Aloha, 

     One more great week! We started off our week with our zone conference with our mission president and the Honolulu zone came over to join us. Always great to be with them and to hear from them! They always bring the spirit so strong and I learn so much! Started at 9am and went to 4:30pm!! Makes for along day but it was good! 

     So we had a great lesson with our investigator Lexi! She is so awesome and ready for the gospel! We started by reviewing what she already knew and she taught us all the lessons! She has everything down! We talked about the word of wisdom and she wasn't sure that she knew that one so we started to teach that one and when we had her turn to D&C 89 she had it marked already and she remembered it! She said oh yeah I'm already living that! Got to love that! Made our job super easy! At the end of our lesson she asked how she can fully repent! We couldn't believe that! Never had an investigator do that! Then she asked if she could barrow our preach my gospel to copy some stuff down! She is so solid! So all of this was going great and then we found out that she doesn't even live in our area:/ dang it!! So we had to turn her over to some other elders! But the thing that matters is she will get baptized and it won't matter where! Just grateful that we had a chance to help her even a little bit!

     Our investigators are still doing good just still working on the little things! Please keep them in your prayers! We know that they will come around just need to see it for themselves! 

      We had a pretty cool experience on Wednesday. We went to the preschool that we do service for and had a Chinese New Year thing..... They did the Lion dance.... the thing that we all think is a Dragon well it's not! Really cool to participate and see their culture! Then we ate really awesome Chinese food and not the kind that you get at panda cause that's not real. 

Well we came to our pad after the lion dance and we came to use the restroom. We had been in our pad for less than 10 minutes and when we came back out our car was broken into! Guess that's what we have to deal with when we live where we do and right next to the high school! Nothing too important was taken so it will be fine! 

      Valentines day was pretty good..... As usual that night we had no dinner so the Samoan ward invited all the missionaries to their dinner so that meant we had lots and lots of really good food!! They are so funny! I love the culture that they have! Every activity that they have the whole family participates Instead of just the youth or so on.

      Sunday was a good surprise! We walked across the road from our pad to the church and when we walked into the parking lot I saw my aunt Jan her son Jayden and her husband David!! What a cool surprise that was! I knew they were here in Hawaii just didn't think they would stop by. It was great to see them and talk to them!  Kinda weird to see family again! I am so happy that they stopped by and got to come to church with us! 

     Today for pday we have a good day planned! We got permission to use the church computers cause it's Presidents' Day! Then we will play sports and we get to hang out with the other missionaries! 

Thank you all so much for your love and support!! Hope you all have a great week!! Love you all so much!! 

Elder Gale

Aloha Everyone,

    What a crazy week we had! Our ward mission leader and his 4 brothers are our ward missionaries and on Tuesday they all came out with us! It was so awesome cause we got to see so many people that day and had a great time with them! We are working with them too, none of them have served missions and we want them to all go! All but one are old enough to go and they all say they want to just not sure why they haven't gone! They are so awesome and help us tons! Ka'au (our ward mission leader) ran into a former investigator and had a great conversation with him and he wants us to start teaching him again! We had lots of blessings come because they came with us!

     Wednesday morning we had lesson with that former investigator his name is Lee Daniels! My companion was sick but I still made him go to the lesson! We had a great lesson and he love having us over! We are excited to see what will happen! After that lesson we came back to our pad and let my comp rest! Well that was about 11 am and he slept till 6 pm!! I ended up making him go out of the pad cause I was dying just sitting there! It was good for him too get out too! He was sick the whole next day and so we didn't get much done..... 

      Friday was a much better day! He was feeling a lot better so we got back to work! We had lots of referrals to contact so that's what we did! We got to see so many people and had great success! We ran into a guy who was washing his car and he wanted us to teach him and his wife! So we shared a lesson with them and they liked it! Then as we were leaving he said why don't you let me wash your car! So we went over this morning and washed our car with him! Our day Friday was a great make up day for the 2 sick days! We got to see everyone that we needed to and then some! Our father in heaven was blessing us and giving is time to see those people! Even tho we had the 2 sick days this week was our best week so far!! 

      Saturday we were back at the preschool doing service! Most the day consisted of taking out part of the lawn that had sunk and adding dirt underneath and then putting the grass back! We got there around 11 and that one project took us till about 2:30 to get it done! Then we had to rush home and get ready to help set up for our ward party! Well the party was fun and great food!! Not too many people from the ward came and that was sad, it was the smallest ward party I have ever seen! Still lots of fun though! We are trying to help the members in our ward feel more welcomed... Not sure why but our ward struggles with unity and wanting to be together! Trying our best and praying for them! 

