That was how to say hello to all of you friends and family of mine in Rapanui, the language of the Island. This week was a lot of work, and we are
exhausted. We have ridden a lot on our bicycles and we hiked a mountain!
On Monday, we went fishing! We made our own reels and we found our own spot
and we went fishing and we actually caught fish! we did it without other Rapanui
present so we feel pretty proud of ourselves. We ate the 5 fish we caught for
lunch.
We had a nice lesson with M on Tuesday. She is progressing well and
she is inviting her friends to church with her, and now her friends love going
to church. She always comes with Cl and K, and they participate in the
classes, and they love the Spirit they feel at church.
On Wednesday, we taught the guy that usually fixes our bikes. His name is C. He is really awesome, but he is always working and we had to teach him
while he was working on a bike, but he did say he would read the Book of Mormon.
On Thursday we got to teach M.. M is about 40 years old and she is Rapanui. She is awesome! She told us that she feels really good when she goes to
church and that when she went to a baptism at the church she felt the Spirit
really strong. We are trying to help her take the plunge when Ma. gets
baptized. She bore her testimony on Sunday and she said she was going to get
baptized, but she is waiting for God to tell her when. It was awesome because
after her testimony, a sister that has been visiting the Island for three weeks
gets up and gives her testimony and says, speaking to M, "Don´t wait for the
Lord to tell you when. If you know it is true, what are you waiting for. He
wants you to commit and make the decision." Elder A and I were silently
rejoicing on the inside.
On Friday we taught T. not the convert T, but another investigator
named T. He is R's friend (R is the convert of Elders S and
M). He is doing really well. We read the Book of Mormon with him. He has a
long way to go, but he has already gone to church and he has R to help him
out.
We also taught J that night. He is doing really well. He didn't read
the Book of Mormon but he recommitted and he told us "come ready to ask me
questions" and then he gave us a homework assignment and now we have to research
a cave here on the Island as our part of the deal.
On Saturday. we had a ward activity and we climbed the highest volcano on
the Island. It was pretty cloudy when we got to the top, so we couldn't see
anything, but it was fun and we had a lot of investigators there.
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| The hills surrounding the Terevaka Volcano on Easter Island. |
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| This is what the view looks like from the Terevaka Volcano without clouds! |
That night we also found a new family. Cr works in the prison here
on the island. He is less active. He fell away from the church about 15 years
ago. His wife C isn't a member but she is really nice. They just moved
here to the island, and they are awesome! They wanted to make us food but we
were fasting so we couldn't...
On Sunday, I bore my testimony.....IN RAPANUI!!!!!! It was fun. There were
about 20 people there at church including a couple from Utah. The brother was
from Tacoma. His name is brother Dixon...maybe someone knows him. We were
missing a lot of the members because they were sore from the caminata and some
went clubbing Saturday night to say goodbye to R and M who leave to
the Continent on Tuesday. (don't worry they didn't drink, they just went to dance,
but M and J went too. Weird to see an old companion from the mission
going to a disco with his girlfriend)
That's pretty much it for this week. We have biked a lot and we are so
tired!!!! I want a nap!!! but hey, its all for the Lord so it is worth it.
I want to testify of the Lord Jesus Christ. His Atonement has saved us from
an eternity of misery. Without Him we would be angels unto a devil, but the
salvation He bought with his precious blood has given to all of us a better
future in the eternities. I know that He lives, and that His sacrifice has saved
us all.
love,
Elder Williams
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