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 March 12 to 29th

Taumafai

 Talofa lava, lo'u āiga ma uo! ♡

Email #2 as promised. A bit late, but will do. 

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Highlightz -

• One fafaga had some noice mamoe (lamb) 
• Spent a lot of time with the Sapati family. They were our fafaga 2 days in a row, so Sister Kiso would go to their home early and I got to see how they prepare the food. It's a lot of work, that's for sure. All the more reason to eat as much as I can.  But they make the most with what they got with music playing on a big speaker. Vibes all around. Sister Kiso and I helped them faapau koko. The kids always wanted me to dance, haha. I love the kids, they always know how to make me feel comfortable despite the language barrier. The food hit. I looove me some oka! 
• On Aso Tona'i (Saturday), we helped clean the falesa (church building). Then we attended a baptism later on. As we were singing a hymn, I sang the end of a song wrong, and Sister Kiso was like "Leai" then she started to sing the next verse cause she didn't realize the song was done, lol. So only her voice was heard for a quick sec before she cut herself off and we tried not to laugh loudly during the closing prayer. She whacked me twice after that 
• Aso Sa (Sunday), the STL's picked us up and we went to Fusi where we attended a Stake Conference. President Reid and his wife were there too and said a few words. It was pouring rain the whole day cause a cyclone hit, I think. I heard it was worse in Apia, but I dunno.   Anyways, the other missionaries of our zone came too and we had PPI (President's Personal Interview). It's nothing scary, unless you're kaa (muck around/don't work)  nah jokes. President Reid is an inspiring man, and so is his wife. After an interview with President, you get to meet with his wife to talk about your highs and lows. Definitely the top highlight of my week. I can't wait to meet with them again. After everyone finished their interviews, we jumped onto a zoom that is starting off a mission study O le Tusi a Mamona (The Book of Mormon). So everyone (Samoa Apia mission) will be studying the same chapters every week and then we'll be discussing/sharing testimonies and experiences about them every Sunday on Zoom.
• Aso Gafua (Monday), no English Connect . But it was a fulfilling day in my book. We visited many people in the area of Sili 3rd Ward, so on the other side of the river. At Keleofa's home, a kitten was napping, then left for a while, and then comes back with a gecko in its mouth, lol. It chilled in front of Sister Kiso as it snacked, haha.
• Mosiah 2:41 - "41 And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it."
• Aso Lua (Tuesday), we had district meeting which we have in our falesa. The Vaitoomuli Sisters, Sister Fa'apo and Sister Togaga'e, spent the day with us cause we didn't have connection to call a taxi.  That's how they came. We visited the Sapati's and they fed us.  A scary movie was playing on the TV and it made me feel sick physically and spiritually.  The Vaitoomuli Sisters got a taxi before Sister Kiso and I went to the store and then to our fafaga.
• Aso Lulu (Wednesday), the STL's picked up most of our zone Sisters and then went to a store to buy food for a picnic in Faaala.In Faaala, we sat under a tree with our picnic and the view of the ocean beside us. We played charades with Disney characters, heroes, and villains. The Sisters liked my Star Lord impression.  We then had ice cream and on the way back to our MQs, we got ice cakes (red popsicle in coffee cups that's really sweet and salty at the same time.) We had some extras, so we gave them to random kids as we drove past them on the side of the road. A big white van full of Sisters giving random kids ice cakes through the van window.  

Mafaufauga Faaleagaga

"You may feel at times that it’s not possible to be redeemed, that perhaps you are an exception to God’s love and the Savior’s atoning power because of what you are struggling with or because of what you’ve done. But I testify that you are not beneath the Master’s reach. The Savior “descended below all things” and is in a divine position to lift you and claim you from the darkest abyss and bring you into “his marvellous light.” Through His sufferings, He has made a way for each of us to overcome our personal weaknesses and sins. “He has all power to save every man that believeth on his name and bringeth forth fruit meet for repentance.” (The Joy of Our Redemption by Kristen M. Yee)

I add my testimony that in order to truly repent and grow from your mistakes, you must learn to forgive yourself.

I le suafa o Iesu Keriso, 'amene.

Arohanui & alofa atu 

- Sister Wihongi