     So we got to church Sunday morning and we were greeting people at the door and Bishop Young came up to me and said "Oh Elder Gale by the way your speaking in church today!!"  Never knew that till right then! It all worked out and was fine! He had me introduce my self and let me basically talk on whatever I wanted so that was good! I was so amazed that when I got up I knew what to share and I filled my time! It was almost like I had prepared a talk! I know our father in heaven will help us what we need to share if we just have faith in him!! (D&C 100: 4-6) 

       For Pday today we got our hair cut at a members house then went strait to our investigators house to wash our car with him!! Then we met up with some missionaries and went on a hike! The hike was to king Kamehameha's summer place.... Got to see the ruins of that and then a cool waterfall! Much needed hike! Been a while since we have hiked! Then we played some basketball and cruised with some elders and had fun! 

      I am loving it here in Kalihi and doing great! Time is flying by and the work here is picking up! I'm so grateful for my time to serve as a missionary and to be here in Hawaii!! I hope you all have a great week! And remember I love you all and to share the gospel with your friends and family!

Elder Gale

Aloha Everyone!

     We have a had a great week! We went to Pearl Harbor as a zone and did our monthly service project. We did some cleaning, dusting, sweeping and all that fun stuff and then they were having an event on the ship later that day so we set up lots of chairs for them. It is always great to be at Pearl Harbor and so much fun! 

      Our Stake had a really cool idea for this week! We had a big basketball tournament and encouraged members to bring non members to play! I think there were about 12 different teams and so many people attended. The missionaries were asked to have a booth with pamphlets and Books of Mormon for people to take, so that was cool! And we were also invited to play in part of the tournament as well.... That was lots of fun and we got to talk to lots of people and show them that missionaries are still regular people too! 

        Our investigators are still doing great as always... We did get bad news from Auntie Pua.... She wants to postpone her baptism because her and her family are having some problems and she wants to fix them first and then concentrate on the gospel! We think that is a great idea but we are also sad that it will be a little longer for her... Please help us by keeping her in your prayers and we know that our Father in Heaven will provide a way to help her! 

Our other investigators are great! Angela is still having problems with her family not wanting her to meet with us and get baptized... Still praying for her and doing our best to help her! We still have one with a baptism date and that is Alia Sunia... Things are great with her just gotta pick her date and go for it!

    Our zone hit all our goals and instead of President and Sister Warner having a pancake breakfast our senior couple missionaries the Austins made breakfast for our whole zone.  They are so awesome and we love having them here with us! They made pancakes and eggs for breakfast which was so kind of them to do that for us! 

        Well thank you all so much for everything! I really appreciate all the prayers and blessings that I receive from you! I love each and everyone of you, thank you and remember to share the gospel with your friends!  Hopefully no one had too good of a time watching the Super Bowl haha no need either of those 2 teams ha!! Just kidding! Love you!

Elder Gale

January 26th, 2015

Aloha Everyone, 

     Well our week was another great week!! Our investigators are all doing so great! We still have 2 with baptism dates and we are super excited for them! Auntie Pua is our first with date and she is so awesome and doing so great in the gospel! She is very ready for her baptism but just gotta make it to church a couple more times so the members can get to know her! We feel like she teaches us just as much as we are teaching her! Our second with date is Alia she is 9 years old and her parents are members... missionaries have been working with them for quite some time and now the family is coming to church and doing great and they want her to get baptized! We are very excited for both of these two and for them deciding they want to get baptized! We don't have a specific date with either of them yet still got to work that out with their schedules!  For our other investigators we are teaching Angela and she has gone through 12 sets of missionaries! The one thing holding her back is her mom is against her getting baptized... we are hoping and praying for the best and hoping that her moms heart will softened!  We are also teaching Auntie Sandra and she is the FUNNIEST lady I have ever met! She is from the ghettos of Detroit and shows it! She is not afraid of anyone or anything and she is very open with everything!! At first she was not having anything to do with missionaries but then they offered service for her and slowly she saw that we aren't that bad! 

    Every Saturday as a zone we get to do a service project at a preschool! The people that own the school aren't members either and they love missionaries now! Some missionaries tracked into them and offered to help them with yard work and the preschool and it took a little while but now it is a weekly thing! I can see how the gospel and the influence of missionaries has blessed their lives even if they have their own religion! They are so kind and love what missionaries do! Each week they have different projects for us to do and I think we have painted the whole school inside and out! We also do the yard work, clean toys and prep things for the kids for the next week! The have loved having the missionaries over so much that they made a wall that all the missionaries sign before they leave this zone! So cool to be with them and to give service!! 

