8-11 Not transferred, the email was wrong, Just new calling

I love you all so, so much and miss you all! Always be safe and care of yourselves so you can see my kids kids kids!

Make sure that you are all reading the Book of Mormon everyday as an individual and family! (including prayer of course). It's a commandment!

We had our district conference yesterday! There was an awesome turn out! Someone said that there were over 600 people there, but I don't think I believe them haha. Our branch had a good turn out because a jeepney came and picked them all up. We had 9 investigators go to church again! It's been like 9 or 11 every week seriously! The works great right?!

We got to go to a leadership meeting as Zone leaders and share our insights on the lacking of the branches and stuff. That was so nice to get out all of the things that needed to be said there.

One night on the way home I decided to tell my companion that I wanted to take a short cut home because it was late and we were really far away and by the beach. So he said fine! But I told him that every other companion that I had was too scared to go and take that shortcut and he asked why? I told him about the snakes and dogs and how it was pitch black, then I talked him into it. So we bike into the pitch black narrow trail and we turn on our cell phone light which only gives us like 5 feet seeing range and we started singing "Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel". Almost exactly after we start singing, 5 dogs start barking and coming out of random trees (we were in a rain forest type place) and they were pissed! So I turned on the turbo and got ahead of my companion so that I could shine the light back at him in order for him to be able to see the dogs cause they were on his back wheel chasing FAST and they were BIG! While shining the light back I couldn't see a thing in front of me and were going like 20 mph, but we were seriously guided safely, I don't know how. I kept yelling KICK! KICK! But we got 0 kicks in that whole 20 minutes bike ride, it was the most fun I'd had in a while. I love my area. We shaved like 50 minutes on that sketchy short cut so we were able to teach an additional lesson!

We have a family of cats that live outside our house. I remember when the mom cat was pregnant and now the kittens are pretty big. (I've been here a while now). I used to think they were annoying but now I'm seeing a ton of dead rats and stuff all the time and I loooove them!!!

I'm buying a rat trap later today!

Lets endure to the end!

8-4 Zone Leader

Well when I found out I didn't get transferred and I was way surprised! I was kind of let down, because it's fun getting transferred! Anyways, later on that night I found out my area became a zone and that surprised me! Than I found out who became my companion, Elder Wilde, then I realized I was called to be a Zone Leader. My area is the new zone leaders area. Man, I love my companion and work!

The family I have been teaching (Taghoy family) went to church 2 times in a row now!! I can't wait to baptize them! They are in the suuuuper far area that I was inspired to open and got over 30 investigators in 2 weeks! The family is going to get baptized now! I love them so much! 

We have a goal of 7 baptisms this month! I'm excited to set the standard for the zone which will make this new zone known through the whole mission!

The spirit has been so strong in the past couple days from being able to bond and teach as one with my new companion!

Nothing really crazy happened this week.

There were 30 new missionaries that are sent in this mission. 

Be careful in all that you do I love ya'll so much! Keep sending pictures!!

7-28 The letter:)

 

Hey family!

 

It was an eventful week!

 

 I helped open the gates of our Fathers kingdom yesterday to 3 of my investigators (we have 5 more baptisms on August 17). It was a nice baptism. Carlo, the 19 year (birthday was on his bap.) old had a tough life and grew up with a mom (his dad left him when he was 3 and started a new family, he hasn't heard from him since) and 2 other siblings. His mom left him after a couple years to work in Saudi Arabia. Later in his life when he was about 15 his siblings left him too, and he stopped studying and tried to fend for himself. Last month we came to his door which was super far from everything (we had received a referral to go to him) and shared the gospel with him. His sister had recently came back from studying in another area (she is deaf and cant speak) So he has been taking care of her too)) and after our first lesson of the restoration to him he committed to baptism. We baptized him yesterday, along with two other converts. I can't wait for him to go into the temple next year!

