Good Bye Haleki! Plus Poi Ball Dancing!

So these past couple weeks have been good. With Haleki going home this last week our members were just waiting for him to go pretty much so not that much work happened. Thursday night we did a show for the members before Haleki went home. It was a ward FHE. I did the poi balls and Haleki did a fire knife dance! It was pretty cool! The members enjoyed it a lot. We shot fireworks off too! Funny story with that… so one of them tipped over and started shooting everywhere haha Haleki got hit in the stomach by a piece and one shot to the middle of the members! There is a young couple in our ward that was there and the wife is pregnant. When the firework shot at them the husband ran and the wife just sat there cuz she couldn't go anywhere haha! No one got hurt though. Everyone was just laughing and having an amazing time!

That night was the birthday of the Papuan kid that comes and stays at President’s house sometimes so after the show we went and had cake and ice cream for him. The next day I saw Haleki goodbye and started going around with the Zone leaders. That was the busiest/most missionary like feeling I have had so far with the work cuz they always had a place to go! I loved it haha!

Then Monday I got my new companion, Elder Kivalu from town. His first/last area was in his home Stake haha. So I am his follow-up trainer. It’s different going from a palangi to a kid from here. Not talking, nothing really in common, a lot of silence... But me being the senior comp now he expects me to do it all. So that's been a struggle cuz I do stuff but nobody really listens to my ideas. And then they expect me to keep thinking of things but then don't listen so that's my struggle this transfer to get over: Progress in the language, and to gain respect of the people. I feel like the members all thought Haleki did everything haha. I will get through it though.

So ya I am still in Vaotuu! We committed 6 families to have people for us to teach this week so we will see if they follow through, which I hope that they do! We have two tonight. I am excited. With the sickness going around in Africa, a couple missions got shut down. So we got 6 Tongans sent back to finish their work here. One is staying with us til tomorrow when he will fly to Vava'u. Today we are going to play Volleyball in the next village over.

So the reason I can’t send pics is the file folder switched into a shortcut for some reason..... I don't know why it was doing that! Still trying to fix it.... I didn't get it to Haleki but I will try and send it somehow so you guys can have it. The card reader works though.  I don't need another one! The new memory card works so I will start using that now. Everything is good here.  Don’t forget to go to Haleki's thing next Sunday. He has some stuff to give you.

Is Keegan still dating Kenzie?? I miss Ryker haha! I have a road trip planned with two other elders here from Utah to Texas in September when we get back! Haha so I will see Kayleigh, Randy and Ryker soon. It’s just planned for some time when we get back, and not if I get into the Fall/Spring track. If I don’t then I won’t start until January.

I want to run a marathon when I get home :)  I will do it probably 2016/2017 haha! Gotta train for it. I want to get fit haha. I have some ideas for when I get home!! Be more productive with life and not sit around so much

But I gotta go we are going to go play volleyball love you tons!

DONT FORGET ABOUT GOING TO HALEKI'S NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the only picture I have. 

When I was going around with the zone leaders 

Elder Latai from San Fran got two bins sent to him from 

America haha so I got some Peanut butter! It was amazing!