Well this week was good, started off with exchanges with the Labasa Hindi elders. We got outside of an appointment with Sherran and walked to our car and they were parked right by our car 4 hours before we were supposed to exchange. They said they got lost and needed help because they were on their way to a baptismal interview for Elda Hawkins and Elda Pakofe. We decided to do exchanges a little bit earlier than planned for convenience, so then I got in the car with them and we drove to Nakawakawa. Elda Christensen did a baptismal interview there and then we swung around the island back to Labasa for exchanges. 7 hours later we arrived in Labasa, hence the wrecked knees.
But it was an okay week work wise. One of our progessing investigators Joseph passed away the other day due to cancer. The surgery to take out the cancer masses seemed to be successful but then he was left un-stitched for what could potentially have been days and got infected. Very sad. On the bright side his mother has been recovering from her sicknesses.
We also got the wonderful opportunity to go and visit some of the nicer houses in the area. Most of them were from America, New Zealand, and Australia. Reminded me of Missouri. One woman got very confrontational when I asked her what her name was. Gotta love it. But we were kind of ready to leave and knocked one more house and a nice man named Jerry from Australia came out. He said it was crazy because he was thinking about joining a church when he goes back to Australia and we just showed up. He said he doesn't want to be forced into anything and isn't even sure if there is God, but we were able to leave him with a Book of Mormon and we let him know that the Book of Mormon answers questions like that. There might not be any physical evidence, but that's where Faith and Prayer comes in. We didn't get any return appointment but it was nice to talk to him. You never know what could happen in the future!
Loloma yani sara vakalevu.
Elda Gwilliam
Map of the travels. Started in the lower X. Excuse my poor Microsoft Paint handwriting
Proof I made it to Nabouwalu. These signs are at the beginning of pretty much all the big villages.
This badge pic describes the last 2 weeks.
Fijian kids. The kid with the stick has a dead dog on the end of it...
Me with b r o t h e r deters
Me with b r o t h e r deters
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