Kau kakai.
Malo e lelei! Fefe hake kimoutolu? So
today was a really good day. We started off by waking up early, and with
permission from the president, we went out of area and to the beach. It was
really sweet; we visited the blowholes. I'll include some pictures. So this
week has been really good! It’s been hard, but good. In the office I am
learning how to do stuff. I'm starting to get more responsibility and being
able to do more things. I am the secretary, so I do everything besides finances
pretty much. I don't have a car; my area is literally across the street, but
that's okay. It’s pretty hot here; I sweat like crazy through everything. The
humidity is bad too, especially right before it rains, and right after the rain
if the sun is hot. We do a lot of walking from house to house. The work in my
area consists of visiting members and committing them to bring an investigator
for a certain date. Sometimes that works, sometimes not. But we are faithful
and obedient and we will keep working towards our goals. The benefit to the
member-only area-no one ever kicks us out and everyone speaks English. I try to
speak in Tongan as much as I can, but sometimes I really can't speak. The 2 wards
we cover are English wards. 2 of the 3 in all of Tonga, so I don't learn as
fast there either, but I’m trying really hard and I think I’m improving pretty
fast.
So my companion's name is Elder A, He's
from Riverton, Utah and he's pretty chill. Last week we had this great
experience with Elder Pearson. He spoke in general conference a while ago. He is
our area presidency for the South Pacific. He's super funny, but really, really
smart and really spiritual and we had a great meeting with him. Also we've had
some success in preaching the gospel, our friend S who works at the security
booth in Liahona. He’s pretty receptive. He doesn't really do our commitments
though which is frustrating. People in Tonga don't like to say no, so he always
says he will read and I think he's pretty serious but maybe not. He said he
read when we called him though so maybe we've hit some luck.
Tonga is totally
awesome.
1. Dogs everywhere.
2. If hungry, the people will eat the dogs.
3. On Christmas the bishop said he'd cook dog for me.
4. Everyone asks if you've eaten, if you ever say no, be prepared for lots of
food. The feasts here are huge. Way more food than anyone ever really wants so
lots to eat.
I've done some pretty
funny things in Tonga since I’ve been here. One funny thing, I was saying a
prayer with my companion, and I accidentally asked to bless us to do adultery
tomorrow. He told me after the prayer and we got a good ole laugh out of that
one! Another time, during a lesson with S, I must've zoned off pretty good. I
was doing pretty well understanding the lesson, but I guess I got distracted. It
was after the lesson and I didn't think we had prayed so I asked S to offer the
prayer, he looked at me funny and said we've already prayed and everyone
started looking at me. I was like "wait what??" Everyone busted up
hard core. In Tonga people love to laugh and make jokes, sometimes at your
expense, but they never try to offend and I ended up laughing too. BTW I met
the Tonga version of Daryl Conley. If Daryl were as tan as this guy, they’d be
twins. That's all I got, I’ll send some pictures. If you have questions feel
free to ask.
OFA ATU,
Elder Sitaki
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