How are Sam and Natasha?
Unfortunately, they haven't been to church the past two weeks. We're not sure what happened yesterday, but last week, Sam missed church so that he could go buy church clothes (really?) That just made us laugh. But other than that, they are all doing really well.
Does the mother and father both work in most families there?
It varies. The cost of living here is extremely high, but childcare is even more expensive. Somebody told me that they pay $200 per day per child. So depending on the size of the family and the age of the kids, it is sometimes (almost always) cheaper for the mother to stay home.
Do you know any of your neighbors? Are they friendly?
One of our neighbors (Simon) really loves BMX racing. He's older (probably 50's), but he still has an assortment of bikes and is always working on one. It's kind of funny because we have the worst bikes in the mission. Something is always falling apart and he will stop us every day and insist that he fix whatever's broken at the time. He's not very interested in religion, but he's always good to talk to.
Spiritual experience from this week:
On Friday we were out knocking doors, but I kept getting this nagging feeling. So I stopped my companion and told him that I really felt like we needed to visit some members in that area. I flipped through the ward list and found one name that I had never seen before. The only problem was, I hadn't taken a picture of the map, so I had no idea how to find the street (there are hundreds of streets in this area). We walked to the end of the road, only to find out that we were actually on the street that we needed to find! So we went to the house and knocked on the door, only to find a less-active lady from the northern part of our ward that had been avoiding us for weeks, but was just visiting her sister for the day. It felt like the story of Jonah and the whale. You can't hide from God and you can't hide from whales. I'm the whale.
I'll keep this one short :)
Elder Nelson
1. I caught Elder Anitema stealing the watermelon. jk he just looks suspicious.
2. Last pday we went to a traditional tongan farm that the members here take care of. They fed us really good watermelon.
3. Me next to a Taro plant. Taro is kind of like a gray sweet potato. Most islander meals have taro as a side dish.
4. Elder Falaniko and I at a local lookout.
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