week 93

Bula vinaka my fmaily!!

Sounds like things are going well. We are going to Labasa after this for our

Zone Conference tomorrow. Tonight will be the zone activity but our

volleyball picnic didn't get approved. So we are having a small dinner in

the evening and then playing 2 games. It should be pretty fun. Then tomorrow

will be our conference. We have our training ready and all. It will be my

last zone conference...haha weird. So I heard from Elder Inu, my MTC comp,

that he thought that our date to leave is May 9th. I am not 100 percent

positive, but that could be it...so yeah FYI.

So that second picture I sent you is pretty cool eh?? haha That guy has been

hookin us up! So I think this week I might buy a couple other things from

him...Anything you guys want??

So I was talking to the elders from Tamavua and Wailoku, my last area, They

are tearing up!!! They are doing awesome! There have been like 3 or 4 people

I think that I taught there that has been baptized! Its awesome! I was

stoked when I heard that! When we got there, it was DEAD! So I was very

happy!

This week we were in the area the whole week! We had 19 lessons this week!

Very good week! Our baptisms are still planned. Tupou was sketch, because of

her parents, she thought they would get mad, but she asked and they said yes

and then at church, she was like so what day can I get baptized?  Haha we

were happy. We still need to work with her on a couple things to help her be

very firm and what not. So we are still planning to have at least 4 baptisms

in March, hopefully 6, but we are still working with the other two. It's

been busy! We have also been helping our Branch President with his tithing

settlement and 4th quarter reports from last year.  It's been tough because

we don't know how MLS works either! Luckily Elder Terry has been able to

help us. Man, this District with money is not so good!! The Senior couples

have been very busy and stressed trying to get all this stuff figured out.

The auditors are coming out this next week so I am sure there will be some

investigations. The Senior couples are HUGE!!! On this island a lot of

people have no idea what or how to do things.  So that's another challenge

on this island because as missionaries a lot of times you need to be there

to help. Our branch president is awesome though. He was called last August

or September and he doesn't give the check book to anyone. He is changing

things to how its supposed to be done.  So every now and then within the

week we go over to help them. He is also head of security at one of the

shopping places here and they have just begun a huge investigation with a

robbery. So he has been involved with that too so we know he has a lot on

his shoulders, so we try to help him as much as we can.. Hes the man!

I finished reading Doctrine and Covenants on Saturday...I achieved my goal!

I was looking back 2 weeks ago and i thought I wasnt going to be able to

finish it  but then just last week I was really close.  So yeah it was

awesome. I want to go into Jesus the Christ a bit and start again the Book

of Mormon.

Well, my Mother, our service we had planned got cancelled! So I had to

adjust and we were at the flat a lot of the day that day, doing studies and

cleaning a bit but what I did was just really thanked and showed how

grateful we were for this member who has been an awesome help with 2 of our

investigators this couple, Orisi and Seriani.  So it wasn't how I wanted it

to be, but it was something small and I felt like he appreciated it...So

yeah. Haha.

Well I believe that is all! We are going to eat lunch after this and then

head to Labasa...Hope you guys have a good week! Tell pops I say hi! Things

are going good! Its weird how fast time flies...just about

2 more months...I was thinking back to my first area and how clueless I was

and how much I thought I knew  but how much I really didnt know!

I've definitely seen the growth! Love you guys! Take it easy! kalougata

tiko!

Elder Hansen