Monday November 2,
2015
Dear Family,
I have been in Delap
for a week now and it seems like a great area. We need to get some more
investigators though. This last week we got two baptisms, they were these 2
little kids that haven’t been baptized for some reason, so their dad baptized
them last Saturday so that was cool. Other than that we don’t really have that
great of investigators so looks like Elder Soromon and I need to go
finding.
Elder Soromon is from
Vanuatu and is just a crack up guy. Sometimes it’s hard to understand his
broken English but we are both good enough at Marshallese to communicate as
much as we need to. I mean we don’t have
any deep conversations on life or politics but we can say like "hey you
should make some ramen right now". All you need right?!
The ward is pretty
awesome, but I haven’t really gotten to meet a lot of them as last Sunday was
the day they show conference in Marshallese. But I’ve heard it is a great ward and
we have an awesome bishop so that already makes it good.
So that is my
situation right now, not much else to report on other than that. I miss you all
and love you very much and thank you for your continuous support and love for
me.
-Elder Romney
Monday October 26,
2015
Dear Baamle, (family)
Today I got
transferred into Delap, which is like smack dab in the middle of town. It
should be fun, my companion is from Vanuatu, and is just a really funny person.
The house needs to be cleaned but I'll take care of that. The ward here is
really good and has a lot of youth.
They don’t do mutual
here, but every week we get everyone together and play volleyball and
basketball with them, so it’s basically mutual. Probably more fun than mutual
haha. The Delap ward shares a building with Uliga ward, which its area begins
about 5 minutes from my house the opposite way. My area starts from the right
of my house and the other area starts on the left. Most people would think I’m
lying when they think about their missions but it used to be when there were
more elders in the Marshalls, six of the elders could walk out onto the street
and wave to each other. So to say we are close knit group is an understatement.
We dinner at each other’s houses, wake up and exercise with each other, it's
pretty awesome. I haven’t been driving for a couple of months but I heard a
rumor about the next transfer in December and I’m on the list to be Zone
Leader, but don’t get too excited or anything, it is the Marshall Islands,
nothing is set in stone until the minute it happens, so we will see about that,
about that we will see.( if you can name that movie the line is from I’ll buy
dinner for that person when I’m home haha).
I haven’t been able to
see conference, probably won’t in English so I won’t get to see it unless
someone can send me a copy of it on a flash drive or something.(hint hint) I don’t
know what I think about the new apostles other than they are new and are chosen
by the lord so they must be great, haven’t been able to watch conference yet. I
love you guys and miss home.
-Elder Roming Sopporro
(His self given nickname, Roming means Ramen and Sopporro is the best brand of
Ramen Noodles. Apparently he introduces
himself this way and gets a lot of laughs, they love it)
Monday, October 12, 2015
We were able to get two baptisms last week including Margaret. I guess third time’s the charm. The next big
news is transfers are coming out this week and I honestly don't know what's
going to happen so it could be exciting, don't know. So looking forward to that
and seeing what happens. Other than there isn't that much going on. It rained a
bunch last week so that sucked. I need some new shoes, a bag, and pants. I
think despite me trying to go my whole mission on the stuff I brought is
finally starting to go, but I guess that what happens when you use the same
things every day, in a tough environment that's hard on that kind of stuff.
Monday, October 5, 2015
I got that package thank you! And yeah it has been rainy lately. And
yeah we have a baptism this week so I'm stoked for that. One is Margaret so she
might show up hopefully and the other is a kid I started with my companion so
that is a first on my whole mission. It's awesome to start with somebody and see
them get baptized. That's really cool.
Monday, September 28, 2015
It was a good week. We had a couple of people that were progressing
pretty well and by the time I get back next week could be baptized soon.
Jaliyah is really cool and I wouldn't mind coming back here if I had to go
outer again. I just realized I have about 10 months left. That's just crazy.
Got to make the most of the time I have. But yeah I was told I will be coming
next week, so I'll need the same amount in my account. Sorry it is so
expensive but Air Marshals increased a bunch of their fees and added more,
probably because the government just does not give enough to them to keep their
planes and stuff in good condition and things like that. It's so sad the
government here is so corrupt, but it's only because the people are not educated
enough and care enough to realize that they are being taken advantage of. It
reminds me of a quote by Jefferson about how ignorance brings less freedom. The
more the people of a nation don't know or care enough about what is happening
the more freedoms they lose.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Jaluit reminds me of Laura but just more outer island is hi guess haha.
They said the least time I could spend here would be 1 week but that is if
everything went well with the doctor. But the hospital is always slow so I
might be a couple weeks at the least. Hopefully it is quick because I want to
get back to my area and investigators. But I will work hard here. And my companion there will be Elder Kim, my
MTC comp. pretty awesome!
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Hey so I am not dead or anything just a power outage. Although I do
have some news. Next Monday im going to an outer island for about a month
because an elder got sick. So I'll be in Jaluit for a little bit. I will still
be DL but gone for a bit. So they said tell you so you know that and I need to
get $300 for baggage and fees for going and coming back and I need to get it tomorrow
cause I can't get it on Sunday. Sorry if that causes trouble or anything. But I
will be able to email because they have Internet out there so you won't get
paranoid ;) love you! Talk to you Monday after landing. Make sure I can
withdraw the money cause otherwise I won't be able to pay for fees and baggage.
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| Roming Sopporro |
