NINTH WEEK IN TONGA, PANGAI

Hey everybody hows it going!?  These past couple weeks have been a little crazy and I don't have much time right now.  So I was on my little island Uiha for about 4 days... and then I got food poisoning. So I got sent back to the main island of Ha'apai, Pangai, and have been with the Zone Leaders over Ha'apai for the past 2 weeks.  I was really kind of bummed out to be sent back from Uiha. I was talking to kids who said they have never seen a Palangi on that Island.. but.. I'm taking that setback as best as I can!  Still smiling! 

So this past week we had the Tonga Mission Tour, which is when President, and our Area 70 come and visit all of the main islands in Tonga. It was way good!  We had like a two hour meeting with the 70 and learned some great things from him!  President asked me to bear my testimony.  Kinda scary with an Area 70 sitting right there, but I was super grateful for the opportunity.  I have noticed that every time I bear my testimony, especially in Tongan, I learn so much and feel the spirit so strong! 

The Sunday that I was in Uiha, 10 min before sacrament meeting started, the branch president came up and asked me and my comp to take up 20 min (10 min each) with our testimonies and thoughts.  I instantly thought about all the times that I heard from RM's that that happens in small wards and branches all the time.  He told me that it was OK if I did it in English but I was like, heck no, I'm going all Tongan.  And then we had to prepare and bless the sacrament so we had no time to really prepare or think of something to say.  We were going 100% spirit on this one.  Or at least I was.  But somehow when I got up there, I took up 10 minutes, bearing my testimony to the branch, in Tongan, which I'm not gonna lie was a total miracle!  I was really grateful and happy I had the opportunity. 

So things are going good though!  Trying to keep happy though all the trials and setbacks and I hope all of you remember to do the same!  Everything happens for a reason and we all have so much to be happy about, we just have to look for it!

'Ofa lahi atu kimoutolu! Oua ngalo ke ongo'i fiefia taimi kotoa pe!!

Sorry for no pictures, next week for shuuree!!

These have got to be, "Wise Men", with a great messege!