Back to Tuvalu

Talofa! I'm back in Tuvalu! Short trip to Fiji and then back to this paradise where it is hotter than anything and the air is salty. I really missed it actually. I miss Fiji too. Why is it that we always miss things after we get to be there, but sometimes don't enjoy them enough at the time?

Well this week was really good. We had a few last days to do some shopping in Suva, eat some McDonalds, and then hop back on the plane to Tuvalu. We came back and began setting up appointments and trying to get back into the work. Unfortunately a lot of people were sick or busy and we haven't gotten a lot of lessons in lately. It has been so hot the past few days! Someone should look up the weather and tell me how hot it is. Heidi reminded me that it was 120 degrees in Cordoba when she was there. I don't know what the temperature is here, but I definitely can relate. I am so hungry this week too. I think that's a good sign that my body is ready to gain some weight or grow or something.

A few good things that happened this week in Tuvalu:

We had branch council. This has been the recent focus of the world wide leadership trainings and our mission focus lately. Working effectively with the Branch Council to then do our work. We planned a good picnic coming up and we got back on the right curriculum for priesthood and relief society. (they were using some really old book that wasn't very good....) We had three more people to our branch council this week and that was really great.

One of our investigators, Eti, came to to church this week even though we didn't really invite him or anything. I think his whole family would have come but they were sick.

Also the parents of two of our recent converts are going to start taking the lessons and want to be baptized. If you remember the boy I baptized, Mauesi, they are his parents. I'm really excited for the whole family to be together.

The language actually is going pretty good this week I'm saying more than I used to. I still don't know what's going on sometimes but that is life. President Ostler told me in my last interview that I would probably only be here for four months so that means when we go back for zone conference around my birthday in May, I will probably stay in Fiji. We'll see how it goes, but I might tell President he can leave me here longer if he wants. I might be going crazy by then though... I don't know yet.

I tried to print some pictures in Fiji to send home, but for some reason my memory card wouldn't work in the computers of the one place we always go. I think I'll try again next time, and if it still doesn't work I'll send my memory card home with a few other things that I want to send home, including my first mission journal. Although, I haven't decided if I want to keep my journal here or not.

Thanks for all the emails and stuff. I live for emails in Tuvalu because I don't get to talk to other missionaries or get letters. Me and Elder Key are getting along really well so far in Tuvalu. We sometimes play card games and we've had really good studies here.

Loving you all,
Elder Paul Hill