Elder Huntsman: Transferred to Niutoua

This week was ok! Another slow one but we found out that a family we have been working with is going to get sealed in the temple on the 27th of this month! So that was the high for the week! The low....... I got transferred haha! Great right?? No, it's good, but I hope President Tupou lets me go to the temple with them. I have never participated in a sealing session in the temple so this would be awesome!

So ya I got transfered but I am still in my same district, same stake so I am really close to my last area. Transfers are supposed to be next week but President did it this week for some reason.... that’s just how this mission is. We had a FHE with a family I got close with when I was here with Elder Tu'akalau and said some goodbyes yesterday. My bishop started crying when I went over to his house and told him.

My new area is Niutoua, the farthest east you can get on this island haha! We have this thing here called the Ha'amonga 'a Maui, a big rock formation that sits in our area. Google it. It’s pretty cool. My new companion is Elder Vea from Seattle. Except his family moved back here to Tonga while he was getting his papers ready so he actually came from Tonga. I am his second companion. My Tongan is better than his so we will do good! I have been helping him with his language before cuz his last comp wouldn’t so now that we are together I feel like we can do some good work and we can help each other out. He is pretty cool. I finally got someone to run with in the mornings. I hope I can lose some weight now haha! Gotta lose the pooch! haha

This week I just hope to get close with the new area, the members, and hopefully gain their trust and be able to work together with them. I have some good plans for this district cuz this Stake is really weak, especially the priesthood leadership so I hope it all goes good! The language of course is still a struggle, but hey this isn’t meant to be easy! haha

Love you all!!! :) Ofa Atu!

Elder Mani