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1/8/18 Raiatea Week 15 - Dinner with O_

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Iaorana Tatou!!! So this week was super awesome! We had a couple miracles I'll talk about vite fait because I don't have a lot of time (looks pointedly at companion...). Well really I just want to talk about one story. So we met someone this week named Odette who was a reference from her brother who lives in the states and met the new missionaries coming here (shoutout to all the newbie missionaries!). Anyway, Soeur Ma (the soeurs who live in our house) called her to set up and appointment and she screamed for joy.  Needless to say we were super stoked and went over there with R_ and her son who just got off of her mission. O_ was super cute and so excited to see us!!! Then we figured out that she thought we knew her brother and that's why she wanted to see us. Needless to say that was a little weird, but we taught the first lesson and the spirit was definitely there. At the end we invited her to read the Book of Mormon and she politely told us no. S...

12/18/17 Raiatea - Week 12 Staying Together, Heat Exhaustion, Ward Activity

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Iaorana Tatou!!!  The Ride Over Staying Together So this week was a little rough... but a lot of awesome things happened!!! For starters we had transfers and BOTH SOEUR NICHOLLS AND I ARE STAYING!!! It was like a rule when President Bize was here that sisters didn't stay together longer than 2 transfers, but President Fox is turning things upside down! We're so excited to stay together because we get to be together for both of our birthday's, Christmas, New Years, both of our halfway marks (January 12), and who could forget Martin Luther King Day? It will be a non-stop party. Also, Merry Christmas everyone!!! I hope it's magical! C hristmas is actually pretty big here! Mamie is even going to buy a turkey and everything. Super stoked. I can't wait to be able to Skype my family!  Tahitian Oven. It's like a super huge dutch oven in the ground.  Heat Exhaustion So something crazy that happened this week was that I almost DIED. So r...