Iaorana tatou, Hope y'all had a great week! Sorry, I haven't got much time left because I was looking at colleges stuff for next semester. Everyone keeps telling me that I've almost finished my mission but I still have FIVE more months thank you very much. Highlights: -temple! Seems like we get to go to the temple more often now, which is awesome. -world missionary broadcast. Some of you may have already heard about the new changes in our schedules and key indicators (the numbers we report). We actually already knew about the schedule, which also allows missions...

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Iaorana tatou, E Ua = 'it's raining'. A sort of tahitian greeting when it rains. This week it rained. A lot. It rained the hardest Saturday night, with lots of flooding, especially downtown and in the valleys, where the rivers overflowed. Church on most of the island was cancelled actually so that everyone could help the families whose houses were flooded or even destroyed. I spent the morning driving around helping the Relief Society prepare food for the families and the ward members who helped with the cleaning. And the afternoon we helped clean a house that was...

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Iaorana tatou pauroa, Short email today because it's transfer day and I'm the driver! It's an even more massive transfer this time because President decided it was time to even out the elder-sister ratio in some zones -we had a zone with 12 or so elders and 2 sisters and others with 10 sisters and 4 elders. That means there will be a lot of secteurs "white-washed." However Mahina is staying pretty chill since we already have and even number, 6 and 6. My companion and I will stay together another transfer (woohoo!) We had a great week,...

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Iaorana tatou! Hope your new year is going well! Don't forget to write 2017 instead of 2016 on your papers. It happens to all of us. We started the week working with a lovely member, Soeur L (a missionary mom! The best kind of mom). It was disappointing at first, because the lesson she was supposed to come with us for fell through, so we tried to stop by and see some other amis, with little success. But in the end she was able to come with us to see one of my favorite amis, C-. Soeur L...

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Iaorana tatou! Sorry I don't have much time today but I just wanted to wish y'all a happy new year! We celebrated with Chinese lanterns (like that scene in Tangled) because fireworks are against mission rules. Our week was slow but steady because everyone was busy celebrating. I hope you've all made some great resolutions and keep 'em! Ia oaoa i te matahiti api! Bonne année! New year, new start! Soeur Ladd ...

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