Hello
family!!!
This was a pretty
interesting week. It was changes week,
so we headed into the Panama City on the plane on Tuesday, and we were there until Saturday. For changes, we have to go to Price Smart,
which is the same as Costco, and buy all the food for all the missionaries for
six weeks, and we have to get all the other stuff like hammocks and machetes
for the new elders in the zone, and their flip flops and everything. Having my driver’s license makes it nice
because we can use the truck to get around.
We stay at the assistant’s house when we are in the city, and it is fun
to hang out with all the other missionaries that live there!
We got back on Saturday,
and we dropped everyone off at their islands, and got back and it was about
time to get back to the house for the afternoon, so we sacked out. Sunday was good. We had an investigator in church, the one we
are teaching to read. He is getting
baptized next Saturday, so we are trying to get him reading the Book of Mormon
before he gets baptized. Hermano E has to wait one more week to get baptized, because he had to go diving for food
yesterday and couldn't come to church. He doesn't feel quite prepared yet, but
he totally is. He understands the Book
of Mormon super well, and he has had a dark life in the past and really wants
to change. He knows the church is true, and is excited to get baptized!
We do a lot of administration
in the branch here. Sometimes we have to
teach the leaders here how the church here is run. We enter all the donations into the computer,
and we are trying to get a home teaching program started. We have gotten six new people called and set
apart within the last two weeks in leadership positions, so the branch is
really starting to progress! The next
goal is having three hours of church, right now we only have two hours.
Halloween was good! Elder Jensen and I swapped name tags, and we got to go to the temple with the
rest of the missionaries from the zone! The
new elder on San Blas is named Elder M. He is a bigger kid, and he is hilarious! He is the happiest missionary in the whole
mission, so we are excited to have him out here! It is the Independence Days
and Flag Day for Panama in November, so today there was a big parade on the
island, and all the school students marched around the entire island and there
were marching bands and everything. The whole month of November is basically a
big party in Panama, there are like five national holidays throughout the
month, so it is pretty interesting. Well, that is about it for this week!
We are excited to have time to work this
week, and we have some high hopes for the island this change! I love you guys!
Love,
Elder Austin Michael
Kipp
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