ELDER CARTER MCCAIN

Mauri from Tabiteua! So this week was awesome and very surprising at the same time! I got a call Friday night telling me that I will be getting Emergency Transfered to Tabiteuea which is an outer island! There was an Elder who was sick and I am replacing him. I arrived here earlier this morning and it is so great from what I can see so far! The island is way long and very narrow. But it's more open than Tarawa and has less people crowded next to each other! Was sad to leave Bikenibeu already and will miss the people there a ton. I felt like I just got there haha and already left. Was able to have a last dinner with my favorite family and will add a pic! But I am also grateful for this new opportunity to come work on an outer island! My new companion is Elder Neubert, he is pretty old in the mission and am excited to learn all that I can from him! Just wanted to update you all and hope you guys are all doing great.  I know the Lord has a purpose for me in Tabiteuea.  Love y...

Mauri Everyone! This week was another great one here in Bikenibeu! Did not get transferred so I will be here for another one!  Super excited it has been good getting to know all the members in the ward. This week we had two baptisms Beia (from last weeks email) and Lafeta. It was so awesome to see them decide to join the church and become members. We are super busy in Bikenibeu with Elder Patane. We had like 10 lessons straight one day!  Way busy and excited for all the progress here in Bikenibeu. Wanted to give you all an update! Love ya guys  Elder McCain Baptized Nei Tai in the white and this is my favorite fam Baptisms this week - So awesome!  Spending time with Elder Naumu!!! Thanks for the pic Sister Naumu.

Kam Uara! How is everyone doing?? This week was soo good. The week started off with going to the President of Kiribati's house! The US ambassador for Kiribati was here this past week and they invited all American missionaries to dinner with them. It was so cool to get to meet both of them, even had a buffet style dinner haha and surprisingly had all American food, no fish and rice can you believe it! Was able to have a baptism this week of Nei Taai, one of our investigators! She was able to be baptized before going off and studying in Fiji! Her husband came up to me yesterday and told me she walked around to find the nearest church in Fiji which I was super happy to hear! So I wanted to share an experience with you guys about one of my investigators! So right when I got here we began to teach this guy named Beia. He wasn't super receptive to the lessons and had some problems with drinking. He works all day and his favorite thing to do after work is PS4 haha. So whenever we c...