Dear Family,
So on Friday we did a District Tracting Flood. So our
whole District, all 8 of us, went to the Sister Missionaries area in Kohala. We
all met at the Church and then traveled to the Hawaiian Homestead in their
area. Hawaiian Homestead is housing and property that only Hawaiians are
allowed to live in, and they get to live their for a lot cheaper.
So all 8 of us went there and started knocking on doors
for an hour.
We didn't have very much luck, at most of the houses
nobody answered, and the few that did answer were not interested. Then we were
heading back to our car, and saw someone just pull into his driveway and
decided to try one last house.
So we walked over
there, and say hi to him just as he is walking back to go into his house. He
asked if we were Jehovah Witness's and we said no. Then we Introduced ourselves
as Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Then he was
like okay than i have a question for you. How come their are Dinosaur Bones
that are millions of years old, if God created the world only around 5-6
thousand years ago. We answered his question that God created all things and
expounded on that. Then he asked if on Noah Ark there was only Noah's family,
how come we have Black People, and Asian people with Slanted Eyes, and
Hawaiians, where did Hawaiians come from? We tried to answer him, but he wouldn't let us. He kept interrupting us with lots of anti God stuff. He was definitely an Atheist. Then he started bagging on other Religions, and then was
bagging on the Mormons and how they are allowed to have "many wife's",
he didn't know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the same
church as the Mormon church.
But we didn't tell him that, we didn't want an argument to
start or anything. Finally We asked if we could say a prayer for his family,
and he said no he didn't want a prayer. So i said it was nice to meet him, and
went up to give him a hand shake, but he said "No i don't want to touch
you, why don't you get some common sense, and become "real people" and
stop being missionaries." I said to have a great day and turned around and
walked away. Its so crazy to think how people can become like this guy,
believing in the philosophies and ways of thinking of Man, and turning away
from God. Reminds me of the scripture found in the Bible, in 2 Timothy 4:3-4.
Saying:
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound
doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having itching ears;
4 And they shall
turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
It was hard to see this man turn to the Wisdom of the
World, and to harden his heart, and to turn completely away from God. Hopefully
1 day in his life he will turn to God.
So i wanted to tell you all to watch a Mormon message
that is about a young man in my ward. His name is Kuha'o, hes is a blind
15-year-old young man. He has an amazing piano talent, he is awesome. He plays
for our ward all the time during church. You'll have to watch his video.
This young man is actually on the LDS.ORG homepage right
now, so just go to LDS.org, and go to the one that says "extraordinary
gift", its a few down from the top. But if you want the link ill put it
below
Thanks everyone for Reading my letters, it means a lot to
me, i love you all very much! And i love hearing from all of you.
Love Elder Durocher
P.S. The photo attached is a Jackson Chameleon that we
found, with Elder Rokete from Kiribati in the Background
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| P.S. The photo attached is a Jackson Chameleon that we found, with Elder Rokete from Kiribati in the Background |
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I had to send this photo because of how much it reminds
me of Idaho or Montana. We got a rainstorm for like 2 days and it all turned
from dead and grey, to lush green it was amazing
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So this is a Picture of 2 members of Waimea 2nd ward. I
was on exchanges with Elder Dzieman, and we set them apart as Ward
Missionaries. I think that was my first time setting someone apart in a
calling. It was awesome. Then they wanted pictures, so we took pictures
afterwards.
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