Leaving the Island of Martha's Vineyard to a new area

Cleaning up on the beach

Repairing the Greenhouse

On the Ferry

The Brown Family

Brown Family

Baptism of Rodrigo in the Ocean

Crab on the beach

The chicken coop we cleaned 

Jamie Norton's Chicken Coop

Rodrigo's Baptism at Madieras Cove in Oak Bluffs Beach

Cleaning up the Beach in Degertown

On top of the Greenhouse with Elder Mulitalo

Cute Brown Family Kiddies

Cute Brown Family Kiddie

Beautiful Sunset

On the ferry ride

Zone Conference in Cambridge

      Oh boy was it a long and busy week. Well it was Easter weekend, we had zone conference, I hit my 6 month mark, did some service we got Transfer texts and we had a baptism!
    Monday, really nothing happened, we had planned on going off Island to do a District P-day,  along with  Zone Conference on Wednesday, but it was raining pretty bad and super windy so the ferry got canceled. We hung out at our place and did some cleaning. Unfortunately we did not go shopping because the place we go shopping is on strike and is closed all week. Luckily we do have lots of food at our home.
     Tuesday morning we started our journey to the mainland, that morning we had packed and got ready to leave. It was a decent ferry ride over but pretty fun. As we arrived at Brewsters apartment we helped move some stuff out because in May they are going to be in a new apartment. We got a call from some other Elders informing us we have been giving the wrong number out. The strange thing is that was the same number we had last transfer when I was with Elder Foutz. After they left Elder Lemon and I starter our day exchange. We walked about a mile to do a contract attempt but sadly they weren’t there. On the way back my sunglasses must of fell out and I didn't notice until we got back to the house. So we had to bike back to find them, luckily we did. After dinner we started our finding and walked to our lesson. Though it was a lot of walking I had a great time getting to know Elder Lemon even more.
     Wednesday was already going to be a long day because we had to wake up by 5am to leave by 6am to get to Zone Conference on time. We had to drive at least 2 hours, that’s without hitting any traffic going through Boston so we could make it to Cambridge. To celebrate my 6 months we stopped by McDonald's for breakfast and it was pretty good. The focus on Zone Conference was the last week of Christ and the events that led up to his resurrection. One thing I learned was they offered Jesus Christ vinegar and gall, which would act as a pain numer but he denied it. The reason is so that he WOULD feel the full pains and afflictions for each and every one of us, along with when the spirit left his body. He was able to feel both spiritual and physical pain, just so he can be our comforter and he does understand how we feel. We broke into groups with a focus on Baptism and helping prepare our friends we are teaching for baptism. It was good to have to best help our friends on their path to baptism. After we had to leave so we could catch the ferry to go home. While we got on, there was a stunning sunset, which I was so happy to see; it was perfect way to end they long day. Before we did get to our home I celebrated my 6-month mark by burning a tie next step is a shirt at my year mark.
     Thursday, we were able to go do some service with Jamie Norton on the family farm. He wasn’t free until after lunch so we did some studies, and because of the early day yesterday I was super tired and took a 30 min nap. When I woke up I thought it was the next day. Jamie was able to pick us up and we walked to the chicken coop. We helped clean out the floor of the chicken coop, and oh boy  it did not smell good. We helped scoop and shovel all of it, along with collect the eggs. He needed the help before he gets more chickens next week. He was super appreciative and we let him know next time he needs help just to let us know, we could make the time to help. That night we went over to visit Sister Maurice for dinner, both President and Adam Biliduea came with. Presidents mother was on island, and she’s from Old Saybrooke, that’s part of my last area in Madison, so I thought it was pretty cool! It is always fun to have dinner at member’s homes to see and feel the spirit they bring to us.
