It was happy to see the Easter hike pictures. What
cute nieces and nephews I have! I can't believe it is already April. It
seems like winter never even came :)
So, we finally received our transfer calls after the long 8-week
transfer. 4 new Elders came to the Island. My area has been split in
half so Sister R. Varea and I will no longer be working in Kolonia. Now
we only work on Sokehs Island. We hardly ever went down there before so
it will almost be like opening a new area. As we have been looking over
the old records for Sokehs Island, the most recent is from 2010 and most
are from 2006-2007. It is going to be quite the job trying to find all
those people again. There are several records of people that sounded
like they were really progressing and then the missionaries must've
never went back. We don't know if the missionaries were transferred or
what happened. It will definitely be an interesting week for sure.
Sokehs is a volcanic island so it's just a giant mountain in the sea and
the people mostly live all along the base of it. Many live up higher in
the mountain too though.
This week we worked in Kolonia and then when the new Elders came we
spent three days showing them around and helping them meet all our
members and investigators. One of the Elders has only been out for 3
months and the other one is brand new. They are really nervous about
working in a new area and both being so new in the language. They will
be fine though. All the girls we have already fallen in love with them.
While the Elders were taking care of some stuff with the zone
leaders on Saturday, Sister Varea and I went out to contact the last of
our refferals. We ended up teaching the most horrible family ever. There
was a fat lady that made up names for everyone in the family and they
were just a bunch of bad words. Then she told us all about how well
versed she is in the bible and started quoteing lots of random
scriptures. She just wanted to bible bash so we ended that lesson pretty
fast. As we were leaving they all made a bunch of dumb jokes. They made
a return appointment for us but I don't think we'll be sending the
Elders back there.
The week has been a enjoyable week over all though. Our branch is
really emphasizing reactivation in Sacrament meeting talks and in sunday
school. I think the visiting teaching may be organized now.
We definitely need it. There are over 600 members in our branch and the
attendance rarely gets over 100. It will help a lot to have another set
of missionaries in our branch too. One man we have been working with for
the past couple months finally came to church yesterday with his wife
after years of being less-active. We also have another less-active woman
we've been teaching that for the last couple weeks has come and even
brought all the neighborhood girls.
I feel like I'm babbling so I will end now. Stay strong and always remember God in all you do.
With all my love,
Sister Amy Beutler
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