Bula,
Lets just say I have been very humbled this week realizing that my last area was very easy compared to this new one. Geez, here’s how it is. My comp is Elder Tafuna'I, he has under a month left on his mission and he is the only one in the mission that has served in the office before so therefore he is the only one who knows how to do things. Another thing is that he only speaks FOB English (Fresh Off the Boat), which is just like broken English, so it makes it difficult to understand what he is saying, haha. So we go to the office every day after studies until about 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. Afterwards we go out and try and get as many lessons in as possible until 9:00, and that is our whole purpose. The ward I'm in now is good but it is tiny compared to Suva
Anyways, I'm done whining, it’s really all fine. It’s really awesome; I'm just new so I know it will just get easier.
So… a couple of cool stories…
1.) My first day in this area we went over to a recent convert’s house just to talk and what not and she said there is a girl who wants to take lessons and has gone to church with them a couple times. Her name is Lini, she is sweet. We were able to get two lessons with her this week. But it’s just cool how we find people who God has prepared to hear the gospel. We run into people all the time who are just golden and very ready for baptism. Heavenly Father works in his own ways most of the time. I don't understand, but as we just go with the flow things work themselves out as long as we are willing to change when it is needed.
2.) Hahaha, so this morning we got to play a basketball game against the Fiji National Team. Brother Whippy was in my old ward and he works for the church so I see him all of the time and so the two of us set it up. So this morning at 5:00 the Elders played the National Team, it was way fun. I'm just glad we have Elder Malo because he is 6'7” and 250, so we had someone down low to take their big guys. It was fun but they really aren't very good, ha, they probably couldn't beat Chattanooga Technical College
Anyways that’s about it from over here. I'm still having a blast and it’s still awesome but just different.
Good to hear from you all.
Peace and Blessings,
Elder Garrett Hanke
We were at Grandpa Mike and Grandma Von’s house in Vernal when Garrett’s email came on Sunday night. Kyle wanted to asked some questions, so we tried the “live email” process again, and it worked out, which was awesome in my book! Kyle wanted to know what Garrett does on his P Days, so here is the response to that question:
P-days we go out and e-mail and do all that kind of business, but from 2:30 until 5:00 we just play basketball and volleyball at one of the churches. A ton of YSA (Young Single Adults) come for the games, too, so we have like 100 people out to play. It’s way fun but playing the National Team is where it is at.
How are you Kyle?
Kyle and Jeff had me tell Garrett about the baseball tourney that Kyle just played in (playing with the older boys and getting Player of the Game in one of the games – good stuff!) and about all of the golf he’s been getting in this summer (in between baseball games). This is the response from Garrett:
Playing with the big boys, that’s what I'm talkin’ about, haha! Keep working hard and practicing.....for going on a mission, haha! But still that’s sweet, player of the game, nice, man.
We also received an email from Garrett late last night letting us know that he received his UPS package with his bank card, so that was a relief.
Hope everyone has a nice week. Love to you all – and thanks for the support.
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