     Friday, we made our trip back to the mainland for the last District Council of this transfer. While waiting for our ride, there were members of another ward in Massachusetts that stopped and we were able to talk to them for a little, it was there first time to the Island. We then left to the Cape Cod Chapel for our District Council. The focus was on always being in sight and hearing of your companion. We made a plan to have more Companionship Unity. We then helped each other start to memorize "The Living Christ" it sure will be a tough challenge, because it’s pretty long. As we arrived back to the Island we once again did some service for Jamie Norton. We helped fix 3 panels on the top of the farms green house, and it was sure a little windy. Fixing the panels are much easier as we have experience fixing them.  After we finished, we went with Johnathan Norton (his son) through the sheep pen so it was fun to see lots of sheep. While waiting for Jamie to return with dinner, we played (hit and tossed) some baseball, and I was not good at all. Wrestling sure was the sport for me. Jamie bought us some pizza for helping out and we got to know him more. To end the night we went to the chapel to work on Rodrigo’s Baptismal Program. It took forever.  A couple computers wouldn’t work, one wouldn’t print, so we used the oldest one to print them, but they could only print one side at a time,  luckily we were able to get it all worked out.
     Saturday, in the morning the transfer texts came in. I am sadly leaving Martha’s Vineyard. The Branch here has become family to me. I know for sure I will come back to visit after my mission. Soon after we joined the Biliduea family and went to help with the beach clean up. We helped at a beach in Edgertown, it was the one with the light house. We wore our "Mormon helping hands" shirts to put our selves out there. It was fun helping clean up the beach and walking by the water. It was really good weather, it wasn’t too cold or to hot.  It was a little windy but all in all super fun. We then came home to get ready for the Baptism! It was a really good turn out, and lots of support from the members. Rodrigo will definitely be watched over from the wonderful members here. His baptism was in the ocean at Madieras Cove in Oak Bluffs. The reason being here on the Vineyard we have no baptismal font. It was by far the coolest experience I’ve had on my mission so far. After his baptism we came home and I started to pack and get ready for transfers.
      Sunday, Easter is always a wonderful Holiday to remember Christ and the Greatest Miracle there has ever been or ever will be. Christ’s resurrection is a reminder to me that what he did, was out of the love he has for us. Because of his sacrifice, we can overcome a physical death and be able to live with our families for all eternity. In sacrament I bore my testimony and my love I have for the Members and friends I have served around here. The talks were on the atonement and Christ's Greatest Miracle. To some people, I said my last goodbyes at least for know. To end the night we went to the Brown Families home for dinner. They had invited some friends over for Easter. It was fun to get to know them and about there lives on the Island. For our Lesson we watched "He is Risen". The lady really enjoyed it. She stated to ask what our beliefs are and about the Book of Mormon. It was awesome to share my testimony of the power of the Book of Mormon with her. We ended with giving her a copy so she can have her own and simply invited her to read and pray about it. Right before we left, I got my Goodbye pictures with the wonderful Brown family. The last thing we really did that night was call and talk to our families because it is Easter! It was fun to see a lot of my aunts, uncles and cousins.

