ELDER CARTER MCCAIN

Mauri Mauri! I apologize for not writing in a couple weeks it has been a crazy month! So my companion is coming off an outer island but the flights are pretty rough on scheduling so he hasn't been able to make it in. So I have been just working in my area with the Elders who are about to fly out or just came back from an outer island. Super crazy transfer haha and I am still in training. But despite all the craziness the work here in Bikenibeu is going so great. Got a ton of new investigators this past week that we started to teach. Our ward is one of the biggest here on Tarawa with 300 active members but also 500 less actives. Spent a ton of time visiting less actives, and I've found the best way to get in, is to be their friend! Once they realize you care about them they are more willing to listen to the message we as missionaries have to share. So have been making a lot of new friends recently haha! Something I wish I did at home was just use the relationships we have wi...

Mauri n te riki ae bou! Happy New Years Everyone! The last few weeks in Kiribati has been a busy one. First the holidays! We had a Christmas party with some members from the ward. It was so fun, and they turned on the Christmas devotional for us to watch! It was so awesome to be able to listen to a few of the talks. The New Years was a blast the Brocks and Kirks invited us over to their house and we played minute to win it games, way fun! The work in this area is just awesome! There are so many people that are willing to lesson with us. My trainer got sent to a different area this transfer so I am now companions with Elder Edgeworth! Super glad that we are able to be comps but we will only be together for two weeks as he is heading off to Nonouti. With him being new to the area, I have to lead of our lessons which is pretty hard being here only a couple weeks haha. But it has been a huge blessing so far in helping out my language. We had like the coolest dinner this week! We got t...