Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Welcome to the island!


We went to a Tongan birthday party at the park. A man came up to us and said, "HEY! Come and help me with the pigs." So we drove over to his home and saw this in his backyard! Polynesians really bring the island with them huh? We're invited to things like this all the time. Having a Tongan companion is bizarre. Unorthodox would be a good word to describe it. Do things really ever go according to plan...not really. Does crazy stuff happen with Tongan members and other Tongan missionaries....yeah, but with the Tongans, you just kind of go with it. And the thing is, miracles still happen.





Right now we have two solid investigators. One Samoan and one from Micronesia. The Samoan girl is from my part of Washington, she grew up in Hilltop in Tacoma, and her fiance grew up there as well, and went to foss high school. We talked about Lakewood, and Tacoma and all that, and how people here think Rose Park and West Valley are bad! HA! We joked about how bad Hilltop use to be, and that "ghetto" here, has got nothing on good old Lakewood and Tacoma!
Right now the mission is in a slump, the baptisms every week have been steadily going down. It will be interesting to see what is discussed this week at leadership training Tuesday and Wednesday. 

 Elder Fifita wants to start riding bikes....ugh! No no, it's fine, with summer I want to get in great shape, and riding a bike will definitely do the job. I'm buying a helmet today and tomorrow we hit the streets of west valley, white boy Elder Warczak and 320 lb. Tongan Elder Fifita! Seeing him ride a bike is priceless.
Another month in the transfer and then onto the second half of summer. It'll be 2012 before I know it.
Love,
Elder Scotty

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