                    3rd Nephi 5:13
 "13 Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life."

     Though I am sad to leave this area right before it’s about to get warm, and more work will be able to get done, I am a disciple of Christ. I will faithfully and willingly go to where ever I am called. I know there was someone here that needed me, I know there was someone in Madison that needed me, and I know there will be someone in Framingham, who needs me. I am called to a variety of different areas to help the children in that area so that they might have a knowledge and understanding of the truthfulness of this wonderful Gospel. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Rainy Week with some new friends

East Chop Light House with Rod and Elder Halsell

Exchange with Elder Halsell

Sending Package to home

The small ladder to get the smoke detector

East Chop House Light House

East Chop House Light House

Exchanges with Elder Halsell

At a Lake

At a Lake with Elder Mulitalo

Week 26 4-15-9 
 It sure has been a week full of rain, sadly, not to much teaching got done but we are still serving the Lord! Monday’s these past few weeks have been pretty slow because of the rain and snow. We relaxed at home and did some cleaning of the house, as Monday was just a slow day in general.
     Tuesday was pretty good, we got in contact with the Cape Cod branch to go over tomorrow and meet with a couple less active members! We also had to go to Edgertown to pick up my meds, and as we walked out the bus was right there, we were in perfect time to hop on! When we arrived home we called a few friends to see how they were doing, and hoped to set up appointments for lessons. We didn’t have much luck but we left messages and hoped to hear back from them soon.
      Wednesday, as we were getting ready for the day, we got a text from Brother Sparta and said he had to work later that day, so that canceled our plans for going over to Cape Cod. Around that same time we would be leaving on the ferry (if we did go over) we got a call from Brother Powell asking for some help doing some service. He picked us up and we went back to his house to move some big and heavy glass windows. We put them in the back of his truck then we went off to the town dump. He then took us out for a treat at A7. On the way back home we stopped by a pond that was owned by one of his old relatives in the 1900's (I could be wrong on the date). That morning both of us got our haircuts for the transfers. Elder Mulitalo cut my hair, because I’m not skilled enough to do it myself, at least not yet. That night we decided to make some spaghetti and I spilled some sauce on my leg. OOPS!
      Thursday, we had a good morning, I was able to fix the extra long jump rope to be more my size. Now I can use it in my morning workouts! Later that day, we went to go drop off my package to send home at the post office. We waiting 15 minutes for the bus before we realized it was lunch break for them, after 5 minutes of walking it ended up passing us. I used my bag to help hold my package so I could use my hands to look at messages we got and respond to our friends with uplifting thoughts. As we arrived home we prepared our lesson for District Council for tomorrow. Our lesson focus was on the power of the spirit in conversion. Each one of us should continue to feel the spirit so we can continue to be more converted and come closer to Christ. Another way as missionaries we feel the spirit is having a clean home. I decided to clean out  & dejunk the closets. With some rules we chose to follow, we are getting rid of 3 bags of toys and games so we can be more missionary focused! In our “zion closet” there was around 10 photos we put up around our home. Now I can feel the spirit even more!
     Friday, we were going off Island to be at District Council. As we were preparing for the day, we didn’t leave in time for the ferry at 9:30. So we had to wait for the 10:45am one around 10:15am our smoke alarm went off! But it was only one of them, turns out, something was wrong with it. We had to go find a ladder but we grabbed the shortest one, and it was like 20ft long. We changed the battery and it was still acting weird, so we let President Bilodeou’s secretary know. We then made our trip to the mainland. We had an awesome lesson on the spirit in conversion! After our lesson we headed back to the ferry, but we started our exchanges so I was going back with Elder Halsell. We were able to hop on the freight ferry, one made to take over bigger cars and trucks. It was pretty fun. As we got back we came straight to our apartment. We were hungry so we decided to have a quick lunch. While eating president Bilodeou came over to check out the smoke alarm and even he was confused so he had to remove it. After he left, we left to Oak Bluffs for contact attempts and visit with friends in the area. We first stopped by Melissa and the Benoit family, and we talked to them for a while to get to know them a little more. We were able to set up an appointment to come back and have lesson with all of them, we cant wait! After them we went to visit Rod, he has been really busy lately so it was awesome to sit down and have a lesson with him. We were expecting to just come in and read from the Book of Mormon with him, but we ended up starting into the Plan of Happiness, Gods plan for us. He truly did open up even more and he had lots of questions and expressed his concerns. We were really happy we were there at the right time to help him. He was able to take us home but he first took us to see the East Chop Lighthouse.
     Saturday, we had an early appointment at 9am with Rodrigo and Warley. Even when we got there the kids were still waking up. Elder Halsell our district leader was able to interview Rodrigo for his baptism and he passed! We are so happy for him and now we start getting all the details ready! After his interview we talked about the importance of reading from the Book of Mormon and the spiritual insight we can get from it. With how bad it was raining Warley was able to take us to the ferry so we could avoid the rain and stay dry. On the way back we did an evaluation of our exchange, one thing he loves about me is how personable I am and how I can relate to anyone. It is an amazing habit to have in life and especially a missionary. When we got to Woods Hole we exchanged back and Elder Mulitalo and I hopped back on the ferry to make it back to our place. For me it was an hour and thirty minutes just on the ferry. Skip forward a few hours we made our way to the Polley’s for dinner, they didn’t have it ready so we went with brother Polley’s to get some “Wolfs Den Pizza" for dinner. They have a pizza that tastes like a Big Mac from McDonald's and it was pretty good! While waiting for the order we were able to talk with a friends of his and he had a few good questions. As we arrived back at the Polley’s home, we were able to do a real lesson. Audrey had a couple of friends over and one was interested in what we believe. We gave her a Book of Mormon and she is excited to start reading from it. She wasn’t really religious, so we talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and shared from all the lessons. She had so many awesome questions and we helped answer her questions the best we could. Both Brother and Sister Polley’s shared some amazing experiences and they did awesome member missionary work.
     Sunday is always the best day of the week. It’s the day we are able to partake of the Sacrament in remembrance of Jesus Christ and our Baptismal Covenants. In preparation for Easter and Christ’s resurrection this upcoming Sunday we had two wonderful talks to help us ponder throughout the week. The first was on the atonement and the second on repentance. In Elders Quorum our lesson was on trusting in Gods timing. He will bless you when it will mean the most.  We are as matches, the flame is small but it can grown to be mighty and powerful. Just as we should always continue to grow trust in him.

