This letter will be short because I am out of time...Oops...but anyway this week was good. First off three things to understand about Tahiti.
1. The stars here at night are incredible.
2. I dont know how but it is freezing here at night so a cute missionary couple gave me blankets and I was so happy.
3. People here never just drink water. It is a rule you have to drink juice or some sweet drink.
Ok sorry that was random but I just thought you would like to know random facts.
Almost all of our lessons were canceled, and the ones that were not canceled were with children who have a 2 second attention span, but they are adorable so it is fine.
Do you remember Augustine? We started to teach her and then she moved to Moorea with her boyfriend and baby. She is my age and she is one of the sweetest people. She really wanted to be baptized when we asked her but her boyfriend didn't want to change his ways. Well we got a call from Augustine two nights ago that her boyfriend had a change of heart and they will be married December 21, and she will get baptized the same night. I cried I was so happy for her. I guess the Elders over there on Moorea really helped her boyfriend where we couldn't. Unfortunately we can't go to the baptism because it will be on Moorea but I don't even care I am just so happy for her.
Basically all of our investigators are what you call forever investigators. They keep commitments but don't progress. It is super frustrating but we continue to do our best for them. In the end it is them who has to decide to have the faith to take the next step.
Faith is such an interesting concept and I have learned a lot about what it really means to exercise faith here. I have learned that this work is not the work of man. There is no way. There is no way I could do any of this without the Lord, and that takes a lot of faith on my part. I just have to do my best and have the faith that in each situation if I have been obedient and done my part, he will make up for the rest, and He does. I know, even though it is really hard for me to see right now, there are people being prepared for me to teach in Tuauru. Where they are I have absolutely no idea, but they are there. The best I can do is just do my best to be in tune with the spirit and I know miracles will happen. I love you all. Remember the Lord is always there.
Soeur Kimball
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Mahina, Tahiti October 28, 2013
Bonjour famille et mes amis,
What can I say? Slowly but surely things are getting better here. The transition has been without lies pretty rough but I am starting to settle into things now. I had some pretty amazing experiences this week so lets start with that.
This week I really saw the power of the Preisthood. Last Sunday one of the other sisters I live with got a blessing for spiritual strength from the elders, and my companion asked me if I wanted one too. I did but I said no because I didn't want to bother the elders. Anyway, since then I had the impression over and over that I should get a blessing. I kept putting it off until we had an experience with the Preisthood with one of our Amis yesterday. Klann one of our amis was really sick and he had been sick for a while. Soeur Ferrence and I visited him and his wife and Soeur Ferrence asked if Klann maybe wanted a blessing for healing. He said yes so we had Dan Taumihau who usually is the member who comes with us to the lessons come. We sat down and Dan explained the process of the blessing of healing to Klann clearly and explained that it only worked on faith. After we all knelt and prayed for the spirit to be there. Following Dan gave the blessing to Klann and the spirit was so strong. I could feel the love of God for Klann so strongly. After Dan gave the blessing we just sat. And nobody said anything. One of the things I have learned as a missionary is that silences are good things.
Silence gives time for the spirit to work through reflection and pondering. I really hope Klann and Laurette felt the power of the Priesthood that was there that afternoon. I can't even really explain it but it was just so powerful, and it was an answer to our prayers because the doctine Klann and Laurette struggle with the most is the idea of a modern prophet that holds the power of the Priesthood. We have a lesson with them this week so I hope they really will have open hearts and have the desire to be baptized.
After all that, I had the impression again that I needed a blessing too,we called the Elders and they gave me a blessing (in English thank goodness). I have been having a hard time sleeping in the morning from anxiety for the language and I am just so grateful for the comfort I recieved from the blessing. I know the things that were said were directly from Heavenly Father; That Elder giving me the blessing knew absolutely nothing about me, but the things said were exactly for me. It was so perfect and that is why I am just so grateful for the Priesthood. The head of the church is truly Jesus Christ. This is His work and Thomas S Monson is His prophet.
So I guess Sunday was a good end for the week. I guess what I have to say is there is really no reason to worry about me here. I actually really enjoy all of the food here except the fatty chicken. Actually, raw fish is my favorite thing to eat, and the avocados here are super delicious. Unfortunately we don't eat raw fish often because it is expensive, but when we do, I love it. We are really lucky in our house here and we have a lot of luxuries. I think that we have the nicest missionary housing on the Island, even though there are still a thousand mosquitos and some cochroaches. Life here is good and I get to wear sandals all the time. Me and my companion run to the beach every morning and it is beautiful.
Tahiti is beautiful, but more beautiful are the people here. I am so blessed;
Love
Soeur Kimball
What can I say? Slowly but surely things are getting better here. The transition has been without lies pretty rough but I am starting to settle into things now. I had some pretty amazing experiences this week so lets start with that.
This week I really saw the power of the Preisthood. Last Sunday one of the other sisters I live with got a blessing for spiritual strength from the elders, and my companion asked me if I wanted one too. I did but I said no because I didn't want to bother the elders. Anyway, since then I had the impression over and over that I should get a blessing. I kept putting it off until we had an experience with the Preisthood with one of our Amis yesterday. Klann one of our amis was really sick and he had been sick for a while. Soeur Ferrence and I visited him and his wife and Soeur Ferrence asked if Klann maybe wanted a blessing for healing. He said yes so we had Dan Taumihau who usually is the member who comes with us to the lessons come. We sat down and Dan explained the process of the blessing of healing to Klann clearly and explained that it only worked on faith. After we all knelt and prayed for the spirit to be there. Following Dan gave the blessing to Klann and the spirit was so strong. I could feel the love of God for Klann so strongly. After Dan gave the blessing we just sat. And nobody said anything. One of the things I have learned as a missionary is that silences are good things.
