CHERYL GOT BAPTIZED! After teaching Cheryl since last November, she finally got dunked! Man I learned so much from teaching her, probably more than she did from us teaching her! Seeing her so happy on her baptism day and all the members around her made everything worth it! We went through a lot with Cheryl especially on her battle to quit smoking! She had been smoking for her whole life since she was 20 and she now is 73, so it wasn't super easy to quit! But with the power of the atonement and a lot of good support from the members she finally broke the chains that Satan tried putting on her and it was honestly the best thing to see! I remember so many lessons of just being so disappointed when she would say... I smoked again elders... but looking back at it, everything worked out just the way it needed to for Cheryl and for us to learn through this journey we took together to get on the right path for Cheryl! PATIENCE was the biggest thing I had to learn during this time but it was just another testimony builder that God knows us so personally and know what's best for us, and he definitely knew that Cheryl needed a little bit more time before she could be baptized! We also sang her a song, I played "When I am Baptized" on the uke and we wrote her a personal verse and sang that! It was sweet! Cheryl will forever be one of my favs in my mission haha! Shes' my adopted grandma! Elder Despain, Woodbrey and I got so close with her over these past couple months and it was so nice to see her smiling in the font! The next step is the temple and hopefully we can get her there ASAP!

So the other week, my district leader Elder Kneeland called me in the morning and said, "Elder Ka'ili I have an idea!" He told me we should hold a 3v3 basketball tournament as a finding idea! It was a crazy idea but for some reason I felt super good about it. The next thing you know we had flyers, shirts, assignments, buildings reserved and a facebook event all done and up within that morning! Shout out to Alvin and the Stake President for helping us out, and all the other missionaries who hung up flyers because the event went awesome! There were about 100 or more people in our church and about half of those were non members! It was awesome, we had a Book of Mormon experiment and a family history booth going too! We had 15 teams sign up and the bracket was awesome! I reffed with my boy Elder Van! It was the funnest finding idea I have ever done and it was super successful! So many were able to read a page in the Book of Mormon and highlight something they liked! Everyone was also able to feel the difference that our church has then others! It was so fun! Cheryl was even there and she was loving it haha!

We also had transfer planning this week which is always crazy! But I will be staying here in the same area which I'm hyped about because we have some people that are progressing good and looking to baptism soon! March is going to be a good month!

The Corona Virus has hit the mission which is sad because we were suppose to have Elder Cook and Bishop Causee come and speak to us this Saturday but due to the virus they aren't coming anymore which is a bummer!

This week was a good one though! I hope you guys had a good week and are looking forward to a good week this week! I love you all and miss you all! Have the best day ever!

Con Amor,
Elder Ka'ili

Book of Mormon experiments, Exchanges, and loving the work! This work is the best thing! And the sun is coming back so it makes it that much better!

Cheryl is doing good! She's looking promising for the 7th! She bought a dress and keeps saying how ready she is for her baptism!

When I think about missionary work there is so many different ways you can do it and this week we did that! We did book of Mormon experiments in Moses lake and Yakima and they were super successful. So the way it works is we street contact people and invite them to read a page of the book of Mormon and highlight what stands out to them. A lot of people have heard about the book of Mormon but not many of them have read it and felt the power it has. It was crazy successful. We had so many people asking more questions after they read or just telling us they are so thankful for the opportunity to read something so special! It was a testimony builder to me of how powerful the book of Mormon is!

This week we also went to a stand up comedy place as a district and our district leader Elder Kneeland killed it up there. Haha everyone was dying laughing and we got a lot of respect earned as missionaries. The guy that ran it was saying he was skeptical when he first saw us but that if he saw us again that he would definitely let us in! Haha so it was all worth it and it was super fun!

Man I love this work so much and have such a big testimony of the power of the Book of Mormon!

I love you all!
Elder Ka'ili