Male! (apparently that is the shortened version of hello)
HAH! a miracle just happened!! I figured out how to get
pictures on this email because the nice sister next to me showed me that you
need this memory card adapter to plug into the computer and she let me borrow
hers. So to explain the pictures- most of them are just from trips to the
temple and temple walks. I ran into Emily Kenney-- a friend from freshman ward
who is going to japan and I took a pic with her. Other pictures were from my
first day with my comp and sister reid and sister medina who are going to Tonga
with me. The weird picture of two little piles on the floor is a really cute and
funny story!...
There is a girl here at the MTC going to the phillipines and
she came straight from Tonga. Her name is sister Saafi. She is SO sweet! And
people have not been exaggerating about the generosity of Tongans. About a week
ago, she found out that our room had 3 palangi girls who were going to Tonga
and she has been giving us stuff ever since. One day she dropped off two tongan
dresses for sister Reid and sister Medina because she knew they didn't have
any. The next day she dropped of a skirt for sister reid. The next night, it
was quiet time and we were about to turn off the lights and go to sleep when i
heard a bunch of little knocks on the door. I opened it and sister saafi was
standing there and whispering something in broken english and then she shoved a
bunch 2 paper towels full of random treats into my hands. the paper towels were
full of an odd collection of stale mini cookies, pieces of bubble gum. and a
few red vines. It was sooo adorable! I know she didn't have much, but she just
really wanted to give us whatever she had.
That's all for stuff about the pictures.
Other events of the week-
Bishop Causse of the presiding bishopric came and spoke with
his wife tuesday. They were adorable and I love their french accents and he
even played a piano solo as part of his talk. I sang in the choir for that
devotional.
Yesterday I was sick. Yuck, but thanks to a much needed nap,
cough drops, and grandma's essentail oils, I am feeling a lot better. But i
still sound like a man.
Good thing I was feeling better today because I got to be an
escort at the temple today!!! 2 new sisters who came into our zone this week
came from countries without temples. (papa new guinea and fiji.... okay the
fiji temple is closed.) They got their endowment today and it was such a good
experience for them! I was honored that our zone president asked my comp and I
to be their escorts. Those girls have sacrificed sooo much to be on a mission.
They don't have much, but they give everything they have to the lord. One is the
only member in her family and she was baptized 2 years ago, and the other left
a family who relied on her for financial support and now she doesn't know if
they have money for food anymore. I am so humbled to be around them. All they
talk about is how much they love God and how much they love me and my comp and
all the other sisters.
Okay I am out of time... but scripture for the week! Look it
up: 1 Nephi 13:37 It's a good one and I don't have time to quote it.
I love you all and miss you all, but really, there is no
place else I'd rather be.
Til next week!!
Ofa atu <3
--
Sister Emily Bever
Tonga Nuku'alofa Mission
Emily with her roommates Sis. Medina, Sis. Reid and Sis. Hosea
Emily's companion, Sis. Hosea from Salt Lake who is going to San Jose Tongan Speaking Mission
With Roomies
I'm sure Emily is telling someone how to take the picture ;)
Gifts from Sis.Saafi who is from Tonga going to the Phillipines
Trip to the temple
With Sis. Kenney who is a friend from Freshman year at BYU
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