I'm pretty excited today is P day. A couple big things happened this week. My violin decided to get in a fight with the humidity, and well, it lost. It came unglued and decided to detach itself from this life. Anyway, I found some superglue and glued it back together, but I can't get the soundpost back in. I think I need a soundpost tool. It sounds pretty awful without it. Kinda an Asian ring to it. I might have to send it out to Matt in Hong Kong if I can't get it fixed!
Next thing that happened was on Thursday we were supposed to go out and stay the night at this little island called Atata. We were going to do service but then the zones decided because me and my comp are from America we probably couldn't work and would get tired and so they found two Tongan elders the day of.
On Friday we got hit by cyclone Victor. While the APs were driving, a huge wave hit their car and threw them over a cliff. Their car dangled somehow. Anyway, the car was totalled and one Elder broke his ankle and had to go home, the other is just bruised badly.
Anyway bad news first so now the good news:
-We made brownies yesterday with some investigators, they turned out delicious even though we had to substitute lots of ingredients.
-One of the sisters got to big for her Tauvala and gave it to me because I was the only one she could find that would fit it. It's really nice and is triple knitted. (The mat that goes around the waste)
-I think we're finally done with our spider infestation, I was getting pretty sick of jumping every time I turned a corner!
-Got lots of studying in, started reading true to the faith and a lot more of the Tongan bible.
Personal:
I was pretty unhappy this week and felt pretty down. I started writing 5 things I'm thankful for every morning and it was amazing how much better my day went. I found some spring rolls from a falekai (restaurant). They are pretty healthy and I really like them.
I was pretty unhappy this week and felt pretty down. I started writing 5 things I'm thankful for every morning and it was amazing how much better my day went. I found some spring rolls from a falekai (restaurant). They are pretty healthy and I really like them.
Companionship:
I'm not quite sure where we're at. We had a boxing tournament with some really soft gloves our less active family gave us while the hurricane hit. It was pretty fun and I won every match. I know Dad, boxing probably wasn't the best of ideas, but it got us a lot closer to this family and they let us come over a lot more now.
I'm not quite sure where we're at. We had a boxing tournament with some really soft gloves our less active family gave us while the hurricane hit. It was pretty fun and I won every match. I know Dad, boxing probably wasn't the best of ideas, but it got us a lot closer to this family and they let us come over a lot more now.
Everything else:
I'm still happy to be out here. The language is picking up really fast now. I'm thankful for the opportunity to be able to serve the Lord and have definitely had many life changing experiences. I love you all tons!
I'm still happy to be out here. The language is picking up really fast now. I'm thankful for the opportunity to be able to serve the Lord and have definitely had many life changing experiences. I love you all tons!
Ofa Atu,
Elder Sikoki
Elder Sikoki
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