Right now I don't know if I really have a favorite area, if i did I
think it would be Nuumau or Matautu but then again Lalovi is
unforgettable... I just can't choose I'm still waiting to see more of Samoa though everyone is amazed when I tell them I haven't been anywhere
but front side Upolu, no Savaii or Tutuila or even backside... I'll just
hang in for the long run though.
SO this is Sosaiete and Lagi who were baptized on Saturday
and then another one of them gorgeous flowers and the other picture is
the ginger bread house we made over in Nuumau. It was package that got
sent to Elder Johnson he didn't take when he got transferred so then Mendenhall and I used it with the kids at the house we stayed at one
night. It was a blast! :) But there's some more pictures for ya. :)
I'm so down to plant that sucker next to the taro just be sure we get enough water to it otherwise it will die. Siolly
mom. THere is no such thing as a bad area, did you know that? Every
field is white and already to harvest its just sometimes theres so much
other junk going on and it takes our eyes off all the fruit ready to
harvest. I say this and I'm laughing at how blind I really am in this
area right now to all the people we're missing it seems. ;) I really do
like all thareas, even Tuanai was a blast and then super powerful with
afuvai
Samoa
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Feb.14, 2017
Man it looks like you crazies had fun this week!!! I got dibs on the
next trip to delta with mommy Jones and then you can remember that we're
still close and maybe even remind me about all the people whos names
I've forgotten and things I did that I don't remember anymore... THat
would be fun. How is Grandpa doing? is he goping to reply to the letter I
sent him? Just curious because I'm not expecting it. I love all the
pictures they seem like you had a blast! :) Yeah we had a good time over
here in Letogo we've got 2 people set up for a baptism this saturday
and then another lady next week and a whole family for the end of next
month and God blessed us with a handful of new people as well so I'm
super happy and super blessed!!!!!!!! :) I love this wrok mommy jones
even though i get so frustrated that I can't do it exactly the way that
Christ did it yet but all I've gotta do is just keep learning how he did
it and then pick one thing a day to be just a little bit more like him.
Its all about the power and authority. My language abilities are
blowing me away and I feel so comfortable talking with people nowadays
as if it were in english a lot of times. I just can't explain myself as
well as I want to some times but I can get my point across and I'm just
doing lots of vocab and lots ofreading and God is fillingi nthe gaps so
that none of his children fall thorugh them. :) I lvoe it! Everyone
always tells me how I should marry a samoan girl, and how afterwards I
need to go home and teach you all how to speak samoan, and a whole bunch
of other jokes about the food and all these sweet little joys and
blessings of being in samoa that I won't have anymore after I'm all done
here but I've been thinking about the peacecorp. Because they basically
serve a mission here as well but they jsut teach school or a bunch of
other things! SO I'm thinking about maybe coming back afterwards and
serving even longer while I'm here in samoa but I'm not sure if I can do
that to you guys again for another year or 2 I might do it once I find
my wife thoughbut we'll see because these things are all supposed to
become clearer to me afterwards so I'm just doing all I can and focusing
on the purpose not hte reward just like the steke president told his
stake here on sunday
focus on the purpose not the reward. So I'll be staying focused on my
master and savior Jesus CHrist because he did something that none of us
could and now so many of us waste his work but not me, He needs me and
so many others to stand as a witness for him so that all of us his
brothers and sisters, not one of us will b lost. :) THis wrok is the
best thing ever mommy Jones! I'm just terrified at how fast it goes by
no matter how hard I try not to focus on the time and remind myself I
have to go home. BUt I am super stoke to go home too, so I can learn how
to live a consecrated life in the real world
Heres some pictures finally. I just get so lazy and never wnat to send
them anymore.... Plus I always give the excuse that you guys already
have more of them than I do so yeah sorry about that. THe flower is for
CYdney. THis is the aute I have no clue what its called in english but
these suckers are all over the place and in all kinds of different
colors. They're gorgeous. GIrls around here and even some guys will take
them and tuck them in their hair or behind their ears because theres
usually always a color that fits with their outfits. I love them. :)
THe
other one is me and my comapnion on top of a hill on a new road we
found this week which is shady so we're stoked to be using that one
other than the onethat is just a blazing path of doom. ;) Just kidding
its not that bad, I'm actually super grateful that My body isn't
reacting like a fish out of water in the weather here even with
sickensses too I've been so blessed. So yeah we're pumped about that new
road. :)
THese two little girls are pretty cheeky as the
samoans would say and they just go on and on about taking pictures every
time they see me. THey're cute though so I usually whip it out and we
make faces and have a laugh and then we talk to their families about how
to be saved and they're usually pretty receptive. :)
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
P-days are on Wednesday now.
The area is going alright so far I miss Nuumau a lot because the leaders
in the area were super easy to work with. Here its been a lot easier. WE
got here and got tons of referrals to a lot of people who will be
baptized soon but the hard part of the area is that a lot of the people
in the ward and the village don't really like the bishops... It makes
things pretty hard.... Its pretty lame. But all these little problems
I've learned finally, to not believe in there. My little saying nowadays
is I don't believe in problems I believe in Christ, because when we
believe in Christ and are faced with problems then miracles happen like
all the BOM stories we read. Every problem turned out as a miracle that
we all read and love so its all going pretty well just trying to get
things working.
Oh yeah by the way P-day got moved to Wednesday so do Tuesedays work well for you guys or no??? ;) I like it so far.
Oh yeah by the way P-day got moved to Wednesday so do Tuesedays work well for you guys or no??? ;) I like it so far.
No that's all my heart is content and I'm filled with
mommy and dads love that should last me another week or two. Ya see I
store this stuff pretty well and ration it just in case a Monday doesn't work out I still have left over email love from my mommy and dad. :) love ya!
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