Baptisms and boils...

Moriann's baptism

Iakwe!

Another week in the kingdom of Ebeye. Not much happened this week but I will give you a quick rundown.

On Thursday Elder Nelson and I went around to all of the members and investigators and told them that he was leaving and that I would be getting a new companion. We had a dinner that night with the Stephens and it was a good time.

On Friday Elder Garr, Thomson, Fitts, Jormeia, Nelson, and I went to Kwaj. We went super early because their flight was supposed to leave early in the morning. Their flight was delayed for so long and we didn't even know if their flight was coming. It showed up and we said our goodbyes. We waited another hour or so for our new companions to show up. My new companion is Elder Wright. He was previously training my intake brother, Elder Halliday, in Majuro. When we got to Ebeye we unpacked and went and visited Moriann to make sure everything was ready for the baptism. After that I just showed him around the area.

Saturday was a solid day. We woke up and Elder Ence was sick. So me and Elder Jepsen went on a split. Two missionaries who have only been out a transfer who don't really know the language walking around and trying to teach people. Hahah it was a great time. We went and visited this lady and we were talking to her and she asked us a question. I had no idea what she said and still have no idea. Elder Jepsen looked at me and asked if I knew what she was saying. Hahah we were so lost. We told her that we didn't really know and she didn't seem upset so that's good. After that, Elder Wright and I went to visit Moriann and make sure she was ready. She was excited and her husband Dixon was excited to baptize her. So we had the baptism and it was awesome. After the baptism Dixon told us that he wanted us to study with his kids so that they could be baptized, so we are working on that. 

Sunday was just a normal day. After church we just went around to every single investigator and planned lessons. We went to Peter and he wanted to study right then. We shared with him Ether 12:27 and the Spirit was so strong. It was such a cool experience. 

Monday was a good day of work. We taught a lesson to one of our new investigators Beltina. She is the Ward clerk's daughter and he referred us to her. She seems really receptive so that is awesome. We went to Luann's house after that and she told us that someone in her family died so she couldn't study until next week. Hopefully everything works out and we can study with her soon. 

Earlier last week Elder Thomson stepped on a nail and it went into his foot. He thought he would be okay because it healed and didn't hurt. Then on Thursday he had a huge boil on the bottom of his foot and he said it hurt so bad. He couldn't sleep and had a fever because it was infected. A bunch of the natives told him he just needed to cut it off. So on Friday he went with his brand new trainee to the hospital to check it out. The doctor said he needed to do a little cutting and without any numbing just went to town on it. Elder Thomson said it hurt so bad but he is doing good now. Just a quick story of how missionary life is here in Ebeye. If it rains and you have an open wound on your feet then it's over.. hahah. But don't worry all is well here.

I love you all and hope you have a great week. Thank you for all the support and emails! Here are some pictures from the baptism and a picture of a sunset. Majol definitely gives Utah sunsets a run for its money!

-Elder Hanson

Majol definitely gives Utah sunsets a run for it's money!