Malo e lelei!
Umm..I LOVE TONGANS!!!! We had a baptism on Saturday, Josie. She's
been waiting for her husband to get the Melchizedek priesthood and she's
so cute and so solid and it was a good baptism. Miracle it happened.
Miscommunications. THe Bishop didn't find out til THursday nighta bout
the baptism, and then he said because the family hadn't talked to him,
he wasn't planning on it happening. Phone calls made, he agreed to come.
Miracle it happened, but at least he's willing to move on. Yes, I know I
messed up and I don't need the elders subtly hinting about the lessons I
need to learn from that miscommunication. Thank you very much! :)
So I told some of you about this Tongan family we started teaching,
family of 9. And we set the 3 youngest kids for baptism last Monday,
getting baptized on June 10 w/ the member's daughter they know, she's 8.
Then we had a lesson at the VC, talked to the two daughters who are 13
& 18...set them for next Sunday too!!! THEN at church, Bishop wanted
to talk to us after Sacrament Meeting (I was a little scared abouthe
baptism the night before) but he called us in to tell us that some
grandparents had their son & his fam move down from Auckland and
they want their 10 yr old baptized next week too! We got permission from
our Mission President because he'll only have been to church twice (the
mission rule is 3 times) & our mission president asked,"Now does
everyone know? Does the bishop know?" Yes, yes he does. Ha. I hate
messing up. But lesson learned! Our Bishop was excited AS about all
these baptisms. Their ward goal for the year is 20. Ahh, I just love
Tongans. I love the family too, the Ongosias. Just love all of the kids.
Especially the 8 year old. Especially about him telling us his older
brother used to have his hair cut like Justin Bieber. Last night I kept
telling Sis Chan how excited I was. Seriously. Giddy. And I kept telling
her like every 5 minutes. Ahhh! It's the best. We finally had a hymn
book too yesterday so we could sing along w/ the Tongan hymns. I think
that little ward sings louder than one of our palagi wards that is 3
times the size. Ha. We're trying to learn Tongan...I can say the Book of
Mormon and Jesus Christ...have a long way to go!
Things are getting better with my companion, I feel like a lot of
it is me chillng out and not stressing so much, but her personality is
coming out more and it's just been fun! I'm afraid we won't be together
another transfer, but still love her anyway! Her mum sent a 10 kg
package of food to her...we have HEAPS of instant noodles, love it.
K, we're off to go to bridal veil falls again. Love you all! (Of course I actually get letters the week we're in a hurry, ha)
OFA ATU!
Sister Mullen
PS we were at the Tongan family's house, the Ongosias. And she was
giving us food for dinner and a whole cake she bought. I was trying to
turn it down for her family to enjoy it and the mum got sad and said,
"well i bought it for yous." Okay, okay! We'll take it!! Give it to us!
haha
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