Beginning of Transfer #3
Hey everyone sorry it's been a week or two since I've been
able to email home, the past couple weeks have had a good amount going on! 'But
today is the start of a new transfer and I am getting separated from my two
moms (follow up trainers)! But it's OK because I will still be in Ha'apai! 'I
will be working in a village right at the beginning of the island called
Hihifo.' It's a pretty big village which I'm really excited about because it's kind of
hard to be in a really small area. My new comp is Elder Despain! He's been out
for a while and has way good Tongan so I am really pumped to learn a ton from
him! Anyways a little bit about t he past couple of weeks!
We had our Christmas week last week which was a good time! We had our Christmas party that the Mission Presidency came up for and spent a
day with us which was fun. Had some more pineapples from Vava'u...so dang good
but we all learned not to eat too many. Next day we had our Ngaue
Ofa (service) which was painting a bathroom by the Warf in Pangai, then a member
of our stake presidency showed up with food and drinks for all of us which was
so nice because it is getting into the hot season here in Tonga and it is so bad . Especially because our MQs don't have ac and we only have one fan that
doesn't rotate and there has been 3 of us in one room so my Sr. comps tend
to hog it but that's all right, I know my place as the greeny.
We got to meet an All Blacks Rugby player, Malakai Fekitoa
which was sick! He hooked us up with some otai and chicken, what a homie. Then
for a Zone Christmas service kinda thing, we put together these buckets to give
to 2 poorer families in each area. It was really awesome to see it all work out
and then take it to all the families, they were all very appreciative and most
of them really needed some of the things we gave them.
The week before that though, I had the chance to go to
Ha'afeva for a couple of days with the zones for a baptism interview. Ha'afeva
is one of the islands that Kolipoke (Other side of Heaven) served on. The
boat ride there, we fit 17 people on the Nifai (the mission boat) and the
waves were pretty dang rough. Not gonna lie I almost threw up because it was like a
3 hour ride with not a lot of room. It was fun to be there for a couple of days
and meet some people there. The boat ride back was a ton better though because
we had two boats pick us up instead of one. Honestly so lucky to be in a
mission were I get to ride boats and planes to get to our areas. I feel very
privileged and happy to be working here even through all the ups and
downs.
I hope everyone is having an awesome Christmas today and
remembering what the true purpose and meaning of it is! S/O the family that I
got to talk to yesterday, even if it was only a short phone call, I'm so happy
that I got to talk to you guys! Love all you at home and am so thankful for the
support!!
Ofa Atu Kimoutolu!
Do you dare me?
How would this be on my Missionary Plaque?
#2 choice
Hanging at the beach
Love these views
Name plaque photo
#3 choice
Tongan or Monopoly?
#4 choice
Always good food
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