Laie! (Week 70)

Well I'm in the Hawaii Laie Mission now, and I love it, haha. 

I love serving here in Laie and the north shore. My companion is awesome! His name is Elder Carter and he's from Pingree, Idaho and he was a rancher before the mission so we talked about the different types of beef and the best cut and way to eat it, haha. This area is definitely a lot slower and we're not teaching anyone right now but that'll change. Everyday for 2 hours I get to go and walk around the temple grounds and visitor center's grounds (because they're both connected) and talk to visitors. I get to memorize a script that talks about the temple and the history of it. It's so cool! It's the most beautiful place. The Sunset Branch is full of a ton of surfer bros, even all of the members haha. There's a lot of rich people as well. In the Samoan Ward we get to sing hymns in Samoan; it's the best. We did service pretty much everyday this past week, and we found a potential family to teach so that's exciting. It's so beautiful up here.

   

President Russell M. Nelson said this in his talk titled "Joy and Spiritual Survival" when he was the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: "When the focus of our lives is on Jesus Christ and His gospel, we can feel joy regardless of what is happening—or not happening—in our lives."

This is true. We can always feel joy because God sent His Only Begotten Son to the earth to overcome physical and spiritual death for us. All we have to do is accept and follow Him and He will do the rest!

-Elder Shockley