week 1 in EitaIokwe! Ejet am Mour?!? Hi Mom! I love this letter so much! I'm so happy to hear all that the family is doing and to know that you guys are all doing great! All do my very best to answer all of your questions in this letter. Thanks for the General Conference preview, it makes me excited to get to see it myself! Please sent my warmest love to the family!!! My experiences thus far working in Eita have been great! It seems to me that there is "an unusual excitement on the subject of religion" among many families and their friends here in my area. The LDS church is the fastest growing church in Kiribati, especially in Tarawa. AS a result, I am blessed to stay busy with productive missionary work throughout the entirety of the day. I feel like I am developing a more close and intimate relationship with my Heavenly Father and progressing to become more like the kind of person and missionary he wants me to be. Living conditions here are a lot different than what I have been used to in Nikunau. I now have easy access in our house to utilities such as a toilet, cold shower, sink, propane stove, toaster and fridge along with my own bed and access to all the contents of my suitcases. Along with that I have had more opportunities to stay clean and healthy than any other time I've been in Kiribati. Infected cuts that I've struggled with for months now are already starting to heal. After core exercises and/or running each morning breakfast consists of scrambled eggs dipped in crunchy peanut butter with powdered milk-no questions asked. Lunch might be something like a banana or coconut. Dinners are with members and therefore vary, but it seems like I can usually count on eating salad, a fruit, and whatever meat available- usually some kind of tasty fish, shark or turtle. I am really blessed to have been teamed up with my new companion Elder Hunter. He is a super awesome yet humble guy whose actions speak much louder than his words. This week in Preach My Gospel we read that "goals reflect the desires of our hearts and vision of what we can accomplish. Through goals and plans, our hopes are transformed into action." We have therefore set several goals we hope to accomplish before Elder Hunter finishes his time in July as a missionary. We want to tract each house in our area and document names of each family and their degree of interest in the gospel. We want to focus on families and find and baptize two of them. I want to eat only the most healthy of foods and be productive with my allotted time to exercise each morning. I am trying to stay diligent in developing my ability to speak Kiribati. I am also getting up early to try to learn to speak a little Marshallese, mostly just for fun. More important than all of these things however is my desire to lose my life for Christ's sake and the Gospel's to honor our family and my Heavenly Father! Ij Iokwe eok! Elder Morphonios P.S. I was told that a package for me left the states on March 30th and that I should expect to receive it either later today or on Thursday. P.S.S. Also, you asked me last week about what needs I may have. I hate to ask for it because I'm afraid it might be expensive, but what I really need is a new camera. Mine is almost completely broken and probably won't last more than two more weeks or so. A good brand missionaries use here is called Canon I think. I could also use 2-3 Adult Medium white church shirts but I don't need those as desperately. P.S.S.S. I had letters waiting here in Tarawa from you and Aunt Michelle, Uncle David and Wesley. Thank you so so much! P.S.S.S.S. I love you! when I asked him about the other two Elders, he said:
There names are Elder Otto and Osborne. Both are way funny so we have a ton of fun in our house. Elder Otto was in my MTC intake and sat next to me during our class study time, meetings, etc. He's from Idaho. Elder Osborne is from Washington and has been out for about 19 1/2 months.
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Denise Davis
4/4/2017 01:04:35 pm
Love you !
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About MeI'm Elder Joseph Morphonios, and I've chosen to serve a 2 year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Join me as I share my adventures about serving the good people of the Marshall Islands, and sharing the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ with them. Archives
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