1/3 of the way down!

aloha! 

whatta time to be alive ladies and gentlemen. Been a great couple of weeks here in Wahiawa. Although Wahiawa is pretty much a Hawaiian Compton, it's got pretty much everything I could ask for. a goodwill and L&L Hawaiian food. that's all I need. And yes on Wednesday I will hit 8 months meaning I'm 1/3 of the way done w my mission!! Exciting stuff. Let me give u the recap. 

Soooo the dole pineapple plantation is in my area if you didn't know. So Tuesday night we visited a member who had extra pineapples and insisted that we take 5 of them. We then delivered some to other missionaries in the zone b/c 5 pineapples is quite unnecessary. 

Wednesday mornin we helped an aunty pack her stuff in a moving pod & then she fed us after. bless her heart. 

Thursday we taught seminary!! bright and early at 6:30am but we wake up at 6:30am everyday anyways so it was fine. 

Friday we helped some members build an enclosure for their pet ducks! we were kinda nervous beforehand b/c we thought it was gonna be like hammer and nail but we just used bamboo and some netting. they fed us after as well & that was a major blessing. Friday I also did my FIRST baptismal interview. it was outside actually and it was raining. given the circumstances, I think I did pretty alright. and the dude was baptized yesterday so we can't complain. 

Saturday we stopped by the Souza's. we had never met them before but I felt right at home. It was a foster mom and she usually cares for no less than 10 kids. We listened to Frank Sinatra and ate a great meal. I got so comfortable there that I forgot they weren't members of our church and we didn't even talk about the gospel!! Let's just say we'll be back!! Saturday we also ran into the main man of a local church named Dru. He gave us his contact card and invited us to meet w him and learn. Honestly was a super pleasant conversation. I was expecting to get bashed. I then invited him to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. We ended the conversation and turned the corner and then promptly threw his card into the trash

So since Saturday was Halloween, we were given a 6pm curfew, but President and Sister Walker had activities on zoom from 7-9 and they were super fun!! (Got to wear our p-day/day off clothes that day).

Yesterday we bore our testimonies at church. We had a great dinner with the Akhay family who has the cutest dog named Country. I believe it was a boxer. all week long I was looking forward to going over to their house and playing with their dog!! 

andddd today we just found out that an Elder we live with is actually gonna join our companionship. TRIO TIME! His name is Elder Arobati and he's from Kiribati. It will be a good time. 

Well this is where our time ends, friends and family. Kinda feel like this was a boring email, but hopefully you don't feel the same way. I hope you thoroughly enjoy this epistle & if you're ever feeling like a narrow-minded sea lion or a rambunctious tarantula this week, please know that God loves you. Jesus Christ loves you. They want you to be happy and successful here on earth and the way to do that is to keep their commandments. If you would like to live with God, Jesus Christ, and your family together forever, even after death, then the gospel and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the place for you. 

shootz & go cougs baby

elder buckwalter

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