                  2nd Nephi 2:6-8
   "6 Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth.
7 Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.
8 Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise."

      Not only did Jesus Christ die for our sins, he also suffered the pains and afflictions for each and every one of us. He is just full of love for God and all of us being his spiritual brothers and sisters.  If he had to die on the cross for just one person just so they could be saved, he would, that's how much love he has for us. He gave up everything so that all of us would be able to return to live him and our Heavenly father again.

 I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Week 25 General Conference Weekend

Dogs Remmy and Sailor

African Dish

Elder Knowlden and Mulitalo

Browns Kids Eleanor, Maybelline, Harrison

Dogs Remmy and Sailor

Elder Pulu visiting my Sister Kaylee

Elder Pulu visiting my Mom and Dad

A members chicks

This is what I'm sharing, The Book of Mormon and the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Moving Mattresses

Youth Activity

While Tracting

Week 25
4-8-19 MARTHAS VINEYARD
      I hope everyone had a great week, this week was pretty awesome, we watched General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and there were so many wonderful talks focused on trying to be better. We even witnessed a wonderful miracle in district council.
      Monday, it was a regular P-day for the most part. We went out shopping around lunch time to get groceries for the week. While on the way we got a call from brother Powell to check up on us. He was at the store at the same time so he said he could give us a ride. While on the way back he asked us if we had time to do service, and so we helped him out. We helped to bring a few box springs and mattress downstairs and help set up a wooden bunk bed. He was very appreciative because it was easily a two-man job. He gladly provided lunch for us helping out. The rest of the day we finished up our laundry and cleaned our place.
      Tuesday was a little slower. Elder Mulitalos allergies were acting up pretty bad so he relaxed and I did some studies. With how busy we were on Monday and doing service we went to the chapel to do some stuff on the computers. I added some spiritual and uplifting music to my phone, so I can have it easier to play and listen to. That night we had a later dinner then expected, but Brother Brown was able to pick us up. Our message was on when Alma repented of his sins and was filled with absolute and pure Joy.
     Wednesday, in the morning I called my wonderful therapist to do my check up. She definitely has helped me a lot. She has helped me with spiritual insights,  for me to focus in times of need. I was able to write a few letters home to share some spiritual insights and love for my siblings. I still have more letters to write, but just need the spiritual insight to know how to best help them. With that being said of you want a hand written letter, just send me an email or message on facebook and I’ll get one written.  It will be written with love haha. Adam Biliduea (President Bilodeous son) recently returned from his mission from Angola and made us a African dish for dinner, and oh boy was it spicy. He dropped it off a little later so we had it after our appointment with Warley and Rodrigo. While in our lesson we were getting more details on Rodrigos Baptism that will be in 2 weeks, right before transfers. We are both so happy and excited for him! With the new change I was able to call and talk to my family for my dads 60th birthday, but he’s just wise in age not old. He has taught me so much, so I am very thankful for him!
     Thursday, in comp studies we called Brother Powell to check on him because he had gotten a blessing the night before. He wasn’t doing to well, so we asked if there was anything we could do to help. We ended up going to his house to help with some service. We took down a bed and moved it into the outside shed to make room for someone moving in. He was very grateful and he gave us a few movies to give to some friends that we are teaching. He then told us as we finished we could make an icecream smoothie. We made a banana and peanut butter and chocolate smoothie, it was pretty good. On the way home, we were stopped by a friend of President Bilodeous and he gave us a ride home. We were very thankful, because it would of taken so much longer with the bus and walking. We had a good conversation with him and he was appreciative of what we do as missionaries. To end the night we went to the young men’s & young women’s activity. They were talking about the gathering of Zion and Temple Work, so we helped out a little bit and it was really fun.
