Miner Mission-Major Blessings: Saying goodbye to "Mom"

So, in a mission there's a genealogy that we like to do. At it's simplest level, your "Dad" is your trainer, and your "Mom" is the sister in your first district that's been out the longest. Well, in my case, since my first district was only Elders, my "Mom" is Elder Stubbs, who goes home this week. In all seriousness, he's been a great example to me and has taught me a lot through the conversations we've had.

This past week was a little rough in terms of statistics, we had a lot of trouble getting together with our investigators, and we've been doing a lot of service. Why have we been doing a lot of service? Because one of our investigators is getting married next week, and her husband-to-be is the Bishop's son. For those of you who don't know, traditional Melanesian weddings are week-long, massive affairs that require lots of preparation, and these are two fairly traditional Melanesian families. So we've been building cooking areas and clearing trees and brush at our Bishop's house. I don't really have any good pictures, but I'll see if I can take some at some point. But we definitely have that to look forward to.
We also had the baptism of someone we've taught named Yolan, but since his mom is a member and he just turned 8 it didn't count as a convert baptism. He's a super awesome kid and we're way proud of him anyway.

Nothing really new in terms of new investigators; Transfers are coming up soon, next Fridayofficially with some small movements this Friday to account for the Americans flying out who have finished. This is going to be an interesting transfer, New Caledonia is positively buzzing with speculation. Will see what happens.

See you all soon, keep praying for me, it makes a big difference,

Thanks all,

Elder Miner