2-10-2013

Ahoy there Jensens!

This area is definitely the awesomest!  Lotofago is on the other side of the island from where I was before--maybe like an hour away.  When we were driving to the area, we went through all these mountains.  I was stoked.  It felt like driving through Spanish Fork Canyon or something.  But the mountains are way sicker and steeper, but not as tall.

Our whole zone is crazy pretty in terms of the nature.  We cover the very east side of the island.  It's all like white sandy beaches and cool mountains and sick sunsets and tons of sweet stuff like that.  My area has some sweet waterfalls too--it's tight.  This is the kind of area I've been waiting to get transferred into my whole mission.  It's tight.  I'm way stoked on it.

The work is a little slow right now, but I think it will pick up soon.  Elder Faitau and I are new to the area and don't know anybody, which makes it kind of tough.  But  it's cool.  I'm stoked to still get to be companions with Faitau.  I don't think missionaries usually get transferred together very often.  Cool bones, cool bones.

There's really no investigators right now, but we got a few referrals that we're going to contact so we'll see.  Lotofaga is a small branch, but all the members are crazy strong.  So it's good--I'm stoked to be here.  Me and my comp are still ZL's, so that's alright, I guess.  It  will be cool if the zone is not a bunch of rangoes.  It's all good though.  I can't think of much else to say.  We're still just getting used to the area and the branch, etc.  The mission is tight.  I'm excited to see what is in store in the next few months.

I'll leave you with an old Samoan proverb:  "E le falulafua le niu ae falala ona o le matagi."  Translation:  "The coconut tree doesn't lean for no reason at all, it leans because of the wind."

Elder Johansen