Aloha everyone:

     This was a great week! Our investigators are all doing great! We are working so hard to help them progress.  Well Niphae Tuia has a baptismal date now so we are working extra hard with him to get him ready for it this time.  Other than that they are all doing good but just about the same as last week.

     Conference was awesome!  So we watched the first Saturday session at our chapel and when we got there it wasn't even set up and when they got it set up it didn't work.  We sat there for 30 minutes or longer waiting to see if they would fix it or not..... Finally they got it to work but it was in Samoan and we missed all but the last speaker.  So for the first session It was very interesting cause we had no idea what was going on.  For the second Saturday session it was working in English so it was great.  We then had a service project for one of our investigators so we missed the live time for the priesthood session but we got to watch it on the re-broadcast.  Sunday was great, Elder Young Yen has some family in our ward and they invited us to come and watch the Sunday sessions with them.  We watched the first, then they fed us a huge breakfast.  It was Samoan pancakes and they were awesome!  Then while the second session was going they were making more food for lunch.  After the session was over they had so much food for us to eat and we were still full from the first meal.  Well they made lots of Samoan food and it was awesome!! I really love the Samoan food, I think my companion is rubbing off on me.  Conference was great and I love watching it as a missionary because I feel like I get so much more from it! Ha probably because we actually stay awake!  I hope you all enjoyed watching conference.

     Things are great here I am loving it.  The weather is still about the same and yes there was a big tsunami warning but nothing even happened.  So not too much to worry about! Thank you all for everything you all do for me! I love all of you and hope all is going well.

Love,

 Elder Gale

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Elder Young Yen and Elder Gale looking down on Waianae

WW II Bunker

The Road We Bike Everyday

Inside The Bunker

Our Area

Aloha Everyone:

     This week was a very slow week for us... everyone we went to see were gone and all of our set lessons ended up falling through.  That's ok this next week will be better.  Our investigators are about the same, they are all doing very good just got to get them to come to church.  Our ward mission leader started something that is really cool.  When members sign up to feed us they have the option if they would like us to have a family home evening with them the same night... it works out great! We get to invite our investigators to come and they can invite friends to come as well.  We are hoping that this will increase our investigators interests and as well as helping members get more involved in missionary work!

    One day this week was a very funny day.  Elder Young Yen and I were out trying to see people and we went to this house that has a very mean dog.  Well we didn't see the dog so we thought we were safe, as we were standing at the door the dog came behind us and my companion didn't say anything until the dog was about a foot from my leg and he just laughed cause he thought it was funny! (the dog didn't actually bite me, but close) Then later on the same day we were biking down the main road and he said something to me so I looked back to see what he said and while doing that I hit a pole... The best part was that in mid air I got off the bike, grabbed the bike put it back on the ground and then jumped right back on and continued to ride.  All as a big semi truck drove by, they honked the horn and waved.  I about died twice but it was a very funny day.  (Mom didn't think it was funny)

       So my district got changed up a little bit, I still have the Samoan ward Elders but then I know have the Kalaeloa Elders in our district.... Our district is for sure the best.  We have great Elders that are all ready to work hard so it makes my job easy!

     Things are going great here and our area is doing good and the people here are great!  I will be sad when I have to leave!  I hope you are all having a great week and thank you so much for everything! Love you all!!

Elder Gale 

Aloha Everyone:

    This week was a hard but good week. To start off Charles who was supposed to be baptized this past Saturday is gone.... we have no idea where he is and he won't answer our calls... So his baptism didn't happen.... On better news we went to talk to someone that we have been trying to see for quite a while and they were gone as usual but I saw this random guy sitting by himself and I felt like we should talk to him... Well he just moved here from Oregon and was meeting with missionaries there working to be baptized!  He still wants to be baptized and have us teach him...It was so cool to see that we needed to be in that area for that reason! Also he said he knows an Elder White in Oregon!! So I'm not sure if it is Elder White from Beaver or not but it could be... Our other investigators are doing good. Kaili is still good just waiting to move out so he can be baptized! Niphae still hasn't made it to church but we are working so hard to help them!

     At our dinner last night we ate with a new family in our ward... The Evans family... Ha yes they are white... I forget how white people eat... Such small proportion's hahah!! But the food was great just not as much as we are used to eating!  Also at dinner we found out that they lived in St. George for a couple years.  Brother Evans worked at Sportsman's Warehouse and he asked if I knew the Osborns... HAHA he was surprised when I told him that I am related.  He knows Josh and worked with him, what a small world.

     So now for the news that you all (HAHAH more just my mom) have been waiting for.... transfers.  Well we got the news last night and it is a crazy transfer.  President Warner is switching up everything! Usually the transfers are somewhat normal well not really anymore.  Our zone has 2 Elders with in zone transfers, and one companionship of 3 Elders that will be together for 4 weeks, then when an Elder goes home mid-transfer one of the Elders in the companionship of 3 will go with the other Elder.  Very confusing but I guess it will all work out.  Well as for me and my companion we will be staying in our area together so nothing will change for us... I am excited to stay for at least one more transfer because we have lots of work left here.

