This week wasn't much! Weeks
here zoom right by! A lot of walking from village to village, trying to get
referrals but the church is so small here and even though there are only two
villages, there are 6 churches! 4 in one village and 2 in the other! And most
people are friendly to us but they won’t listen to us teach so we have done a
lot of friendshipping! If that makes sense haha
That is cool that McKay
Smith is going to Ireland! That will be a fun mission! Everything here is
Beautiful!!! Looking across the ocean to the other islands all green, it really
is amazing! The pig isn't that good cuz they like to cook the smaller ones with
barely any meat haha but I am glad that you liked that picture! My comp had
just woke me up so I was super tired in the picture.
(I asked about his tupenus/skirts.) I have two tupenu's and I have fabric to make two more so I
have long ones and don't get bit by bugs because all of the ones I have are
shorter and I get eaten alive haha but one is grey so I am excited to have that
one made haha I just look good in grey ;) I have two tauvala's (the woven thing
we wear as respect) and one kafa (the rope that holds it on) I have material
for a member to hopefully make me another one though because my first one is
old and this new one is a bad material and rips easily! But it is a lot more
comfortable than you think! I learned the secret to not getting fat here! Wearing
my kafa as tight as possible around my stomach (mostly my pooch ha- to hide
that) and then you get full fast! haha I only loosen it when there is good
food!
I only got to hear the
last session of conference in English. That was still a great session! I love
how President Monson always says at the end of conference that we are lucky to
be so spiritually fed! Just thought I would point that out haha Oh the
pineapples hear really are PINE apples the tops of them and the leaves in the
bushes they grow on are covered in little barbs haha it hurts.... but I thought
they grew on trees not in bushes so I learned something! haha they taste so
good here! Hopefully I can bring one or
two home for you guys to taste! I bought an extra pair of flip flops in
Tokomololo so that I would be prepared just in case so I am good haha and I
have the ones that Aunt Bettyann got me so if these break I will wear those! It gets
cold here at night when it rains. I am
lucky Kaylee sent me a blanket in the mtc cuz it keeps me warm at night or else
I would be freezing! I was surprised how cold it got but it also gets soooo
hot! I had octopus yesterday! It was alright haha good enough that I would be
fine eating it again, just not a full meal of it :)
Ok so this old man who is
our Friday night fafanga his name is Kofi. He came to conference with us cuz we
all just piled into the back of our ward clerks van but he was looking so
hipster haha I was surprised! He had a light blue paisley tie with a matching
vest, a dark blue tupenu, a big silver head watch and Turquoise ray bans on
hahaha! He was looking good! I wish I had a picture! He is a great guy always
has really good food for us! The Stake President fed me, my companion and the
zone leaders in between conference and it was soooo good! They had lots of
pineapple, lusipi (lamb cooked in taro leaves with the bones still in it) which
I actually ate but I usually don't, haha ummm breadfruit which is pretty good I
will get pictures sometime! and to top it all offffffff loooottssss of chocolate cake with a chocolate
sauce on top. It was sooooo good! First time I almost threw up from eating so
much! I loved the cake. I wish I had it
more often! And I never really even had a thing for chocolate cake until I got
here, just cuz it is cake haha I love it here!
Times sometimes get hard
because there isn't that much teaching so I feel like I am not fulfilling my
purpose but we are trying hard!! People will come! I am getting really good
with the scriptures because my companion is a genius with that stuff and we
have a lot of study time so we go back and forth with scriptures! I am making a
scripture journal so I will show you that when I get home! Love you all! Thanks
for everything! Oh ya and mom don't worry the list I am making of stuff to
bring is simple stuff, mostly snacks like snickers and granola bars!
Love you!!
Elder Huntsman
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