It's been an interesting week. Not too much news.
I blessed a nonmembers home yesterday at their request and cast an evil spirit out of it for the first time. That was a cool experience.
We also had a lesson yesterday with an African guy named Mwewa Kolonge. He was born in New York City, lived most of his life in Ghana and South Africa.He has been here on the gold coast for over a year going to Bond University, a really prestigious Uni. in our area. He just started a law degree, so he is very busy. He was a former investigator, but one of my mission goals is to baptize a black person, we're gonna start teaching this guy. So we have been putting all of our efforts in to helping him to have a spiritual experience and feel the spirit at our lessons. We brought a guy with us yesterday to the lesson from our ward. He was excellent fellowship because he just got back from his mission and he's the bishop's son. We applied all the new trainings we have received with him, committed him to read and pray & committed him to be baptized as he comes to know that its true; and we even got him to kneel and give us the closing prayer after resolving his concerns. It was awesome! So pray for Mwewa that he will take that challenge to read and pray to find out for himself that its true.
Last night when we left for our dinner apt. I left our keys in the flat and accidentally locked us out. We don't have a spare key and the flat manager doesn't work on the weekends. So after dinner we had to have our district leader Elder C. Paki in Tweedheads drive up and pick us up, and we drove down to their flat with them and spent the night there on the floor. On top of that they got a call last night at like 10:00 from the A.P.s saying that Elder C Paki's companion, Elder Willie (from Kiribati) was getting Emergency Transferred the next day and that he had to be in Brisbane at 12:00. Elder Paki will be getting a missionary who came out last year, but went home after 4 weeks for past transgressions, and now hes coming back out. He's from Hamilton, New Zealand. So he will basically be re-training him. We all Love Elder Willie and we're all gonna miss him a lot! So were a bit bummed that he had to go. So I'm glad we had to stay at their flat last night so we could spend a little more time with E. Willie before he took off. He is the coolest missionary, he is so humble and nice.
So they dropped us back in Robina at the Library and after this we are going to walk over to the flat manager's place and get him to come unlock our flat for us, i think he's got a master key.
It's good to hear you guys are doing a lot of work in the garden mom and dad. Mom do you really eat Beets? a lot of people here eat 'em on sandwiches and stuff. I cant help but gag when I'm forced to eat them. I usually try to sneak 'em into my napkin or something.
its good to hear that you are keeping busy with those Jobs too. Mum, who are your visiting teachers? Its good to hear that you are writing your life history. That is a righteous endeavor. Thank you for praying for our investigators! It always helps. They need all the prayers they can get. We had 2 of the less actives we have been working with lately and one of their non member girlfriends come to stake conference yesterday. So we were excited about that. Hilita the girl that got baptized is now telling us that her dad probably wants to come down from Brisbane and take the lessons from us. So we are way excited about that!
Mum, it wouldn't be too bad of an idea to just give us money for our birthday, but then again, stuff is so much cheaper their (its more than twice as expensive for most stuff over here) that it might just be a cheaper, better idea to buy the stuff their and then send it to us. But if people do want to send money could you please just have them put it on my debt card, that way i don't have to pay a fee for exchanging U.S. currency for Australian. Thank you for asking, but I'm pretty good on garments for now. I was going to ask for a new white shirt, but E. Willie just gave me one this morning that fits me perfectly, its even the same kind as the rest of my shirts. So that is a little tender mercy.
Matt, hows the Cruiz family doing? I have been praying for them? How are your 7 Bapt. dates going? Where exactly are you living now geographically? Where is Kawaii in relationship to all the other islands? Are you sort of banished from everything else in that area? Is there many Tongans in your area?
Well I don't have much to say. Sheyene thanks for the letter it made my week! Lisa what is your family up to? Ange what are the Jensens up to? Val hows the fam? Kristin how is it with 2 little girls and Pete out of town? John - what up Junx? where ya been? Havent heard from you in ages.
Hope everyone has a great week! Fairdinkum!
Love you all, always thinking of you
Elder R.A.Prina