Ioue (said like "you") eeeew

Monday, November 3, 2014

Dear Family,

The Marshall Islands is a really cool place. The people are really nice, I've never had a door slammed in my face. Probably never will haha. The people that don't want to study with you will just keep scheduling with you, but then try to get out of it, and keep rescheduling because they don't want be rude. It's kinda funny, sometimes a little frustrating because you have to walk everywhere and sometimes it's a pain to have to walk around all over the place only to keep having to reschedule. But it's all good, part of the lord's weight loss program.

We just baptized a little girl named Karalein but her whole family is members and we were just supposed to prepare her to be baptized. We could have a baptism coming up with a less active guy’s wife. We have been working with Richie for awhile to get him back to church and get him married to his wife, and then baptize his wife. They are getting married this Saturday so that is exciting. Also I could be performing, like actually baptizing someone this week; it is one of the sister's investigators and for some reason the girl picked me to do it. I don't know why she picked me I haven’t even met her yet. So this week I will have to practice and memorize the baptismal prayer, I don't know if that's how you say it. So that's been on my mind for a few days already and wondering how I am going to do this.

I am still very much trying to learn the language, it's hard but I have to be patient. I have taught a little bit in Marshallese but only a few sentences. I can share an ok testimony and say a prayer in Marshallese ok, but that's about where I am at. I can start a conversation and speak a little bit but that's about it. Still learning!

My companion and I are rolling along; we haven’t really had a companion inventory because there hasn't been anything we have found that we need to resolve between us. He's funny and we have been quoting movies like Nacho Libre, Monty Python, Anchorman, you know all the good stuff. Also a lot of Key and Peele and Ryan Higa.

Last week, Elder Harris made some Takakau Bread and we were eating it with some butter and jam and I was trying to grab the jam to put it away and fumbled it in my hands and dropped it. It was in a glass jar but luckily the jam kept the glass stuck in it so there wasn't a lot of glass to clean up. Today is a combined P-Day and it looks like we will finally play some rugby. Hopefully my ball comes soon so we don't have to wait until Combined P-Days to play it.

This week were walking around trying to find someone and came to this house where someone was shredding some Ioue (said like "you") and she gave us some chunks and I took a bite and swallowed it but almost barfed in the inside. Luckily I kept my face straight and we walked away and I gave the rest to some dog. I have tasted Ioue before and it was good but this one for some reason tasted bad. I felt like Nacho when he's talking about the food he makes in the beginning and he tastes some and spits it up. That's exactly how I felt.

We were able to get our money on Saturday and went grocery shopping. That's another thing I need to make a shout out for, is for my parents always taking me grocery shopping so I know how to do it well. It was a glorious sight to see a stocked fridge.  Sunday for some reason just felt like a really long day and was some hard work walking around and finding or trying to get some lessons, but we made it. Me and my companion are doing well and working hard. It is such a blessing and great opportunity to be a Missionary.

Elder Romney