TRANSFERS
Hey everybody! A ton has happened this last week and a ton
is about to happen this coming week! I'm slowly running out of time so I'm gonna
go over the big stuff like last week!
Last Monday we had Zone P-day which was so fun. We had
umu (underground oven) which consisted of Pig, Chicken, and Dog. You know.... the
usual. But it was awesome to get out and play some games because most
P-days the only thing to do is play volleyball which kinda gets old. So we
all played some ultimate Frisbee, kickball, and gator ball (it's like cage
ball, shout out for those high school cage ball days). Really fun though.
This week my bike has been the worst. We got it fixed a
couple of times but it kept braking. One day my comp literally pushed me on my
bike for at least a couple of miles, because my pedals weren't working. But.. turns out, slippers and bike peddles don't really go good together and my foot
got kinda jacked up, (pictures in the folder). Put some good old Tongan medicine
on it, which was this certain kind of leaf rolled up and you squeeze the juice
out of it and it's supposed to make it so it doesn't get infected.
We baptized 3 more of our investigators before the end of
the transfer! That was so dang awesome! President came to it which was tight! I
attached a couple of pictures from it but we never got a picture with just them
which is too bad. We got really lucky though. One of them was this little girl
who used to be a member but her parents kind of fell away from the church but
are now coming back. So she already knew everything, we just had to teach her a
couple of the lessons. One of the others, some sisters on one of the other
islands found him and taught him, but we helped finish up the teaching and get
him baptized. The Stake President baptized those two. The other was this girl
whos friend and also part of her family is members. So shes already been to
church a lot and knew a good amount about the church. It was really cool to be
able to help them and be apart of their joining the church!
We started teaching this other young lady also. Her
boyfriend is a member, and they want to get married in the temple, so we taught
her the first lesson. Something really awesome from that was at the end when we
were inviting here to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. She asked,
"Well, how will I know if it's true, what does the Holy Ghost feel
like?" So I shared with her a verse that talks about the feelings of the
Spirit. After we read it, I asked her, "Do you think you've ever felt the
Spirit through feelings like these?", and she said, "Oh wow, I never
realized it but I totally have before, like when I pray. Wow, that is the
Spirit?" and then bore testimony to her that that was the Spirit and I
told her that if she will read the Book of Mormon with a sincere heart that the
Spirit will testify to her of its truth, and she instantly said, "Yes, I
believe it." That was SO cool to help her recognize certain truths about
this Gospel!!
Another similar experience, we had finished up a lesson with
this other girl, and we asked to say a kneeling prayer at the end. And after
she said the prayer, as we were standing up, she said, "Wow, I feel really
good." We told her that that was the Spirit for sure!
This Sunday was Ward Conference for Ward Sopu which was
nuts! They literally go all out for ward conference here. Me and Nonu
taught a lesson to like 20 people who weren't members during one of the class
hours. That was pretty intimidating, but went good. And then after
everything, everyone just went out the their cars and started bringing in a
ridiculous amount of food and we had another crazy Kai Poula (feast). I had some
turtle and some Lobster.
So big news today, I'm getting transferred tomorrow! I'm
getting sent to the island grouping called Ha'apai, more specifically this
little tiny island called Uiha. I'm super stoked to go somewhere like that and
I'm sure it's going to be a crazy adventure. Only downside.. I'm not going to have
internet for probably about 6 weeks. So... this will probably be my last group
email for a while. But hey, I love all you guys back home and am so grateful
for your support! Keep me updated, I'll see everything when I get
back to check my email in a little while. Keep me in your prayers!
OFA LAHI ATU KIMOUTOLU!
Elder Nonu and I on our weekly boat ride
Who has the funniest face?
Great group for a baptism
We love having the Pres. and his wife with us
He has been a great trainer
My gang
Not sure, but tasty
One of my favorite places
Great skies
Oh yah!!!
OUr Stake Pres. and wife
This is how they do Ward Conference
Ward Conference
This is why flip flops and bikes don't go together
Baptism for the Sisters
Heaven
I need to make sure the focus is good
