Sounds like it was a fun week besides packing. And those cakes look the bomb! (We had a ward activity, a cake auction. Members make and decorate cakes for judging, participating in activities to earn monopoly money and then we auction off the cakes at the end of the evening. It was lots of fun! And we had over 20 investigators, friends and non-member family attend.)
Kam bwati n te kuka!
And it blows me away that people at work are still going on about me, I feel like I didn't do anything to deserve all their kindness, but tell my St Vinnies crew I love them.
What kind of new work opportunities are you looking for mum? And the change will be fun and scary and stressful, but fun! It doesn't feel right give you advice mum because your 101x wiser than me but, just go with the flow and learn something from it.
I'm back in Tabwakea this week because Elder Afatasi got back from Fanning on Tuesday. On Wednesday it rained HARD the whole day, 70% of Kiritimati must have been under a couple of inches of water (this is not a fact). Elder Afatasi came to pick me up from London and we spent that wet day moving into the senior couple's house. We got news from President that the Siemons (previous senior couples on Kiritimati, Elder Siemons needed surgery) weren't returning and that Elder Afatasi needed to be in the SC house to do SC duties. So on top of Elder Afatasi being District Leader we are also Senior Couples/Office Elders/Airport Elders...and none of the Bills are paid (due today) and there's lots of reports and scanning to be done.
So this week has been kinda lame, we have only taught 5 lessons since being back in Tabwakea and the Baptisms that were meant to happen on the 28th didn't because of the Fanning trip. I can not wait for all this paper work to be over so we can get investigators prepared.
We did, however, end our week on a very good/happy note. On Sunday, investigators Tatonga and Markreta got married! We had a nice little service in the Chapel for them, had lots of member present and there was a Bootaki (gathering) with so much food! They have so many friends from the church now. Next step will be a Baptism for them and their oldest daughter on the 12th of December, then a trip to the temple hopefully. I have no idea how we can get them to the temple, plane tickets are so expensive, but hopefully one day.
We had 8 investigators at church as well, which was such a surprise because he hadn't had lessons with most of them yet. But that just goes to show that they're ready for baptism.
Well hopefully next week I'll be able to see some more action. I love you guys! Have fun on your Kiritimati holidays!
Love Elder Berends
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