Papatisoga!
Talofa everyone!
It is great to be able to email today even though the internet is soooo
slow. But it has been a great week here
on Tuvalu! We finally got Soo baptized
and confirmed!!! It was such a good
baptism, and I was so happy for her. It
was a really satisfying baptism because I have been working with her ever since
I got here to Tuvalu, about 4 1/2 months.
It has been a real struggle for her to get to it, quitting smoking and
such, but the smile on her face when she came out of the water was
priceless! She looked so happy!
Afterwards in her testimony the Spirit was so strong and
everyone was just so happy! It was a
great day.
To add to the excitement, we have some really good
investigators coming along! Logotau is
probably one of the best investigators I have had. He is really excited about the gospel and
loves having us over for lessons! He is
a pretty funny guy. He is really into
country music (really strange for a Tuvaluan) and he has almost every Brad
Paisley song ever sung! He also thinks
cowboys are really cool, so I try to pretend that I'm a real cowboy from
America. Ahh man Tuvaluans are so quirky
haha! Our other investigator, Ali, is
doing really good and showing his desire to be baptized. He is one of those guys who everyone loves
and knows everybody, so it is really fun to walk with him down the road, and
suddenly we are way popular!
We also seem to be popular with all the drunk people here
on Tuvalu. Tuvaluans are really shy, but when they are drunk they
forget all about that and come and talk with us. And for some reason, they all start speaking
English when they're drunk! We have had
a lot of funny experiences this week to say the least.
My companion Elder Paki is doing really good! He's almost got Tuvaluan down and the members
love him! One of his passions is eating
sweets, and he knows how to make them himself!
This week he has been making cakes in our microwave and lots of other
random sweets. It's pretty fun,
especially when I get to eat them too.
It's hard to believe that I only have a few weeks left
here. I'm not sure that I'll get on that
plane willingly when the time comes.
I love the gospel and I love Tuvalu! Too much happiness!
Tapa too uke a mea ke tusi. Kaati la tena fua. Manuia te vaiaso!
Alofa atu,
Elder Harris
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| Papatisoga a Soo! Elder Harris, Brother Nikko, Soo, Elder Paki |
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