Week 8: "Have ye inquired of the Lord?" 1 Nephi 15:8

 

Left:  Brother and Sister Fifita, the couple responsible for missionary housing.  
Middle:  Viliami and his wife, Lute.  We baptized Lute this week!
Right: Me and Elder Vaioleti

This week was pretty good. There isn't too much that had gone on but we were finally able to baptize our laumalie from Lavengatonga whose name is Lute. My hoa did the baptism and I had to do the popoaki (message) before the baptism. I did it in Tongan, obviously because I'm trying to get better at speaking Tongan. I hear from everyone, including my man Jacob Foni and even Palesiteni, that the best way to learn Tongan is to just SPEAK. My Tongan isn't where I want it right now and it makes me angry, but everyone tells me it takes time. I'm super impatient with stuff like this.  I always just want the results now, but patience truly is a virtue so I will wait while continuing to work. 

We've been going to this one older lady's house who is a member but very inactive. We show up everyday and talk with her for a little and even help her clean up her house. It's been good. One day she cut off the top of a coconut and I drank out of it. She cut it in half after and we ate the meat.  I've had coconut before and the I last time I had it, the meat was hard. This time the meat was like jelly. The coconut was just super young. Which, to be honest, I prefer the meat hard.  But I'm still thankful to her for the niu (coconut). 

To be honest, that was really it for this week.  We're trying to find some more people to teach and I will update you guys next week on how it goes. For now ofa lahi atu kimoutolu (love you all very much) and tau tokisio! (See you later)

Us eating coconuts lol

Walking with the kids on the way to our fafanga (meals).  These kids are cool 

A verse from my personal scripture study,1 Nephi 15:8
It is plain but piercing!  Have YOU inquired of the Lord?