November 15, 2010

Aloha!!!!
Hum...... That's good dads been busy with work. I know this time of year gets a bit rough. Tell Ryan congrats on his van!!! That's so exciting! and I still am in shock he is wrestling. Let me know how that goes! Crazy kid! Because I took over the area, I've been so stressed. and Sister Hauata is amazing but she is poly, so she is very slow to get going and it takes a bit to make her be on time. lol. and you know me... haha, so yeah, I've chilled out a lot but I've been stressed cuz it's like I'm training her sometimes. But we have a lot of fun. She's teaching me Tahitian dancing! yup! I'm learning to move my hips faster than i could before. Well this week has been interesting and good. Dora is doing awesome! She went with her family to the temple open house and just LOVED it. she was so amazed at how beautiful it was. She is still a bit hesitant on her baptismal date set for the 26th. Her 50th birthday is Jan 25 and she thinks that would be an awesome time to get baptized, cuz of all the meaning. Which I see but it wouldn't be good for her to wait. and then her granddaughter Kyana wants to be baptized but we haven't' gotten permission from her dad to teach her yet, and if we get permission she'll want to get baptized the same day as her. Which I totally understand, so hopefully her dad says yes and we can baptize both on the 26th :) Kyana is 8 years old and LOVES the Book of Mormon. She's been reading it and coming to church. She's awesome. The Talenoa family is doing good. They were able to go to the Temple as well and loved it so much. We just gotta get him to stop smoking and chewing :S and that's always rough. but I love their family so much. We stopped by last night to see them and we have an appt tomorrow and 2 on wed. lol... yup we are hitting them hard. but they love us so it's okay. I was able to go on 2 exchanges this week. the first was on wed with Sister Braun (we were in the MTC together) we had so much fun. I love the people she is teaching such awesome humble people. We taught a lady in her 40s named Angela, she is on probation, and just the sweetest lady ever, we showed up and they (her and her mom) had lunch for us and was so excited to learn more. The Spirit was so strong when we taught her the Atonement... I think she has 3 years left on probation though so it's tough. We did some tracting and ran into a man that I'm pretty sure the devil was in him so that was interesting. :S and after we met this awesome/crazy Catholic man. He goes to mass everyday, but loves missionaries. ha he gave us cookies, and invited us to come back and after our message he'll share one of his. lol. crazy old man. but it was really nice after having the devilish man. Then on Saturday Sister Sandoval came to my area on exchange. She is from LA, she is Spanish speaker Visitor Center Sister. but she has been out of the VC for 7 months (was only there her first transfer) she is hilarious. We had a good time. We taught the Johnson family with the Elders to help them to transfer to them... mom I'm really sad about handing them over. They are AMAZING! the spirit is so strong there always, they are so open and wanting to learn, they went to the temple too. and even though the wife is Catholic she is so interested in our church and AHHHH!!! They are "golden" Sister Sandoval as soon as we left looked at me and was like.... ya that sucks you have to hand them over... yup. but The Elders are going to keep me posted on things. hum... yeah, things are awesome. Love the work I'm so glad that I decided to serve a mission. I've learned SO MUCH! It's crazy to me to think that I didn't go to church for that time a couple years ago... ha, I guess I do things the hard way but it got me here so it's good. Hum for Christmas I would LOVE it if you could talk to Rosa and get me some of the Isagenix cleanse (powder form) you can even use my money. I NEED it!!! I feel so gross here. They eat a lot of carbs and well carbs make me feel sluggish and fat :( but that's it. oh if you have an extra charger for the ipod shuffle i would love you to send it to me :) if not it's okay cuz I have my other ipod. but yeah that and Mary Kay acne treatment. I'm good on everything else. :) So don't worry about it. Oh lies. I would love more pics! recent once! Well I love you all so much!!!! Thanks for all your support and prayers! They help SO MUCH! Have a GREAT Day!!!!!
much aloha
Sister Brough