iaorana kiddos happy
thanksgiving!!!! it was just BARELY halloween, what in the world is going
on???? how are they days slipping through my fingers?? tomorrow is like...
gonna be christmas! and ive been on my mission for 7 months now.
7 months? whats happening
well i dont know where to start with this week. so many
things happened. i cant even count them. we had everything from conferences
with a member of the 70, to drawing pictures in the sand to teach a bearded man
about repentance, to going to the most awk birthday party of my life. and we
missed a plane because we fixed a baptism instead of watching the clock
thats kind of how all weeks are
though, anything goes here in polynesia. i have been realizing lately that i
see the most strange things and it doesnt even phase me anymore. im becoming
desensitized to biarre behavior. like the boy that rides on the shoulders of a
man who is riding a bike and his sister is sitting on the handlebars. or the
fact that every single person ever is missing like 5 teeth. and then they eat
all these gooey looking things with their bare hands and make really loud manly
slurping noises. its all normal now and i feel that im becoming all sucked into
it. i forgot to brush my teeth one time this week, my hair is in a bun on top
of my head im not wearing makeup im really excited every time i see a coconut
and i can yell funny phrases in tahitian. hope they arent vulgar.
but yes i was so blessed this
week. comme d'habitude. one of my best friends in my last sector was baptised
on saturday and she called me to thank me for my work in helping her find her
heavenly father and her place in life. it was really really special to me
because dang it there were so many problems in her life and she should have
been baptised about a month ago but her parents threatened to throw her out of
the house, so she wasnt. then i changed sectors. but she told me this whole
story about how she just KNEW she needed to be baptised, and her dad eventually
did throw her out on the beach where she slept for a night, reflecting on the
persecution of dear joseph smith haha. someone in that ward took her in and
answered her prayers and voila, now she is a part of God's army :) i was so
humbled at this girls courage oh my goodness
pres cardon and his wife came
this week to do a conference and holy smokes was it good! i know that general
authorities are turly called of god to lead us and give us the counsel we need
TODAY. im so grateful we have a prophet and that we can know what to do.
some other random facts
- sr james is going home in t-2 weeks!!! ahhh not trunky at
all its so sad i dont want her to go home i dont want to kill her i never asked
for this. why do bad things happen to good people. but she deserves to say hi
to her fam
- one night this week we were praying to end our planning
and all of a sudden sr james starts gasping in the middle of her prayer and
jumps onto my lap! shes just hyperventilating, screaming, and shaking as im
trying to stop panicking as well cause thats just not normal. i was like WHAT
WHAT IS HAPPENING and she was like AHHH AHHH DQGQJKDSJ. all she could do was
point to something that was on the floor and i realized it was a cocroach! the
vile thing had landed on her back durning the prayer! it crawled like a
monstrous creature towards my knees and i flipped. we were both running around
our room at this point and throwing things at the villain, screaming who knows
what. maybe vulgar tahitian hahaha :) jk but that was scary. i hate cockroaches
so much. too bad they are everywhere
- prayer is literally the best
thing ever. everyone pray all the time
god loves you, kids. thanks for
the time. have a happy week of thanksgiving and dont forget your blessings you
have. Heavenly Father is a wonderful man.
pics:
our zone with elder and sis cardon and pres and sr bize I
LOVE THEM
typical tahitian and me
everything is so pretty. just look at it. WOULD YA JUST LOOK
eating with bishops fam
we love neature
the mami who lives with us. shes from heaven
hahahaha but seriously i hope
you tell that story to everyone. does aaron know what happened? i bet he will
make pancakes for thanksgiving and tell evryone they came fresh from the
clinic. too bad youre not eating durrant side this thanksgiving.
but have fun in blanding! say
hi to everyone for meeeeeeeee send my love. i had a dream that curtis came to
tahiti and i got so excited! he was just vacationing here all alone hahaha. i
havent seen that kid for so long. also kellis hair is so SHORT! whatttt
and i wanna see these wedding
pcs dang it yall are hape (that means youre messed up)
mom i just laughed and laughed at your email. your long
story of the conquerer of the mouse. im so proud of you and your action plans
with the stinky swiss cheese, keep progressing in life mom! and dont buy new
dresses apparently. shudder. ew thats gross
and i laughed really hard also because sr jamess mom sent
her this big long list of edifying quotes from the womens session and how these
are the most wise and wonderful women in the world. im pretty sure "we are
you and you are us" or whatever mea was on there too hahaha. women are so
funny in the church.
also you need to accept the
friend request of stacey james (sr james mom)
dad man 15 hour day. i dont
know how you do that. people here are bluntly honest after 10 minutes with you.
theyre like "you have lots of zits" or "wow you dont speak
french very well huh" hahah but its all in love :) i dont see augustine
anymore at all, sometimes we can talk on the phone for like 10 min or email a
little but its fine :) shes good im good. and I WANT TO SEE THAT MOVIE i read
that little book i dont know how many times when i was younger i love magical
beasts and eddy redmayne
ok all is well
i love karen and david suisse
also! way to go for them wow thats crazy
aj touched the pancake poop hahaha the hard life of a vet
tech. at least you havent made a dog blind
ian way to go speaking
spontaneously in the priesthood meeting. i keep thinking about how boss of a
missionary youre gonna be
teesh give me an update child
isaac you also
and theo
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love you little cheries you are
my best pals. thanks for all the entertainment :)
this is the dog, biboo, who lives at our house. hes really
funny
i hope this video loads. it explains lots of things i cant
explain in emails. this is a member named Rava and she makes me laugh so hard
some missionaries
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