Hello Family!
This last week was
great! We started the week off by going
out to Narganá to do divisions with Elder M and Elder M. We helped them move out of their church and
into a house, and we helped them get a good start on the work in the area. It is hard out here December through February,
because the schools are out and everyone goes to the city to visit family for
those three months, but we got them some good leads on some positive people!
We also did mission
leadership council there over Skype.
They talked about working with the members and baptizing families. The mission has a goal to double the number
of baptisms this year that we had last year, and if we work with members and
try to find more families to teach, we will do it! We have our zone meeting with the Blas zone
this Wednesday, so we are hoping that helps the missionaries in the zone to be
excited about working with members and finding families!
Coming back from
divisions was crazy! The tide was super high, and we got soaking wet! My
companion got really sea sick! Hopefully
it calms down Wednesday so we can travel.
Pray for us that the wind and the waves will calm down so the chief will
give us permission to travel. If not, we
can´t do the zone conference.
So, we had another
baptism this week! Two, actually! Hermano U's wife and daughter got baptized! It was the first family baptized in 2015 in
Panama! It was great to see a family
enter the water, and I hope we can get them to the temple in a year. I would totally come back for that one! We have been blessed to see so many results
here! We have two more baptisms planned
for this weekend, so we are pretty excited!
New Years was pretty
interesting. We spent the day moving the
elders into their new house, and eating GRILLED CHICKEN, MASHED POTATOES, and
RANCH!!!!! It was the best dinner ever! Well, on San Blas anyway. We don't get anything like that on our
island, so it was awesome! Here for New
Years, everyone makes life sized Noriega dolls and burns them on New
Years. It was pretty interesting. Not too many fireworks on the island, but
there were a few small ones to watch. It was a good New Years!
This year, I have made
it a goal to never pass up a chance to share the gospel, whether I am a
missionary or not. I never want to stop
doing missionary work. I challenge you to
do the same. We have chances every day
to share the gospel with people. It can
be something small and simple like sending a text with a scripture in it to
somebody, or a small act of service and an invitation to learn more. I challenge you to take advantage of all the
opportunities you have to share the message of the gospel!
Well, I am about outta
time. Dad, I sure hope you get feeling
better! Mom, I keep forgetting to take pictures of my hut. I will get one to you next week, I promise!
I love you all!
Love,
Elder Austin Michael
Kipp
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