First order of business, our mission hit it's goal of 1,000, yeah 1000 baptisms in 2016. We acutally had 1019 if you believe it. The work goes forward here as we establish the Church in these beautiful islands, and I couldn't be happier than to be a part of the great VPVM.
We've had some great experiences finding new and old people to teach. We tracted into a middle-aged woman and her older mother and have begun teaching them. They live in an area that recently got reassigned to our area, and we figured it had never really been worked since it was far away from the home of the old missionaries who would have worked there, and voila, we found them. They have accepted the message of the Book of Mormon and prophets and revelation so quickly, it's been amazing. We've also been able to get in contact with Patrice again, he was working two jobs during the holidays to get some extra money for his family, but now his work schedule is dying down a little, so we'll visit him again now. And then the miracle, one of our old investigators, Max, whom we had dropped a while ago because he wasn't progressing, recently got some great news. He and his wife are going to get married this year! Marriages can be really long and complicated and expensive because of the Melanesian culture surrounding them, but he was able to convice his family to let him get married before his older brothers, and that will allow him to finally get baptized! :) Really excited for that.
That's about it for news here, I hope you are all doing great at home, I love you all, stay safe in the cold!
Elder Miner
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| Found this cool house while tracting. There was one apartment at street level, two below street level, and then two more on the bottom. Space is at a premium here on an island. |
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| This is a giant pizza that one of our members got us for dinner. His name is Frère Babel and he is fantastic. |
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