Hey,
So I am going to report on this week. I
had a pretty exciting week and it was really fun to read all the emails you
guys wrote. I don't really know what happened this week to make me excited; it
was kind of lame work wise. We didn't really get a lot done and not much seemed
to work out, but it was just fun. I had good time with my companion; we get
along really well and he's really fun to joke around with. Some of the fun
things we did this week: we climbed the highest mountain in Vava'u, (Mounga
Talau) three times. My comp and I wanted to see how fast we could run up it. So
it’s not really a mountain, just a average hill; you drive to the base then
climb this horrific staircase to the top. It starts off at a gentle climb, and
then gets steep, but I can handle steep, the hard part is about half way
through the staircase gets near vertical. If you stand flat on it, you feel as
if you are going to fall backwards. Lots of people go up on their hands and
knees. But no, my comp and I decided to be the boss and run up it. Well I have
never climbed elevation that fast before. Man, it felt like the first period of
a wrestling match. My whole body hurt; I ran up in one minute and 21 seconds. Afterwards
my comp almost threw up and we just lay in the dirt for half an hour then went
home, promising never to do that again. So the next day, we accidently accepted
a challenge to run up the thing again, so we raced the other elders. I ran it
in 43.5 seconds. The other elder ran in 42.0 seconds. So not only was I in a
lot of pain, I had to buy ice cream. It really sucked.
This week we had Stake
Conference with a member of the Seventy from Samoa. He was really cool and
really funny and he would always talk faster than his translator; the
translator would never finish his sentences. But he gave a lot of really good
talks and I started to get this hope for the work, I feel like it’s possible we
could be organized and get a lot of work done. We are working right now to turn
one of my branches to a ward. I think I’ll be able to be here when it happens. I’m
not sure if the form has already been sent, but we will see. We are working to
help them get a convert baptism so the leadership will see that they can do
work.
In my areas, (I was
reduced to a ward and a branch) there have been missionaries for years. All the
non-members know every missionary that has been here for the past 5 years. So
it's really hard to think of new things and do the right things to convert
these people who have been preached to many, many times. But I have hope we can
listen to the Spirit and get some stuff done. We must listen to the Spirit;
nothing else will let us know the right thing to change these people. I love
you all!!
Ofa atu!
Elder Sitaki
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