Hey I have been meaning to say thank you to yallz personally!! I just want yallz to know that it is truly a blessing to have you go out of your way and get all those things for me I just want to let you know that I am truly grateful for it and it makes me want to be an even better missionary knowing I have family at home that I know care for me and want me to succeed these people are quite peculiar and I know if my companion and I follow the spirit he will guide us to those we need to teach and also protect us from danger. I also feel the Spirit of Grandpa Iohani with me as I preach I know that our ancestors are watching over me because even though I cannot physically see them I know they are there and they are helping me... Hey once again I am so thankfully for you I truly love you guys! "I gashangammi!!" (I love all you guys) -Elder Wolfgramm
Iga sibwe tabwe Deus me Yesus Kristus me Espirtus Santus sibwe mwel gassi mela ye yetor siyal!! Translation: If we follow God and Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost we all can recieve eternal life! And I know that if we all will follow we can recieve these things! Anyways life has been good out here in Yap we are doing something new we haven't really done in the all the time I have been here we are actually teaching in Tamil know if you don't already know my companion and I are outer island speakers meaning we really don't know much Yapese but yupp we feel as if we need to open this area because the truth of the matter is we live in Tamil which is a Yapese area but we were hardly ever spend any time proselyting there and well it all started because right know we don't have our car so we can't really go to all the outer island villages because they are further away but there are souls that are ready here every time we walk around the promptings from the Holy Ghost guide us to houses or paths we have never before seen! And I feel as if the Lord has many people prepared here it feels wonderful and so yeah that what we have been doing is exploring the area of Tamil in my mission so far! We actually had this really good lesson with this Yapese guy who actually came to us a couple days before and told us to stop by his house if we ever needed water or anything so thats exactly what we did and we had a great lesson with him and as we closed with a prayer and were leaving we heard him say "Thanks I needed that..." and I know that maybe this man is prepared to hear our message we are still working with him and yeah this may turn into another soul being saved! I love this work it can be challenging and tough but with the Lord anything is possible... I also had a talk in church on Sacrifice and I shared one of Great Grandpa Iohani's stories and I know that he is with me and that my ancestors are watching over me... Well anyways just want to let everyone know I love yallz and that I will continue to work so that I can the missionary the Lord needs me to be! In my language I say "Samol bwe mel Idem..." or Lord be with you...
Much Love,
Elder Wolfgramm
Elder Wolfgramm
Happy Birthday Sweetheart! I know you like things simple on your birthday, but I do also know that you want to feel a bit special on this day. And that's what I did for you, not because I want to make a big deal but to make you feel special on your birthday. You've never really had a great birthday experience growing up and I wanted to make this day special in every way possible. I love you my adorable simple minded gamer!!
SIROW NGALIGAMMI!!!! (Sorry to you guys!!) I wasn't able to send out my weekly E-mail but yeah these last two weeks have been super crazy busy! When transfers came the Yap Zone recieved to new Elders which are Elder Nielsen and Elder Marble they are pretty cool from what I have seen so far but yeah that has been new! For the past week we have been stuck in two areas ours and our Zone Leaders area which hasn't been to much fun but we made it work and yupp I learned much about all of Yap because I have really been only been in my area so seeing the other side of the island is nice! But yupp life is good and I have been my language is much as I can but lately although I am assigned to learn Woleaian I have been feeling very fond to Ulithian particulary Fais Ulithian... Fais is an outer island of Yap and it is somewhere that I really want to go to I don't know why but I just feel a closeness to it and I really would love to go there and learn the language. Because to be honest almost all of our investigators are from Fais and I just would love to learn the language of their heart. But of course I can only follow the will of the Lord. But yeah anyways all of our investigators are doing good I in my language we say "Gashingshang!" (Love) these people so much and they have become family to me... But yupp things are doing good here I have a really cool experience with Elder Zonts while we were contacting a person we found this huge Woleaian family and in the outer island (kinda like Tonga I am guessing) they say "Si monga!!" which means "We eat!!" so thats what we did and know we are friends with that family and we hope to bring them all to the Gospel! Anyways I just want to give A HUGE SHOUTOUT TO MY AUNTIE MALI AND UNCLE TEA AND ALSO MY UNCLE MIKA AND AUNTIE JAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PACKAGES I KNOW ITS SUPER LATE BUT I FINALLY GOT THEM AND OHH MY GOSH THATS A LOT OF FOOD!!!!!! But thank you so much GAISA GASHIGASHIG!! (Thank you all so much!) Alrite anyways the work is moving forward and right know I am focusing on learning Woleaian so I can learn Ulithian!
