It sounds like all is well back home in Dayton. The
Pohnpein skirt suits you Mary. I think I'll have to bring one home for
all my sisters. They are so nice and versatile. Most the women wear two;
one pulled up over their chest and the other on their waist. They make a
perfect apron, bath robe, or hankey for when you have a runny nose. :-)
I'm glad your talk went well. I can see how it would be hard to talk
about 3 missionaries and keep you talk down to 20 minutes.
Jacob, I still never found out when you graduated but I assume it
has come to pass seeing that you are applying for jobs. I will be
praying for you to find the best one to match your family. I know you
won't have a problem finding one. You've always been a hard worker and
have the experience and grades to back it up.
A couple weeks ago we had a "great drought" in Pohnpei. It hadn't
rained for nearly two weeks and all the water was turned off in Kolonia
for 4 days. The banana trees were even starting to wilt. It's funny
hearing that you are in a drought when there is still greenery all
around you.
Elis and Daisy are still being awesome investigators. Daisy has
already read the first ten chapters of the Book of Mormon and Elis is
giving up beetle nut. He has only chewed 2 in the last 3 days. This is a
huge improvement from the 40 he used to chew every day.
Lorcina and Rachel both got baptized on Saturday. Their families
came and I'm hoping we can encourage their parents to continue coming to
church and setting a good example for their children. The girls were
both so excited to be baptized and it was extra special because they are
cousins. Most the people at the baptism were Kirinese so they got to
have the baptismal service mostly in their native language.
Meagan (a Pohnpein girl that joins us teaching) and Ansleen (one of
our recent converts) saw that I had hair on my feet and toes during the
lesson and so afterwards they decided it all needed to be pulled out.
They started doing plucking it and said that when a Nanmwarki (king) is
sleeping, it is rude to wake him up by patting him so instead they pull
out his toe hair. It was a painful experience. The Pohnpeins seem to
have an obsession with hair. They are always grooming each other getting
lice and other such things out.
Our shower tiles started falling off on Friday and all the wood
behind had rotted away so the only thing holding the tiles up was the
grout. Today they are fixing it and our electricity so we can have light
in our bathroom.
Well, I still love all of you very much,
Sister Beutler
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