Hey Family and Friends! Whats up!?! All is good
down here in Provo. I always forget that I'm only like 30 min away from
home because it is such a closed campus here, so I forget that there is an
outside world.
In one of our classes we were talking about the Spirit
World and wondering what Spirit Prison might be like, and my companion was
like, "It's probably just like the MTC, you sit in class all day, and the
food is horrible." Ha ha ha oh man.
We've taught 7 lessons so far and our
investigator, Lopeti said he'd be baptized on Sept 30th! Ayye ha ha, its cool but
he's still just our teacher so we weren't too excited. I'm still loving our
classes and learning for the most part. Our teacher, Bro Tautuaa who I mentioned last email continues to prove that he is straight up, the man! In one class I was feeling curious so I asked, "So who translated the Book of
Mormon from English to Tongan" and he was like, "My dad." Hahaha
we freaked out! And then we found out that he helped him translate the triple
combination too. Its dang cool. And we found out that his dad is on a mission
in Tonga right now and he will probably be the one to pick us up from the
airport.
These last couple of days the 'Mission Goggles' have started to set in
for those of you that know what that means. Hahaha!!
So right about now I
probably know about 400 words in Tongan and we are expected to know 1000 before
we leave. Kinda crazy but I've got that Tui Kia Sisu Kalaisi!! We also have to
memorize the First Vision in Tongan, which would probably be no biggy in
English but in Tongan... yikes. It'll all work out though.
Tomorrow we have
our first TRC, which is when a member who speaks Tongan will come, and we teach
them a lesson. It's mostly to help us with the language and to show us how important
members are in the field.
This week almost everyone in our district got sick,
including me. Mostly just a headache and runny nose. You are bound to get sick
at some point in the MTC because it spreads like crazy, it's ridiculous. I got
to host this Wednesday which was super cool and reminded me a whole lot of when
I got dropped off.
Super cool thing this week, Chad Lewis came and
talked to us. If you don't know who he is, look him up. He is such a good
speaker and I got a ton out of his talk!! Also on Sunday D. Todd Christoferson
came and spoke to us, and it was broadcast to all the other MTC's. It was really
funny, because when a General Authority speaks here, they don't tell you who it
is and keep it super shady ha ha. Probably for security reasons, but we had no
idea who was talking until he walked in. A big thing he talked about is how
Heavenly Father loves everyone, but he doesn't necessarily trust everyone. One
of my biggest goals is to be the kind of missionary that the Lord can trust!
The quote I want to leave off with is something one of my teachers said, "Because of the Atonement, the bad things in life don't have to last, and
the good things can last." Man that brings so much comfort to me! I am
starting to understand the importance and the significance of the Atonement. I
guess it's kind of hard to, until you start thinking about teaching it to people
who have no idea or don't fully understand that they have a Savior who suffered
and died so that they can return to live in heaven.
We were asked this week,
what our goals or desires are as far as being a missionary, and I decided that
I want to share with people the HOPE of the gospel. That no matter what they have done, what trials or hardships they have gone through or will go through,
they can find comfort, peace and joy in the Gospel, through Christs Atonement.
It feels like I've been here for fffooorreever, but Tuesday is my half way
through the MTC mark! I am so excited to get to Tonga and get going on this
mission!!!
Oku ou fakama'oni kapau kitautolu lotu, Otua
fakapapau ke tapuaki. Kapau kitautolu muimui fakamo'ui sipinga, kitautolu
fakapapau ke ongo'i Laumalie Ma'oni'oni. Oku ou ilo'i Tamai Heavani mo Sisu
Kalaisi asi ki Siosefa Samita. Oku ou ofa Sisu Kalaisi. Oku ou ilo'i Sisu
Kalaisi mate ma'a kitautolu. Oke ne Ongoongolelei faka'ofo'ofa. I he huaga 'o
Sisu Kalaisi, Emeni.
That's my testimony in some pretty rough Tongan
ha ha but I'm getting a ton better! :)
Love you all SOOOO much. Thanks for the support
and the emails, it makes the MTC a whooolle lot more bearable!!
OFA ATU
-Eleta Kalanite
Spoons found in their vent
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