     Friday, was a day with a miracle. We had to get on the 9:30am ferry to Woodshole so we could be at District Council, we arrived earlier then the other elders, so we went into the terminal to wait.  While on the way we saw a man that was really well dressed and I just waved and smiled. Our District Council lesson was pretty awesome, our focus was on the importance of leaving a commitment, as it helps our friends grow in their faith. As we were about to end that same well dressed man knocked on the door. As he came in, he was in tears and he was apologetic. He said “at the ferry terminal I saw two men and they were missionaries, (me and my companion) I had a strong feeling because I saw them I needed to return". He is a member, but he hasn’t been active for a while.  He didn’t know if he was kicked out or what so he said he needed our help so he could return. He was able to call the Cape Cod Branch President. It’s crazy that we were at the right spot, at the right time for this Child of God truly wants to return to the Gospel. Before he left he told us "if any of you have doubts, don’t, the Gospel is true". This was truly a wonderful experience to be apart of. We plan on meeting him on Wednesday to help him the best we can. After our talk with him we had a small choir practice for Zone Conference in a couple weeks. I’m not a singer but it’s going to be okay. To end the night, we had a late dinner with the Polley’s, with our focus on helping them recognizing how we can see God’s hand in our life, even in the little things. Sister Polley’s always bares a wonderful testimony on our spiritual thoughts.
     Saturday, well if you are from Utah or are a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you probably know how today was spent. It was the 189th Annual General Conference. Our day was spent with the Biliduea family at there lovely home. There were so many talks that I just loved in all the sessions. During both breaks we played a few rounds of billard’s pool and ping pong, but during the first break we got caught in a nerf  gun war with Adam Biliduea. It was pretty fun but kind of scary. The priesthood session was also at Presidents home and once again many beautiful talks were given. President Neilson gave a wonderful talk on repentance and that we should not wait to become closer to God.
     Sunday, once again it’s still General Conference and I was ready to be lifted by the spirit. The first session was at the chapel and it was nice. We had the back computer room to ourselves. We synced two computers so it was like surround sound. We dimmed the lights and listened in. After that we had a little bit of stuff to do before we had to head to the bus. So we listened to the world news from the church. We got a little comfortable so when we looked at the time, we had to hurry and run to catch the bus on time. We had to run around a mile, and we are in church cloths so it wasn’t to fun. We did get to the bus on time, so it was nice. As we got to the Brown’s they were leaving to a park so we joined them. We played there for about 20 minutes them came home for the last session. It was so fun. I cannot wait for the next conference. This time eight new temples were announced! To end the night we had outside games and then dinner. Dinners at the Brown's are always fun, full of questions and laughter, but even more crazy kids. When we arrived home and got a Bible referral for the Cape Cod area, but he only speaks spanish. All I can say is thank you Google translate.

                        Alma 34:33
    "33 And now, as I said unto you before, as ye have had so many witnesses, therefore, I beseech of you that ye do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can be no labor performed."

