Elder Barton, my MTC Soa, and Elder Belnap, from MTC district.
This week was amazing. Nothing better then getting pushed to your limits, and then growing from it. I have loved the experiences I have been able to obtain while out here teaching everyone. Some have been hard for me to realize, some have made me realize that not everything is fairy dust and unicorns. But in every occasion the spirit was able to testify to me that everything will work out. Love it.
Anyway this week we had the opportunity to teach two of our investigators who are on date (YAY) but we taught them about the Word of Wisdom. We taught them both, the lesson was going super well, until Ilalio our investigator told us that he has a problem with smoking and with coffee. That hit me like a ton of bricks. It made me realize that not everything was going to just workout and that I wasn't going to be able to walk a paved road with the investigator to baptism. He is working on it but we visited him to check up and see how he was doing, then he told us that he has arthritis and it is extremely painful for him to walk. I was wondering why all this was happening to such an awesome man. He is working so hard to not smoke and now this. I realized that some obstacles are put in our path because we need to learn something from it. So we will see how this week goes.
Okay now a funny story, we were walking to one of our appointments and we ran into a man walking along the road. He started the conversation with, "Did you know that heaven is a big spaceship in the sky?" Then went on about how heaven is a physical place and how we have to be physically living to get to heaven! So most of it was him sharing how he is looking for the tree of life and how he plans to live until we all go to heaven! So we just sat there told him what we know and then left. The man was a hoot I couldn't stop laughing after we had left it was so funny to see what he was eating to "live forever".
Other than that my week has been full of just teaching and learning the language every day. It has been awesome I have reached the part of the BoM where Jesus is visiting the Nephites and is teaching to all of them about what they should be doing. I have never wanted to keep reading and studying so much except when I started reading 3 Nephi 11. So awesome! I love this work and the opportunities that I have every single day to teach about my Savior and all He has done for me.
Thank you everyone for your love and support! I love you all until next time!
Alofa Atu
Elder Elder Mason Derek Bethea
And now a tid bit from Mom's email:
Elder Bethea: Oh yeah my story this week is about breastfeeding and nudity! Fun I know but we were at a lesson with one of our investigators Aloni, he has a little boy who is about two and he loves us missionaries! But he has just gotten out of the shower so he is dripping wet and butt naked! So awesome to be teaching a lesson while the little boy is climbing all over his dad but naked, literally climbing on is dad. GROSSS!!!!! but then he moves over to his mom who is like a foot away and starts to complain a little I didnt know what about until she just wipped it out and started to breastfeed him for the rest of the lesson! It was discusting! I hated the whole thing! But the lesson went well.
Mom: are you being fed fast food very often?
EB: No but My face is fat like really fat
M: So do you sleep on a mat on the floor? Does your fagagla (?) have a stove or fridge?
EB: Yes just a mat on the floor. Yes our FALE (house) does have both of them
M: How often do you have to cook for yourself?
Are you speaking mostly Samoan? or English?
EB: English mostly but in lessons samoan. I like cook for breakfast and lunch but other than that no.
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