has been going on
with the missionary side of things! So I'll jump into that real quick!
So.... right after I said
that I realized that I don't remember pretty much anything that happened this
past week... haha! Sorry I'm seriously SO burnt out right now. :P Oh! One thing
that happened! So this past week was actually transfer week so we had a lot of
missionaries moving in and out and changes happening, but Elder Kirkham and I
are staying together so that means he will be the missionary that "kills
me" in the missionary lingo. :) haha! Other than that, we had a few pretty
cool miracle lessons! We had one where we went to go teach this one less-active
member and then all of a sudden the member’s nephew pulls up with his
girlfriend and they start to walk towards the house and this less-active member
is like "hey, you guys like listen to one lesson real quick?" (Sorry
that's my poor attempt at re-creating this member's pidgin accent) and they
were obviously hesitant, but ended up saying yes and so we just all talked for
a while out on their door step. It was really cool!
So basically the nephew
had a sort of superficial belief in God but didn't really have any inclination
towards religion or even prayer or anything. So we started sharing the story of
Alma in Alma 32 about planting the seed of faith and slowly nourishing it just
a tiny bit at a time and so forth and it actually went SUPER well! It was cool
to kind of see his guards fall down as we talked. I mean at first you could
tell he was like "who are these guys and what are they talking
about?!" and probably a little resentful of his uncle for making him stop
and listen to us... but by the end he was answering questions and you could
just tell by the way he answered them that he was seriously thinking about it
and thinking about if there really was a God and if God really does hear and
answer prayers, (and I promise all of you back home that HE DOES!!) Anyway, so yeah!
Super cool lesson!
Anyway, there was
definitely more stuff that happened but I can hardly remember anything right
now, plus we've gotta get going pretty soon, so I think I will kind of close
with this. Sorry, hopefully next week I will be able to send even just a little
more in depth and detailed letter. But for now, just know that I love you all
SOO much!!! Thank you SO much for all of the good that you continue to do and
for being such great examples to your son/brother as well as being such great
examples to everyone else around you all the time!! I especially appreciate the
encouragement to finish strong as well as all of the help and support you have
given me with the transition back into normal life that soon awaits me. BUT
that is still far enough away and I will continue to let you know if there is
anything else I need help with, but I think for now I will be able to take care
of most of the pressing issues myself and of course, leave the rest up to the
Lord. Thank you again! Mahalo nui loa! Kommol tata! Faafetai lava! Malo au
pito! Gracias! Hankterb Uoyerb! and any other languages you want to throw in
there. :) haha! (hopefully at least Joe gets the reference on that last one.)
haha! :)
Aloha nui loa!
-Elder Powell
p.s. Guess who I ran into
the other day! Sis. Tani! Your cousin Lori's really good friend from Hawaii who
took such good care of me when I was here before! She is still just about the
same as she was before which is great! :) haha!
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