Hi family! (And friends!) We started out this week with a split with the sisters of Pirae 1, so I was with Soeur Du-, a wonderful sister from Canada! We had a lot of great lessons that day, such as a lesson with He- about the priesthood (and the member that was there made us all laugh during the opening song, he sings very loud and very jazzy) and with Ca- we talked about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and she asked a lot of great questions about repentance and we were able to share our testimonies that...

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Iaorana tatou pauroa! Let's get right to it. Tuesday we saw several investigators, and it was just an all around good day because we were in an all around good attitude all day. I think the new transfer gave us a good kick of motivation and hope. Amazing what a good attitude can do right? Especially when both my companion and I are feeling it at the same time. Even that evening when we did some tracting in an upper class neighborhood for a few hours, talked to literally no one (well like two people finally, but they...

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Matavai Bay at sunset Hello! (I felt like changing it up a bit) So transfers came around again, but Soeur Ke- and I will be staying together again! She is now officially my longest companion (one transfer in Raiatea, two transfers in Mahina) The only change in our house is that our roomate Soeur Ji- finishes her mission this week, and will be replaced by Soeur Te- (my mission niece, kindof, she's Soeur Sa-'s daughter.) However we did get a new automatic car so that's fun. It's all shiny and clean and smells like new car. Tuesday we...

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Iaorana tatou pauroa, We had a great, busy, and spiritual week this week with multizone conference, stake family week, a split, lessons, and general conference! General Conferences are my favorite weekends. It's like a second Christmas with the best gifts ever - the word of God straight from His Prophet and Apostles! But more on that later. So Tuesday was multizone conference. I led a discussion on teaching clearly for understanding, and Soeur Ke- led a discussion about helping investigators overcome their preoccupations. There was also a helpful discussion about commitments, and I, as usual, concluded that I...

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