thanksgiving in tahiti= nothing happens. hahaha we told
everyone that day that we had a holiday about being grateful and they were all
super uninterested. BUT we ate a lot of food. its kind of like every day is
thanksgiving anyway hahah.
also its really really really hot. well mostly humid i
guess. we are entering cyclone season which apparently means either it rains so
hard that you think the roof might fall off or its so hot and humid that you
think your skin might fall off. i get out of the shower and immediately have a
layer of sweat again! yay!
this week was really busy. and i think i fell asleep every
night before i even closed my eyes! its so cool though, its amazing to me how
quick time goes when you have so much purpose every single minute of the day.
theres no time to be bored. ever. heres some small details
theres this hippie man, jean eudes, we teach whos like 48 and
lives in the mountains, has long hair, works in his faapu (garden), almost went
to prison 8 times, and has visions. i thought he was lying at first about the
last part up until his prayers were seriously powerfully answered by these...
visions! he sees himself in these situations that hes never been able to
explain until we taught him about priesthood authority and the atonement of
jesus christ. the things he reads in the book of mormon, hes already felt or
seen them before. its all familiar to him. its crazy being able to teach
someone so SO OBVIOUSLY prepared by heavenly father to receive the
gospel.
also jason, whos 20, is the young kid we met when we were
talking to crazy ol maurice and he really really really wants to clean his life
up. he says he wants to accept christ in his life again and "purify"
himself. essons are so spiritual with him and he is so flippîng open to the
gospel!!!! so there ya go. the saddest thing is when his parents wont accept
his baptism because parents here are sometimes silly and wont let go of the
"traditions of their fathers." but he said the most sincere beautiful
prayer for us this week, and at the end he was like "sorry sisters, i cant
pray very well with you two. when im with my friends i pray really pretty."
we were like "what?? you pray with your friends??" hahahaha
REFERENCES YESSS
i hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving. heres a list of
some things im thankful for:
laughter
repentance
fish
the book of mormon
the scary alien animal we found in a large seashell
bug spray
showers
coconuts
Jesus the Christ by james e talmage
my dad
toothpaste
emails and letters from home
christmas lights
joseph smith
paper
sarah james
preach my gospel
the ocean
rain
sandals
my mom
the mtc
listening to guitar hymns
singing vampire weekend in my head
sacrifice
blanding utah and gpa and gma
the commandments
the mission commandments
pictures of snow
peter simon
samwise gamgee
french
dictionaries
prayer
windows
all of my siblings
all of the girlfriends and boyfriends of my siblings
all of my family every one
all of the friends ive ever had in my life
poetry
cameras
gma and gpa durrant
the holy ghost
the temple
my brain
soda crackers
pineapples
utah
weird stories from my weird family
my savior and redeemer jesus christ
i love you all!!!! please never die. i mean spiritually.
apostasy is bad
pics
video of the alien creature and the screams are real it was
scary
sr james. bye. go find my friend in eagle mountain everyone
her homecoming is 11 oclock on dec 11.
my view when i wake up in the morning
some fish in the sink is normal life
we went to a motu (small island) today! i got wet. we caught
some fish
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