Hello Hello G.O.O.D World!!
This past week has been crazy. Went on a grip of exchanges (Well..like 2) and finally, for the first time in 5 MONTHS,
saw other Polynesians!!!!! Samoans and Tongans but i was like...
d=(^_^)=b My Brothers!!! Haha it was crazy! They were like "The only
missionaries we ever see are palangi and they're usually fwams..."
Hahahahahaha Yuppp too funny. Felt like i was kickin it with the boys in
Provo all over again haha Anyways, here was my past week. It was a lot
more interesting than the past. Leggo!
Tuesday September 25th: Today i went on exchanges in Willard with
my Zone Leader; Elder Frei. It was...different. Hes dope and all that
but we are 2 very very different people haha. We had a good exchange. We
spent most of the day contacting referrals and visiting members. We got
them 3 new investigators it was too clean. We also helped out with the
bishop storehouse out here...i wish we got hooked up with Bishop
storehouse food. Those pears in a can?! Im sayin though! Grew up on
those right therrrrr!!! Haha later that night we taught the Word of
Wisdom to one of their investigators whos getting baptized at the end of
the month. Thats pretty much it to be real haha
Wednesday September 26th: Started the day off with a good ol
District Meeting. My comps the DL and he pretty much tells me everything
we're discussing in the meeting before we attend...so. Haha Its coo
though. We talked about Revelation and how important it is in our
religion. After i went on exchange out in Boliver. Its little uinversity
town. SBU (Southern Baptist University) Like my last exchange, most of
the day was spent contact less-actives and members. Then we met with
this Tongan cat, John. His wife is a member and hes taking the lessons.
They only met with him once before, so we taught the Plan of Salvation.
Like it does with most people, the idea of Eternal Families got to
pullin at his Heart stings so, i followed the promptings of the spirit
and....young boys gettin baptized in 5 weeks!!! GET IT!! Haha it was
crazy!!!! Elder Macilroy, the Elder i was on exchange with said they
invited him the last time and he said the dude was scared haha. Its all
gravy. He asked me to baptize him too so i get to make a trip up to
Boliver to baptize him when the time comes!! Yeyyy Buddy!! After his
lesson, his wife gave a referrals to "A Polys up the street" Yup...there
was good 12 of them in these 2 apartments next to each other. Elder
Macilroy was tooooooo scared to go in haha Dont Be Scary BOIIII!!!!!
haha I could see why he was though...they were HUGE! Haha, most of them
played ball for SBU. We got talkin, some were from Tonga, Samoa and
Cali. The cats from the Island said that their parents told them
Polynesians werent allowed in the LDS church and that our church was
racist... .__. im posted in your living room...obviously not haha. All
of them said they want to take the lessons, im going to teach em next
week. I do it.. haha
Thursday September 27th: Well, President called 2 days ago and
said he wanted to talk to me.... (.__.) yup...i know i didnt do anything
wrong...haha besides wear a fresh Flannel to transfer points cause it
was cold and i was sick and the AP's were upset but besides that...haha
Nah, i met with im and i wasnt in trouble. The meeting we had was
actually a surprise. It was a very spiritual, testimony building
meeting. Its private so i aint tellin ya'll...haha in a nut shell...he
told me that he knows i will be a Trainer, District Leader, Zone Leader
then Assistant by the time i get home. He just doesnt know when its all
going down. (^_^)=b I'll take it Pres haha. But that was my
Thursday....oh and we exchanged back.
Friday September 28th: Spent the day visiting less-actives and
tracting. Only lesson we taught was to The Harringtons. We watched the
Restoration and talked about all the restored truths that our church was
established and restored. It was good spiritual lesson for sure.
Saturday September 29th: First things first. Went to my Little
League ball teams 2nd game. The Republic Young Guns. We won 62-0 haha It
was sad. They dont have a mercy rule in 6th grade. We had 4 Defensive
Scores. All by my D-Line! Yup...Coach Puttin in work on that O and D
line haha It was sweet victory. After we blitz the Republic area with
those missionaries and taught a 12 lessons haha It was crazy. We put in
some serious work out there haha Had dinner with a family out there and
headed back to Aurora.
Sunday September 30th: Fast and Testimony meeting. Shared my
testimony to the congregation...not a dry eye in the building! (': haha
just kidding. It was a very emotional testimony meeting though. That was
about the extent of my sunday. Studied all afternoon till dinner then
came home and slept...haha
Well, that was my week boy and girls. It was a pretty packed one. This upcoming week should be too haha
Before i wrap this email up, I got word that my toko Sean Halladay
passed away...im at a loss for words really. I wasnt as close to him as
i'd wished but growing up around PJ and his family, Sean was always
there. He told me I had to get him some tickets to a Utah game sometimes
haha Ah man, Sean, thank you for everything. when i was younger, I
thought you and Sione were the coolest guys ever haha I still think you
are Sione haha Rest In Paradise my friend. The wonderful thing
about the mission is you teach the Plan of Salvation and you come to
understand and realize that your friends and family will see you again.
Ofa Lahi Atu Toko.
Till Next Time
Take Care
-Elder Isaac Asiata