Elder Kyle LaBarre's Hawaiian Mission: November 2008

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

November 17, 2008

Remember to send him some snail mail...he doesn't usually have time to answer all the e-mails that he receives as he is only at the library for about half an hour or so to respond to e-mails where he can respond to your handwritten letter much easier. Plus, who doesn't like getting mail in the mail box?? I know I do! Okay, enough on the subject from me...here is what is going on in our missionary's life!

"So today I woke up to 75 degrees, a slight breeze, dew from last night and minimal humidity. Then I went for a run with Elder Walker (he's the new elder in the pad and he's been out for one transfer more than me, so that's cool!) But I wish I had woken up to snow :( "
"I'm a lil sick because my ZL got me sick. So I'm trying to beat it up! This week we went tracting a lot via my request and found 2 new investigators because I basically promised the Lord that I would work harder and I knew he would bless us because of my willingness to do what we had to do. The ward doesn't ever give us anybody to teach, they just act interested in the work but don't really help us out much. One of the new investigators is more than likely going to be baptized in 3 weeks!! She came to church and we had only started teaching her the day before!"

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

November 10, 2008

Once again, a plea for handwritten letters was sent out from our dear elder. Last week he did not receive any mail. So...let's get writing!!!
He was not transferred and he and his companion got another companion (Elder Walker). Elder Walker has been on his mission one month longer than Kyle.
He was a bit down this week because of the lack of love received from family and friends in the written communication type. Hopefully we will all step up and get some mail out to our wonderful missionary!!! Get writing!!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

November 3, 2008

I asked Kyle if he needed anything and he mentioned that he would really appreciate having some mail. He is only able to check his e-mail once a week, which is great...but nothing like receiving a letter in the mail on another day. So...all...let's pull out the paper and pen and start writing!! His address is listed on the right.

Mission Information

The church and missionary work have a long history in Hawaii beginning with the arrival of a group of missionaries in 1850 that included George Q. Cannon. There are number of sources on the internet where you can learn much about the history of the church in Hawaii. One I have run across is an excellent brief history, located here, that was written by R. Lanier Britsch. There is also a great deal that can be learned by reading from the many papers (available here,) presented over the years at conferences of the Mormon Pacific Historical Society.

The Hawaii Honolulu Mission encompasses the entire state of Hawaii as well as 11 islands in the North Pacific. Within the state of Hawaii, the mission is broken into eleven zones (see map below). Of those zones, seven are on Oahu. The bulk of the population of Hawaii lives on Oahu, and the church has 10 stakes on Oahu. The stakes and zones match up one for one with the exception of the Laie zone. Laie is where BYU-Hawaii, the Polynesian Cultural Center, and the Hawaii temple are located. It is also (not surprisingly) where the highest concentration of church members can be found. There are two student stakes and two regular stakes located in this zone. The majority of the missionaries serving in the Laie zone are sisters who are assigned to the Visitor's Center.

The Maui zone is unique in the fact that it covers three islands. There is one branch on the island of Lanai, and two wards on the island of Molokai that are part of the Maui stake and zone.

Missionaries assigned to serve on Molokai or Lanai get a rare experience, although most missionaries have an opportunity to serve "off island" (on any island other than Oahu) at least once.

With regard to the 11 islands of the North Pacific that fall within the mission, only 2 have branches of the church. Christmas Island in the Republic of Kiribati is part of the mission and, as of last report, the branch there is doing so well that in addition to the missionary couple that has been assigned there for several years, a pair of elders have recently been assigned as well. Johnston Island also has a dependant branch which is directed by the mission.

The mission "officially" teaches in nine languages (as of last report,) but the bulk of the missionaries called are English speaking. The other eight languages are Tongan, Samoan, Ilocano, Tagalog, Japanese, Mandarin, Marshallese, and Korean. While missionaries are called to teach in these languages, there are usually not very many serving (only 1 or 2 for some languages) and they rarely have a companion who has been called to teach in the same language.

Elder Kyle LaBarre's Hawaiian Mission

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