Week 5: Satisfaction & Comfort
Malo etau lava famili!
I hope everyone has had a good new years and good week. This week started off not too good if I was to be honest I was ta'elata which means homesick. I was a little homesick from New years and mainly from not being able to call my mom on her birthday we didn't have any data left and we were also a little to busy to stop by the api o siasi. My brother told me before i left that if I stayed busy then there would be no time for us to be ta'elata, but I was busy and still ta'elata. It wasn't until I got a bunch of emails from people who had read my last email, and also jus emails people had sent. I got an email from one of my uncles and I there he said to, "Never be satisfied; Always strive for a better tomorrow." This really helped alot becuase before the mission I had listened to alot of interviews from a music artist named J cole. I can't remember the specific name of the interview but in there he talks about comfort. He talks about how rapers will make a good song and get comfortable with that one good song but then they will fall off amd wonder why or how they did. He says, " That's the biggest problem. So the way I apply it is am I comfortable in the position I am in right now? Have I made my best song? Have I written my best line or best hook had my best album? No? Then I can't get comfortable in my space. Either apply pressure or all the blood runs out." So for me i would say have I taught my best lesson yet? Am I fluent with the language or am I closer to God that I was before the mission? If not then I have to work harder to be better the next day. I honestly read that email from my uncle and I was like "what am I doing" it was like I sobered up instantly. We went and taught a couple of lessons this week to some children who are from the Siasi Tonga church and me after reading the email from my uncle tried not to read lines from the book we were given. I wanted to try use what tongan I do know and then my hoa can help me fix what I messed up on. It was funny I said what I needed to say to the kids and when I finished I said, "mahino pe ikai?" And they just laughed. It was funny they laughed becuase I'm pretty sure they couldn't understand what I was saying and I laughed becuase to be honest i dont even think I understood what I was saying. Anyways tho this week has been good for the most part. Currently I'm finishing up this email while looking at the sky. Other than the beautiful creation of people one of my favorite things to look at or watch is the sky. Even when I'm stressed or ta'elata looking at the sky brings the most comfort. Until next week famili.
Elder Tuha Vimahi
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