This
week was a fast one. Today we did
dome great service by doing some church cleaning. Anytime you start putting
your own needs first or simply just feel a little down, go out and do some
service. It always is a helpful cure. Maybe its just reaching out to someone.
Maybe its baking something for someone. Maybe its manual labor. But whatever it
is, do something.
Technology in
the mission now allows many different opportunities. They now have a very
awesome training videos. And we can weekly call the family. What a huge blessing.
Today, we (his parents) were able to talk with Jacob on Google Hangout which was great. He was able to give tell us more about where he is living and what it is like. He mentioned that there is about four thousand on the island and probably three thousand of them are under the age of twenty. Right now it is there summer break and so there is a lot of noise from the laughter and joy of the kids playing around the church. They love to play there because this is one of the only basketball courts on the island and there is also cement there and so they can ride their scooters around it more easily.
The children there love to run up and down the walkways and ask them what are
names are over and over again. He said that it is like they have a short attention span but it could be because they just like to hear them talk rather
than listening to the answer.
Lately, at night, he said that he is starting to get cold even when wrapped up in his huge hammock. He thinks that he will be freezing when he gets home to air conditioning.
He mentioned
that the tides are still high and so they don't really get around to the other islands like they would like right now. At Christmas time, when they came to the city, they held a plastic tarp up
behind them and the waves were so big that they would splash over them. Luckily, the tides should be going down in April and May which is great for when he will be
heading home. Sadly, this is when the Mango and Crab season begin. Which he hopes to get a little taste of before he heads out. As for right now, it is avocado season. He said that the avocado's there
are huge and are about seven inches long.
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| Elder Nelson and I (last companion) |