 

I also got to witness a baptism in a fish pond in thunder and lightning! It was beautiful in the mountains far from ANYTHING. That was also yesterday by the neighboring Elders. I'll send pictures!

 

I sent y'all a letter last Tuesday!

 

While teaching a blind man the other day he told me he forgot he was blind during after the lesson because the spirit touched him so deep. He accepted getting baptized but is having a hard time trying to get to church.

We had 5 baptisms this month and 5 more next month so the work is good! I love this branch and I'll find out if I get transferred tomorrow.

I love you all so much! Thanks for everything!

7-28 Lightning!

One of the ships crashed during one of the typhoons here last month.

Our baptism last week.

Our water tank in front of our house. We captured the lightning in a video and made it a picture haha.

 

 

 

7-28 Another Email, more pictures!

The bird really, really wanted to peck my ear. But look at its feet! They are sooo cool!
The kid in the orange is my convert I wrote you about!

 

 

July 28th Pictures

July 28th

Here's the pictures of the awesome baptism I was talking about!

 

That's the mountain that blew up in the backround and made all the people move into my area. All the natives now live inland because most of the houses blew apart on the mountain.

 

Oh yeah, and that's the senior couple from Olympia! They are my FAVORITE! They work with us all the time! They have the sweetest spirit! The husband preaches like a prophet, it's a miracle just to be able to watch him preach. They are the Doyles,  they are the one's who told you when I'm gonna skype you and stuff! They came to the baptisms!

 

 

 

July 21st Pictures!

A few of the baptism's and an Elder from New Zealand, Tonga and the girl is from Samoa and she danced at PCC night show.

July 21st Kumusta!

Hello Family!

I got chased by a cow because I wanted to touch her calf.... Hehe.

We just had 2 baptisms on Saturday and have 4 more this Sunday. 2 Of the baptisms fell through but They will get baptized next month. 6 baptisms is still a good number and the Lord is pleased. The standard of excellence is 2.

Transfers are next week and I think I am going to get transferred. 

While our investigators were getting interviewed for their baptisms, one of our investigators didn't show up, so we ran to her house and started walking to the chapel when the rain started pouring on us. We hid under a roof and I said a quick prayer and told them that if we start running to the church it would stop raining, because they weren't allowed to get wet cause they were sick already. As we started running the clouds above us started parting and the rain ceased. The Lord even prepared the way for us to dry off by parting the clouds by the sun so the heat could dry us off. When we arrived at the chapel there was a huge rainbow arcing the chapel and at that moment I knew that it WAS true, and NO unhallowed hand can stop this work from progressing. She was then interviewed, passed and got home safely.

The rash is going away now! 2nd doctor I went to was better than the first. He said I don't have allergies and that the other doctor isn't smart haha. I believe him because his medicine works! Sleep was only hard the first night but now its OK!! 

Watch the leadership (first presidency) Its called "Harnessing the power of the members". We all watched it, it was really good!

I got bit by an ant for the first time in my life. Just thought I'd tell you that it wasn't that bad hehe.

But I will tell you want is bad. I woke up in the middle of the night because I had a dream that a rat was biting me so I woke up. For some reason my foot hurt super bad and I was way confused. Then I feel something on my foot and kicked it off and hear rat screeches and realize what happened. My dream and reality were the same, a rat was biting my foot. It wasn't a kolipoki kind of thing but it still hurts. Nothing will ever stop me from tracking. I said a pray that it wouldn't return, put socks on and fell right back asleep. We had killed a rat the day before so maybe his brother was mad haha.

With all the baptisms, I have been working my companions butt off hahaha. It's fun working my companions hard. They'll appreciate it in the future hehe.

Chloe got called to the mission next door!!!!!!!! I'm sooo excited for her, you have no idea!!!! We can speak tagalog together!!!!

Tell her to email me! 

I love you family! Thanks for the awesome letters and prays. Prayer is powerful! 

Ingat!

Elder Kapeliela