Howdy everybody. Believe it or not, I've been speaking in a Texan accent and my companion Elder Orme has been speaking in a wicked Aussie accent for the past couple of days and its been hilarious!!
Thank you! From Elder Bucky's mom, for feeding him and giving him opportunities to do service / projects!
Last Monday night the best thing happened: we met Larry. Now let me tell you about Larry. Larry is an 83 year old black grandpa veteran. We knock on his door at the late hour of 7:30pm (it's about dark here then) and he miraculously answers the door and greets us warmly. He brings out a 3rd chair on his porch and we chatted for the next 40 minutes. It was a blast. I met a similar old black man named Art back in Vegas and loved that man as well. You gotta love these grandpas out here, honestly. Larry was tellin' us about his strenuous efforts to maintain his yard and we quickly offered our services. I'm excited to go back sometime this week and 1) talk to this man some more and let him know about the glorious plan of salvation and 2) help him out in any way with his yardwork.
Wednesday we went back to mama and papa G's out in Wainae to build a desk for them. I may not have written about the 1st time we went to mama and papa G's but all you need to know is they are the coolest, funniest grandparents I've never had. Also papa G is pretty high up at my homie Taylor Mccann's beloved Buffalo Wild Wings. So of course before we got to work on the desk, he brought us wings and burgers from Buffalo Wild Wings. The 1st time we went to Papa G's he brought wings marinated in the 2nd hottest pepper in the world and my companion Elder Orme wasn't too phased by it. Soooo papa G, sensing the competition this time around, brought wings marinated in the 1st hottest pepper in the world (Ghost Peppers) and these actually had Elder Orme sweating this time, surprisingly. Don't quote me on the specifics of all that, but moral of the story is papa G gets the hottest wings he can find on the island just to try and stump Elder Orme. Papa G got Elder Orme this time and he was very satisfied. Better yet, papa G is like me and doesn't do spicy at all! es' not about it. BUT THEN papa G sent it for the boys! He literally took a bite of this crazy hot wing and was choking and chowing down on some jello trying to get rid of the taste. It was SO FUNNY. My man definitely sent it ferda boiz!! Next time we're at mama and papa G's, I GOTTA get a pic with them. They're just so legendary.
Friday we did some service for a woman named Yoellah Yuhudah and if that's not the craziest name you've heard west side of the Mississippi river than idk what is! Missionaries go rearrange her garage on a weekly basis and she's basically a hoarder so you can imagine how that goes. And apparently one time she asked the missionaries to pick up her subway order as a service project. HAHA. Bless her heart.
Countless other stories and memories this week but seeing as this email is now a Harry Potter book, I will conclude with a scripture. 2 Nephi 10:23-25 ⬇️
"23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.
24 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved.
25 Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God, that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen."
A-freaking-MEN!!
I know that if we exercise our faith in Jesus Christ, make the necessary changes in our life to be more like Jesus Christ, enter in the waters of baptism, receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands after baptism, and endure to the end faithfully and diligently keeping the commandments, we can and we will be received into the eternal kingdom of God in a state of never ending happiness as another killer scripture (Mormon 7:7) says.
Love each one of you and keep killin' it in whatever business pursuits you may currently be involved in. Don't let Satan make you feel like a emotionally disenfranchised rooster. Satan sucks!!
Here's some pictures of me living the dream in Hawaii and 1 throwback of me and the beasts™️ in Mexico
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~Elder Nicolas Benjamin Buckwalter at your service
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