WEEK 11 SPRINGDALE (WEEK 104 OF MISSION)

Iakwe my family and friends I love you and miss you all.  I am so grateful for the opportunity I have had to serve my mission!  Kine was baptized and I was honored to get the chance to confirm her in church on Sunday and she is such a wonderful young girl! Other than that I mean it was a big week but I will have to just tell you all about it in my talk and when I see you all! 

Kine's Baptism.  Also in the picture Bubu and Sister Loveland.
Something of note, I am proud of myself because I translated the entire baptismal service into English for the people there who didn't speak Marshallese.

The branch threw a big surprise going away party for me!  It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.  I could not help but feel so humbled by the love they have shown me.  I can’t really explain to you what I feel about all of this and I can’t really explain how many mixed emotions I feel leaving, especially leaving my favorite area, but that is okay I know that there will be more opportunities for me.  

Mikey sure loves the Marshallese people!
And they have been so good to him.

Such a fun send off.

The Lanjes.

The Clinton Family.

Mikey with Zazu.

Sister Kejon and Lolita.

Mikey and Janda.

Thank you all for all you have done.  I can’t wait to see you all!

Signing out for the last time!

Meek Meek :)

WEEK 10 SPRINGDALE (WEEK 103 OF MISSION)

Yo Yo Yo yello, hope all is well in your life.

 

Ohhh shoot that eclipse is coming!

I'm so much help!

This past week was a really good week and the Lord is progressing that work right along. 

The biggest news is that this next Saturday Kine will be baptized!  It is really exciting and I am so happy for her.  It is kind of funny because nobody is really sure if she ever really was baptized as a girl and so she has been going to church for like 7 years as a non-member haha.  It definitely was one of the easier teaching experiences I’ve had on the mission haha.  She will be baptized by our branch president on Saturday.

Baby Dajon :) 

The Kejon family.

Also this week we had so many people show up for church and I can see just in the short time how much the Lord is inspiring the leadership of the branch and the members here in Springdale.  When you look at our ward list it is quite daunting to see 600 less active members, it is a lot to take in as far as Home Teaching goes as well and so it has been great to be part of the work here.  There are so many part-member families that I can see joining in baptism and then heading to the temple some day. 

Jason is doing great.  He still reads the Book of Mormon and is keeping a study journal and he is just an awesome kid.  He will be baptized shortly after I leave which I will be sad to miss but very happy for him.

This next Sunday I will be giving a talk in Marshallese haha.  It has been so fun to learn a second language and I have felt so blessed by the Lord in the short amount of time that I have been able to learn it.  I can now understand people when they speak to me and have conversations that are fluid and not choppy at all and I plan to continue learning the language after my mission.

Exchanges with Cherrington.

Also a big Happy Birthday to my Dad who turns 39 today!!!  I love you pops and hope you have a great day and hope that you are ready for some serious backyard ball soon haha!

Take this movie bruh!

 Love you all I hope you have a great week!

Elder Green

WEEK 9 SPRINGDALE (WEEK 102 OF MISSION)

Hello everybody!!! Hope you all are having a great week and that you are just as happy as can be.  

We had what you might call a veryy blesseeddd week.  We virtually have just been walking ourselves right into perfect situations to baptize people which has been wonderful.  Two families in our ward have had teenage kids move from the Marshall islands to here who just haven’t been baptized yet even though they have been going to church for a long time so that is always exciting.  Their baptism should be my last Saturday here in the branch.

Other than that, Jason is still progressing and is doing great.  We have been going over and reading the Book of Mormon together which is great because we get to practice our Marshallese with him correcting us, and also his testimony builds while doing it.  He told us that he knows the Book of Mormon is true now and that now it’s just getting himself to feel ready for baptism.

The branch still continues to be the nicest people you could ever imagine. We are seeing a lot of progress from the inside out, which is our whole goal.  We have been having some of the adult leaders coming with us on exchanges which is great and our next goal is to help get Branch Council started etc.  It is really exciting because there is so much work waiting to be done here!

Something super cool was I got a surprise visit from one of my old companions and it was super cool to get to see him.  He was in town for a wedding out here and we had a lot of good laughs etc of course. 

Mikey's Trainer who's been home a few months, Eli Hess.

Love you all.  I hope you have a great week!

I read a scripture in 1 Nephi 19:9

9 Im laļ in, kōn nana ko aer, naaj ekajet E bwe ej men pata; kōn menin rej den̄ļo̧ke E, im E ej kōtļo̧k e; im rej ubrare E, im E ej kōtļo̧k e. Aaet, rej em̧m̧ōje E, im E ej kōtļo̧k e, kōn iakwe in jouj eo An im kōn kijenmej eo An kōn ro nejin armej.

I know you can’t read that so look it up in English and read it for yourself and think about how the Savior’s example teaches us how to get over our challenges.

Love E green!

here I (Emily) saved you the trouble ;)

9 “And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he sufffereth it; and they smite him, and he sufffereth it.  Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long suffereing towards the children of men.”