    Things are going great here and I am loving the time I have to serve the Lord.  Hawaii is so awesome and I just love it.  Thank you for everything you all have done for me and hope you all have a great week.  

Love

Elder Gale 

Aloha Everyone:

This has been a great week!  Nothing has really changed too much with our investigators.. they are doing good Charles is getting baptized this upcoming Saturday, but other than that everything is going about the same with our investigators.

Today for p-day we went on a hike with our zone and it was awesome.... we hiked to what is called the Icey-Ponds... it was water falls and pools of water that we of course couldn't get in... the hike was great and we had a lot of fun!

Transfers are coming up and it will be very interesting to see what will happen... Elder Young Yen and I will be done with our training so anything can happen.  I am really hoping that I get to stay because I love this area and I love Elder Young Yen,  but whatever happens will be great.

I hope everyone is having a great week and I love all of you and hope to hear from you soon.  Sorry it is short this week and I don't have much time to email... Love all of you have a great week!

Elder Gale

P-Day Hike

Icey Ponds (They don't look so icey)

Tarzan

Aloha Everyone!

      It has been another great week! We taught a nice new family that are really nice and very willing to listen to us.  They are good friends with a member that lives in our area and he has been helping us out.  They love us to come over and teach them and their names are Vinnie and Mary Ann Gaea.... (ya try and pronounce that one).   Our other investigators are good, but we had to stop teaching Niphae Tuia... We have taught him every lesson I think  3 times and they just will not come to church. So we won't be teaching them until they show that having Niphae baptized is a priority in their lives.   It is so sad because we love their family, but they need to be willing to change and progress.... Charles is doing great he is still quit smoking and is still all set for his baptism on March 22!! Kaili is wanting to be baptized so bad and at our last lesson we invited him to say the closing pray and in his prayer he asked if he could be baptized soon.  We are doing all we can to help him... He just needs to find a place to move so he isn't living at his girlfriends house anymore.... It might take some time but he will be baptized. We also got a refferal to go see the Foma'i family.  They are a family of 13 and are from Samoa so it is perfect having Elder Young Yen to talk with them.  They are a great family and very open to listen to us.  Probably because my Samoan companion.....

     We had our zone conference this past Tuesday and it was awesome.  We were able to hear from President Warner and the AP's... and was a really good day.  The best part was that the Maili Kai Samoan Ward provided food for lunch.... So much food and they just kept bringing it to us and telling all 50 missionaries to eat.  Sister Warner was kind of freaking out because she wants us to all eat healthy and not gain weight, but its kind of hard when there are language wards involved.....they feed us so much and they feel like feeding the missionaries is a blessing for them and their families.

      The weather here is still really rainy and we get drenched almost everyday while we are out biking.  It will be super hot, and then rain,  then it just repeats all day.  Everything here is going great and I am so grateful for my chance to be here in Hawaii serving the Lord on my mission.  The people here are awesome and I love serving them.  Thank you all so much for everything and I hope you all have a great week!  Love you!

Elder Gale

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Zone Conference

P-Day Cave Exploring

Mom sent me her muffins ready to mix, only one problem we didn't have a bowl big enough

They turned out great anyway

Raining in Hawaii

Aloha Everyone:

    It has been a pretty good week! Our investigators are doing good!! Charles quit smoking and is all set for his baptism coming up in a couple weeks. Kaili is so close to being baptized just has to move out of his girlfriend's house before he can be baptized. Niphae still is having a hard time making it to church....

    So our zone hit all of our goals last week and so our mission President made our zone breakfast. He wants to reward the zones that are doing good to motivate the mission... It was way cool to be the first zone to have this.

    The weather has been crazy this week... We have gotton so much rain and it seems like everyday we were biking and getting drenched.  We had a really cool lesson with a guy that has a brother that is a member and served a mission.  He told his brother that he was meeting with us and his brother challenged him to take the lessons.  We have taught him two lessons so far and he loved them.  It was really cool to see the change it made in him when a family member challenged him.

   Well not much else is going on here.... I am loving it here and having a great time. Thank you for everything you all do for me and I hope all of you have a great week!

Elder Gale

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Aloha Everyone....

    This week has been a pretty good week... We are working hard and trying our best. Things are a little crazy right now.... our investigators are all doing ok just in weird situations. Chucky has moved out of our area but still wants to be taught by us and come to our ward, we will have to see if we will be able to keep teaching him or not. Kaili is doing good, he wants to be baptized but he is living with his girlfriend and won't be able to be baptized while living together.... He wants to be baptized so bad and is trying to move out so he can be baptized and that is great, but just might take some time.... Niphae didn't come to church again this week.. we are trying to get them to come each week so he can be baptized, but the family just can't make it!

