The Hawaiian word of the week is Pau Hana. Pau means "done" and Hana means "work." The words together mean "the work is done." But there is no such thing as pau hana in missionary work!!
This week has been lovely!!! Here are some highlights...
-GENERAL CONFERENCE. Who loved conference last weekend?! Wasn't it so good?! Definitely an answer to prayers. All of our investigators (all two of them) watched it! Alexandra, the one I told you about last week from France, was able to watch the session where Elder Bednar spoke directly to non-members. So that was definitely not mere serendipity. And Tia of course watched all of conference and loved it. My favorite talks were by Elder Holland and Elder Jorg Klebingat. And everyone else too... they were all my favorite.
-Tia.... she's always a highlight. So we had a lesson with her scheduled for Thursday. We have been trying sooo hard to get members to come to her lessons, and seriously every time it falls through. Either the member shows up and Tia doesn't, or Tia shows up or the member doesn't. Every time. So! On Thursday morning we got a text from the AP's saying we are having a contest to see who could get the most member present lessons that day. Of course we didn't really have high chances of winning that one with being in the Visitors Center and all... but we really wanted to at least get one! So we tried calling members, but no one was able to come. So we just went to the VC to meet her, and when she got there, she said "Hey, is it okay if someone joins us for our lesson today?" And of course it was her boyfriend's mom (who's a member) who lives on the other side of the island who just happened to be getting out of the temple at the exact time of our appointment. Coincidence? I think NOT! :) So she was able to join us as we talked about The Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her testimony was so powerful, and I know she was meant to be there in that lesson!
-So the VC is starting this cute little thing called Story Time. It's where every Friday morning, we get to have a little lesson with kids ages 2-5. It's just 30 minutes long, but it's soo fun :) We had our first one this past Friday. About 4 companionships get to help out with either reading, or singing a song, or teaching them something new, etc. I got to play the Ukulele and Sister Gementiza and I taught them a little song and then we all sang I'm a Child of God. It's fun because a ton of kids show up, and all there parents are there for it too. A lot of them are less active... which is cool because we are teaching the kids and their parents. Even if the message is something as simple as "I am a Child of God"... the message is for everyone.
-All of our mission has a goal to read Jesus the Christ before the next general conference! Someone made a bookmark that spaces it out so that we read about 4 pages a day. It started yesterday, and it has already been a delight! I know that normal non-missionary humans don't have all the time in the world to just read a 793 page book... but spacing it out over 6 months reading four pages a day isn't that bad right? :)
Well, my friends! There were many more highlights... but that's all the time I have for today! I hope all of you are doing well and also had a lovely week! Let me know how you enjoyed conference... remember the greatest blessings of conference come after it's over, as we study the talks! I love you all an exceeding amount!!
<3loha,
Sister Sabey
Pictures:
1- what I get to see when I wake up and look out the window every morning..
2- story time
3-post-conference breakfast
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