Week 53

Kia Ora! This week has been interesting. It started off with being in the flat most of the day sick on Tuesday and on Wednesday we were supposed to have exchanges with some elders but one of them was sick so Elder Ward took him around to get some meds and than we spent the rest of the day trying to contact some people. Thursday we had to drive around and get some stuff done for missionaries in our zone and some other things for Elder Ward and than in the afternoon we tried to go and talk to some people in the street. That evening though we had a lesson with a little boy named Davien who has been wanting to get baptized so we taught him and he's been progressing super fast. He just soaks up everything and will be getting set for baptism this week on Thursday. We plan to have taught him everything and have him baptized on the 28th of September! He's such a great kid and we've loved teaching him. It was awesome cause his grandma is a member and told us we needed to teach him so it's been great getting little referrals like that haha. Friday we had some weekly planning and started another exchange. I was with Elder Mondejar from Papa New Guinea. We didn't have anything to crazy happen that day but it was nice to get to know him a bit more before he goes home in a few weeks. Saturday I was still on exchanges with Elder Mondejar but during that Elder Ward and other missionaries did the chalkboard activity again and I'll have a few photos posted on what I looked like! Sunday was pretty good. We taught Davien again and just like last time he soaked it up and we just feel like we are reviewing everything with him😂 We had some great talks at church as well. All focused on some sort of missionary work or ministering. The Stake President spoke in the Tongan word and I wish I was able to understand it all because he is really an amazing speaker. Later we went to go visit heaps of people and just had heaps of leaving cause everyone decided to be gone😂 This week has been a bit weird we didn't have too much happen. We weren't able to visit many of the people we normally do or have been trying to for a while. But we keep pushing forward! It's crazy that I've been in a Tongan ward for 4 weeks now and I still feel like I'm staring at them looking as clueless as ever😂 it's been great serving them and getting to know the culture better. I love them so much and can bet I'll come back acting like them😁😂 I hope yous all have a great week! Ofa lahi atu! Love, Elder Wilding