A few buttons don’t work
on this computer. We have to use a member’s computer because the chapel doesn’t
have one so I will try and write as much as possible. haha The baptism didn’t happen because the girl’s family was
upset because the LDS church had a dance during their two week funeral and they
aren’t supposed to do anything during funerals. And it was her grandpa that
died so hopefully next week. O ya we got transferred. haha We are just in the
village before my other ones. It is called Tu'anekivale. There is a lot of work
here. We have already taught 7 lessons in 4 days and in my 4 weeks in Koloa we
only got one lesson taught so it is a big change. I never knew how much
happiness handing out Book of Mormon's brings until we handed out two here. We
have two baptisms this week I think, one next week and one in December. Everyone got transferred haha I am with
my same trainer though. Everyone stayed together. They just moved.
So this
week we gave a girl who had been SUPER sick and in bed for at least a week
a blessing. They didn’t even uncover her face as we gave her a blessing she was
so sick. As we gave her the blessing, I started to feel weak and tired, and
right after we walked out of the room my companion said the exact same
thing.... It was amazing how some of our strength and good health transferred
into her body and the next day she was up and walking around in her house...
amazing how God works.
To answer Mom’s
questions: They don’t play the piano here. Everything is acapela. If they have
a piano, the way they sing it doesn’t match how they play so they don’t play.
haha Some baptismal fonts are outside and some inside. The font in Koloa and
here are inside but the one in Ha'alaufuli is outside and the one in Tokomololo
was outside also. The primary songs are the same here. They even sing some in English
as well as in Tongan. It is cool. (My exclamation point doesn’t work either.)
haha The past two weeks have been Primary Programs here and I forgot how much fun
they were. haha The hymns here are a lot of the same but they have Tongan hymns
to in their hymn book. It seems like when they sing it is a contest between
EVERYONE who can sing the loudest. It doesn’t matter if they are on key haha
so sometimes it just sounds like yelling. The Methodists sing for most of their
church so they have a lot of practice and sound good here in Tu'anekivale.
There is this little kid
here named Funaki who is a hilarious little kid and always runs over when he
sees me. I love it when people make chocolate cake here haha and I never liked
it at home. They eat a lot of canned spaghetti and I don’t like it cuz it’s
always cold. haha The grilled sandwiches they make here are just filled with
spaghetti. haha I have cooked 6 pigs by myself. They take about 2
hours so my arms get tired but it’s a good workout. haha :) I don’t know how
much weight I have gained. I don’t think that much cuz I sweat so much. haha It
gets hottttt but I deal with it. haha I try and drink as much as I can but I don’t
like it when they make this warm drink so I rarely drink any or I would just be
drinking my own sweat haha grosssss!! haha I am loving it. Just the struggles
with the language are the only things I don’t like now.
Everyone calls me
something different, some Mani, so Simani, some Hansi, some Hansimani, some
Huntsiman haha just depends. I just tell them it is Huntsman or Mani cuz it is
the easiest. Crazy
that I have been out for 3 months Wednesday!! Oh and I ate turtle this week! It
was pretty good! Tastes just
like chicken. I could eat a lot. haha Anyways love you all. Thank you for the emails.
"Now is the
time." -President Thomas S. Monson
"The blessing
(talking about being set apart as a missionary) is conditional upon faithful
performance." -President Spencer W. Kimball
Send a Christmas package a.s.a.p. because it
might get to the office but I won’t get it for a while after that. I still haven’t gotten any mail or your
packages.
Some things on my list to
send with Vika:
backpack
Snickers
hi-chews
sweats (thin)
long sleeve shirts (2
thin)
scripture case for my English
scriptures
duct tape haha
I will send the rest
another time.
(p.s. Mom fill in that
missing letter throughout the letter haha love you tons.)
| my study materials every day like 20 different pieces haha |
| Our new church. |
| The road my village is on. |
| Funaki hahaha his favorite pose! |
| My scripture case I made for my english scriptures. haha |
| me and my comp |
| My first house. |






