AHHHH!!!! FAMILY!! I miss and love you all!!
I can't believe you guys pulled Secret Santa names
already. Thanks Josh and Sweetie
for telling me who you picked. I
always had too big of a mouth.
Mine was never a secret! Lol
I'm bummed I missed all of Nela’s fun mission
farewell stuff this past week. If he didn’t leave to Ghana yet, tell him I love
him and will pray for him. Tell him it’s hard but the blessings are so worth
it.
Hey I have thought a lot this week about Uncle
David?? HOW IS HE DOING??? How is
Paini Leka?? I pray for them so much.
I hope that they will get out of the hospital soon!
I have a rule. No crying when reading my
emails. That makes me cry. Lol The
elders all look at me like I’m a freak. Then by the end, they lean over and ask
for a tissue. Ha ha ha ha
But I have started to write things down during
the week so I remember what I want to email y’all.
This week flew by. It’s crazy how fast it went. We lost contact with our old investigator Junior. :( But this week we got 3 new investigators. Which is AWESOME. The lessons are getting much better. I have gotten pretty good at Spanish
already. But I still need the
LOADS of work. I thank my success
with Spanish completely to the Lord.
In the beginning of the week, my district realized that our Spanish
wasn’t where we wanted it to be.
We were getting frustrated.
So we decided as a district that we wanted to fast. Not just a no-food fast…we went on a
no-english fast. Probably the best
thing I could do. 24 hours with no
English kinda forces you to pick up Spanish. It was hard, no doubt, but my Spanish since then has
improved so much.
So for today’s p-day, to answer grams
question... We did go out. Every p-day we have the amazing opportunity to go to
the Guatemala temple. Then right
after the temple we did like a 5 minute walk to this little mall. It was cool.... THEY SELL MY MACADAMIA
HAIR PRODUCTS!!! Best thing
ever. I was so happy. Then we came back to the CCM and ate
lunch and played volleyball. I
wrote sweetie a letter and I think they send them out tomorrow. Last p-day I wrote mom a letter. I’m trying to write one every
week. But they say it takes 12
days... so we will see... Grams I
miss you and Papa so much and hope that you guys have fun in Hawaii for
Christmas. I will be thinking of
you guys.
BTW DONT SEND A PACKAGE TO CCM!!! Send it to the mission home. I don't think it will get here in
time. I’m not sure what I need
though Mom. Let me think about it
and I will try to write it to you next week. If that is ok?
Elder Tufuga said that IS his aunty!!! What a small world. Elder Tufuga is from California and
will be serving here in Guatemala.
Elder Ngungutau... is from Dallas, Texas.
No one in the CCM is serving in my mission
except for one elder. Elder Sione
Fua. He is the Samoan elder and he
is from New Zealand and is my district leader. He is awesome and so I am excited to able to serve along
side him.
Hey, please tell Kawehii Hall that one of my
teachers served in Las Vegas and she knows KAWEHII!! She had her 2 last transfers when Kawehi came. THAT MADE ME CRY!! Felt so good to hear someone knew her. I miss her.
BTW I love the photo book. I use it like everyday….In lessons,
class, and basically everything. I
have a problem with showing my family off. BTW can you add Maui and Kim to the emails? I miss them and have thought a lot about
them this week.
Another thing that’s super random... Idk why,
but I lead the music for every class. Don’t ask me why they ask the tone deaf one to lead. Ha
ha But whatever.. I like it.
Today is a super exciting day for the CCM!! Since we got here... it has been all North
Americans but today we finally get some Latinos!! It’s so exciting! So far we have only gotten one elder
from Argentina. He is awesome and really good at volleyball. But I’m excited to meet the sisters. We should be getting 17 Hermanas. So I’m super excited! Hopefully they can help me with the Spanish.
Fun fact: Every Sunday we have to prepare a
talk in Spanish and the bishopric will call on someone last second. It’s crazy nerve raking... but at the
same time exciting.
Okay btw I am so thankful for my Polynesian
side and my latina side. I don’t think I have ever been more grateful for who I
am.
So thank you mommy and daddy...
I hope I answered everyone’s questions.
Okay now for the good stuff...
This week was awesome. I feel like every week has its ups and
downs. This week it was mostly up
but when I was down, I realized something. I realized that you need to be constantly striving to do
your best. I learned that you
can't be lazy for one minute or the Lord will pull blessings from you. There
was one day that I was so tired I didn’t say my morning prayer and I didn’t
have the best attitude. Worst day ever!!! I know now that the Lord doesn't just want, He needs me to
work my hardest 24/7. He needs me
to be the best missionary I can be because I have a purpose here. I am not just here to learn and grow. I am here to bring Heavenly Father’s
children back to Him. He needs
them back with him. It's not my
time. It’s the Lord’s time and I wouldn’t dare waste the Lord’s time. My love for my Heavenly Father
and Savior grows more and more every day. I love this gospel with all of me. Lessons are sometimes frustrating because I fell the spirit
so strong and I feel this huge burning message I want to share and there is
only a tiny window that it can come out of. I look forward to the day I can let it all out.
Read 1 Nephi 7:12. This scripture has helped me so much. It always reminds me that with the Lord
all things are possible and that I can't loose faith.
Side note: I love reading and studying everyday... I feel like I learn
so much!!!
My district sang a song at a devotional and I
wanted to share part of it with y’all....
"We are as the Army of Helaman. We have been taught in our youth. And we
are now the Lords missionaries. We'll
bring the world His truth."
I loved it. And I love you all... And again thank you all for your
prayers. I honestly feel them. I feel your love every minute of the
day.
Tell Daddy I love him so much... I pray for him
so much. I was at the temple this
morning and I managed not to cry…..Until I started to pray for my family… I
BALLED!!
It’s okay though, everyone is getting used to
my crying already! lol
Please tell Vela and Mary I pray for them every
night and I pray for aunty Wendy.... That she will be able to let Mary go. Lol
Tell Aiona thank you so much for the “novel”
and that I will write to her next week oh….. and …..HAPPY 18th
BIRTHDAY!
Mom I don't have Bishops’ email... But can you
tell him I love him and am praying for a quicker recovery. I hope he feels
better!!!
Please tell Aunty Benita Happy Birthday
too! She is so awesome.
I love you all... My sweet sweet family!! Hang in there!! You guys are so awesome. Thank you for being the kind of family
that I love to talk about and I love to brag about. LOVE YOU ALL!!!
LOVE YOU ALL!!! KISSES FROM GUATEMALA!!
--
--Hermana Kava--
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