Transfer news

Transfer news...! My 'daughter' is spreading her wings and is transferred to Wahiawa. Nice 'n cool. I'll be staying in the lovely desert with my new companion sister Pluim. She has been serving her whole mission at the visitors center up in Laie and yes... She is half Dutch! She can't speak dutch though, so I know what is to be expected of me. She even brought a chocoladeletter that her mother send to her. She sure knows how to make me her friend!

We continued doing the awesome work that we did in the previous transfer.  I really want to mention the power of prayer. Let me tell you why. Instead of putting the emphasis on praying that we may be led to the people whom the Lord has prepared, we asked Him to lead those people to us instead. Guess what... It really happened! People literally walked up to us to ask if they could learn more. 

Also, we finished reading the Book of Mormon as a mission. Yeey! While reading, I also decided to mark a lot. With yellow I marked every reference to Christ. But then I figured that I didn't want to leave Heavenly Father and the holy ghost out because they're a team! I put my yellow pencil to my orange one that I didn't use for marking. It really gives you a visual on how much the Book of Mormon testifies of Christ, Heavenly Father, and the Holy ghost. Mainly Christ though.. :)

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Speaking about the Book of Mormon... I love how it works so well together with the Bible and how it clarifies many things:

Fulfill all righteousness > Matthew 3:14-15 - 2 Nephi 31:5-9

Be as a child > Matthew 18:1-5 - Mosiah 3:19

Prophets > Amos 3:7 - Jacob 4:4-6

And much more. My favorite (found by some creative elders): Ruth 4:8 - Ether 14:23

Thank you Book of Mormon. you're awesome.

Ok. that was it. Until next time.

Time for stories

Alrighty, time for some stories!

It was awesome to serve with sister Chandler. She sure can work! When we whitewashed the area it was pretty tough, A lot of people that were being taught didn't want to meet with us anymore. therefore we spent a lot of time on the streets. We met more bloodthirsty dogs than humans, but everyday we had a tender mercy. Step by step we managed to expand our teaching-pool. Also, you really know when you're serving with a Hawaiian when the first thing that's being said when we come across a plumeria tree: 'those flowers will make some beautiful leis'. she literally collects flowers anywhere and can make a lei with any kind of flower. I am such a proud mom for having such a talented daughter (when a missionary trains someone, the missionary is referred to as mom or dad, and the trainees are daughter or son). 

Also, we have some pretty creative elders in our area who can make reading the scriptures a lot of fun. For example: Who was the First Avenger? 1 Thessalonians 4:6 :)

Funfact: Chickenskin is actually an existing word here in Hawaii. Who needs goosebumps when you can have chickenskin? :)

and of course, the most important story of the day: Some members of our ward went online and bought me something Dutch! Muntendrop. Yum. I am trying to share these delicious treats with others but no one seems to really like them. It's all good... They're just rejecting my culture. No big deal... BUT, the more muntendrop  for me :)

Story time to be continued.

Short update

Hi everyone,

Time flies and I don't have a lot of time to write.

So here is a picture of a tortoise and a dog. Because why not?

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and a scary haunted house

Other than that life is going well. I am still in Ewa Beach and very busy with a lot of things.