Mauri ngkami!

This last week I got made a backup trainer and I also saw Elder Rogovakalali for the first time in a while- but he is getting shipped off to Kiritimati Island so I won't see him for probably the next year.

We have a ton of investigators and so we have a ton of work to do! This is good. We also have a very clean house now with A/C- we are going to call the room with the A/C the Ice Man Cave. We have a great setup.  There is also a family that is ready to be baptized and hopefully will be this Saturday. Also we have a large District Conference this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Enjoy the sunrise!

Elder Farner

E a bo te kamwaing

Mauri Ngkami!

E a bo te kamwaing (transfers are happening). My comp will be moved to another part of the same district. I have yet to find out who my new comp will be. We have an awesome investigator family Kanabure and Tereaua who are progressing very well and have a baptismal date for the 3rd of March. They are awesome!

I also ate a dinner at an awesome member family's home and took a picture of them. On the left is Irate who was the one that baptized his brother a couple of weeks ago, and on the right is his wife, and her name is Ruiti (Louise).

More to come next week,

Tiabo ngkami!

E uarereke te aonaaba aio

E uarereke te aonaaba aio -->  This world is small -->  It's a small world

So 1: Dentists came from America to check out people's teeth- I have no cavities! You'd think drinking straight sugar water would cause some problems... But anyway, while I was there, I saw a Kiribati sister who just finished her time last Tuesday-and she was in the MTC when I was there! For those of you confused with the math of that, I have not been out for 18 months yet, there may have been some problems with her visa and already worked in Kiribati prior to her going to the Provo MTC

2: I just found out that the very first person I have taught in Kiribati actually ended up getting baptized! He was the Muslim man (Kiatoa) who I first taught when I came to Kiribati back in those days. Awesome!

So there is a couple of cool stories for you all. Keep on keeping on, God knows exactly what is going on and he knows the desires of our hearts and what we are trying to do, whether or not it gets done. Remember, we get credit for trying! 😁😁😁😁😁

Tekeraoi ngkami

Elder Farner

Tekeraoi ngkami n te wiiki aio

So this week was pretty cool. Last Sunday night, we realized that we didn't really have many progressing investigators/our teaching pool wasn't looking too good. This last week we were blessed to find/be referred to 6 people (2 couples, and 2 individuals) that we will teach this week. One of the individuals is from Papua New Guinea and speaks English, so we will hopefully be teaching a lesson in English this week... Turns out his mom works for Unicef and actually visited the island I was on in October for the global hand-washing day and I saw her give a speech. Pretty cool connection

John 3 :16 helps us learn three things about God  1. God loves us, shown through the sacrifice of his Son  (He loves us because He is our Father) 2. God has a Son (in the spirit and the body, who is Jesus Christ)  3. God's work is to help us, not hurt us (or to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man).
I had an interview with my mission president this last week and he made the comment that God is an optimist. He also explained that God isn't just waiting to point out our mistakes and penalize us for them. The true nature of God is that He is someone who wants us to succeed, and will help us as many times as we will let him.

Jacob 4: 10:  Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.

Tekeraoi ngkami n te wiiki aio!
Elder Farner