I will first address the momma's questions because I
know she is dying to know. My house here in Kolonia is also on the
church grounds just like in Sapwalap. The house is a little bigger but
not much. It's still just a one-room house but we have more space to
walk around and don't have to jump over our beds to get to our desks.
It's getting pretty old though. The light fixture in the bathroom
doesn't work so my nightly shower is pretty dark but there is warm
water. The stove also isn't working so we find ways to cook everything
in the microwave. Microwaved eggs are pretty good. I still drink
filtered water here. The water in Sapwalap is actually probably cleaner
than it is here. I always drank the water right from the pipes in
Sapwalap and never had a problem getting sick from it.
The Andon Family is still progressing and they are fun to teach.
The mother and her two young kids will be ready to be baptized in the
next couple weeks. We taught her the word of wisdom and she was so
worried that she'd been a sinner all this time because she drinks coffee
and eats coffee flavored candy. We assured her that God wasn't going to
judge her for what she didn't know and she started right away to start
giving it up. She is doing really well. The dad and teenagers will take a
little longer to get ready for baptism but I can already see how the
gospel has brought their family closer together and I'm confident the
whole family will be baptized one day. They will be a really strong
family too. The dad is even looking for a different job so he won't have
to work on Sundays.
We were teaching a lesson on Sokehs island and one of the little
girls that was about 1 1/2 was making a fuss. The woman behind me was
calling her to come so she stood up but started walking towards me
instead. I was sitting cross-legged on the ground. She looked at me for a
second and then just fell in my lap, put her thumb in her mouth, and
went right to sleep. The women all started laughing and told me the
girl's mother had very fair skin so she must've thought I was her mom.
It definitely gave me a shock.
A couple days later we saw little girl (about 3 years old) on the
road waving a knife around. She almost hit her mother with it and that
got her mother going. She said "E pahn Kemeuke (I'm going to give you a
beating)" The little girl just turned around and when she saw us she
started running after us with the knife saying "kemeuke kemeuke."
New Years Day was quite peaceful. Everyone was inside sleeping
after their parties and all the shops were closed. Lots of the teenagers
were going around in the back of trucks drumming on trash cans but they
were actually really talented. I thought it sounded really cool, Some
little kids threw us candy out of their car too.
I'm out of time. Love you all,
Sister Beutler
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