Transfers

Still here in Longolongo and still have Elder Mahe as a companion. 6 more weeks and maybe that'll change but for now just trying to do my best.

Language:
Things are picking up a lot faster. Words are coming a lot quicker and instead of focusing on about 20 vocabulary words a day I'm up to about 50. I can teach the lessons now and communicate well enough, but it's still obvious I'm from over seas. I really didn't expect language to be so hard. I thought I'd have it when I finished at the MTC, but I thought wrong and actually really do like the Tongan language. There's a lot more body language and faces, (like your eyebrows change what words mean) but it makes it fun.

The Heat:
IT IS HOT. Like I didn't think it could get this hot. There's a rash called prickly heat when you get to hot and me and my companion couldn't sleep last night till about 3 AM we had it so bad!! We both took cold showers and it helped a bit! I think that either our humidity scale is broken or something but it's been at about 80-90% for a while.

Food:
The food was better this week. We got some good meals and a lot of fruit from our neighbors.

Personal:
Just trying to look at the brightside of everything and take it bit by bit. This definitely isn't America.

Love you all,
Elder Sikoki