Aloha kākou! I'm back. How is everyone doing? First and foremost gotta give a shout out to Alyssa Warnock's parents for visiting me at church yesterday! It was great to see some familar faces especially from my ward back home! Heading to Molokai this week, Wednesday. Let me tell ya, that's exactly what I need right about now. I'm excited to get some fresh Molokai Hot Bread which is sold in a super sketchy alleyway at night, but it's so delicious. Hit my 21 month mark this past Saturday so that's lit. I truly have enjoyed my mission. it's an honor and a privilege to be a full time representative of our Savior Jesus Christ.
Today our friend Ton Ton is being baptized! It's actually his birthday as well. He's turning 13. Him and his family are Filipino so they get along great with my Filipino companion Elder Del Rio who actually was my 2 week quarantine roommate last August, as I've mentioned before. President Walker has once again challenged us to get 100 baptisms this month. Our zone has a goal of 6 this month and we're already halfway there. We will get transfer news this Saturday night and it's likely I'll be getting moved because I've been here in Wailuku Maui for 5.5 months now which is actually as long as I was in Big Island. Time flies!
For the past 24 hours it's been raining cats and dogs to the point of power outages and flash flood warnings. While all of this was going on last night, me and another elder were just dancing to michael bublé christmas in our kitchen. Quite funny actually. Then afterwards we decided to go play in the rain and all the puddles. Brought back childhood memories especially in Texas with some of those rain storms.
I found this quote in my studies this week and really liked it. It's from President Eyring. It says, "The only way to return to live with Them (referring to God & Jesus Christ) and with our family is through the ordinances of the holy temple." Temples are amazing and its within the walls of the temple that we make essential promises w God that if kept, will indeed allow us to return to His presence. and that's just another reason why the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is so important because we are literally the Church of Jesus Christ. We have the authority to make those promises and perform those ordinances. anyways, love yall. moral of the story is Jesus makes me happy.
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Elder Buckwalter
