Hello everyone!
So, these last few days
have been interesting. I met up with my
new companion, Elder J on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, we got to work
buying everything for the missionaries in the zone. We had to go to Price Smart, which is the same
as Costco, and get all the food. We eat
things like mashed potatoes, canned chicken, pancakes, rice, pasta, and we
drink tons of powdered Gatorade and lemonade. After we had bought everything, we had to go
get things like machetes and sheaths, sandals, Crocs, and hygiene supplies.
Out here, we wear either
flip flops or these nice Crocs that look like boat shoes, and we can roll up
our pants if we want to. We sleep in
hammocks, which is still taking me a
little to get used to, and we live in a grass-roof hut, which is awesome! Our island is pretty small, so most people
know the missionaries. We had to set up General Conference in the church.
There is a translator that went to Salt
Lake to translate conference into Kuna, but luckily we got to watch it all in English
in the Branch President's office. It was
awesome! One of my favorite talks was
from Elder Uchtdorf in the Priesthood Session. It talks about looking inward and asking
"Is it I?" I also enjoyed
Elder Klebingat's talk about the six steps in increasing our spiritual
confidence. It was a great couple of
sessions!
After the last session
yesterday, we saw a guy in the back of the chapel who came in on a trading boat
and saw the church and decided to come in. He is from Colon, and he knows a few members. HE started to ask us lots of questions about
the Prophet, and we explained to him about how God has called a prophet in our
days, and we gave him a Book of Mormon. There
was a member there with us who nailed it with his testimony, and the spirit was
strong! It made me see the benefits of
member missionary work, which seemed to be a trend in lots of the conference
talks.
My companion is awesome!
Elder J is from Collinston, Utah. He is awesome! We had a talk last night and planned for this
change, and we both committed to give it our all. We do A LOT of hard service projects here,
like going to the monte (mon-tay) or the mount, to get bananas and coconuts,
and to chop down stuff to make farms, but we both made the commitment to get
out and find people to teach, even when we think we are too tired. We want to live up to the challenge of serving
with all our heart, might mind and strength. We get to go do divisions on
the other islands in the zone! We are going
to go to another island on Wednesday, so I will take lots of pictures! I love it here! I am so happy! This is the
happiest time of my mission! I love you
all!
Love,
Elder Austin Michael Kipp
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