I made it to Hawaii! And wow it's so beautiful here! We flew straight to Honolulu and from there we met up with President and Sister Walker and the AP's.
We went to a super nice lookout spot where President Walker told us about the sacredness of the Islands, and about how Joseph F. Smith was one of the first missionaries to serve here. Right when he was thinking about giving up because the language was too hard and he couldn't communicate with anyone, that's when Jesus Christ appeared to him and talked to him face to face. He also told us that we are in the biggest mission in the world with like 315 or 350 missionaries. He also said that 70% of the members are inactive and that non-active members are the work that we have.
After that we went to President and Sister Walker's house and ate dinner, then we opened up our "Christmas" letters which are like our second mission call telling us which zone on which Island we're going to and which companion we'll have. It was fun because we got to watch everyone open their letters.
I have been called to the Hilo zone on the Big Island and my trainer/companion is Elder Bukateti.
Elder Bukateti is from Kiribati and he is so fun and funny; his laugh kills me every time, plus his accent is kinda thick so he says things that are just so funny.
That night we stayed with Elders from the Honolulu zone and the Elders I stayed with had a dirty apartment and were eating frozen food and it just grossed me out a little because it's just no way to live, and I will never live like that in my place.
We had some training for 3 hours then we went to the airport and 6 of us flew to Hilo on the big island and the zone was there to pick us up. We went to the church, got to know everyone and then we went shopping and back to our pad (our place we stay).
The next day the real work began and it is the grind, the absolute grind and the most important work that I'll ever do in my entire life! Sharing my testimony is so awesome and it grows it so much. there is a quote that goes something like, "The only way to grow your testimony is to share it." Or something like that but it's very true and I encourage everyone reading this to share their testimony with someone. It doesn't matter who but just do it. Keep up the hard work and keep your faith in Jesus Christ! Love you all!
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