    Sunday was our Steak Conference and it was one of the best Conferences that I have been to! Every speaker that spoke was so in-tune with the spirit and it was so easy to listen the whole time and to get their messages! Elder Foster of the quorum of the 70 was there and he is so awesome! Such a funny guy and the way he spoke to the congregation was so awesome! Our mission president, President and Sister Warner were also there and they talked as well! We had a great conference and a great way to finish off our week!

      Well thank you all for everything! I love and miss you all!! I hope you all have had a great week and will have another great one this week!! I would love to hear how you are all doing and remember to always be looking for friends and family to share the gospel with!! I know if we have faith that our father in heaven will help us find those who are ready for the gospel in their life!! 

Elder Gale

Aloha everyone,

     It's been a crazy week! Well Tuesday was super busy! Had to go around and see all the members and investigators before I left! Didn't really have a break in between each family so not too much time for packing! I finally got done saying bye and we got home and then I had to start packing! Didn't get much sleep that night cause of that! I drove to transfers the next morning and I was super tired! Got my new companion and came to my new area..... Got all unpacked and then we went right out to see people! Was able to see quite a few of our investigators and members so that was nice! By the time we got back after dinner I was so dead! Slept great though!! 

     

     So we had one more full day of walking and then Thursday we got a call from the mission office that we were assigned a car! So we had to get a ride to go get a car! That was super cool day and a half in a walking area, then we get a car! our mission is losing lots of missionaries so there are extra cars! Our area will be great for the car! 

     My companion is Elder Tian.... He has been out almost 6 months and this is his first area still.... So far we are doing great! He is way funny and an awesome artist! He is loving having the car! 

     We have 2 investigators that have baptism dates! One coming up this month and then another next month! There are lots of people in our area that are prepared for the gospel in their life! They are so humble and love the gospel! I am loving this new change and looking forward to what will come!

    Well thank you all so much for everything! I love and miss you all! Hope to hear from you soon!

My new address:

1724 Beckley St, Apt #332
Honolulu, HI 96819

Elder Gale 

Aloha everyone,

   

      Well another great week! I found out that I will be transferring to Kalihi (island of Oahu). My new companion will be Elder Tian and our area is a walking area! Bitter sweet moment! Will be great to be back in a walking area! Maybe lose a little more weight for my last 6 months! I am super excited for this new challenge and experiences that I will have! I have heard so many great things about my new area! 

     This week was a great week for us here in Kahalu'u! So many great things! As always we had lots of service! Our investigators are doing great and progressing! Still working with sister Harris and she is so awesome! We just love teaching her! The love she has for the gospel is so amazing! Even if she is still learning and doesn't know much she can feel the truth!  Trinity is still a struggle trying to catch her home! Busy busy busy! Her and her family will be moving to the Big Island soon and we are trying our very best to make sure she sticks with it when she moves! 

Kimo is still doing great! Still loves the service that we do for him! We love him very much and have a great time being with him! 

     Our wars had a awesome baptism this week! 8 year old Mohini Lakatani Matevale got baptized! He has been waiting for a long time for his baptism day! His older brother (Faitele Fa'afoi) was the one going to baptize him and he insisted he wait till he could do it! His brother plays d-line for the university for Arizona and finally made it back to preformed the baptism! Great to see his love for his brother and the gospel! We had worked with him a couple times before and he was so ready! Love witnessing these experiences!

     Today for Pday we went on a sunrise hike to start off! Super sweet view! Could see all of Kaneohe!! After the hike we got breakfast then did our laundry and stuff like that.... We are getting together as a zone for the last time this transfer not sure what we will do.... Probably play sports! Should be way fun! 

     Well I am doing great and loving life here in Hawaii!! I love and miss everyone of you! Hope you are all having a great week! Thank you all so much for everything you have done for me! Hope to hear from you all soon! Love ya!

Elder Gale

Aloha Everyone,

     Well it's been another great week! We had a great New Years! We watched the Saratov approach as a zone! Then we went with one of our members and eat an awesome dinner! We also set off choke(a lot) fireworks with them! Hawaii loves New Years and so many fireworks everywhere! The fireworks go for about a week before New Years and like a day after! Makes lots of smoke that just sits in the air! But it's also lots of fun!

   New Year's Day we were supposed to have a service project but it ended up getting canceled cause we had a big storm come in..... Got supper windy and knocked down lots of trees! Crazy how fast it came and then left just as fast! 

