Well this week has been packed full of teaching people lessons, playing a little bit of basketball and riding around on our bikes. We made some baptismal commitments with a few investigators so we will continue working with them and help them with their progression.
We had one of our bikes break on us the other day. The petal just snapped off haha. So we used one of our spare bikes but then that one broke too. So then we used another one of our spare bikes but it isn't very good and it is old so I don't know how long that one will last. So we will have some bike repairs to do this week.
Yesterday we had a fireside at the mission couple's house about the history of the church in Indonesia. It was pretty interesting and it was cool to see the growth of the church, even in a country like Indonesia where it is definitely slow growing.
So honestly this week just flew by, when you are busy working all day everyday the days disappear on you.
I heard that Brandon and Emily are getting sealed in the Denver Temple this Tuesday! That is awesome and I wish them the best! Congratulations!
Have a great week!
- Elder Hymas
Monday, July 27, 2015
Monday, July 20, 2015
New Elder in Magelang, Playing some Basketball.
This week was pretty good. We are in a three some like I have said before. But are getting lots of work done because we now have 2 areas we must go to. We are busy but it is good to be busy. Elder Tufaga came into Magelang last Friday, he is a good guy and a great missionary.
This morning for P-day we woke up and played some basketball with some local kids and Elder Jeffery, a senior missionary. We played for a good 3 house and it was lots of fun. Then we went to the mission couple's house and ate pancakes, played games, and now I am emailing using their laptop.
A few days ago I wen't on splits with Elder Jeffery so the other 2 elders could go somewhere else and we could double our work. It was great and we met a good guy named Wiwin and then taught a really old, almost deaf man haha.
Last Thursday we went to a new investigator's house who has a lot of potential. They are pretty rich too and the guy has a wife and 3 kids. We went there and shared the message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them and they loved it. The spirit was so strong with them and they want us back again for sure. It is always great to have those kind of awesome lessons. After the lesson they wanted us to eat with them. We helped them makes some fried rice and noodles and it was fun. After we ate they even drove us back home!
Well the Church is True and the Book is Blue!
Have a great week!
Love,
- Elder Hymas
This morning for P-day we woke up and played some basketball with some local kids and Elder Jeffery, a senior missionary. We played for a good 3 house and it was lots of fun. Then we went to the mission couple's house and ate pancakes, played games, and now I am emailing using their laptop.
A few days ago I wen't on splits with Elder Jeffery so the other 2 elders could go somewhere else and we could double our work. It was great and we met a good guy named Wiwin and then taught a really old, almost deaf man haha.
Last Thursday we went to a new investigator's house who has a lot of potential. They are pretty rich too and the guy has a wife and 3 kids. We went there and shared the message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them and they loved it. The spirit was so strong with them and they want us back again for sure. It is always great to have those kind of awesome lessons. After the lesson they wanted us to eat with them. We helped them makes some fried rice and noodles and it was fun. After we ate they even drove us back home!
Well the Church is True and the Book is Blue!
Have a great week!
Love,
- Elder Hymas
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| Me making Nasi Goreng |
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| Pak Arief and his family |
Monday, July 13, 2015
Elder Sutadi went home, In a Threesome
Selamat siang semuanya,
This week was a pretty good week, but every week is a good week when you are on a mission. Nothing too exciting happened this week. We went teaching some investigators and new members and inactive members like usual. My companion Elder Setijawan was sick for 2 days so I had to watch over him at the house, not very exciting.. But during the evening the other elders came and did some splits so I was able to leave the house and do some work.
We had a zone meeting in Jogja last Thursday, it was good and I always learn how to be a better missionary during zone meetings. There was a huge group of missionaries going home right after the zone meeting, one of them including Elder Sutadi who has been Elder Zollinger's companion and lived in the same house as me for a while. He was a great guy and he was excited to go home haha. So now that Elder Sutadi went home I am in a threesome with Elder Setijawan and Elder Zollinger until friday when Elder Zollinger moves to Bakasi and Elder Tufuga comes to Magelang. And then we will be in a threesome with Elder Tufuga until Elder Setijawan's new companion fresh from America comes in. But they haven't gotten their visas yet so we don't know how long that will be. I don't quite like being in threesomes, they are harder. But in August I will be moving to a new city and training a new missionary. I am pretty excited for that.
