'Oku 'i ai Fakalakalaka
You guys like that word in the subject?? Fakalakalaka. One of my favs. It means progress, and we are seeing a lot of that in our area
this week! We went from not having any investigators or anything to go off of
in the area to a pretty good sized group of investigators and this week we got
6 baptismal dates set up! 4 just yesterday on Sunday! Good stuff!!!
This week has felt pretty slow but thinking back we got a
lot done. For one, we figured out that crackers and ranch taste like croutons. SO GOOD. Shout out to my big bro for the ranch. Last Monday I found out that
they sell Peanut Butter and Jam at the store in our area and I just about
freaked out. Made some nice PB and J sandwiches. DELISH. I hope you all take
advantage of whatever food you have access too. For real, gratitude is
key!
This week we finally watched that broadcast about the
changes to the missions. Almost had to watch it all in Tongan, but we worked
our way around that.
The wind has been crazy here! So much wind and rain the past
couple of days. Our ward mission leader was telling us about the hurricane 2
years ago. He said that it pretty much leveled everything in Ha'apai in like 10
min. It took the roof off of one of the Siasi Tonga buildings. Flippin crazy.
Speaking of our ward mission leader, he is pretty much a
legend and whenever he speaks in Sacrament Meeting, he gets up and starts
yelling at everyone. He's a little enthusiastic about the work. Awesome guy!
Absolutely no change this week on the number of drunk people
we run into. They always love talking to the missionaries and for some reason,
once they are drunk, they all of a sudden have like perfect English. Its
incredible.
Had my first experience this week with one of our
investigators deciding to feed her young child right in front of us in the
middle of a lesson... yikes.
There's this church not too far from our house, I'm not sure
which religion, but I swear, there's always people there singing. I remember
hearing them there at like 10:30 PM and also at 4:00 AM. That's some commitment
right there.
Alright to finish this email off, I'm going to share some language
mess ups from my comp and one of my zone leaders during lessons:
- "Na'e fai mana a Sisu" - Jesus did magic
- "Te ke viku taimi katoa pe" - You would pee all
the time!
- "Malo ho fakatomala, Palesiteni" - Thank you for
your repentance, President.
Have a great week everybody! Love you all!
-Elder Kalanite
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