Malolelei!
My love for the Tongans really does grow each week. They really are
so friendly and just a lovable people. For the record: almost all of
them speak English. They have Sac Mtg in Tongan unless some of the youth
or YSA get up to bare their testimony, then they speak in English. I
think they do all the youth and definitely primary in English.
So we had a the head of some missionary department come to the VC
and give a training to all the VC sisters and all the senior
missionaries as well. The guy who did it was actually my stake president
who interviewed me for my papers at BYU. It was so fun. He was
literally running around the VC acting like an obnoxious 10 year old
while Sister Chan and I were doing a role play trying to teach him mum. I
learned a lot and the timing of that was definitely a tender mercy
becuase it's just what I needed to hear after having a not-so-good week.
Just good to remember how important our job is at the VC. I definitely
underestimate that sometimes. It was also good to just get training on
being at the VC. I mean, yeah, I stayed in Provo another week for VC
training...but it really wasn't anything special. But from what Sister
Chan did in her extra week at the MTC, it sounds like they're doing more
now.
So in honor of all the sisters getting a cell phone this week, I
made up a song to "You've had a Birthday" or whatever that song is
called:
We got a cell phone, shout hooray. We want to text to you today.
One more number and easy to call. We've got a cell phone, to-day.
At first I didn't want the cell phone. That's something I've loved
about being a missionary is not having to worry about my phone and just
remembering how much time I wasted texting or things like that, haha,
but now that we've had it, I've also remembered how much easier it is to
contact people when we have a phone, or for them to call us. The thing
in NZ is that it costs extra to call a mobile from a landline or vice
versa. So some people couldn't call us because they only had a cell
phone, besides the fact that everyone here almost NEVER has minutes to
call, so they can only text. So it'll be nice to be able to text now.
So the other day, I was walking upstairs from the kitchen with
another sister after we finished lunch, and she jokingly said, "stop
following me" so then I turned my 10-year-old-me and started following
her and copying her for a little bit, and after I stopped she said,
"Sister Mullen...you seem so serious and responsible sometimes and to
say, "that's not appropriate" (PS I've never said that to anyone) ...but
you're really not." I didn't know I seem so serious sometimes, but like
she said...I'm really not. I guess I still need to work on bringing out
my personality more.
Just a little bit about chats, I don't know if I talk much about
chats: but we had a guy come on wanting to learn more b/c he supports
Mitt Romney, but then he really disagreed with our beliefs of the
Godhead vs. the Trinity. And then he asked the bold question, "So do you
think I'm wrong?" and "Do you think all other churches are wrong?" So
we tactfully answered his questions ,but then he turned around and said
we were a cult and we saw him starting to type "I will not vote for Mitt
Romney" but then he actually never sent it (we can we what they're
typing, but they don't know that, hehe). But then the next guy we had
was a return investigator. Been taught everything, but could never
commit to baptism, but wants to meet with missionaries again. Just goes
to show the wide range of people we meet on there!
PS started memorizing my Patriarchal Blessing, and just as I've
memorized scriptures too, I've come to see how I understand things in a
different way when I memorize them. Just reminds me of Elder Scott's
talk from October Conference about the pwoer of memorizing scriptures.
I'm all for it!
Ofa atu,
Sister Mullen
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