Iaorana tatou! Thanks for the birthday wishes! I did indeed have a happy birthday. We hiked Tapioi again, and made friends with the horses. (p.s. grandma and grandpa: while we didn't get to see the Tiare Apetahi flower on Mount Temehani, I used some of the money you sent to buy a pareo (hard to describe, but very pretty and also useful) with the apetahi flowers on it; Merci beaucoup!) We had another great week, starting with an exchange with our sister training leader, Soeur J. Soeur M went to Faaroa again and Soeur J came to Uturoa....

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Iaorana tatou! Hey guess what day it was? HUMP DAY! ♫♫  Ohhhh we're halfway there ohh ohhhh livin' on a prayer! ♫♫ Last Friday marked my 9 months with the plaque (nametag). I felt the song reference was very applicable. Last December Soeur S and I entered the MTC together, and last Friday we were together again during our district meeting. I still find it funny, and awesome, that we both came to Raiatea together and now are both training. What's more, our 'daughters' were companions in the MTC as well! Speaking of our district, we've officially changed our name...

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Iaorana tatou! Eaha te parau api? We had an awesome week in Uturoa! Our big little miracle was that every lesson had a member present! I'm not sure I've ever seen that in my mission, let alone this secteur. Plus our members are awesome and I don't know where we'd be without them. For example, Thursday we went to see D as usual. Soeur U came with us and Frère M said he would be there too. But when we got there, D was drinking with his friends and he asked if we could do the lesson the...

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Raiatea district: on the boat on the way to the motu Iaorana tatou! Blessing number 147 from serving on Raiatea: quality time with President and Soeur Bize. When I was on Tahiti I only saw them during conferences or interviews, but last week they were with our district for a whole three days! As I said, they gave a fireside in our ward on Sunday, and we also had the privilege of inviting them to a few lessons on Sunday afternoon. The Spirit was so strong as President Bize testified of the priesthood and the importance of the...

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