Family, friends, everybody else!
I
apologize for my confusion last week!! NOW i leave two weeks from
monday! Time is very difficult for me to keep track of here!! Bahaha ;)
Our tongan districts are leaving us on monday and sunday (leaving us to
be the "oldest district") , so our branch got shaken up a little bit
calling-wise this week! Which means I have some very exciting news to
share with you (thus the subject line which reads: I will speak good
story):
We have been called as sister
training leaders for our zone!! Woohoo!!! All three of us!! Isn't that
crazy?? President asked to meet with us after devotional on tuesday and
we started immediately after that. WE have a phone, so president and the
front desk can contact us whenever. SIster Garvin is in charge of it so
that way we dont lose it!! ;)
TRC is
ridiculously fun!! You just chat with people and then share a spiritual
thought and challenge them to do something! They said our samoan is
good... What liars!!! THey said all you need is pigeon samoan/caveman
samoan and the spirit. I can handle that!!
On
sunday the Nashville TRibute band came and performed for us. Needless
to say i about died from excitement!!! Sister Garvin and I were in the
choir (sister corrigan is now... but wasnt at the time) so we got to
sing back up for them on a couple of songs (i was born and the john
song). Sister Garvin now loves to listen to them so now we have jam
sessions in our room on the speakers!!
On
tuesday another samoan teacher was hired to start in the fall! SHE!!!!!
She has been shadowing Uso kinnisone!! We love talking to her because
it is easier for us to mimic her inflections than it is to mimic
Kinnisone. We stilll go to Kinnisonne with our questions because he
knows how to explain things better, but we listen to her for
pronunciation. After we got our calling, held zone prayer, and went to
sleep everything went wrong. I tried to lay down to sleep but started
coughing like crazy, and had an asthma attack. from laying down.. ugg. I
ran out into the bathroom and just sat on the floor. My Soa
(companions)(plural things are weird in samoan.. sorry about that!) were
right behind me. We spent about 30 minuter on the bathroom floor until
the coughing eased enough that we could go back to the room. THat was
the worst 1/2 hour ever. I was just sobbing/dying on the bathroom floor
while sister garvin held me and sister corrigan looked confused as to
what to do. Bless them!
THey
stacked up all the extra pillows in our room (we have the biggest room
with only us 3 in it. but 3 bunk beds still! Maybe i will take a pic for
next week!) so that i could sleep propped up. I didnt end up sleeping
at all and when i "woke up" my throat was completely raw!
I
only tell you all of this so you can know the miracle that was
Wednesday!! Otherwise i wouldn't have said anything because i know it
will freak you out!
Sister garvin wanted me to
go to the doctor wednesday morning, and i of course would rather die
than go to the doctor! we finally settled on asking elder reid and elder
holt for a blessing. BUT WE HAD SO MUCH TO DO!!! the other trio in the
other samoan district was sick! So we had to bring them meals since we
are Sister training leaders now! SO as quickly as i could move (which i
couldn't move very fast at all.. LOL!!) we ate, delivered meals, asked
for a blessing, then met them in our class room. Our room and class
areon the third floor of different buildings so we are always climbing
stairs. I couldnt do that. I would start coughing my brains out and
because it hurt my throat so bad i would cry again. it was humiliating.
I'm sucha baby.
Elder Reid and Elder
Holt gave me such an amazing blessing. THey promised me things that were
also mentioned while i was being set apart. THe spirit was so strong!!
We are so blessed with such amazing elders! I am so grateful!!
I
was almost immediately better!! We avoided stairs and hills like a
plague, but i was remarkably improved. SO much so that when i hosted
later that day I was normal! I hosted 5 new sisters! It was an amazing
experience! (and I even did stairs!! Whoop whopp!!)
Mentally
I was pooped though. The last chunk of class (3 hours) with Uso Haws, I
had zero idea of what was happening. My head was basically underwater.
But apparently our lesson with Uso Haws's persona Faletui went well...
BAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Yesterday we hung out at music
auditions for devotionals like usual. We originally went because Elder
Wolz sang Savior Redeemer of my soul beautifully on sunday for our
branch, so we convinced him to audition! But after Sister Garvin was
done accompanying him, other last minute auditioners asked if she would
help them too. She is such an angel I swear!! She helped 3 other people,
we were basically there for another 2 hours! Bahaha!!
I
recorded elder Wolz singing during a practice!! But it is too big to
eamil home... YOu guys can see it when i mail back my camera chip though
i guess!!
I GOT PACKAGES TWO PACKAGES
THIS WEEK WOOHOO!!! Thank you so much Grandpa Jeff and my family!! They
really brightened my week!! Mom and Maggie: I don't know how but the
flower made it!! I was so excited!!! I wore the new skirt yesterday!!
And we polished off all the chocolate chip cookies yesterday!! Grandpa
jeff your cookies were a hit with my district! THank you!! THank you so
much for all of your emails and dear elders i really love it!!
THANK
YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SOOOOOO much for all of your love and prayers!!
I feel them every day!! It sounds like everyone is doing well and
having a party without me!! I love you all so much!!
Miracles happen every day!! Heavenly Father wants to give them to us, we just have to apply our faith!!
Alofa,
Sister Peo
P.s.
I hope this letter makes more sense than last week! I wrote it on paper
before typing it up so that I wouldn't keep FObing out!!
P.P.S. A really good line that was made during the FOB game this week:
Aisea- why
Someone
was writing Aisea on the board and saying it really slowly while they
wrote. Elder REid said "Aisea was a prophet"!!! BAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I'm sorry if you don't think these are funny but i seriously almost wet my pants!!
P.p.p.s.
img 65 sister garvin and i accidentally matched earlier this week...
BAhaha (yes that is not my belt.. I borrowed hers! She basically styles
me in the mornings! BAhaha!!)
img 66 Yay packages!!! Notice the flower that somehow survived the mail!!!
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