This week we've seen some miracles. They are so small but so grand and if you aren't paying attention you might miss it. We decided to text a scripture to one of our investigators to read and she later told us that after reading that very scripture she now believes fully that the church is true! It was a hard thing to hold back from saying, "I chose that scripture! I chose it. dang I'm good." But instead to step back and say, "Thank you." So what did i learn this week? We are all His tools. When we give our will to Heavenly Father He allows good things to happen through us for others. We need to learn to not get in the way of that. If we learn to be a little bit more selfless and helpful, Heavenly Father will allow us to watch miracles happen.:)
I'm still learning to become a better hugger.... So, you know how people greet each other differently all around the world? Some with a hug, a kiss, a handshake. hehehe. I think I made up my own greeting by accident. What you are really supposed to do "as seen through observation" is: Grab their shoulders, pull them in, kiss their cheek, and then hug... What I do: Hug. Press cheek to cheek. Push away.... I should ask someone if I hug wrong but I don't want to hear their answer.
Companionship: Up, down, all turned around. But things are good! My companion is actually a very talented singer and I told her that she should sing a song about every thing she's been going through... She actually wrote a very powerful song based on a scripture that she sings to everyone. It's really good.... Talking about repentance and allowing Jesus Christ to come into your life to free you from despair.
Thank you for the letters I got this week! They were all so great :) It's wonderful to hear from those of you who write. There are some Elders that get sad when I get letters and they don't so they have asked me to ask all of you if one of you might write them at least once.
· Elder Anderson (from Utah....he is like a dog inside a man's body...funniest kid you will ever meet, but doesn't know it.)
· Elder Oler (from Canada....uh he's tall and Canadian. Zone Leader)
· Elder Tekurio (from French Polynesia....Musically gifted, overly excited. Zone Leader)
So the Branch President here in Katikati is an ex-Catholic and apparently a surprisingly well-known author? He has a health book out, as well as a few other titles. One lady in the branch told us that if we read his article about women (somewhere free on the internet) we will be able to get any man we want.... Well I can't wait to read that, in a year! lol His name is David Coory and his health book is actually very highly recommended. He taught us about an awesome drink: molasses in milk. It's amazing. Apparently it's a detox & iron booster. I like to put a hint of almond extract in it, too. People also eat a lot of silver beet here (might have a different name in the states? They call cantaloupe rock melon here). If you boil silver beet in water and drink the juice it's suppose to be the best detox ever....and it is. I drank it and broke out big time afterwards because it was dejunkin' my sugary system. yayyy. [note: silver beet is actually swiss chard!]
Eating with Tongans... Not an easy task. I love the Lutui family but they like to trick me. One of their sons told me that during a meal if you are finished with your drink you have to flip it upside down or else someone will just fill it up for you. Not knowing any better, I do it, but every time I do everyone just laughs and laughs at me. They have this drink that is watermelon chucks, pineapple, and milk and its a big chunky sugary mess. It's good but a little goes a long way. I have found that Tongans do not believe in a glass half full.... ever. It must be full or it must be empty. And if it's empty it will soon be full. Even though they were joking about the upside down cup I do it anyways because it works.
The Samoans tell us that "The more you eat, the more people will love you." I hope that's not true because that would be a pretty short and bloated life. At least with the Tongan family in our Branch I try to distract them from my not eating by learning their language. One of the young women whispered in my ear how to say "Thank you for the meal. It's good." in Tongan. ...When I said it to the mother she had the most disgusted and confused look on her face.... Terrified that I was lead astray decided to give my best Nacho Libre smile and look at the children who were encouraging me with confused eyes....... Her face eventually softened and she said, "You're welcome Sister Moore."....I think she was so taken back by my good accent that she was wondering if i secretly knew Tongan (hehe).... But really I wish I could read their exaggerated facials more clearly because more than half the time I have no idea what anyone is REALLY saying!!!
More Food Talk:
OK I can't believe I haven't told you this but the best chocolate you will ever, ever eat is called Black Forest. It's our number one go to hangry chocolate fix. ….So we finally bought the "good" butter: Tell me, tell me, HOW ON EARTH do people get past that raw, non-pasteurized taste?...Also how weird is it that people eat BEETS with everything. Beets on burgers, beet salad, beet drink, beets, beets, beets! Everything beets beets! ...The cream is really good though. I like it because it masks the taste of the fish when we eat it. ...They eat cakes with cream all the time.... not sure they put sugar in their whipped cream though :/ …The pies are really good too. They have nailed the pastry here, but the filling isn't the best... We like the $2 cheap pies over the bakery pies.
Transfers are this week.... we shall see if this Katikati sister is going to the cityyy..... it's kiwi season starting which means lots and lots of free kiwis here soon! country 1pt.
Until next week,
Sis Moore
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