Sister Komra touched a frog for the first time. We took a short cut
walking home in the dark and went through a grassy place full of frogs.
There aren't any frogs on her island so she asked me to catch one for her so she could see what they feel like. She ended up just screaming and letting it go.
We taught Mayleen the Word of Wisdom the other day and she acted
like it was good advice but not something she was interested in living.
We decided to show her how much money she was wasting on her drugs every
year. I asked how much she smoked a day and added it up to show her
that she spent nearly $1,000 on cigarettes every year. She was so amazed
and then she got excited and had me add up how
much she spent on all her other drugs. We totalled it to almost $5,000.
For a Pohnpein that is really a huge amount of money. I think it really
opened her eyes and perhaps it's the thing that will get her
progressing.
Yesterday we attended the funeral of one of our branch members. He
was only 20-years-old. Saturday morning he was healthy as can be but he
ate some food that had rat poisoning in it and he was gone before the
night was over. I've walked past lots of funeral gatherings but this was
the first I attended. We sang for hours as everyone said their
farewells. The older ladies walked around spraying everyone with perfume
and before they nailed the coffin shut the ladies all gave their last
mourning cries. It was an interesting, but very sad occasion.
Yesterday our investigator, Kenny, saw us teaching at a house close
to his and got everything ready for his lesson. He swept out the house
and layed out his mats and just sat and waited for us. When we came over
he told us to sit down and then started the lesson out for us by
volunteering to give the prayer and then went right into his reading
assignment. He is a very interesting young man.
It was good to see the reunion pictures. Everyone is growing up so past. Andrew still looks just like me. :) You all take care now and keep doing your own missionary work.
Love,
Sister Beutler
I forgot to add that the thing I'm holding in the picture is a little volleyball Sister Komra taught me to make with coconut leaves.
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