Hey and in one more month I will be one year on my mission and will be on the downhill slide. Time sure does go by fast. I am going to spend my first year on my mission in only 2 areas haha.
We have got a bunch of new investigators and some that want to be baptized but still got a ways to go.
Well that's about it from me this week, hope everyone has a great week!
- Elder Hymas
This week was a pretty good week, but every week is a good week when you are on a mission. Nothing too exciting happened this week. We went teaching some investigators and new members and inactive members like usual. My companion Elder Setijawan was sick for 2 days so I had to watch over him at the house, not very exciting.. But during the evening the other elders came and did some splits so I was able to leave the house and do some work.
We had a zone meeting in Jogja last Thursday, it was good and I always learn how to be a better missionary during zone meetings. There was a huge group of missionaries going home right after the zone meeting, one of them including Elder Sutadi who has been Elder Zollinger's companion and lived in the same house as me for a while. He was a great guy and he was excited to go home haha. So now that Elder Sutadi went home I am in a threesome with Elder Setijawan and Elder Zollinger until friday when Elder Zollinger moves to Bakasi and Elder Tufuga comes to Magelang. And then we will be in a threesome with Elder Tufuga until Elder Setijawan's new companion fresh from America comes in. But they haven't gotten their visas yet so we don't know how long that will be. I don't quite like being in threesomes, they are harder. But in August I will be moving to a new city and training a new missionary. I am pretty excited for that.
Hey and in one more month I will be one year on my mission and will be on the downhill slide. Time sure does go by fast. I am going to spend my first year on my mission in only 2 areas haha.
We have got a bunch of new investigators and some that want to be baptized but still got a ways to go.
Well that's about it from me this week, hope everyone has a great week!
- Elder Hymas
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| Me, my companion, and some Magelang members. |
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| after a zone meeting |
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| Eating dinner at Alun-Alun |
Monday, July 6, 2015
Climbing up Volcanoes and a Blessing
This week was a good one and a super fast one! I have had a few good spiritual experiences this week. A few days ago on Thursday was Brother Hendrink's birthday. Hendrik is a new member that I baptized a few months ago. He is doing awesome and his faith in the gospel is so strong. This gospel has blessed his life so much it is wonderful to see. I know this gospel can bless everyone's lives individually. My testimony in that has grown even more since my mission. Well for Hendrik's birthday he asked me if I would give him a priesthood blessing for comfort and guidance for this next year. So of course I did. I was a little nervous at first but as I have him the blessing it went so smooth and I didn't feel nervous at all. The Spirit was so strong as I gave him the blessing and Hendrik really appreciated it.
Yesterday was also fast and testimony day, so I decided to share my testimony during sacrament meeting. I shared it about my testimony in the Book of Mormon and how it is the word of God and another testament of Jesus Christ. I always feel the Spirit so strong when I bear my testimony.
Today for P-day we climbed up an active volcano. No big deal yeah? haha it was pretty big and we didn't climb up all the way because it is a good 4-5 hour hike straight up, super steep and just dirt haha. We are not allowed on the summit either right now because someone died up there recently I guess. That volcano also erupted about 4 years ago and the cities close to it had to evacuate. There is still smoke coming out of the top. Well anyway we got super dirty and a little bloody, Elder Zollinger fell and had to get stitches in his hand haha. So all in all it was a good time.
So there are some transferred going on next week. I found out though that I am staying in Magelang until August and then I will move to a different city and train a new missionary! My new companion until then is going to be Elder Tufuga, a big Samoan guy from Hawaii haha. I already know him and he is a cool guy.
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Well have a great week everyone!
- Elder Hymas
Yesterday was also fast and testimony day, so I decided to share my testimony during sacrament meeting. I shared it about my testimony in the Book of Mormon and how it is the word of God and another testament of Jesus Christ. I always feel the Spirit so strong when I bear my testimony.
