Hey Guys!
So, this week in Eua has definitely been eventful!
It started off super slow because of the fact that there are only 5
people in my whole area that aren’t members... so it has definitely been a very
slow start for us hear in Eua.
Elder G, my trainer was not able to make the trip with me out here to
Eua and so I now have a new trainer and his name is Elder F and he is
from the small island of Oiha of Ha'apai. He is quiet and just likes to study and talk
to people. He speaks very little English and is really nice. Its definitely
been fun having him around.
So, basically my days in Eua don’t consist of much.... we wake up and do
our morning program like we usually do. Or sometimes we wake up early and we go
and work in the bush. Now, seriously this is some hard work. We usually stay in
there from about 7 in the morning to about 2 in the afternoon. We pretty much
work like pack mules. We pull huge taro roots out of the ground and cut down
huge palm trees. We also cut down huge banana clusters and set them in the
truck bed to be transferred to the main island to be sold!
So some new interesting facts about Tonga.
On the main island of Tongatapu there are 90,000 people.
On the island of Vava'u there are 20,000 people.
On the rest of the islands including Ha'apai the last 10,000 people are
scattered!
I didn’t realize how many people were on the main island of Tongatapu! It's incredible and the funny part is there is only a couple hundred on the
island of Eua.
I hope everyone is doing well!
Love,
Elder Sepeti
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