Happy New Year, Bonne Année, e Ia
Oaoa i Teie Matahiti Api!
Man life is pretty good here! It's
been a little bit different with new companions, but I am still learning so
much and I actually am loving this transfer. Soeur Green is so great and Soeur
Kavera is hilarious, so we have fun.
So guess how we celebrated the new
year? By eating Maa Tahiti ( really traditional food) at 9:00 in the morning!
It was kind of awful haha, but definitely an experience! I tried Fafaru (raw
fish in fermented sea water) for the first time annnddddd it was not that good.
Haha the after taste was actually just the worst. But hey, now I can say I
tried it!
With new companions, I'm really
excited to see what more we can accomplish. With the new year, our zone has a
goal to have 5 baptisms every month for January, February, and March. Seeing as
we only have 2 baptisms fixed, at first it was a little overwhelming, BUT we
have got the faith and we are already seeing miracles happening and we are
finding people who are already ready to accept the gospel. That and we are
actually seeing progression with some of our amis who either have blocks for
baptism or who just weren't progressing. I LOVE IT.
Yesterday, we talked with a guy whose
name is Torea. He has a lot of family in the church, some inactive, but he
heard of the church through his ex-girlfriend who he lived with in Pirae. When
they broke up, he moved back to Papara and since then has still been interested
in the church. He told us he's seen us a few times pass but he didn't want to
stop us. We were like WHAT. Haha, but luckily we met him at church and taught
him the first lesson later in the day. He has the desire to be baptized and
this week we are going to fix a baptism date with him! YAY! It was definitely a
miracle to find him, and I am so excited to keep working and keep finding all
of these little miracles.
Training Soeur Kavera has been fun
because she has definitely got the greenie fire and I love it! She wants to be the
best missionary and she wants to know everything so that she can the best she
can be. She's also pretty hilarious too and so it's been fun with both Soeur
Green and Soeur Kavera. It's a little different not living in a house of just Americans,
but it's not bad at all and we have a lot of fun together.
I feel really good about my
progression with the languages, especially with Tahitian. I love learning it
and I love it when we get the opportunity to speak it and teach. I made my new
year goals for this year and one of them was to finish reading my Te Buka a
Mormona by my 1 year mark. It's pretty time consuming because my vocabulary is
very limited in Tahitian and so half the time I'm looking through my ever so
used Tahitian dictionary, but it's been great for my comprehension and
vocabulary.
Other than that, life is good! We've
got a LOT of work in Papara and I know we are very blessed! We've got quite a
few amis and are continually trying to find new ones each week.
MAA TAHITI! Looks yummy huh?
I wish I could explain all that is in it.
Part of our zone. The Elders came to interview our ami, Vincent. Bye bye Elder Cannon.
Sunsets... they are the best here!
Soeur Teina. She is the mother of the cute girls I took pictures of at the Temple.
Family picture again! Mami, Maman, et fille.
I hope yall are doing great! Love
yall!
p.s. Soeur Taylor went back to
America last Monday and is continually getting better! She can speak, write, and
is still herself. I know she still has swelling and has more recovery but from
what I've heard, she's doing well!
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