Talofa!!
This week was great.
I got a pretty interesting call from President Hannemann on
Tuesday, but first I have to explain what happened before. So in Samoa, and Tonga
is the same, there is a huge Mormon compound kind of thing. The temple,
mission office, church school, and all the senior couple homes and other people
who work for the church live there too. There is also a dentist office where a
senior couple work with some younger people from outside of Samoa. Tuesday is
the day for missionaries to go to the dentist. Its been a while since I've been
to the dentist so we decided to go. After the dentist, we went to the mission
office because our phone wasn't working and we had stuff we wanted to put in
our suitcases at the mission office (I left one of my suitcases in the mission office to keep stuff I don't need on a regular basis). We were talking to one of the senior couples
and he said to look in president's office to look for an AP. President, his
wife, and both the APs were in his office. We talked for a little bit and then
Sister Hannemann took us to drop off our stuff. As we left the office,
President asked his wife to make us a smoothie. I was stoked. It was so good.
After taking care of all that business, we caught a bus back home.
About two hours later, after we finished up a visit, I felt the phone
ringing and it was President Hannemann. I knew something was up. He asked me
to say a prayer and then I knew for sure something was up. He went on to tell
me that he wants to make Elder Fifita a trainer. I wasn't shocked. He's a great
elder. He also said that I'm going to train as well!! And I'm staying in the
same area! I'll hit my 10 month mark still in my first area. I just wonder
if we hadn't gone to the office that day if we'd be training - haha
.
We had a great visit with one of our recent converts Malu.
We talked about conference and we just talked about other stuff. She also
mentioned that someone that lives next to them has been calling her Joseph
Smith and she is kinda annoyed by it. Then I jokingly said, "Just wait for the judgement."
And then she said that that's right and he's going to fale puipui (spirit prison). I was laughing
and I was also happy that she remembers what we've taught her!
After finishing dinner with members, you say a thank you
speech. But more often now people are saying not to do one. They all say aiga
tatou which means we're family. I love these people. The longer I stay, it's
going to just get harder and harder to leave.
Conference was awesome. I'm so grateful I was able to watch
it in English. When we watched conference in the MTC, it was the first time I
had ever watched every single session. Before, watching conference felt like
forever but now I can't get enough. It went so fast....
Hope everyone had a great week! I love and miss you all!
-Elder Tana
Just a sweet sunset pic.
This is an akualoa. Probably the most dangerous bug in Samoa and there were two in our house this week!!! They're so freakin' creepy. I hate them!
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