Week 1: Fafanga



 I'm doing okay it’s p-day but they somehow deleted Facebook and messenger.  A sister missionary said on zone conference we will figure out how to download it back or something. But this week is good, it’s hard but it's good.  I'm posted in Ha’asini over looking villages in Ha'asini, Hamula and Lavengatonga.  We’re at a church for p-day located in Fua'amotu. I can’t call, obviously, but I really want to because there has been alot of cool experiences already even though it's only been a week. My trainer is stuck in Vava’u and if you remember my friend Elder Holakeituai, his trainer is stuck in Ha'apai. So they just threw him in with me. So here we are 2 elders who don't speak Tongan or how to teach or how Tonga even works. They have a list for fafanga which we figured out means "feeding" in Tongan, we figured it out by reading the Book of Mormon. This is one experience. I read my patriarchal blessing the day before and it said that alot of questions I have will be answered by reading the scriptures.  The next day I figured out that word. Since me and Holakeituai don't know anything we struggle with everything. For majority of the first 4 days we only ate crackers and drank water.  Our first real meal was on Sunday. This family— who I only know one person, her name is Mele (she speaks English)—fed us, thank goodness! It was super good. But yeah we're still alive lol 

Send my love to everyone in the family especially my siblings I miss them alot. Love you guys and talk to you later.














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