Ivie's Missionary Journey

Aloha!! Well, I am being transferred off Lanai...and I'm going to KAUAI!! I found out last Sunday that I would be leaving Lanai. President Walker said he woke up in the middle of the night and had a distinct impression that I needed to be somewhere else. I was not expecting that at all! I was told that I was going to be on Lanai for a while. I was actually excited to stay in Lanai because the work started progressing. But they're sending two awesome Filipino Elders over. One of the Elders coming, Elder Obando, has already served on Lanai for seven months and he's coming back ahaha. But he's awesome and the members here love him. So, we figured that I'd be going to Big Island because a ton of Sisters are leaving there..so I figured I'd go there or to Maui. But I was not expecting Kauai at all because they just put new sisters there. It's kind of interesting because there will be four of us sisters serving in the same ward. So we're kind of in a quad but m...

Aloha!! This week was awesome! Maui was great! We were able to attend district and zone council in person which was nice too. The work really started to pick up this week with the members! We had more member lessons than normal. So we were able to get out of the pad more! One family actually just got baptized not too long ago. We went over for family home evening which was great. The mom, Daja, called us a few days after our visit and asked for two Book of Mormons!! She's been talking about our church with some friends. So we were able to bring her some Book of Mormons that she'll write her testimony in and give to them. We're super excited for them!! We went to President Fernandez's house twice this week again...we love going there and he loves feeding us haha. But we did have MCM with him one of the days too. The members fed us A LOT this week which we are super grateful for. The members here are so awesome.  Transfers are next week already. So crazy! I know a little ...

Aloha!! This was probably one of the slowest weeks of my mission.   Sister Gamil kept talking about how fast the week was going and I was like oh my heavens no this has been the slowest week ever. Haha but we did it! It's a new week!  For pday last Monday, the Kawasaki's took us around the Island! You can see all of the Islands here except for Kaui and another small Island.They took us to shipwreck Beach which is BEAUTIFUL!! We saw sea turtles and spent some time at the beach. They drove us around to some different sites which was cool too. Then we drove to the other side of the Island and I got super sick, haha. If you know me then you know that I get motion sick pretty easily. Well Hawaii is not good for people with motion sickness because all of the roads are super windy. We ate dinner and watched the sunset at the beach down by the bay, and oh my gosh it was insane! They showed us the spot where they baptize people here and it is so beautiful.  Some members took ...

Aloha!! A LOT happened this week! This will be a long one, but a REALLY good one I promise! This week was FULL of miracles!! We were able to go to Maui this week for three days! IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!! It was really good for me to be able to go and see my zone and other people. We had interviews with President. He told me that he didn't know why I was on Lanai but that he felt very strongly that I needed to be here. He gave me a priesthood blessing and he said that there is someone on Lanai who I, and only I can touch. No pressure. Now I gotta find them but idk how cause we can't leave our pad very much.   So we're trying to be creative.  While on Maui, I had two really spiritual experiences! We drove to Haleakala on Thursday which is a volcano 10,000 ft. above sea level. You drive up above the clouds and it's insane! You literally feel like you're in heaven. But as we were driving all I could think about was how do people look at things like this and not believe in a ...