Ofa Atu and Gashangishang,
Elder Wolfgramm
Elder Wolfgramm
What wonderful news we've receive today from Elder Wolfgrmm's email. He had his 1st baptism! Yup we are so excited to know that he did one of the greatest blessings for a sister in the Yap zone area. Entering her into the baptismal waters to further her spiritual journey as a woman who faithfully chose to be more closer to God than she could of ever imagine. We are so proud of you Grant!! Every souls to the Lord is worth more than gold. It's a precious gem for the Lord and he knows that the efforts Grant, his companions helped this sister find eternal truths for herself and for her family. I couldn't be more happy and pleased by the amazing work that my nephew is making throughout his mission. Keep up the spiritual and physical work that you've done so far Grant. You will overcome many obstacles as you stay close to the Lord and praise him always for the countless help!! Luv ya Elder Wolfgramm!
<3 Aunty Jay
"Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
So I had the honor of doing something sacred on Saturday and that was I was able to baptize one of our investigators who me and my companion have been working with for a long time her name is Scholastica she is a woman from the Outer Island known as Fais. Originally we had thought that she didn't want to be baptized but we felt that we needed to go and invite her again and this time she changed she gave up some of the things she is used to doing and she prepared herself to be baptized. It was nice to be honest I was happy that I had the priviledge to baptize her but I was way more excited that she had chosen our of her own free agency to be baptized and than confirmed on Sunday which was yesterday. But anyways I was very happy about that and it was the highlight of this week. Anyways me and my companion Elder Zonts are back up and at it looking for new people to serve and to teach. We are still working with our investigators and found some people who we feel may be ready to be baptized as well. With the language it's going "Ye gach!" (Good) of course I am still working with it but yeah the hardest thing for me still is I am practicing how to roll my "r" it ain't easy for me but I know that with God and the Gift of Tongues I will get it! I am so happy I get to be apart of this work and me and my companion have gotten to see some of that amazing happiness because of bringing a soul unto the Lord! Not much else has happened this week but I feel like bearing my testimony in Woleaian so here goes Gang I gula bwe, Deus ye gashingigish... Gang I gula bwe, gelesia ye net. Itipeli bwe gammi gaibwe gula bwe gang igashingigammi. Gang I gula bwe, iga pangashalago sibwe tabwey Deus me Yesus Kristus sibwe mwel gassi melaw yetor siyal. Itipeli bwe ibwe ser gosa gashigashig ngali Deus rel Yesus Kristus me pangal formil ye fang ngaliei. Itipeli bwe ibwe gameno yai kapet fal idel Yesus Kristus Amen. Translation: I know that God he loves us... I know that this church is true. I want that you guys you will know that I love you all. I know that if all of us we all will follow God and Jesus Christ we all will can recieve eternal life. I want that I will say thank you to God for Jesus Christ and all the things he has given to me. I want that I will say this under Jesus Christ's name Amen. A lot of this translation was pretty close to direct translation although I changed some things since I know that it wouldn't make sense in English but yupp thats my testimony I know that all these thing are true and that Jesus Christ is the Son of God... I love all you guys wether you are family or friends I love you all. But anyways thats it for me this week until next week!
Gashangishang (Love),
Elder Wolfgramm
Elder Wolfgramm