Elder Huntsman: Stargazing

So I’m glad to hear that Haleki's homecoming went good! I wish I could have been there haha but o well! This week was ok... Lots of struggles but that’s a mission! Tuesday we had a zone meeting which went pretty good! I taught a small lesson about Hope and the importance of it and why it’s a Christlike attribute. Then I shared an experience about the times that I struggle on the mission and in life and how that if we work with hope and have that hope in Jesus Christ that we don’t need to worry about anything, as long as we are doing what we are supposed to do and doing our best!

This week was still hard getting to find any commonalities between me and my companions but some days are good, some are bad. It’s just the ups and downs of a mission. They tell me I am senior comp but then when I try and do something or come up with an idea they don’t like it. Only when they don’t have a clue what to do they get mad saying I need to lead them better. Sometimes I feel like there is nothing I can do cuz when I try they don’t listen but it will get better, just gotta have that hope in Christ and I can overcome it all. Them not talking to me doesn’t bother me cuz I’m used to being quiet or alone. I actually go out at night and just lay down looking at the stars for like 30 minutes before bed and it calms me down when I have those struggles. We had a program for the primary and after every one had left but our fafanga, which we were just doing at the church, I just sat in the grass and looked up at the stars and no one had a clue why I was doing that.... I just love looking at the stars here! Some nights I see up to 20 shooting stars it’s awesome, some of them covering the length of the sky and some are SUPER bright. It’s just cool sitting there looking at God's creations and realizing how little I am compared to all he has made. There is so much out there! I just wish I knew the constellations here haha. Maybe I will look that up real quick.... but ya that’s my relief when I have my struggles! It works a lot.

I have been talking a lot more too and my language is getting a lot better, mostly just cuz I don’t speak English. So there are benefits and downfalls to every companion, I just gotta push through them and the Lord will bless me! Just like Alma 26:32 I just need to bear with patience my afflictions and the Lord will provide success. That’s my week/story haha. Keep on keeping on right? Like the song by FUN, "When you're lost and alone, and your sinking like a stone, Carry on!"

Ofa Lahi Atu!

Elder Mani