Did You Think To Pray? April 9 2017

What up fam! and Friends! 

Solid week this week. Trying to learn Kiribati is freakin hard when you have no teacher and no Kiribati people to speak to and have pronounce words for you. Pray right?haha I read the BoM in Kiribati and it was sooo hard and then I read it in Marshallese and It was sooo easy, im like dang, i got to go back to square one. But its alright little by little.

This week involved a lot of biking, as usual. We also had Zone Meeting on Wednesday where the training was given about Unity in a companionship. Basically this applies in everything and that one of the greatest things we can do is serve each other, serve and do not expect a thank you. If we do this in our marriages and every day life in everything, we will have greater joy in our lives. 

Also Thursday night we had a fire on the beach and had the marshallese neighbor boys come over and cook fish and hot dogs over the fire. It was a good time, sorry i forgot to take pics.

Friday I had the chance to go with a senior couple and handout backpacks to kids at Woja Elementary. Apparently some marshallese lady told a returned missionary that they needed backpacks and so this family sent a ton over and it cost $700 just to send them. TO be honest i have never seen a student here on Majuro without a backpack, they all have them. I think the marshallese lady wanted them so she could sell them, but good thing the senior couples are in charge of them and not the lady. Maybe they would be better useful for outer islands. 

Saturday we road our bikes all morning and afternoon and had only success in the invitation hahaha. We got sunburnt real bad, but hopefully it will turn into a tan (we not it wont but we can be hopeful). 

Sunday I saw the Lord blessing me for the work when again a ton of less actives that we have been working with came to church. Its awesome to see the church building going from half full when i first got here, to now full every week! Love the work!!! Its crazy how much joy you get in serving others. some days its hard cuz my body is lazy and tired and wants to stay and learn Kiribati, but then I go out to work and just can't wipe the smile off my face haha. 

I havn't seen conference yet, but i have been reading a book about President Gordon B. Hinckley and his teachings and he is such a baller. THe thing i liked this week was "FORGET YOURSELF AND GO TO WORK!" I love good ole Gordon.

Also another quotation i like was The Greatest commandment is the one you are having the hardest time keeping. Work on it, and once you have conquuered it, move on to the next one.

And one thought that came into my mind when I woke up in the middle of the night was "Did You Think To Pray?" Prayer is such a powerful thing and we need to pray all the time.

The latest on Kiribati is that we are waiting on visas, it should be 2-3 weeks. hopefully it will be fast!

love you all!