Week 26 - Leprosy Awareness Week

Legit. It's a thing.

Anywho, Helllooo people of the winter! Today I went and tried to catch fish with my hands under the Kepirohi Waterfall, sooo, Life on the island is good :)

This week has been pretty darn great. Finally got out to proselyting on Thursday and holy wow it's great!! I'm SO glad we have Kitti as part of our area now, we have found so many people who are just PREPARED. It's insane. We have a Baptism this Saturday :) a little 8 y/o girl named Shelly. No one in her family is LDS but she's been coming to church for years and knows the church is true, knows the Book of Mormon, and wants to serve a mission someday. She's SOO sweet! Saturday, 4:00, if all goes well I'll have my first convert baptism :)

Oh my! I saw a Cow! Actually a Karibau, but Still!!! They're local to Pohnpei and I think there might be 3 on the island, 3 in the whole world. We went and contacted a family the Elders in Kitti used to teach. They live at the top of the mountain, 3 miles uphill in the jungle, And I almost wonder if it's above the Coconut tree line. We were walking through the grass to their house, and I heard a deep huffing sound and a cud-chewing sound.. So I investigated and found the Karibau :) My heart LEAPED out of my chest at the sight of a living breathing livestock!! Oh my goodness I felt so giddy :) I legit almost started crying and I think I might again just thinking about it oh my...

Anywho haha the family we went to go contact actually told us to never come back. The Mom is kinda crazy and a little slow, but that was the first time I've been rejected in my mission. Weird, huh? but it's okay cuz we met Francine yesterday :)

We went to Mayleens house to have a Sarawi (lesson) and they were all playing a sort of volleyball with a plastic ball. So we joined and just played for a bit, and while we were playing Francine walked up and joined the game too. It was really fun :) Then when it was over we all came together for the lesson. Francine and her brother joined. She knew English REALLY well. We taught Mayleen the Plan of Salvation, from where we came from to our life on earth and this important time we have to live the gospel (we didn't teach Adam and Eve, or the Creation because most Pohnpeians know that and the spirit just didn't place importance on those subjects at the time. Plus, it's silly to go around telling everyone the Sky is blue when they already know that and they think the grass is pink. So that's what we do. We tell them the grass is green(they need to be baptized and they've been given agency) and not the sky is blue(teaching the creation).). Francine was really paying attention and after the lesson, we were walking away and she walked up and said: "hey wait, where do you guys have church on Sunday?" (In English too. So it was weird) I was so flustered by the English, and the question that I actually told her the wrong direction, then pointed her the right way. Then she asked if we'd be able to come get her to join our lesson again when we have it. What?! Awesome :) She's so so cool. And she grew up in Arizona which is cool.

Anywho, that's our week really. Transfers are next week. Lol I REALLY don't want to leave Kitti or Sister Behling haha but we'll see :) I'm really honestly cool with whatever.

Love y'all! Kedehr manokelah en Kapakap!

Love,
Sister Nicole Felt