So this week was decent
haha. Two days we had to stay in and rest because my companion had a HUGE angatamaki
(boil) on his neck!!! It was disgusting. We went to the doctor for it and he sat down for 30 seconds
and the doctor just wrote a prescription for antibiotics and didn’t even look
at it. But it was massive and once it was clean it was a massive hole in his
neck haha! Ya I almost threw up! A lady in one of our wards did a homemade
remedy with leaves that she would chew and put on his neck for the day and it
was good after 3 days!
But other than that we
have been working hard! We have created what we call Vilo Hoa where we go around
with either the kau talavou mamalohi (the inactive young men) or the teuteu faifekau
(the ones preparing for missions). It just depends on the ward. We split up and
go a'ahi (visit) the kau mamalohi (inactive members) and invite them to church
so Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday we do that with each of the 4
wards. One day we taught 11 lessons and got 4 referrals! It went really good!
People always ask how old
we are and when they hear that we are only 18 (now 19 for me) they are like
blown away! One girl said I look like 23 which I cannot see haha but since
almost everyone asks that I say "oku ta'u taha valu au ka hoku birthday i
he uike kaha'u" (I am 18 but my birthday is next week). So a lot of people
know it's my birthday today haha so I have already got 3 cakes and 2 plates of
cinnamon rolls and it is only 12 o'clock! The people in these two villages are
so nice especially since I am a papalangi (white man) haha!
I got the plunger thing
mom. (I sent a MobileWasher - Hand Operated Clothes Washer.) I got the bag from the Filimoeatu's and my
Christmas package so thanks for everything! We popped the lock off the bag in 5
seconds with a bobby pin. We actually had one cuz to hold our tauvala to make
it look good we use those or a pin. I still
haven’t gotten the box from the ward but will probably get it next month haha.
So the plunger thing I didn’t open til after doing laundry this morning....
haha I was wondering what the heck that cone thing was with a wooden stick! But
it should help a lot haha! :)
We have a baptism this
week depending on the girls’ parents! Here, even if they are 24 we have to make
sure it is ok with their parents because if not they get mad and it’s like a
battle between the churches! One guy we are teaching was baptized already but
the day before the confirmation he was at the beach with his friends and his
family came with the police to take him away from the LDS boys.... it’s crazy!
So one day at fafanga we
ate a TON!!! And afterwards we asked if there was anything we could help him
with and he said “No, I heard your prayer when you blessed the food and you
blessed my family so that is all I can ask. That is all that I need from you.
My family will get many blessings from the Lord by us feeding you.” I almost
cried right there ha! It is amazing the members’ faith here! So we talked to a
guy who is already baptized and is very welcoming to us but goes to the
Catholic Church. We asked him why people are so against us teaching them. He
says they will listen but right when we talk about the BOM they get scared and won’t
talk because they know that once they read it they will believe it all ha! Like
we brainwash them or something! So that is something that is hard for us
because EVERYONE knows the faifekau Mamonga (Mormon missionaries) here because
we are EVERYWHERE ha! That’s why we usually baptize kids cuz they aren’t as
stubborn and will listen to us!
Anyways today is P-Day
and my B-Day so I am going to go play some volleyball and eat another cake and
some puaka (pig)!!! haha Love you all and I hope that everything continues to
go well!! Love you all!
Much Love,
Elder Hanisimani
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| Our baptism. |
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| My comp's boil. Haha. He said you could post the picture. The leaf treatment is working. |
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| After the treatment. Straight up hole in his neck! |
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