February 11 2013 Letter

Mon., Feb. 11, 2013
Dear Family!

Hello!  Once again it’s been a good week on Romanum.  Last week we got 17 member present lessons!  That’s more than I have ever seen.  So that was super exciting.  For the Chuuk Zone we set a goal of 12 member present lessons and our average last week was 15!  We did super good !  And our average total lessons was 27.4!  That is the best that the Zone has ever done so this is super cool.  Great things are going to be happening this year. :)

    It’s good to be back on good old Romanum.  Visiting the people again, teaching lessons, washing laundry. :) Things are going good here.  Guess what!  They changed out the batteries while I was in Mwan so the power is really strong now!  So the pump always works and even better . . . we can use our fridge!  Ha ha!  So we’ve eaten pretty well this week. :) We’ve had PB&J sandwiches and Tuna sandwiches and spam burgers because we have the fridge to keep our jam, mayo, mustard, and pickles. :) Oh good stuff.  Ha the only thing that’s down are the lights . . . Ha ha.  When they hooked up the batteries again, they didn’t do the lights to the batteries, only to the solar.  So the lights work during the day!  But not after the sun goes down. :) So we have our nifty little battery powered lamp to give us light. :)

    Ha, here’s something kinda silly Elder Vehikite and I have been doing.  Just sleeping on the floor on a sheet.  Sleeping on the mattresses can be a little hot and sweaty sometimes.  But just sleeping on a sheet under the window for a breeze is not too bad.  It definitely took me a couple nights to kinda get comfortable with it and I’m still working on finding the best ways to lay, but I kinda like it. :)

    Elder Vehikite is great.  He’s doing a great job learning.  I need to find him better opportunities to be involved in the lesson.  But yes he’s doing awesome.  He understands super well.  Just being able to talk is the tricky part.  He’s a fun companion.  We are doing well.

    I mentioned that super awesome spiritual lesson with that less active boy, Rodny, back in January.  He’s still doing super awesome.  And we’ve started teaching one of his buddies now named Gladwin.  We just barely started this past week.  Our first lesson with them was super great.  Rodny helped him understand a ton.  The spirit was super strong, and Gladwin really felt it.  “I want to get baptized.  I feel so happy” were his words.  Rodny was so excited when he said that and explained it was the Holy Ghost.  So awesome!  We’ve met with them a couple times since then and he’s still super happy and excited to learn.  This is super great!

    I think that Romanum Branch is going to become really strong.  It’s super exciting. 

    I do struggle with the language still.  I have so far to go before I can really understand and talk.  But I really know that Heavenly Father is helping me when I need to understand what’s being said or need to talk.  It’s super cool.

    Hey I love you guys tons.  Keep learning and growing.  Keep reading and praying.  You are always in my prayers.:) Until next week, I send my love.  With a heart that’s oh so true!  Just call on me and I’ll send it along with love from me to you!:)

Love,
Elder Aaron Lane Walters