Sup Dudes,
To
answer a finity of questions from you I will begin that life is
treating me good. Yes, I still do have a car in my new area. I
accidentally ripped off the little mirror on the back window when it
caught on the volleyball net in front of our house. But I've got secret
hookups to get it replaced for me. :)
The ward is good. It's small, but strong. The members are helpful to the missionaries, so it's good.
And
also, I don't get boils. Other missionaries do, but only the sissies.
Don't send me any cream or anything--it's unnecessary. And the only
thing I really need are those watermelon seeds if you can get them here
asap--that would be so great.
This week was the sickest! We had a ton of success
this week. I was stoked to the bones. We have two baptisms set up this
week--Sione and Ainoauna. Sione is 14 and Ainoauna is 11. Their mom
is the Tongan lady, Uila, that we've been helping to come back to
church. She was inactive for seven years, but now has been going for
the past month straight. Her husband is in American Samoa right now and
maybe for another month or two. He's not a member but goes to church
every week over there in American Samoa. We're hoping to work with him
when he comes back.
We also have baptismal dates for this other family
we've been working with. The mom, To'e, and five kids have gone to
church for the past two weeks straight and are set to be baptized on the
first week of April. However, the dad, Faafiti, hasn't been to church
yet. He wants to go, but because he goes fishing all night on Saturday
night and then is too tired to go to church on Sunday. (Samoans fish at
night and swim around in the water with a bright light and a spear to
get the fish.) So we're working with him and really hope that they will
all be able to be baptized together. We may have to postpone To'e and
the kids' baptisms if Faafiti isn't ready. We'll see.
Also this week we visited a man who we had never met
before, but when we showed up at the house, he said that he had been
reading the "Mormon Bible" right before we showed up and really like it
and wanted to know more about it. Cause this dude (Tino) is a worker
for this other guy (Taua) that we've been visiting a little bit. But
Taua has been in Apia and so Tino has been watching his house. He said
he was just sitting there and then he just decided to pick up the book
he saw on the table and read it. So I was stoked. We invited him to
read it and pray to know it's true. We'll go back this week and see
what happens. It was crazy too cause when we were on the way to the
house, we got a call from this guy in the branch saying that we had to
go to his house to pick up our dinner and that he was waiting for us.
But we just went to our visit anyway and were able to find Tino. And
then we went to pick up our meal and the guy was all mad cause we were
like an hour late. But then we just spanked his funny bone and told him
to keep it real.
Also, thank you for the St. Patrick's box!!! I
laughed cause you sent me a polo shirt. "Polo" in Samoan is like a bad
word. (Note--I looked it up and Eric's not kidding about this!) So I
will wear it with pride. Haha, no jk.
Also this week the Relief Society had a dance and
made the men dress up like women and dance. Haha, it made me think of
the scripture in Deuteronomy 22:5. I don't know where they come up with
these strange ideas for activities.
And this week we ate a meal with a blind man who
sings on the street in Apia for a living. He's a member, but less
active. I think I got paranoid that we was just tricking me to see if I
would slip up and then he would reveal his true colors. So I made sure
to stay on my toes just in case he was one of those phoneys.
Also, I was teaching my companion about all the
wishes. Samoans are crazy superstitious, so my comp was extra stoked
when I told him about all the possible wish opportunities--like at
11:11, or on a shooting star, or a wishing well, or a loose eyelash--I
explained them all. And then I had to laugh when he was all excited and
telling me how he made the best wish yesterday. Cause at the church
they were having a birthday party for this girl and we were sitting
outside our house and could see them all lighting the candles on the
cake. My comp said that he waited just before she blew out the candles
and he made his wish. And then I had to tell him that you can't make
wishes on other people's birthday cake--just your own. Haha, he was
pretty bummed. It made me laugh. My comp's the man. We've almost been
companions for 5 months now. He finishes in like 3 weeks, it's nuts.
I'm gonna spank him out strong though--none of that "trunky" stuff.
Anyways, that's all I got.
Alofa Atu,
Elder Johansen
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