Week 67: Niutoua- Short letter

Hey sorry I didn't email on time. I don't really ever have a chance to write home because I’m always doing this and that. Last P-day I took an elder to the dentist to get 2 root canals. It took forever, but there were several cute Tongan dental hygienists who all spoke English and Tongan so those six hours weren't super bad. Plus, I got to help a couple of them clean patient’s teeth. I used the vacuum thing to suck up all their spit while the assistant cleaned. It was a little different P-day experience, but it was fun.

That's cool that our current Stake President is going to run for governor. Do you think he will win? It’s cool that you guys are getting a new dog. Hopefully it will be a good one, but I doubt it can ever be as awesome as Rusty. He was the best. There’s just not a lot going on here, except that we work all the time. I love you guys!

Ofa atu,

Elder Sitaki

Week 66: Niutoua- Its so hot here

Hi,

So I finally got a chance to email. That's crazy about all the snow at home; I want to be there so bad. I love the snow and I’m over here dying from eat stroke because it's so freaking hot. The president even had me distribute boxes of water bottles to all the missionaries in my zone so they can stay hydrated.

But anyway, my abscess is getting better even with no antibiotics, just my good old immune system. It is already gone and all back to normal. It took forever to squeeze all the puss and crap out of that one, but I just did.

That's crazy that we are getting a new stake president at home again. I think I’ll go inactive if dad were chosen; the church will probably burn to the ground. Hahah, I’m just joking. Who is coming to redo the presidency? We have an apostle coming here next month; I have no idea who, but it will be awesome.

Ofa atu! I love you guys

Elder Sitaki

Week 65: Niutoua- Cave adventure- Bad idea!

Hey,

I can write today. So for my adventure I want to tell you guys about a little town on the east side of Tonga called Haveluliku. There is a cave there called Anahulu cave, and it's huge!!!! There is a place to go swimming and we went with a bunch of members but we didn't go swimming, we just looked around.  The cave goes so far back into the earth and it’s so dark, no light whatsoever. So, Elder S and I got the great idea of going exploring; we went for about 20 minutes then decided to go back, (this is like mountain climbing, it's super rocky inside) so we start going back and I took a wrong turn and we got lost for like 20 minutes. I have never felt so scared in my life. I still feel traumatized from it. When I realized I was lost and didn't know where to go I almost freaked out. Elder S was lost too, but we back tracked a little then found the way out. In the cave its super warm too, so like we were dripping with sweat and it's hard to breath and man I almost lost it. They said tons of people get lost there, so yeah. That was a fun, scary, bad P-day. But I’m definitely coming back with a date after the mission because the swimming pool is right near the front and it would be really cool! Oh, and the cave has no light so you need flash light and it's super dark. Elder S and I had one light and it wasn't very bright. Man, I think I’m going to have nightmares about getting lost; I don't think I’ll make the mistake of going exploring again.

Anyways, so I guess I’ll give you an update with the work. We have a woman ready for baptism; she's really cool, her husband is less active, but he came to church last week and I think he's going to come back. We are doing family home evening with them tonight and I’m going to teach them about the plan of salvation. The other thing I’m doing today is I am going to visit this little girl named A, she's super cool! She's eleven and super quiet. She lives with her dad at home because her mother left. They both come to church, but the little girl can't go to school because a couple of years ago she broke out with skin infections all over her body and they won’t go away and the doctors can't do anything. She is super cute and nice, but she just stays home all day and wears long sleeves so no one sees her infections. It's all over her arms and legs and body. Anyway, so I was going to visit her today and play checkers with her. I saw her yesterday and she was just so cute and I felt like she needs people to love her, so my comp and I are going to try to make her happy anyway we can. I think it’s something Christ would do. So my time is short, but here are some pictures of the cave.

 Ofa atu,

Elder Sitaki 

PS: the cave is like a 10 minute walk from the beach rental house I told you about.