bad headache with nausea but no throwing up luckily. My companion says he
thinks he had the same thing at the beginning of his mission. I rested at
our house while Elder Osborne went on splits with someone else. I'm
completely recovered now, though.
I was able to attend church yesterday which was an incredible experience.
Every Fast Sunday the missionaries rent a bus (basically a pickup truck
that everyone piles into), and pickup all the members on the island to
attend church together. We had 70 people attend church yesterday, the
most there's ever been here in Butaritari.
Elder Osborne told me about it later since I couldn't understand, but
someone got up and bore his testimony. He said how when he was born,
he was deformed and the doctor said he would only live until he was
10, but he's 36 now. He said he thought the reason he's still alive
today is because the Lord wanted him to see all these people and the
church. We had no idea, but this guy hasn't even been baptized yet,
and he attends church every week. The Lord really does prepare people.
Instead of leaving you with a rather short email, I'll finish off with
some things about the Kiribati culture. One thing they do here is for
meals, they always have the guests eat first. After we finish, the
father eats, followed by the mother and children.
The children also love 'imatang' or white people. They yell it out as
we bike by. In America, we say 'bang' for a gun, but in Kiribati they
say 'dice'. The kids love 'dicing' back and forth as we bike by. They
also like to stand in the road to give us a high-five as we speed past
them.
Thank you! I tangiringkami!
Elder Schoeny
It's really hard to tell, but we have a cheshire cat moon
out here in Kiribati
A picture of our desk after we cleaned it
Our sleeping situation with our mosquito nets
Thank you for serving and sharing, Elder Schoeny! What a treat to follow your mission adventure.
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