Iaorana tatou! So this transfer was a little complicated, but it made for an interesting week! Last weekend I packed all of my things and sent my big suitcase and my bike to the mission office to be sent by boat to Raiatea. On Monday, there was a big group of missionaries that finished their missions, including my former STLs Soeur A and Soeur R. They're both amazing and I miss them already. On Tuesday we headed to Papeete to pick up Soeur T's "daughter"! She will be training Soeur A from New Caledonia, who is waiting for...

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First things first: In a few days I will be leaving Matavai and flying to the island of Raiatea (Ra'iātea)!  It's a few islands over from the famous Bora Bora. Not too small of an island, there are 10 missionaries there, but from what I've been told, it's beautiful! My secteur is Ututroa, but I don't know too much about it. My new companion will be Soeur K, who's from New Zealand and adorable. I met her at the MTC, because she is from the district that came in 6 weeks after us. So she just finished her...

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Iaorana tatou! First of all, PARDON for these last few weeks. Things kept coming up and I kept running out of time. But I've got an improved system I hope so I should be able to write and still read your emails :) Still going strong here on the northern tip of Tahiti! Fun fact, the secteur of Matavai is the northernmost tip of Tahiti and contains the only good old fashioned lighthouse on the island. We haven't had any baptisms since my last update, but the work is really picking up and we have two in plan...

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