Today for P-day we climbed up an active volcano. No big deal yeah? haha it was pretty big and we didn't climb up all the way because it is a good 4-5 hour hike straight up, super steep and just dirt haha. We are not allowed on the summit either right now because someone died up there recently I guess. That volcano also erupted about 4 years ago and the cities close to it had to evacuate. There is still smoke coming out of the top. Well anyway we got super dirty and a little bloody, Elder Zollinger fell and had to get stitches in his hand haha. So all in all it was a good time.
So there are some transferred going on next week. I found out though that I am staying in Magelang until August and then I will move to a different city and train a new missionary! My new companion until then is going to be Elder Tufuga, a big Samoan guy from Hawaii haha. I already know him and he is a cool guy.
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| Me after the hike and at the national park sign |
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| The volcano, smoke going out of the top |
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| we also made it in the newspaper for doing a service project. pretty cool huh |
Well have a great week everyone!
- Elder Hymas
Monday, June 29, 2015
Late P-Day
Hello!
Sorry today is going to be a pretty short email because we went on a zone trip today for P-day to see a couple waterfalls in Solo and we like just got back into Magelang, and it is 9:20 pm right now so I really need to get myself home haha. This week was a pretty good one, we got some new investigators and we have been helping lots of new members too. I was sick again yesterday with a fever and aches. I didn't feel all that great today but I still went on the zone trip so hopefully I don't get any sicker. Yesterday we had a branch conference at church and about 60 people came to church that day. that is quite a lot more than the 25 that were coming before I got here. They tells us that if we can get 40 people coming consistently they will get a new building and turn this branch into a ward next year. I won't be here for that but it sure feels good to have helped!
Happy Birthday Dad! I hope you have a great day!
Okay I gotta go, I am super tired!
Have a great week!
- Elder Hymas
Sorry today is going to be a pretty short email because we went on a zone trip today for P-day to see a couple waterfalls in Solo and we like just got back into Magelang, and it is 9:20 pm right now so I really need to get myself home haha. This week was a pretty good one, we got some new investigators and we have been helping lots of new members too. I was sick again yesterday with a fever and aches. I didn't feel all that great today but I still went on the zone trip so hopefully I don't get any sicker. Yesterday we had a branch conference at church and about 60 people came to church that day. that is quite a lot more than the 25 that were coming before I got here. They tells us that if we can get 40 people coming consistently they will get a new building and turn this branch into a ward next year. I won't be here for that but it sure feels good to have helped!
Happy Birthday Dad! I hope you have a great day!
Okay I gotta go, I am super tired!
Have a great week!
- Elder Hymas
Monday, June 22, 2015
The Start of Ramadhan, Ibu Jum's Baptism, and we went to Borobudur again
Hello all!
This week has been a good one. A few days ago on the 17th of June Ramadhan started. Ramadhan is a month between the 17th of June and the 17th of July when Muslims will fast the whole month. They fast to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad. They fast only when the sun is out though, so they break their fast every evening at 6 o'clock pm, and then they all wake up at 3 o'clock in the morning to eat again before fasting the coming day. At 3 in the mo
rning there are people who play drums very loud to wake people up to eat and they yell 'Sahur!! Sahur!!!" which means the meal before you start your fast. They usually wake me up in the morning because they are pretty loud and I don't really enjoy it haha. Also because most everyone is Muslim here and they are all fasting during the day, a lot of resturants and places to eat are closed. So we haved to cook at home a lot more.
Yesterday we had another baptism in the Magelang branch. Ibu Jum got baptized and it was a nice event. And there was no one swimming in the pool because they are all fasting so we had the pool all to oursleves.
I got a pretty cool ring the other day from a new member who was an investigator of mine named Brother Petrus. It is a Gold Star Sapphire and it is pretty boss.
Today we went to the huge Buddhist temple today again named Borobudur. It was fun and very hot like usual.
I have been reading from the Old Testament lately, it has some interesting stuff haha and a lot of good doctrine too!
Have a great week! Tetap aman dan selalu memilih yang benar!