     Saturday was a great day for us!! We had our service with the member that owns a farm! Love going over when he asks us! Then after our service we got to see all the people we needed to and was our busiest day! Love days like that!! 

      We are trying very hard to get Trinity baptized! They are moving to Big Island in a couple weeks and want her baptism here so all the family can make it! Lots of work to do to make it but we can do it! 

     Our other investigators are doing great had a awesome lesson with sister Harris! She finally came to church and stayed all three hours! She is going to be a great member! Already is great! 

       I hope you all had a great New Years! You should all have a New Years goal of being better at sharing the gospel with others! Something great to shoot for!! Thank you all so much I love and miss each and everyone of you!! Have a great week!!

Elder Gale

18 month mark........so we have to burn something! HaHa  This is a pair of my pants!

December 29, 2014

Aloha Everyone

     Well Christmas was so great!! Hope you all had a very awesome Christmas!! It was so good to talk and see family when we Skype!! Got to see how much everyone has changed in the past 8 months!! I loved being able to talk and see you (if you were there)!! Made my Christmas a great one!! 

    This week was kind of crazy!! So we had Our regular Tuesday other than we were only supposed to go to set appointments and then on Wednesday our mission president told us to be done right after lunch!! Well that made things pretty interesting for us!! We didn't have many set appointments either day so we had lots of free time that we didn't know what to do with!! Made for a very boring couple days!! But finally on Christmas came and made it better!! Got to Skype and then we had dinner with some members and then our zone got together and watched Frozen!! I had heard so much about it but that was the first time I had watched it!! Really fun and kinda a weird feeling haha!! We had lots of fun as a zone doing that though!! 

      We had a great service project this past Saturday!  Helped a member on his farm!! We took out a old part of his barn out and put a new support in!! It took quite a long time just cause the member was making sure and letting us know how to do every little step... we get more work done when he isn't watching because he thinks his way is the only way! But that's Ok we love doing service for him and it makes me happy to be back on a farm!! He has horses and we got to take care of them! Too bad we cant ride them!! 

      Our investigators are all doing so good!! This Christmas season was so great to be with them and to see them progress!! We are still working with Kimo and doing service for him, Working with Trinity well when we can catch her home we do! We have just started working with Sister Harris and things are looking great with her!! We have so many others that are doing so great! Elder Luke and I are doing great and having a great time serving together!! 

   Well things are going great here for us and I hope things are good for all of you!! Thank you all so much for everything!! Hope to hear from you all soon!! 

Elder Gale

December 22, 2014

Aloha Everyone!!

    Another great week!! Our investigators are all doing great!! We have started working with a part member couple, the Harris's!! Brother Harris just received his Melchizedek Priesthood this past week and Sister Harris is not a member... She is so awesome and comes every week to church and stays to all the classes!! We can already tell that she has a love for the gospel! Just gotta get in the water haha!!

     Our other investigators are doing well, Kimo is the same.... Not really showing much change. We are trying our best to help him and to love him.... He loves having the missionaries over but it kinda seems like all he wants is for us to do service for him! Service is great but not our ultimate goal with him!! Hope things will work out with him!!

    We had the opportunity to help some of the other elders in our zone with a service for a member in their area! It was good to help them! We moved a huge pile of dirt (clay!!) for them that had been there for almost a year and every time it got rained on it gets harder and harder!! That made things very interesting!! But we use the dirt to level their backyard and when we were finished a couple hours later it looked great!! After the service the family feed us a huge breakfast!! It was awesome cause instead of making the local kine food they made a main land breakfast!! Hash browns, eggs, Bacon, Sausage!! That was a good change for once!!

     Our ward mission leader just got released and we got a new one! Our new ward mission leader is brother Ah Nee! He is so awesome and loves to help the missionaries! His son just left on his mission so he has a great desire to get things rolling!! So does his wife!! Sometimes I wonder if they called him to be the ward mission leader or her!! She is on top of everything and has so many great ideas!! We love them and they will be great!! We will miss our old ward mission leader for sure!!

      So today for p-day we had planned to go on a hike........ Well guess we weren't supposed to go!! Because when we woke up to go it was raining super hard and super windy!! I know you all will laugh but it was freezing!! When your body gets used to the 80 degree weather and then it decides to be super over cast and rainy its cold! I’m going to FREEZE back in Utah!!

    Well thank you all so much for all that you do for me! I love you all so much! I hope that you are all enjoying your holiday season and remember there is still plenty of time to share the he is the gift with someone!! Can’t wait to hear all of your missionary experiences!!

Elder Gale