aloha my braddahs and sistas. tis your boy elder buck. recently i've really considered putting a piece of paper or tape of somethin to cover up the "walter" part of my last name b/c everyone really struggles w/ my name and its just a pain for the both of us. If you wanna find out the scoop behind the subject line of my email, scroll down to Sunday...you're welcome.
Monday-
For P-day we did the Captain Cook Monument Hike and it was gorgeous. It takes you all the way down to the ocean and the water is a beautiful greenish blue color. Some other Elders and I were so close to jumping in. The 2 mile hike back up nearly killed me. It was straight uphill and my calves were on fire. then we had dinner with the Scovels with some Elders from the Hilo Zone. There's an elder from the Hilo Zone that previously served in my area (Honokaa) and he was getting transferred to Maui so he came over to say goodbye to the Scovels. Braddah John Scovel is one of my favorites for sure.
Tuesday-
Tuesday morning as we were about to head out for the day we saw our neighbor, also landlord, also in the stake presidency, out in his garage doin' somethin so we popped over and he was actually cleaning off some freshly caught crab and opihi which is the slimy stuff in a shell and you can bet that I ate some of that stuff raw. My companion did too and he didn't really like it - hahah - but I didn't mind it honestly. Our neighbor, Rocky or Uncle Rock or President Loo, invited us back for dinner that night when he was gonna cook everything up. We went back that night and had some ono kine grindz brah (really good food). They also had some freshly caught fish called Kole and they fried that up as well and it was incredible.
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Wednesday-
We did the usual service at Salvation Army where we prepare bags of food to pass out. Later that night we had a lesson with Jordan who is about 12 years old and is the grandson of the 1st counselor in the Bishopric. Jordan is supposed to be getting baptized soon, we're just waiting for his mom to give the okay. Braddah Acdal, Jordan's grandpa, was wearing a sick Honokaa shirt and I asked him where we could get a shirt like that and he said he would talk to the Athletic Director of Honokaa High and hook us up. I'm stoked!
Two weeks later: check it out!
Thursday-
not much happened
Friday-
Did the usual Buddhist temple service in the morning where we prepare bags of food to pass out later and also cook a meal down in the kitchen. The meal was Pork Adobo and it was delicious. It's a Filipino dish they got here in Hawaii. Later we had a lesson w Ana, Keana, & Mehea who are little girls set to be baptized on May 1st. they're excited to be baptized. Their grandpa is the Executive Secretary of the ward so that's the connection there. After that we had dinner with the Silvas and the Silvas are awesome, but they are definitely struggling. Sister Silva told us she has started to keep some of the commandments she previously hadn't been following and she was motivated to turn their family around. It made me so happy! Meanwhile Bro Silva doesn't really take life seriously and he was just over there laughing. He laughs at almost anything haha.
Saturday-
the first ever free car wash at the Honokaa chapel organized by yours truly!!
On Oahu we would do these all the time and so they are making their way over to the Big Island now I guess! Just with the size of the town and the failure to spread the word, I was anticipating honestly 1-2 cars to come, but we had about 10-15 cars so that was huge!! it was a blast. the missionaries serving in Waimea, Kohala, and Waikoloa came to help out as well as some members of our ward. That night we had our usual Saturday night dinner w the Murakanes. There's a kid named JR that lives there and he's one of my favorites. When we got there he was playing Call of Duty and he was doing this mode where it was him vs 9 others and he was talking so much smack and it was a crack up, In the lesson we decided to invite Megan (13 year old girl) to be baptized again and she kinda just sat there awkwardly and didn't say anything haha. She's a good girl and I'm sure she'll get baptized eventually!
Sunday(yesterday)-
okay now the moment you've all been waiting for where I explain the subject line of my email.
So actually Brother Silva was our ward mission leader, but at church they released him and called a new one who was just barely in the Bishopric. His name is Maka Wolfgramm and essentially he's having some legal issues in court with his neighbor after his neighbor pulled a gun on him a few months ago. This ongoing quagmire has really gotten to Maka and he now really wants to kill his neighbor. And Maka is a funny guy that likes to joke around, but I promise you he was not kidding at all...Sooo uhhh pray for him I guess. I really hope he doesn't kill his neighbor. Also, on Sunday we had our weekly lesson with President Loo's friend/former horse trainer named Kawika. Kawika drinks and smokes so we decided to teach the Word of Wisdom (one of God's commandments that prohibits Coffee, Alcohol, Tobacco, Tea, or any other harmful, addictive, or illegal substance) and Kawika took it really well actually. I kind of expected it to go that way tho b/c Kawika is a really awesome guy who definitely wants to follow Christ. So just like that Kawika went and grabbed his pack of cigarettes and turned it over to us and we threw 'em away later of course!!
Great week this week! sorry this email is long but I know my mom will appreciate it!!
Last Sunday the Prophet of God on the earth and the Apostles all gave talks. One of my favorites was by Elder Christofferson. In it, he says,
- Following the principles and commandments of the gospel of Jesus Christ day by day is the happiest and most satisfying course in life.
- The covenants God offers to His children do more than guide us. They bind us to Him, and, bound to Him, we can overcome all things.9
- What is the covenant path? It is the one path that leads to the celestial kingdom of God. We embark upon the path at the gate of baptism and then “press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men [the two great commandments] … to the end.”2 In the course of the covenant path (which, by the way, extends beyond mortality), we receive all the ordinances and covenants pertaining to salvation and exaltation.
nuff said. If you have any questions about any of that, feel free to email me. Hope y'all have a fantastic week. pics included!
Elder Buck, 13 months pau, 11 mo to go
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