Why hello there :)
Haha this has been a pretty average but successful week. It was kinda just the same old same old. Except for Monday while playing ball I twisted my knee and I seriously thought for a second I tore my meniscus, I couldn't walk the next day and my knee was SO SWOLLEN. There is a bruise the size of a grape fruit on it now haha but I can walk to all is well :). Elder Fat's birthday was on Saturday, and he still hasn't heard from any of his family. It was the saddest thing I've ever seen watching him walk to the mailbox that morning to open it up and see nothing inside. Mom and Dad sent him a package though and it made his DAY, MONTH whatever it be. He couldn't stop smiling. So that made me happy and him too. We were successful this week, but it all came in good time. The beginning
of the week was so slow we couldn't accomplish anything, all of our plans kept falling through, and things kept slowing down the work. We prayed so many times this week for help and strength the keep going, and it worked. Friday and Saturday we found 8 new investigators and taught 16 lessons, now that's what I'm talking about! I can't wait to get the letter your talking about, I'm sure it will be awesome! I'm still extremely upset though that you didn't buy me a shirt, you PROMISED! haha It's so amazing to find people out here that I can relate to like that. So you'll have to ask Bronson, Bryce and Grant if they remember him haha, well and Brock, do you know him?? Anywho fun stuff. We have 9 baptisms schedule not including the 8 we new gators we found this week, so I'm planning on coverting them all haha so we'll have 16 schedule at the end of the week haha jk, but I hope so :). We actually met a kid out here who's religion was motocross hahahaha it's call MX for Jesus hahaha how hilarious is that! Well there's not anything I can think of that I need haha besides a Taylor Swift shirt... :( Thanks for praying for me, continue too, and I always do for you. :)
ear Family,
of the week was so slow we couldn't accomplish anything, all of our plans kept falling through, and things kept slowing down the work. We prayed so many times this week for help and strength the keep going, and it worked. Friday and Saturday we found 8 new investigators and taught 16 lessons, now that's what I'm talking about! I can't wait to get the letter your talking about, I'm sure it will be awesome! I'm still extremely upset though that you didn't buy me a shirt, you PROMISED! haha It's so amazing to find people out here that I can relate to like that. So you'll have to ask Bronson, Bryce and Grant if they remember him haha, well and Brock, do you know him?? Anywho fun stuff. We have 9 baptisms schedule not including the 8 we new gators we found this week, so I'm planning on coverting them all haha so we'll have 16 schedule at the end of the week haha jk, but I hope so :). We actually met a kid out here who's religion was motocross hahahaha it's call MX for Jesus hahaha how hilarious is that! Well there's not anything I can think of that I need haha besides a Taylor Swift shirt... :( Thanks for praying for me, continue too, and I always do for you. :)
ear Family,
This week has been a pretty successful week. Last P-day Elder Fatiau and I played some more basketball over at Martin Luther King Park, it's kind of a beat down area. Some brothers came over to play with us, and during the game I twisted my knee wrong and hurt it way bad. I couldn't even walk the next day without limping. I have a bruise the size of a grape fruit on my knee now, and it feels a lot better. I was afraid I tore something in my knee with how bad it hurt, but the lord blessed me :) The start of this week was really slow, things just kept coming up that were slowing down the work, and we were not able to use our time as effectively as we wanted. It was a little discouraging at first, but when you realize it's just the adversary working hard, it makes us work even harder, and of course, we came out on top. :) We found 8 new investigators in two days, Friday and Saturday. And in those two days we taught 16 lessons, so this week turned out pretty good. We have 9 baptisms scheduled but I'm sure we'll have a lot more after this week. It's sad to have to keep moving some of our baptisms back, but when we feel they aren't ready we have to listen to the spirit and move it back, but it will all work out. I've finally had some southern BBQ, and I had it 5 times this week haha. A man named Clint, who isn't a member, always calls us and tells us to come over and talk with him. He is the nicest person I think I've ever met and he is so humble. He just likes to talk with us about Christ but doesn't really want to change his ways. Anything Clint has though he offers you. I have never met a man who literally gives anything and everything he has, to someone who is in need, or even someone who isn't. Best of all those he is an AMAZING cook!! So two nights this week he cooked us up some wild hog and beans, and a ton of RIBS!! :) (they were delicious!!) Then Elder Fatiau's birthday was on Saturday. It was an amazing day. The amazing part was all the people we found and talked with. Then a man named Danny cooked us BBQ chicken and ribs, and bought him a birthday cake. (Danny is the one who reminds me of dad). Oh and by the way the cookies and carmel corn in the package were to die for! Will you E-mail me the recipe pppllease :) About the gloves and the shirts, i just want one more long sleeve, and the rest short, but can you please make sure they're the TALL and THIN or FITTED? They always come untucked while I ride and it's annoying haha. As for the gloves I just want the black ones I bought the day I forgot mine, please. Thanks your the best. :)Your planning on going to the cabin haha? Your all crazy, you'll freeze, but i'll pray for you haha :) How excited are you guys to be GRANDPARENTS hahahaha YOUR SO OLD!! This week has been awesome, I'm so addicted to reading, all I do while in the car or during personal study or free time is read Jesus the Christ, Our search for Happiness, True to the Faith, and I'm starting our Heritage this coming week. I have learned SO MUCH, that I am just realizing how much I missed out on not reading at home. Jesus the Christ is probably my favorite though, because if I more fully understand Christ, especially out here in Bama, it makes it easier to explain the application of the atonement in our lives, and the meaning of the miracles he preformed. One that stood out to me was why did he turn water into wine in Cana? It wasn't because the people needed more wine to drink, it's because the people did not believe in his authority and power, and it was to show them the godship he held. You'd be suprised out here how many people we teach the Word of Wisdom, and the first thing they say is "Well Jesus drank wine" or "Jesus turned water into wine, so why can't we drink it" haha and this has been a wonderful explanation for that. The memory card you sent back to me, did you save all those pictures to the computer back home?? If not be sure to tell me so next time I know if I can delete them or not. If they are saved though, when you start sending them back please clear the memory card, because it takes FOREVER to delete them haha thank you. :) Anywho how did you like those new pictures?? :) I'm trying to take a lot but it's kind of hard when you've already seen everything in the other pictures haha I'm telling you Selma in tiny. Well thats about all for this week. I love you guys so much. I know that heavenly father loves you so much, and that he will continue to bless you with everything you need both temporal and spiritual as you live the commandments. Anywho the church is true, and heavenly father continues to witness it to me, and continues to help solidify my foundation, as he will yours as well. I miss you all so much, but am busy in a more important work at the moment :) Keep it up, exercise and stay healthy. Continue to pray for me as I always do for you.
Alofa ia te oe,
E Faavavau aiga,
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