Hello,
I am here to report to
you this week. Lots of stuff has happened this week and it's been quite a lot
of change for me. I will do my best to describe said changes. First off, we
received 2 new investigators; they are really awesome and really prepared. One
is a Tongan guy who's 19 and attending Liahona High school for his last year.
He's really cool and lives really good standards but his and family’s religion
is a big part of his life and he's not sure about changing. I really hope I can
bless their lives more than they know is possible. The other investigator is kind
of an odd ball here in Tonga; it's a man from Wales, yes, like the UK Wales.
He's 24, not married and just finished dental school. He wanted to kind of
travel around and experience the word, so he did some traveling then offered to
serve in the LDS humanitarian dental clinic here in Liahona. They see people
for absolutely free and do dental work. He serves with a senior couple from
West Virginia. He's really cool and very open to talk about anything and he
loves to try new stuff. He's pretty much willing to experiment with anything
and isn't afraid of new stuff. He's been very interested in the LDS religion;
he himself doesn't believe in God, but he said he would try praying and give it
a go. He speaks Welsh and England and he has a sweet accent. He said the only
Mormon he knows in Brandon Flowers from the Killers. He saw them in Poland he
says. I'm very excited about talking to him and I think this is the most unique
opportunity to teach someone. He lives halfway across the world and now he's
here, and he's listening to the message of truth. I'm very excited. Plus, I can
be like my dad and baptize a euro!
On the other side,
this week has been very difficult and frustrating. I took over the office on
Wednesday and I got a new companion Tuesday night. He's a Tongan from Salt Lake;
he's really cool and very good at becoming friends with the members and getting
close to them. However, he is not a fan of office work. In fact, I think he
quite doesn't like it at all. He was only supposed to be with me for a week but
now President said maybe 2 weeks. So let’s see where that goes. We get along
well enough; we are very different, but we have a connection because we both
did concrete work before our mission and we know a lot of the same stuff. The
problem though is I don't have the time to teach him all the office stuff and
there is a LOT of stuff to do. I've had to pull a couple late days and work
lots of hours and deal with lots of stress. It’s a good challenge, but I don't
want to fall behind and fail and it's been kicking my butt a little. I've had
to do things I’ve never done before, and neither has any officer elders and I
don't have room to learn, so yeah. Kind of just going about my life. I guess if
something happens I’ll fix it and see where it goes. My old companion went to
Niua too, which is way cool. It's like to most rare island to go to, we only
have 2 elders there at a time. I didn't eat any weird meat this week, pretty
average. I don't have any pictures either. SORRY!
OFA ATU my friends,
Elder Sitaki
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