Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Spud is doing awesome! The work is really going strong in Samoa. He ended up baptising Sepa and three others. When Spud was baptising Sepa, he said the fonts are all outside and the ward mission leader filled up the font for her. When Spud got there, he said that they didn't rinse out the font first so the water was the mirkiest brown ever. He said that she was supposed to come up clean but she came up dirtier than when she went down. He and Elder Anderson are currently teaching 7 new investigators and hoping for more baptisms this week. He told us that last week he was teaching a man named Sio. While he was bearing his testimony, the spirit was so strong and he said the words just flowed out of his mouth. He said it was one of the best lessons he had done and he knew that the Lord was helping him. The language is finally starting to come, but he is learning every day. Elder Anderson hurt his knee playing rugby, so he had to go to Apia and have surgery. While he was gone, Spud worked with other missionaries on Savaii. He got a chance to work with Elder Wiscombe, Derek's cousin, and he had a great time with him. He said he helped him a lot with the language and they got along great. Elder Wiscombe goes home in about a week and Spud said he will really miss him. He has had some really weird things to eat... pigeon, eel, octupus, bat, along with chicken, pig, coconut, taro, and other fruits. He is starting to get used to the food there and he has not been sick since he arrived. He usually eats two meals a day, called fafaga's, and the food is prepared by the Samoans. They take really good care of the missionaries. It rains a lot and sometimes that's how they shower. They take a bar of soap and go outside in their lava lavas and get clean. How would that be? Spud loves to watch the sunset. He is one of the very last people to see the sun go down each day. Samoa is a beautiful place. I hope to get some pictures soon.