- Elder Hymas
This week has been a good one. A few days ago on the 17th of June Ramadhan started. Ramadhan is a month between the 17th of June and the 17th of July when Muslims will fast the whole month. They fast to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad. They fast only when the sun is out though, so they break their fast every evening at 6 o'clock pm, and then they all wake up at 3 o'clock in the morning to eat again before fasting the coming day. At 3 in the mo
rning there are people who play drums very loud to wake people up to eat and they yell 'Sahur!! Sahur!!!" which means the meal before you start your fast. They usually wake me up in the morning because they are pretty loud and I don't really enjoy it haha. Also because most everyone is Muslim here and they are all fasting during the day, a lot of resturants and places to eat are closed. So we haved to cook at home a lot more.
Yesterday we had another baptism in the Magelang branch. Ibu Jum got baptized and it was a nice event. And there was no one swimming in the pool because they are all fasting so we had the pool all to oursleves.
I got a pretty cool ring the other day from a new member who was an investigator of mine named Brother Petrus. It is a Gold Star Sapphire and it is pretty boss.
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| On the way to Borobudur, showing off my new Golden Star Sapphire ring that i got from Brother Petrus |
Today we went to the huge Buddhist temple today again named Borobudur. It was fun and very hot like usual.
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| At Borobudur again |
I have been reading from the Old Testament lately, it has some interesting stuff haha and a lot of good doctrine too!
Have a great week! Tetap aman dan selalu memilih yang benar!
- Elder Hymas
Monday, June 15, 2015
ZTM in Semarang and already 10 months on my mission!
Hello all,
This week nothing too much out of the ordinary happened. Just the same old teaching the gospel to people that need to hear it. There is a large amount of people in the world that just don't want to hear the gospel. It makes me sad. What makes me more sad is all the lies and junk on the internet about Mormons. It is ridiculous and it corrupts and destroys people's view of the church. I don't understand why so many people will go so out of the way to spread dirty lies about the church. It also doesn't help that the preachers of the other churches are telling everybody not to listen to the white people who call themselves "Elder". The Devil is really working hard to hinder the Lord's work here. But the cool thing is that I know who is going to win in the end.
Okay so last Wednesday we had a zone meeting in a really hot city named Semarang. It was a good meeting and there is a McDonalds there so that was the only obvious choice of where to eat lunch. Yesterday at church there was 42 people who came. That is a lot haha, I hope it only grows. It would be awesome if Indonesia had a temple of it's own. Only a very little amount of members in Indonesia have been to the temple because it is far away and expensive. Maybe if we took one of the 15 temples in Utah and moved it over here that would be nice haha.
Oh yeah I have already been on my mission for 10 months! That seems like a long time, but it flew by pretty fast. 14 more months to go, I hope I will make the most of it!
I hope everyone has a great week! Today for P-day we are going to watch the new Meet the Mormons movie with the mission couple.
- Elder Hymas
This week nothing too much out of the ordinary happened. Just the same old teaching the gospel to people that need to hear it. There is a large amount of people in the world that just don't want to hear the gospel. It makes me sad. What makes me more sad is all the lies and junk on the internet about Mormons. It is ridiculous and it corrupts and destroys people's view of the church. I don't understand why so many people will go so out of the way to spread dirty lies about the church. It also doesn't help that the preachers of the other churches are telling everybody not to listen to the white people who call themselves "Elder". The Devil is really working hard to hinder the Lord's work here. But the cool thing is that I know who is going to win in the end.
Okay so last Wednesday we had a zone meeting in a really hot city named Semarang. It was a good meeting and there is a McDonalds there so that was the only obvious choice of where to eat lunch. Yesterday at church there was 42 people who came. That is a lot haha, I hope it only grows. It would be awesome if Indonesia had a temple of it's own. Only a very little amount of members in Indonesia have been to the temple because it is far away and expensive. Maybe if we took one of the 15 temples in Utah and moved it over here that would be nice haha.
Oh yeah I have already been on my mission for 10 months! That seems like a long time, but it flew by pretty fast. 14 more months to go, I hope I will make the most of it!
I hope everyone has a great week! Today for P-day we are going to watch the new Meet the Mormons movie with the mission couple.
- Elder Hymas
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