Hump Day!

Well hellllooooooooooooooo!!!

Sorry I didn't write my big letter last week.  The internet was down so we didn't get to do anything with it! But I am here now!

The work is still slow. We had one girl set up for baptism but it’s kind of a long story.... so we baptized two girls in this family we have been teaching. The mom, Toa, is a member but goes to another church cuz her husband (who passed away last year) was a member of the Church of Tonga. So we baptized Paea and Siu in June and planned on baptizing the 16 year old two weeks later. But during ward conference when we were confirming the other two, one member of the Church of Tonga was visiting cuz everyone comes to the ward conferences here, member or not. They took a picture of us when we were confirming them and sent it to Toa's mother, in New Zealand, who is also a member of the Church of Tonga. So she called her daughter, Toa, and told her not to let us baptize any more of her children. Soooooooo we haven't been able to work with the 16 year old, Salome. That's a big thing here. Tradition and following what your family has always done. The story is a little longer but it’s kind of hard to explain fully haha but ya so now we have no more investigators! The work is getting slower and slower..... and it’s been hard cuz everyone knows that my comp is almost done with his mission so they think we don't need to work anymore so we haven't been getting help from them.... And that's the only way that really works here is through members, or at least from my experience. We have had no luck knocking doors and I am pretty sure we have knocked them all and talked to everyone!

So we are just struggling right now finding anything to do! Lottttsss of studying.... but my language still is a huge struggle..... people don't really talk to me cuz they know it’s not the best so they just talk to my companion.  It’s a struggle but I am just hoping that I get better next transfer! Still working at it every day though! And reading the BOM and praying so it’s just a matter of time I guess! Sorry no pictures again it’s not working.... but we hope to find more work this week! We should have a new investigator this week! President Neiufi promised us we would haha!  He is our next door neighbor and the coolest family I have met here! He and his wife are like my mission parents. We go over there and cook our own food even haha! I mostly just cook eggs or ramen but they just let me do whatever. I eat 7 eggs with 5 pieces of toast and still don't get full!!

Anyways that's pretty much what has been going on here! I celebrated hump day with a tie burning, eating actual pizza from town, and hanging out with Elder Grant and Naufahu who came in with me and work in the next village over. We just chilled in the house though haha and talked.  It was good though. Love you all!

Elder Huntsman