Alii everyone I love with all my heart!

Ah wow my family finally met Elder Boooooooshhh! Ah man I miss that kid! He is the best and my fav!!!!!!!! How is he doing? Is he married yet? I bet he is already married because he is a stud! Ha-ha

First up, I want to thank my Uncle Denny for the awesome package! The Babeldaob District is OBSESSED with Monopoly deal! We play it like every night! ha-ha THANK YOU!

OK IN OTHER AWESOME NEWS! So do you remember how in “The Avengers” Iron Man was obsessed with trying Shawarma? And at the very end in the post credits, they all finally got to try it! Well, ever since then I have been dying to try Shawarma and to see what all the hype is about. Well last week a SHAWARMA PLACE opened up in Airai (my area) … it is SO GOOD!  I can see why Iron Man wanted it so bad! ha-ha

Last Monday, was fun we had a big barbeque at the church and played some basketball and monopoly!

Recently we have been Studying with “J’s” daughter “M” who has been visiting from Texas. She is the most prepared and awesome person in the entire would!

She has come to church twice, read and prayed about the Book of Mormon and tells us she knows it is true. She wants to be baptized and continue to meet with missionaries in Texas; and for her children to eventually be baptized when they are of age. She is the best!

She told us the other day that before she came to Palau she was having a lot of questions about life and her purpose for being here, and what she was supposed to be doing, but that when she got here she ran into us and she has found answers to all her questions from what we have taught her. She told us she does not think we ran into each other by chance. Ah she is just the coolest!

She leaves tonight so we will be having our final lesson with her and then handing her off to the awesome missionaries over in Texas! I am so bummed to see her go, but I feel so blessed to have met her and played a small role in helping our Father bring the gospel in to the life of one of his wonderful daughters.

Good news though! “M’s” awesome daughters “L” and “K” are staying with “J” for a whole year while “M” takes care of some stuff in Texas. So we get to keep hanging out with them! They bring so much joy into the lessons we have with the family! We are so happy to have them here.

This week has been really hard. We have faced a lot of rejection and a lot of persecution in our area. Elder Climer and I keep joking that our area has entered into a state of apostasy because NOBODY wants to talk to us! It is all good though, because I still love all these people so much. I am going to keep doing all I can to help them receive the truth.

Because they may not remember now, but I am their brother and they are my brothers and sisters. We fought together before this life for the right to be here, and to follow our Savior and become like our Father in Heaven. I know that everyone we meet still has that righteous spirit inside them. They all have that desire to do good and to be good and ultimately become like our Father in Heaven. We just have to remind them.

I will never give up on these people, because I do not want to reach the end of this life and see my brothers and sisters in bondage asking me why didn’t I help them? Why did I give up on them? No. I would rather do all I can to bring them back to the light so that I can have joy with them for eternity in the mansions of our Father; so we can all be one big happy family once again.

I know this church is true. I know that we are children of a loving Heavenly Father.

I love you all and hope you have the best week ever!

Love,

Elder Rupp