     If I have learned just one thing from General Conference this pretty much sums it up. These truly are the last days, and we should not wait to be forgiven. As we know or come to know about the blessings of being righteous we would want to repent of all our sins. Another big thing is asking to be better, to help those around us and for strength to be helped and courage to get through our trials. Do not procrastinate our repentance until the last day, for we never know when it will be. We will be judged on our actions, and as we willingly and knowingly push off repentance it will not be easy. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Baptismal Date set for Rodrigo

Goat

Harrison Brown

Harrison Brown

Mabeline, Elenore, Harrison and Sister Louise 

Daddy Caddy has a famous car on the island

Metal Sculpture of Martha's Vineyard

Mabeline, Elenore, Harrison and Sister Louise

Mexican Dinner at Sharkeys

Sharkeys a Mexican Restaurant on Martha's Vineyard

Sharkeys Mexican Restaurant

Week 24
April 1st 2019

      Oh boy had it’s been a fun and busy week. Monday was actually a little slow but real fun, we went shopping a little later then expected so we had to bike to get to our appointment on time. It was a great appointment with Rodrigo and Warley. We set a baptismal date with Rodrigo, and he’s super excited. It will be this month! After our appointment we had family home evening with the Brown family it was super fun. While we were there, Harrison wanted to where my name tag. He’s such a cute kid. Sister Louise was there (sister browns mom) and she offered to tailor our pants so they would fit better. So we brought them with us so she could get them measured.
     Tuesday morning was a little stressful, with me getting a new phone I lost an important date I needed for today. Around lunch time I get a text asking how my appointment went with my doctor (over skype), and I totally forgot about it. I had to quickly call her and left a message along with an email to see if I could get an appointment sometime soon. When we were on our way to Oak Bluffs I got an email saying I could do it at 4, so we had to get off the bus.  With the little bit of extra time we went to go visit a friend of ours to see if we could talk more about the Book of Mormon. He does not believe in it because there is "no evidence" of it being true. He then showed us a video on the book of Thomas agnostic book in the bible. He really likes the book of Thomas because it is all facts to prove of its truthfulness. After visiting him we sadly had to stop teaching because he doesn’t want to read the Book of Mormon at all. We then went back to the apartment for my appointment, and it went real well! After that we walked to catch the number 1 bus to get to our next visit. We stopped by a less active member Clara and she was happy to see us, her oldest son was there so we were able to go inside to talk to her. It was awesome to get to know her more, and we ended with a prayer. We then made our journey to dinner with the Browns. About half way there brother Brown picked us up on the side of the road and took us the rest of the way. For dinner they took us to Sharkeys Cantina, one of two Mexican restaurants here on the island. It was pretty fun and the food was good (for the east coast). New England doesn’t really have the best Mexican food, sadly, but the seafood is amazing!
     Wednesday morning was pretty easy, just focused on our studies and had a small lunch. We then decided to go to Edgertown and meet some of our friends, to see if we could set up a time to come back and visit. We also invited a few of them to our branch game night later on in the week. We were able to talk to Amy right before she left to go pick up her kids, she has been busy with work and the kid have been sick but she said with the weather warning up we could come back and have a outside barbecue and a lesson! It was awesome to here that she still wants to meet with us for the right reasons. After her we tracked all of the houses in the area she lives in, but sadly not too much luck, it was during the day so a lot of people could have been working. On the bright side it was a beautiful day outside so it was nice to walk around. Right before we went to the bus stop we stopped at one of our potentials homes to see if we could come back to visit. The guy we were looking for wasn't there but his wife was. We just stood on the porch to talk to her, and get to know her more. She too is interested and she said the best time to come back is after 7pm. We hope to meet them later this week. We gave her a Book of Mormon, and invited her to read it with her husband. We then just got to the bus stop in time to hop on and head home.
