Tongan Style

Aloha and Happy (late) Halloween!

The three of us had a pretty enjoyable week, though some things didn't turn out quite the way we thought it would. First off Halloween was a fun day, after the sun went down the whole zone got together and played games at the YSA chapel. It was very fun to be able to see all of the zone and to spend some time relaxing. But once November began it was back to work. Me and Elder Bird spent a day with Elder Klaassen in our area and we worked our potential lists to the bone. We were so beat by the end of that day but it felt good knowing that we had given it all that we had. Also part way through the day we were really dehydrated so we stopped at a Tongan members house and asked for a glass of water, naturally we had 3 large glasses of water and about two servings of cake and ice cream, gotta love the Polys.

Aside from the exchange we did service for that same family at their farm. We were able to help them lay some carpet at the farm house and got much food in exchange. Also the neighbor Tongans had caught a pig and were preparing to cook it in an underground oven (pronounced Emu, not sure if that's how it's spelled).

We were also able to find a family this week named the Shavers who the missionaries had met with before, they aren't too interested in converting since he is the pastor of another church but they invited us over regardless. Their son-in-law John McCue mentioned that he doesn't go to church because there is too much man-added doctrine in churches these days. We talked about the apostasy and restoration and he agreed to hear more though he is very skeptical about Joseph Smith saying that our focus should be on Christ (ironic since he brought up Joseph more than we did). Should be a fun adventure in the future.

Those are the main things this week, hope life is good for everybody on the mainland and I look forward to hearing about how you are all sharing the gospel.

Much love and aloha
Elder Smith