Elder Cole Underwood: The First and Glorious Week

We started out by coming on a 12 hour flight to the Marshalls. The view of Hawaii and the Marshalls was so cool from the plane. The humidity hit me like an absolute brick! I'm almost always soaked from a rain storm or just dripping sweat, it is like being in a steam sauna all the time! My trainer is Elder Mower and he is a funny guy. He is from Highland, UT. We are serving in Majuro. That night we went and taught the plan of salvation to a guy. I had no idea what was going on. They speak so fast and slurred I can't even pick out words.

My first real day, a person came to our door and said they needed a blessing. My companion and I promptly did it. I anointed and he blessed. It was so awesome. All the Marshallese kids love the elders, so we talk to them a lot and it is a good way to practice the language. They always ask if you have any magic tricks. They are amazed by anything you do.

We helped a family build a house, or rather build a box out of cinder blocks and cement the bottom ones to the ground. Really old fashioned, but it is all they need. My first meal was from that family and it was hot dogs and rice. So good.

Sunday was so long yesterday. It was fast Sunday, but we did our 3 hours studies until 11:30 and then we reminded our investigators to come to church at 12:30, then we had 4 hours of church. We went home and had a cake for Elder Nelson, then we went out and did FHE at the bishops house.

-- Elder Cole Underwood