On the bright side, we have officially received 2 more investigators in our other village!! And we will begin teaching them next week! The reason behind us teaching them next week is that the ward wants a zone baptism date for their ward conference!! We will be teaching them for the next 2 weeks. Both have already committed to baptism they just need to be taught . I'm pretty excited for that!! I'm staying in Fatumu with my Son Elder TAFEA!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I'm so stoked for this. Seriously!
Recently Neil L. Anderson came and spoke to us and that was an incredible. He came and spoke to us about the Doctrine of Christ and it was an incredible talk and very spiritually uplifting!! We sat with him for about 3 hours and listened to him speak and Elder Hamula spoke to us to:) All in all, a relatively calm week!!
Here is what happened. I ran out of money. The money I recently pulled out went to getting ice cream for a family in my area because it was another guy's birthday, too!! We celebrated together and they made me a pig and Lu. I supplied ice cream and cookies but, they went way over board with the food for me. So, I have no money and on Wednesday I gave my slippers (flip flops) to a homeless kid and I have been walking barefoot since. Well, I had no choice but to go to the meeting with the apostle barefoot.... So, as we all got in line, I was the last person to shake the apostle's hand and as I was going down the aisle, an elderly couple stopped me and shook my hand giving enough space for between me and Elder Anderson for him to see that I didn't have any shoes. As I shook his hand he pulled me close and said, "Where are your shoes?" and I looked down sheepishly and said they were stolen earlier in the week.( Both my tafea (the woven cloth they wear over their tupenu) and my slippers were stolen. So, I gave my companion my old pair because he's my son in the mission and he should always have the best of all of it. I'm here to serve him.) Elder Anderson asked, "Why didn't you buy a new pair?" and I told him I had no money. Then he asked, "Why didn't you get some?" and I told him I live in a small village on the way far side of the island. He just looked and me and said, Well, I hope you can find some soon." But Neil L Anderson chuckled a bit and patted me on the shoulder!!
I still don't have shoes. I have to wait until the first of this month so we can get some money. Pretty much the closest atm is about a 2 hour to 3 hour walk.....:) I'm just going a few more days with out them. It's all good. In Vava'u I went 2 weeks with no slippers!! Misiona Tonga, eh????
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| Connor lives in the little village on the far right. Notice that the roads are outlined in yellow. Everything else is a path. The single line in the lower right is the Tonga International Airport. For reference the island is 21 miles at the widest point. |
Ofa lahi atu iate Kimoutolu!!
Elder Sepeti!
