Elder Kyle LaBarre's Hawaiian Mission: December 2008

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

December 22, 2008

Elder LaBarre informed me that his new companion is Elder Stoddard who is from Clearfield, Utah. That was the extent of the information since we will be talking with him on Thursday! I will have more updates after that! He did say though, that if you e-mail him to please e-mail him at kyle_308@myldsmail.net because his hotmail account isn't working right. Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 15, 2008

December 15, 2008

Transfers are occuring this week and Elder LaBarre's trainer has been moved. We do not currently have the latest information on the new companion, but Elder LaBarre is extremely excited to have a new companion and someone new to learn from! This is what Kyle said about his trainer and the things he learned from him, "from him ive learned that i want to be a really hard working obedient missionary. also with him ive learned patience, humility, and love."
Kyle finally sent some additional photos, so here they are!
Here is the Hawaii temple

We are guessing that this is the missionaries on Halloween...

Elder LaBarre with one of the elders in his flat

Elder LaBarre wanting to make something...

Elder LaBarre burned his toothbrush as a 3 month mark celebration...why I am not sure...but whatever!

Elder LaBarre sweating...profusely! He needs a fan!

Here is a bit of scenery for your enjoyment!

Monday, December 8, 2008

December 8, 2008

so not much has been going on...weve been teaching the same people. we got geoff to come to church though!! thats exciting! thanksgiving was good! we just chilled at a members house, had a lil zone activity and ate...a lot! were going to commit mirna and mari to baptism hopefully this coming sunday! christmas is almost here and it feels like i just left! i burned my toothbrush this past wednesday because it was my 3 month mark ;)
what else? i dont know what else :D
so until next week :D
love kyle

Monday, December 1, 2008

Kyle's Protest

So, Kyle is protesting sending any information over the world wide web because he wants mail...so.............I too am guilty for not sending a handwritten heart felt memoir to my little bro...so let's get to it!! Hopefully he will lighten up this protest when he starts receiving the letters he is requesting!

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

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

December 22, 2008

Monday, December 15, 2008

December 15, 2008

Monday, December 8, 2008

December 8, 2008

Monday, December 1, 2008

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