week 36

In the words of the true living prophet Thomas S. Monson....."Hello!" Haha whats good fam? How is it? 17 miracles is freakin dope huh!? Haha I love it!!.Things are still frustrating right now but it got a little better Sunday...So hear is the scoop in more detail....So the closest member and investigator is an hour walk, the closest! The only true open village Naduri, we can't proselyte in because there is no way for them to come to church and there are no members or investigators by the church and our flat. So on bus days, if it doesnt show up, we can't get out there. So there is no point of teaching anyone there because they can't come to church. There used to be a unit there in Naduri, but it stopped functioning because of unworthy priesthood holders and that is still the case. We are trying to find someone to lead the unit but right now there is no one to do it. So that holds everything back alot. The branch president wants to put units everywhere, but if that happens then no one would come to Seaqaqa so we are kind of in lost land.  I have emailed our President about it and what his thoughts are.  I am going to ask him again today what he wants us to do and where he wants our priorities to be. The good news is the branch president who use to live in Labasa just barely moved down the street from the church and he knows a few people around the hood that he is going to try to talk to and a RC told us about 2 families they are trying to talk to and they live far too but they can walk together you know. So its very tough and very slow! We really need to find people to teach around the church. We are so far away from the members, we really need their help.  I announced that in church Sunday.  We are planning two firesides in Seaqaqa and in Saivou. Hopefully alot of people show up. If we can get a few more people in Saivou, we could start another unit there and there would be a great person to run it. So yeah it's very frustrating at times and very slow.  It sucks because at times I feel so lazy because we aren't teaching many lessons and we are around the flat a lot but there is nothing we can do. So the President and I are talking about it and hopefully we can figure something out. We have the most cars in all the Pacific Islands and they were talking about some guy coming out to check all the car areas to see if we really need them, which we do bad!! It's hard especially on this island, like the whole island is slow because everything is so spread out and random units here and there and what not. We might have a baptism this month so there is a plus! So yeah thats the work here. It is testing my patience a lot! Remember my boil on my butt, when Hillyard and Nelson did surgery?? Well Elder Metler had one on his butt and Hanke and I did surgery on it. Haha, it was sweet!! I dont have pictures of my boil anymore since it got deleted ha but if you really want to see it, I think Hillyard sent it to his parents...Ask them about it. Haha, it was funny man!! They are nasty. Well hope all is well!  Have a great week!! Love you all!! Moce!!

Elder Hansen