Dear Family,
This has been a fun week here in Hawaii. A member from the
ward the McMillans, had a friend visiting them from Germany. His name is
Clouse, and he is an older man, maybe in his 60's. He came to church 2 Sundays
in a row, and we were able to share a few spiritual thoughts with him. He went
back to Germany this week, but we gave him a book of Mormon to read and he
is going to see the missionaries in Germany. Last Monday before Clouse went
home, we went to breakfast with him and Bro McMillan and had a really fun time.
Bro McMillan has a commercial sized printer that can print 44 inches wide, and
is making some huge almost life sized pictures of Jesus Christ to put up in the
Church. Ill send a picture of Me, Elder Garr and Clouse, with the picture of
Jesus Christ in the back.
On saturday we did some service for Jeffson John, he is a
marshalese guy in his mid 20's, he is married and has a baby boy.We
did some lawn work for him. So i start weed whacking, and i start trimming
the grass along the edges of the lawn. Elder Garr was going to mow the lawn. He didn't know how to use it, so Jeffson showed him how to start it and how to run
it. I am minding my own business weed whacking, and then i turn around to see
Elder Garr trying to cut the grass. He was like going in circles, and squiggly
lines, and curvey and everything, just following where the long grass was. So
the grass look really funny, with all kinds of squiggly paths cut into the grass.
Me and Jeffson looked at each other and just started busting up laughing,
watching Elder Garr try to cut the Lawn. After a few minutes of Laughing with
Jeffson, Jeffson went over to Elder Garr and told him how your supposed to go
in straight lines, 1 row at a time. After that he did pretty good. Elder Garr
told us that was his first time mowing the grass, i couldn't believe it,
thinking back how many times i have cut the grass in my life, and him never
doing it before. It was really funny.
Sunday night we were in Waimea, and driving back to
Waikoloa. There was a super heavy rain storm. And all of a sudden the traffic
stops, and cars start getting backed up. We see cars start turning around and
going back to Waimea. When we finally get the the front of the line, we figure
out why everyone was stopped. There was a flash flood, and there was a muddy
river going acrossed the road. For like 100 yards there was 6 inches deep of
water and mud. There was a car that was stuck in the middle of the muddy water,
and a truck towing it out. That was the only way to get to Waikoloa unless we
wanted a huge detour around the island. So we decided just to take our chances
and drive through the flood. So going like 5-10 miles per hour we got through
the water. It was pretty scary i thought we were gonna get stuck in our little
car. After we got through, it started getting way faster and deeper, so we got
lucky we went when we did.
After that we went back to Jeffsons house to Celebrate his wife's Birthday. I had some fish, and also some Marshalese Poke (Raw Fish),
Along with some other marshalese food, and American food. We sang happy
birthday, and then they showed us a short movie that was filmed in the Marshal
Islands, it was really fun, and something i could have filmed with my camera.
It had English subtitles for us to read, and it was called "Yokwe
Bartowe."
On Friday night we had dinner with some members named the
Wibergs, originally from Utah. We ate dinner with Bro and Sis
Wiberg, and their 2 grand children, Blake and Lily. Blake is 10 and Lily is
6. After dinner i felt inspired to share a quick spiritual
thought about baptism, and the sacrament. During the Lesson we found out that
Blake has not been baptized yet, and after our message he really wants to be
baptized now. So he is going to talk to his parents, and he will probably be
baptized in March. What a miracle to find this boy.
We have Transfers this Wednesday, and we found out that
Elder Garr is leaving the Area, and going back to Oahu. My new companion is
going to be Elder Richards, who i have served in the same zone as him twice
now. We have so much potential for baptisms here, I'm excited that things are
finally picking up.
Love you All, thanks for all your prayers, and for all your
support.
Elder Durocher
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| Me and Waipio valley in the back ground, this is a different side of Waipio valley than i saw before |
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| Flooded road on the way back home |
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| Elder Durocher, Clouse & Elder Garr in front of newly printed Christ. |
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