Iaorana tatou! Achuru? Maitai roa. Bonne année! Happy New Year!

Iaorana tatou! Achuru? Maitai roa. Bonne année! Happy new year!

I've been reading te Buka a Moromona every day for the past two weeks and wow! God really likes blessing you with the gift of tongues when you read the BoM in your mission language. It still took me 4 hours to read 1 Nephi 1 but that's irrelevant. I can actually read entire sentences without a dictionary sometimes! WHOO! #progress

I got a new companion and I love her!!! Sr Bready is basically a ray of sunshine, always happy and so loving! She's from AF and will go home after this transfer (whyyyyy!!!!) she also has the best laugh ever.




I went to a marriage/ baptism this week (basically no one gets married, they just live together so a lot of the times when someone gets baptized they'll get married the same day and it's so sweet!) for Laiza Hikutini and let me just say that was a huuuuuge miracle and I'm sooooo happy!!!! She's been so ready and we've all been waiting for this day to come! She was crying during her testimony and the talks, agh love her!!

Her 7 yr old son, Matatini is literally my favorite child ever and it was so cute during her baptism he got a little chair and sat as close to the font glass as possible right in front of his mom. No one else could see her but peu importe, he was so excited for her!

This week has been a looooot of contacting which is good, gotta love it.

Also new years day is bigger than Christmas here I swear. EVERYONE was throwing a fête and everyone still wishes us bonne année instead of saying hi on the street. Btw, the fêtes here consist of sitting in the street in front of your house drinking and smoking and listening to really really autotuned tahitian-remixed american music. So didn't get a lot done that day. But we drank sparkling cider before bed and heard the fireworks. Happy new year! My goal is to finish The Book of Mormon in French and Tahitian by the end of the year! Let's DO THIS!!

That's about it, I love the culture her, so chill and loving and funny and honest. People tell us whether or not we're fat, and always make us eat so much but it's cuz they love us. Seriously feel famous walking down the street.

Remember, never limit your potential! Never limit your capacity to receive spiritual gifts and promptings and blessings from God! Do whatever you can to be who he wants you to be!

Also, do the come follow me studying! It's amazing!!


Oti hoia, nana!

Soeur Isaacson





  

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  1. inmyleafyteapotJanuary 15, 2019 at 10:21 PM

    Lovely lovely lovely!!
    It's so pretty lush and green! You look happy like I've never seen on your sweet face😊😊😘😘❤

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