     Thursday was full of service. We first were picked up by Brother Powell to help do yard work at his aunts and uncles house. Both of them are on our potentials list, so it was good to finally meet them. While we were there we had raked a lot of leaves and put them in the back of the truck. We made a couple trips and we still haven't finished, we hope to go back soon. Right after them we were taken to our next service/ appointment with Marie Allen. She has had many missionaries come and help with service, and she can't do much because she's very wise in age, she’s almost 90 and still moving! We set around an hour to help her out but what she had planned took about 15 minutes. By the time we ended sister Biliduea was there so we could have a member present for our lesson. With a lot more time we asked of there was anything we could help with. We then started to help take and trim her front garden to make it look pretty for spring time. To end we shared a message about prayer and the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon, she was super happy and really excited to start reading in her new large print we brought her. We started to walk to the bus and we did spontaneous service for a guy, and he had lots of good questions, so we left him with our card and let him know of he had any more to give us a call. We then had to run to catch the next bus so we could make it home to shower before dinner. We did make it home or time then Adam Biliduea came to pick us up. Dinner was super fun to meet with the Biliduea family and they always have really amazing and delicious food! Sister Biliduea is a great cook! We came home to finally have time for studies,, we then went to bed to prepare for the next day.
     Friday morning was slower then usual. We did the normal, studies and lunch. We then did our weekly planning to help our friends for this next week. It did take a little longer with a baptismal date and a new friend found with the few new potentials we have, but it was super good. This next week we hope for a lot of good luck and a few new friends to teach! We then left to the chapel to help set up for the branch activity aka games night! Oh boy was it fun, there were many fun games and of course food. About 15 people came and we had lots of fun. I played a game of jenga with Rodrigo and he made the tower fall. After that we got a few other to join us in the game of life. It got so crazy we had to start over. I didn't play the next round, because I wanted to see what else there was. The last few games I played were all card games.
     Saturday, the morning was a little different then usual because we had district council (we usually have them on Friday). Elder Mulitalo and I were in charge of the lesson. Our focus was on asking inspired question and also listening. One big thing with both of these is following the prompting of the spirit. The spirit will help you know exactly what to say at the time of need. We then went to get the mail at the post office before it closed at 1. After that we headed up to the chapel, a member left a couple bags of food for us and we had to go pick it up. After we got back I did a small cleaning of our place because it was looking a little dirty, the biggest part was the floor. Mainly just because we have been back and forth in and out doing services and meeting our friends. To end the night we had our studies because we had no time in the morning.
     Sunday is always so fun, especially Fast Sunday. That morning we came early to have a meeting with the branch presidency so they can know how to best help us and our friends. After that we helped prepare for sacrament and we passed out all the hymn books on to the chairs. I always love to bare my testimony because I have seen it grow while being here on my mission. After me there were so many more wonderful testimonies shared. I really enjoyed the Sunday School lesson we talked about being self reliant in finances. It really stuck out to me because I know I have been blessed for always paying my tithing. Along with putting half in savings. With knowing how to budget well I have been able to go on a lot of adventures and trips with the family. My favorite part is that I am able to pay for my mission myself, this is my commitment to serve God to the best I can to help his children that are lost return to him. One thing to always remember is to pay tithing first, no matter what, you will be blessed. After church we had a fun linger longer. I was able to get to know Sister Dunn even more, a long with Audrey Polleys asking Elder Mulitalo and I many questions. All in all it was super fun. We then went home for the rest of the day due to there being lots of rain and not the best weather. We once again watched our wonderful church history movies for the rest of the day. For dinner I made some rice, black beans and some super good chicken.
   
                   Alma 46:40-41
     "40 And there were some who died with fevers, which at some seasons of the year were very frequent in the land—but not so much so with fevers, because of the excellent qualities of the many plants and roots which God had prepared to remove the cause of diseases, to which men were subject by the nature of the climate—
     41 But there were many who died with old age; and those who died in the faith of Christ are happy in him, as we must needs suppose"

        I truly love this, this scripture is talking about the effects of one of the many wars in the Book of Mormon. They were fighting for their freedom and for their faith in God and learn more and teach the gospel. With it being war many did die in a painful way, but many died of old age. Those who did die with full faith in Christ were still happy and full of love, because they know of the eternal blessings that are to come. I strive to always keep my faith, for when that day does come I can die in happiness knowing I served the Lord throughout my life and I will be eternally blessed, I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.