     On the good side of things we had so many members give us referrals this week! We got referred to a family that is very interested and wants to learn more. They have member friends that have been working with them and that helps a lot!! Things are still pretty good here in this area and every week won't be a slow week. This next week will be a great week for us!

    Our Zone made a deal with our Mission President, that if we hit all of our goals that we will be able to meet as a zone for P-day..... Well we crushed our goals and so today we get to be with our whole zone instead of just our district! We are having a lunch/get together at one of the beach parks in the area... it should be way fun.

     I hope you are all having a great week and I love to hear from you all! Thank you so much for everything! I hope that I hear from you again soon! 

Elder Gale

Aloha Everyone!

      We have had a great week and our investigators are doing great. Charles a new investigator has committed to stop smoking by the 26th of this month and be baptized on March 15.... He is way awesome! He wants to quit smoking so bad and is so willing to change!  He was smoking 8-10 a day but since we taught him about the Word of Wisdom he is down to 1-2 a day.  He came to church again this week and he loves it! He calls us all the time wanting to meet with him again and we are so excited to see where he goes. 

Niphae Tuia is struggling to keep his commitments again..... Sadly we are having to post-pone his baptism for a later date until they show that this is a priority in their lives.  He wants to be baptized, but his parents have a hard time coming to church.... We are hoping the best for him and want to see him progress to baptism!  

Kaili is doing so great, but he has one problem..... He has nowhere else to live but at his girlfriend's house because his mom kicked him out... so he can't be baptized.... He wants to so bad and he is ready.  It was so hard for us to tell him that he has to wait for now. We are going to try and do anything we can to help him find another place so he can be baptized.

     My new district is awesome!  It is all Elders which is kinda nice haha Sisters are great but still got drama!  The elders in my district are awesome and both are serving in language wards and have all been out for over a year... my companion and I are the youngest two in the district and I am the district leader.  I am excited for the challenge and hope that I can help them the best I can! 

     I am loving it here in this area and loving my chance I have to serve our Heavenly Father.  I am so grateful for this chance to be here in Hawaii and I love all of you and want to thank you for all the support you give me! I hope to hear from you all very soon and have a great week... Love you all!

Elder Gale

I Love The Food Here

Ward Valentine Party

Aloha everyone:

This has been a very interesting and great week!  We have had so much going on! We had a baptism this Saturday and it was great! Nicole got baptized and her husband was able to baptize her.  It was so cool to see how ready she was and excited their family is for them! Their next goal is to go to the Temple in 1 year and that will be so awesome for their family!

We had a way cool experience with a member from another ward in our stake.... He called us and wanted to introduce us to a guy that is working and also renting from him.... He set up an appointment and it went great.  Charles (the friend) is very interested and is wanting to learn more.  He was able to come to the baptism on Saturday and he came to church on Sunday also. ! He is on fire and wants to set up lessons with us and we are very excited to see where he will go.

   

We had a great lesson with Kaili (investigator) this week.  We taught him about the Restoration and he loved it and wants to be baptized.  He has a baptismal date for March 22!!! Things are going great for us with lots of people that are interested in the gospel.

This transfer is already over and it has gone by so fast.  We got the transfer news last night and I will be staying with my companion Elder Young Yen..... And I have been called as our new district leader... I am nervous and excited to be able to have this calling to help my district!! It will be lots of work but it will be worth it.

I hope you are all having a great week and thank you so much for all that you have done for me!  I  love all of you and hope to hear from you soon.

Elder Gale

Nicole's Baptism

They all look so happy!

Aloha Everyone:

 

    This week has been great. Our investigators are all doing good and we have a baptism coming up this Saturday..... We are very excited for that!

 

    This Sunday was pretty crazy.... There was like no one at church, but it sounds like there basically wasn't even a Superbowl game, but O well.... Our neighbors had a huge party and we couldn't even get to our house because there were so many cars.  They brought us over so much food so we were good with it!

 

     Today for p-day was awesome!! We went on a hike with our zone and it was so cool!!  We hiked right along the beach and it was a very nice hike. The scenery was great and part of the hike was on sand and so we got to "kind of" be on the beach hahah close enough! We had a great time!

 

We had a great week with our investigators! They are all progressing great and we have a lot of work to do and it keeps us busy and that is the way we like it!! I hope you all are having a great week! I love to hear from you thank you so much for everything! Sorry the email is kinda short this week! Not much time! Have a great week.

 

Elder Gale

P-Day Hike Along The Beach

Elder Gale & Elder Young Yen 

Hawaiian Wildlife

Now We Can Shoot Hoops At Home

Free Basketball Hoop

P-Day Fun "Aloha"