Yakwe (5/24/10)

Malo'e'lele

OK hello how are you all? This week has been a crazy week with lots of challenges and some success. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!! I just had to get that out. I don't have a lot of time because we had the day of Unity with the whole mission today!!! Oh my it was so funny. But back to this week.

We had so many people come to church this week it was so good to see them. The Marshallese Branch is growing. We don't have any new members but a lot of the recent converts came and they were in white shirts and ties. Such a beautiful sight. and one of the new members blessed the sacrament this week. So that was great great great.

One of the sad things but it will be fixed no worries. Anjalee is an investigator. He is solid, reads, prays, wants to be baptized and even walked a couple miles to an activity. So whats the hold up--- he has a girl friend and 2 kids. Ok no problem we marry them. We will but we need to tell him he is 23 and doesn't need his mom's permission from the marshall islands. Ok we will do that but now the last thing stopping him. He has to go to church. He wants to but his girlfriend is yelling at him and won't let him. It's so sad but we have had this before. She will soften her heart and let him get baptized and she will even get baptized herself. That's how we do it here in Sac town. We do it real big here.

Lets see other exciting news... We went to the temple tour this week it was so fun. We didn't have a tour guide so one of the other missionaries members just took over and did the tour I learned a lot it was really cool. I won't tell you what I learned because it's prolly something I should have know for a long time but now I know for the future eh. It was cold at the temple but cold for me now is um.... 60's

Yup sorry to say but that is all I have time for it is time to do a great big Family Home Evening with a lot of our investigators. I am so excited we are going to play the newly wed game. and next week is transfer week so I will be emailing on tuesday, weird time flies.

One thing I have loved and I think I am going to start doing is something I have learned in Personal Study or throughout the week. Today Pres Martinez said that we are all in this work together. Trying to help everyone so why, why, why in the world would we say something negative about another person that is in the same work as you? So my question to you is why, why, why would we say something negative about the people we love that are around us when we are in this together, or if they are those we are trying to help see the light. How does putting up a wall of hate and negative thoughts bring us closer to the Lord? I Love this work and I love the Lord, I know he is my Savior and that if we do things for him walls will come down and I can say from experience, if we take down those walls you can see a new beautiful person. The Gospel is true my dear friends and I am out to take down some walls now.

ij yakwe com,

Sister Holt

Just another day in Paradise (5/17/10)

hello all how are you???

we had a baptism on saturday it was so good. Nieo was so ready and she felt good we were all excited for her. We have a lot of potentials for the rest of the month. I can't believe we had interviews this week because that means the transfer is more than half over. ahhhh I can't and I don't know what is going to happen next transfer, i might move and I don't want to I'm gonna ball if i leave.

Sorry this email is going to be short but we have seen many miracles happen tthis week two little kids that we have been trying to get baptized we just found out the grandma said yes. SOme of our former investigators said they want to be baptized. so life is great and I love being a missionary. Hopefully we have a baptism next week we have it set up but it's just a matter of her getting a ride and everything going as planned so I will let you know how it goes. And send some pics and of your families!! I am in need of pics.

LOVe you all

Love sister Holt
be happy and keep smiling

8 months (5/11/10)

pic 1 Nieo's baby Dijon (He has stolen my heart I love him.)

pic 2 Happy Mother's Day

Bula,

It's great to talk to all of you!! My time is short because Tongans love to feed me too much food so I have been eating all day and now I'm gonna burst!! I love Tongans and Marshallese and Fijians. Basically life is great. I am so happy with where I am at. We are having two baptisms Sunday Nieo and Valerie. We are so excited and we have lots of potential for the next couple weeks. Time is flying by and I don't know what I'm gonna do when this transfer comes to an end. It's half over already and I have been out 8 Months. I called home Sunday and mom said "Can you believe next month is your hump day?" NO, I can not it is driving me crazy I don't know where time goes. I can't believe it. I am just happy that I am loving it and Living it to the fullest.

We have had some great challenges to overcome this transfer. Satan is trying to stop us from accomplishing this great work but we know he is trying so we are armed and are fighting back. We always have to be focused if we are not we see what happens. It's so great to know we belong to the one and only true church with that Priesthood authority that we so desperately need right now. My companions are amazing and always striving to progress with me. We have been through a lot together and I am so grateful for them. It is amazing to see these people who don't have a lot but are still so willing to give. It is a huge testimony to me. One of our greatest challenges this transfer is resisting flaming hot Cheetos we are ADDICTED, they are so yummy. Maybe that's why I am getting fat.

So I guess life is great and the Church is true and I am happy still. Being a missionary rocks my socks off oh wait my knee highs, ok stupid joke, I know. Hope all you mothers had a Happy Mother's Day and that all went well. Keep up the good work and fight the fight. My new reason for living would be "Jesus didn't give His WHOLE life, so I could give HALF of mine." Think about that for a minute... then act...

Love Sister Holt

Be happy and keep smiling