Aloha Mommy/Family,
There is something that I wanted to tell you that happened yesterday. The fire alarm went off at lunch in the caf. So all of us who were in the main building, which had the caf in it, had to go outside to the front of the MTC and the firetrucks came and the ambulance too. Well, when it went off, I was at the front office. We gave our coats to our companions to save seats in the caf and I had on my blue short sleeve on. We were outside in the cold...hahaha. Well in 20 min, a sweet elder in our zone but a different district just put his suit coat on me. We were out there for 1 hour. But the cool part was a different elder that I had never seen before said, " Hi, are you from Hawaii?" I said yes. He was like, "I knew I had seen you before" to me. I was like, "what?" He was like, "You spoke with your brother in your ward and he just came back from Japan." I was like, "ya." He was saying that he was
visiting our ward and my talk stuck with him. So he was like, "I knew I knew you."...LOL. I was like cool and he is going to Japan, Tokyo too. I thought that was cool. Oh yeah, the fire thing was all good.
There are a lot of good and sweet people and elders here. I love it so much. I can DISCERN! It is so cool and a lot of fun. I think that I did it even a little before my mission, but now it is on full blast...LOL. My teacher, Brother Elton, is the best. He is the perfect teacher for me. THe missionaries that are from Hawaii are not going to my mission. But I know them from school. One is the one that wrestled with me. Helam know who. Ammon is his name.
Today I had the Spirit with me all the two weeks I've been here and it's so strong. My last class today it was strong but a small incident happened and everyone lost the Spirit. I do not like that feeling at all and it made me realize that I can have the Spirit with me and in a second, it could be gone. I'm working hard to get it back up to where it was. I do now want that to happen again at all. So my testimony has gotten stronger just because of that. AndI'm trying harder to keep it strong with me because it's up to me if I want to lose it or not.
01.20.13
Me and my companion were asked by our president to teach a lesson in our district meeting and the person higher then our mission president was sitting in. Our topic was "Faith in Christ." (Oh yeah, the president's name is Pres. Oswald.) There is so much that happened today at the fireside, relief society, and the video. So good I have it all in my notes. But I only have 9 more days left in the MTC. I have 2 teachers. They both are awesome, but Brother Elton is the best. He is so open with us and we are helping him right now with planning a lesson for a girl that he is just starting teaching. He told us that we are his best and fave class so far. Such a cool story that he tells us. It is funny because after he is like, "I do not know why I told it to you guys." Just an update on my day until P-day before I forget.
01.22.13
Today we got our missionary checkout instructions. But it still hasn't hit me yet...hahaha. I'm meeting so many elders and coming friends. One of the districts in my zone left today. It was sad to say goodbye, but we gave info to each other. So now in our zone we are the old ones because the 3 new districts are here almost a week. But the cool thing is, there are 4 elders going to Hawaii for their mission so I will take a photo with them and sent it so if you see them you can say hi. One of them is Tongan but lived in Hawaii for 12 yr then moved to Utah, and his grandfather is the one who gave me my patriarchal blessing. I thought that was cool. I'm doing good and I love it so much. I only have 7 days in the MYC, next Tuesday I will be in Tacoma. :) Remember everything is THROUGH CHRIST! This is our motto in class :
Everyday is the 1st day-
Goal 1) Remember why you're here.
Goal 2) Remember who you represent.
The food is okay here, but I miss the local food.Today at gym I was playing volleyball with the Tongans. It's so much fun playing with the Polys. I love you all and miss you all. I'm happy to say that some days I do not think of you guys cuz I'm doing a lot of the Lord's work. But some nights I look in my photo book you made me Mommy. We got a commitment to baptism in TRC and the person was a non member, but that was the only time we've seen them. Now some other missionary serving here is going to teach them. They were a volunteer TRV and the cool thing is they play the role but sometimes you get a real investigator and you don't know until after. I'm singing in the choir tonight for the devotional. I was thinking to do something new. It's a lot of fun.
<3 Sister Casey
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