Iaorana Tatou!!! So something crazy that happened this week is that we got pizza almost every night dropped off at our house for our Faatamaaraas, so that was crazy. If I don't gain weight in this sector I will be shocked. We talked with the bishopric though and they'll announce something so we can actually eat with our members. As it is we have no idea who anyone in the ward is.  Foot Tanlines This week I went on a split with my faamu faamu grandma!!! (the 2nd trainer of my 2nd trainer) Her name is Soeur Siale and she's absolutly fabulous! I learned so much from her even though it was only one day. We had a lesson with L_ and T_ and they said that they still want to wait until next year to get married on their daughter's birthday. I'm so sad, but we're working with them to hopefully see that they can't wait a year to get married and baptized AND another year to get sealed.  Saturday was kinda cool because we ran into a mem...

Iaorana tatou!   I'm a sucker for sunsets. A Reunion The only word coming to my mind when I think of this week is "ridiculous", so buckle up y'all. So with transfer calls last week Sœur Bready and I are both staying, but guess who is coming into our district? My twin!!! Soeur Nicholls gets to party with us in Papeete!!! Honestly these six weeks being with a different companion has been so different because we were together for 4 1/2 months, so by the end we were the same person.  Soeur Kaufusi Lives in Our House Soeur Kaufusi Also: the new sister in our house who sœur ma is training is so wonderful! Her name is Sœur Kaufusi and she is Tongan, from New Zealand, and has lived in Australia for the past couple years. Needless to say, she's fabulous. Love her and all souer ma.    We had a Faatamaaraa for Soeur Basset's birthday! Great News! L_ and T_ have decided that they want to get married and baptized the 12 of May !!! We...

Iaorana tatou!!! Staying this Transfer So this week the rule changed for emailing in our mission and now we have a half hour less, so if my emails seem a little rushed that would be why. ;) Transfer calls came and went and I... (drumroll please) WILL BE STAYING IN PIRAE 2 WITH SOEUR BREADY! So excited to keep working hard with her!  Our Apartment Complex For P-day this week we got to hang out with our zone! We all got together at a church and made crepes and then played basketball and soccer. Update: I still still stink at both of those games? but we still managed to have a good time. ;) Teaching Patrick and Tatiana This week was super awesome because we had 2 member splits. That is a new record for these past six weeks and they both went really well! The first was with an ami named P_ and he is so awesome! This was only our first lesson with him and already he was asking really intelligent questions and making a lot of really cool connections. Love...

Iaorana tatou! Flying Cockroaches So about last week, I totally forgot to tell y'all about an experience with flying cockroaches. There was a cockroach in the house and Soeur Basset being the fast thinking human that she is handed me a empty container to trap it in. You heard that right-- yours truly caught a cockroach. I did not kill this cockroach because we were too afraid to move the box because when they're mad, they fly in your face and hard pass on angry-cockroach-to-the-face, but we did put a couple books on it and left it in the middle of our kitchen floor for a couple days. True story. Eventually Soeur Basset was brave enough and killed it, but it was in our kitchen for a good 2 or 3 days. The Local Mall and Johnny Lingo Returns This week was absolutely crazy, so be prepared. For starters, last P-day we went to the Marché in Papeete and it is HUGE. I'll put a picture below but it is gigantic. You can find anything there from handmade pearl ...

Iaorana Tatou! First of all let me apologize for last weeks email... Emailing here is always a little crazy because we are in a room full of other missionaries and I end up talking the whole time. I am my mother's daughter!  For the past couple days this monster has been waking me up early by meowing right outside our second story bedroom window. Punk. Working in a Different Area for a Day Ok, so this week was actually really awesome! For starters I went on a split with Soeur Gandon who is from France so I spoke only French for 24 hours. I feel so accomplished. They are in a walking sector and it was like a whole new world for me! They knew like everyone who passed by name and their whole life story... Super weird. Anyway, it was super awesome! We taught a woman who was afraid to pray because every time she closed her eyes to pray she felt like Satan was coming to attack her. That was fun. People are incredibly receptive to the spirit here, both good and bad ...

Ioarana Tatou!! So this week was incredible! We had a baptism Saturday and it was so awesome! She's the one in the pink dress in the front. The rest of the family was baptized in November!  For P-day we just played games with Soeur ma and made cookies! It was super awesome!  Our Cookies Our P-day Game - Drawing Hidden Bodies Story time! Once upon a time two sister missionaries went to a meeting with the stake with high hopes. It was with all the missionaries in the zone of Papeete and all the stake and ward representatives. As soon as it commenced they knew it would be a memorable experience. Two brethren got into a 10-mintute argument and everything was chaos. If anything my mission has reinforced in me a desire to be a good member after my mission to help missionaries out. Good skill to have.   So we ate the most wonderful food this week. I can't express my love for it enough. We ate with this cute family and we had good fo...

Iaorana Tatou!!! A Baptism To Come This week was pretty intense so buckle up! First of all we're planning a baptism for a little girl in our ward and she's adorable! You will all be seeing pictures soon of her cute little face! The baptism is next Saturday and Soeur Bready will be giving her first talk in French!!! I'm so excited for her! My New Companion So I realize that I haven't really told you all about Soeur Bready yet so allow me to do so real quick. She is the most adorable human ever. She's from Utah, has an identical twin, annd plays the flute. This is her first transfer out of training and she's killing it! Her French is so much better than mine was out of training. I love her so much!!! Contacting is a Blast Something that was super fun this week was we did a lot of contacting. I thought it wouldn't be very effective, but we found so many people who had already talked with the missionaries before or have family ...