Alii everyone I love so much!

HOLY CRAP WHAT A CRAZY WEEK…

First off, a special THANK YOU to my ward family for the awesome Christmas banner! It really brightened my holiday season.

This week started off with transfer calls and holy crap was that insane!

The transfers broke down like this…

Sisters: Everything stayed the same; except Sister Hillman was called to be the Sister training leader. Cool!

Elder Bush: Sadly, he was transferred off Island this week. He is now serving as an assistant to the president in Guam. Crazy!

Elder Warr: Is now our district leader and will now be serving in my old area of midtown; with a new companion named Elder Call who used to serve on Guam. They whitewashed the area!

Elders Rupp and Climer: We have been called as Zone Leaders for Palau (Which means we are in charge of the whole Island) and are now serving in a new area called Airai. We whitewashed the area!

Being a Zone Leader is crazy. I am the youngest (time out on a mission wise) Zone Leader in the whole mission. All other Zone Leaders are over a year out so I feel pretty inadequate! ha-ha. But I know the Lord has called me and as I am diligent and have faith in him he will qualify me for the work. I know that this is where I am needed now.

So this past week, since I am now one of the Zone Leaders for Palau I had the opportunity to travel to Guam for a Mission Leadership Council. (MLC) It has been crazy! I literally have not slept in 3 days…

Guam is so weird! They have Fast food!!! I haven’t seen a Taco Bell in 6 months! Probably my favorite fast food I have had while I have been here being Panda Express. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!! Ha ha.

All Friday I went teaching with a District Leader here on Guam which was really fun! They speak Chuukese here, so I had no Idea what was going on in any of the lessons. It was still great though!

Saturday night, all Zone leaders got together and played trash can basketball at the church. Elder bush and I got into a little jump ball situation and both walked away from it with nice bruises all over our arms ha-ha! it was so fun!

Sunday, we had MLC which was the best! We received some awesome training from President Zarbock and I cannot wait to take it back to Palau. I know it is really going to help us improve the work. I leave to fly back to Palau tonight.

Today, we are going to the mall and then bowling with Elder Bush and Elder Striplin! I was so sad when Elder Bush left Palau… But now I will get to see him every month, so I am happy! Over all it was a great weekend.

The work is going great! We have the “M” family, which consists of a less active Father and his nonmember family. They are awesome! The Father should be reactivated this week just in time to baptize his family! It is going to be awesome and I cannot wait.

Our other progressing investigator is “L” and her family. I love them! They are all so prepared for the Gospel and “L” already has a solid testimony of the Book of Mormon, and loves coming to church. She comes to church without us even asking! ha-ha she is awesome. She and her family should be baptized soon.

Well that should about do it for this week. Pretty Crazy!

I know that this Church is true and that the book of Mormon is true.

I love you all so much and I hope you are all doing amazing!

Ak betik a renguk er kemiu!

Elder Rupp