Things Are Looking Up

It's been a nice week. The past few weeks had been some of the darkest and most discouraging of my mission, but things are really improving. We had 5 investigators at church yesterday. None of the people who planned to give them rides showed up but they found their way there anyway. Kenny, a 24-year-old investigator, walked to church all by himself and said he really enjoyed it.

Mazuda is finally getting baptized tomorrow. We've been waiting for almost 3 months because his mom wanted him to be baptized on his birthday. He is a bright young boy and has been really fun to teach. He says one of his favourite things to do is come to church.

One of the investigators I taught in Sokehs is also getting baptized this week on Saturday. She is the one Elder Dylan Beutler taugth years ago. I got to be good friends with her and it's good to see her finally make the decision to act on what she knows is true.

Sister Ioane and I will be starting our dance class this Wednesday. They announced it in church and all the ladies are really excited to come. We also have lots of investigators that want to come too. It's going to be fun watching them learn to dance. :)

Mom and Dad, it was fun to see the pictures you took at the wedding. Looks like Pohnpei. It's always interesting seeing and hearing how similar our missions are even though we are on different sides of the world.

Love you all,

Sister Beutler

This has been an interesting week. Maybe it's the fact that school will be starting soon but nobody seems to have time to meet with us. We have days filled will so many appointments that it looks like we won't even be able to handle them. Then we get out and almost everything seems to fall through. On Thursday we spent 4 hours just trying to find anybody that would let us sit down with them. We made a lot of return appointments but no lessons. Hopefully someone from all that finding turns out to be a good investigator.

I'm sure you all pray for me already but if I could ask anything from all of you at home, please pray for the people I'm teaching in this little part of the world. Some of my investigators really need a miracle.

I don't know if any of you remember me talking about Mither, she's the lady that has been waiting for 20 years for missionaries to teach her. Anyway, she has gone for a whole week now without smoking! Now she just needs to get married but we're in the process of getting that all put together.

Well, have a good week my family. Count your blessings name them one by one.

Sister Beutler

Hello my dear family,

Not much to write today, but I did have a few really good experiences to share from this week. One was just on Saturday when many appointments were falling through and I was starting to feel discouraged. We were walking down the road when a whole group of our young members (13/14-years-olds) called out to us and told us to come sarawi (have a lesson) with them. I looked back and saw they had a young lady with them who usually gives us dirty looks but she was smiling at as this time. We took the opportunity and had a really good lesson. All the kids bore their testimonies at the end. It really lifted my spirits that day.

 Yesterday we taught a young man and woman who had been taught a couple years ago but were eventually dropped. We reviewed the restoration and then I asked if they had ever prayed about out teaching. The boy, Kenny, said he had prayed a long time ago. I asked him what happened when he prayed. He got a bit emotional and took a long time to say anything but finally told us that he knew that Book of Mormon and everything we teach is true. He accepted a baptismal date right then and there and said he is really going to be serious about this. It was such a miracle that we found him. I know he has been prepared to recieve this gospel.
Rachel, I think I may not have joined you in your huckleberry make-up doing. Well, maybe on my lips but I don't think I could bring myself to squeeze it on my eyelids.
Yes momma, the girl in the picture I sent last week is my new companion.

 

Pictures this week:Pohnpei has lots of funny road signs so I thought I'd just share a couple with all of you.

Loving you all more every day,

Sister Beutler

A Big Week

So much has happened this week. I received a call Monday night from the Zone Leaders letting me know I would be training again and I would be flying to Guam in the morning. Tuesday Morning we got to the airport and the flight was cancelled so I just stayed in Pohnpei. On Friday my new companion came. Her name is Sister Komra. She is from Vanuatu. She speaks French and Pislama and just started learning English while she was in the MTC for 12 days. Pislama is kind of like Pigian so it is sort of close to English but kind of not. Anyway, it is interesting teaching her English and Pohnpein at the same time. She is really positive though and she works hard so we'll do just fine together. She comes from an island with no cars and no electricity. Things that seem so common and simple to me are so new to her.

One of our members in Sapwalap is in an "I'm a Mormon" video. It is called "I'm a spear fisherman, I'm a Pohnpein, I'm a mormon" You should all look it up and watch it. It's a nice look into what Pohnpei is like.

We taught a family this week which has two children in it that are only three months apart in age. I asked how that happened and they had no idea. It just did. The girl was born November 1993 and the boy in January 1994. They have the same mother and father. They think they must have been twins and one was just ready before the other. I guess it's just a mystery.

 Much love and God speed to all of you,

 Sister Beutler