Rainy Days and Rugby

Male' Lelei Ko Hoku Famili!!

You know,  one of my favorite things about serving in this country is the rainy days.  Wanna know why?

Well, because,  as it is is normal tradition in America, you go to work and come home and go to bed.  Maybe watch your T.V.... Well, here it’s a free vacation day where everyone runs outside; and I mean everyone! Even the Finemotu'a (old women) and we all enjoy the rain and play!! The best part though, is muddy touch rugby! Everyone pushes each other harder so we can get a good slide! I don’t think I have ever laughed harder! Honestly, it’s the greatest because everyone comes outside.  People pull out lawn chairs and sit under houses where the rain comes tumbling down and they just sit there laughing and talking! We play with all the locals. But, everyone plays there is usually about 30 people out! They play everyday unless someone dies.  Then you don’t play for a week because it’s disrespectful.  But, you do get fed well.  Seriously,  funerals here are these huge week long events where people just sit and eat and talk and lay out side all week and literally moan out loud..... that part was true in the "Other Side of Heaven" but,  is just when they bury the person!!!

Connor's walk for fafanga

Well, other than the thought and preparation of the hurricane this week everything went as planned! We taught a few lessons and we have two investigators that are committed to baptism two weeks from now.  So, that’s pretty exciting! We are stoked because we have finally struck a nerve in these wards out in the boonies! It feels good to finally see our efforts paying off! We have done a lot of walking. See, the fun part is we have Fafanga in a different village every week. (Fafanga is the evening meal that the members feed the missionaries.)  This week Fafanga is at 6:00 every night in Fatumu and then we have to eat and walk about 30 mins or so to our lessons in Lavengatonga which start at 7:00! So, we will be running with full stomachs or we will get lucky and as we walk some truck will stop by and will let us jump in the truck bed and sit down for a nice, breezy ride!! Those are the best!! Other than that our week was a lot of watching the storm clouds gather and the lighting striking the ocean!!

Hey, here’s a first.  Church yesterday was cancelled after an hour to prepare for the hurricane. I’ve never heard that before in the weekly announcements at church!! “Everyone: mutual is Friday and church is only an hour today so we can all prepare for the natural disaster.  OK,  now we will sing hymn  #...." haha

Ofa lahi atu Kiate kimoutolu!!

Eleta Sepeti