Silence gives time for the spirit to work through reflection and pondering. I really hope Klann and Laurette felt the power of the Priesthood that was there that afternoon. I can't even really explain it but it was just so powerful, and it was an answer to our prayers because the doctine Klann and Laurette struggle with the most is the idea of a modern prophet that holds the power of the Priesthood. We have a lesson with them this week so I hope they really will have open hearts and have the desire to be baptized.
After all that, I had the impression again that I needed a blessing too,we called the Elders and they gave me a blessing (in English thank goodness). I have been having a hard time sleeping in the morning from anxiety for the language and I am just so grateful for the comfort I recieved from the blessing. I know the things that were said were directly from Heavenly Father; That Elder giving me the blessing knew absolutely nothing about me, but the things said were exactly for me. It was so perfect and that is why I am just so grateful for the Priesthood. The head of the church is truly Jesus Christ. This is His work and Thomas S Monson is His prophet.
So I guess Sunday was a good end for the week. I guess what I have to say is there is really no reason to worry about me here. I actually really enjoy all of the food here except the fatty chicken. Actually, raw fish is my favorite thing to eat, and the avocados here are super delicious. Unfortunately we don't eat raw fish often because it is expensive, but when we do, I love it. We are really lucky in our house here and we have a lot of luxuries. I think that we have the nicest missionary housing on the Island, even though there are still a thousand mosquitos and some cochroaches. Life here is good and I get to wear sandals all the time. Me and my companion run to the beach every morning and it is beautiful.
Tahiti is beautiful, but more beautiful are the people here. I am so blessed;
Love
Soeur Kimball
Mahina, Tahiti October 21, 2013
Hey everyone!
I have so much to say and I dont exactly know where to begin.
Lets start with my amis this week. We dont have a ton of investigators but the ones we have are super hesitant about the gospel so we have to take it super slow. The super difficult thing here is that there are a lot of people who have been investigators for years and it just takes them a long time to realize the blessings of the gospel. We have a lot of those.
This week was titled the book of mormon week. We had the opportunity to testify and give a lot of lessons from the book of mormon. And I felt the spirit so many times. I am sitll kind of drowning in the language and such so I dont say a ton but I have a really strong testimony of the book of mormon and I was able to share that this week. We taught a lesson to one of our investigators Poema in Tahitian and it was good but she refused to read the book of mormon. We are going to have another lesson with her today and I hope she can understand the importance and start to read. We also extended 2 baptism commitments this week to a couple Klann and Laurette and also to a sweet girl my age named Augustine. Augustine really wants to be baptized and already has a testimony after 2 lessons. She is great. Unfortunately her boyfriend is not and they are moving to another Island this week and we cant teach her. It was bad news but we are going to make sure that she gets taught by the missionaries over there.
I am not going to lie and say this has actually been the hardest week of my entire life. I have miny anxiety attacks that I am never going to learn the language and basically it is a struggle every day to tell myself what I am doing good because it feels like I am super unuseful right now because of the language. It has been a good opportunity for me to excercise my faith on the Lord. There is no way I could do this without Him. It has been humbling but really good. Trials just mean that the Lord wants to give the opportunity to grow and improve, and I am grateful for that.
Besides that I am still adapting to the environment. We have some really poor people in our are and some pretty wealthy people so it is an interesting mix. All the stories are true and for real they give you so much food here. For just me and my companion one night a family dropped off 2 pizzas 5 sparking sodas and a huge gallon of icecream. I dont really eat a lot of fish here, it is mostly a lot of chicken and who knows what kind of meat because fish is super expensive unless you catch it yourself. I have found a lot of the food bearable and even delicious. Last night we had the best cake made out of breadfruit.
Basically my situation here is super hilarious. Most of the Tahitians just think I am cute, bewildered american who doesn't understand what is going on, Haha, and it is kind of true. Tahitians talk super quiet and super slurred and super fast so I am still struggling to understand what they say. Luckly everyone else tells me they were the exact same way and that one day it just clicked. I really hope that day is soon. It is really beautiful here and the people are so happy with just their shack house things. I dont actually know how to describe the houses. We are just so blessed in America that is for certain.
Well I love all of you and I hope you are happy. This week I am really going to work on my attitude because it hasn't been the best. I am super impatient, but even though the work is hard, and I have 300 mosquito bites, and I look like a sweaty animal, I am so grateful to be here. The gospel can help every single person no matter how their life is. So don't be scared to share it. Faaitoito
Soeur Kimball
I have so much to say and I dont exactly know where to begin.
Lets start with my amis this week. We dont have a ton of investigators but the ones we have are super hesitant about the gospel so we have to take it super slow. The super difficult thing here is that there are a lot of people who have been investigators for years and it just takes them a long time to realize the blessings of the gospel. We have a lot of those.
This week was titled the book of mormon week. We had the opportunity to testify and give a lot of lessons from the book of mormon. And I felt the spirit so many times. I am sitll kind of drowning in the language and such so I dont say a ton but I have a really strong testimony of the book of mormon and I was able to share that this week. We taught a lesson to one of our investigators Poema in Tahitian and it was good but she refused to read the book of mormon. We are going to have another lesson with her today and I hope she can understand the importance and start to read. We also extended 2 baptism commitments this week to a couple Klann and Laurette and also to a sweet girl my age named Augustine. Augustine really wants to be baptized and already has a testimony after 2 lessons. She is great. Unfortunately her boyfriend is not and they are moving to another Island this week and we cant teach her. It was bad news but we are going to make sure that she gets taught by the missionaries over there.
I am not going to lie and say this has actually been the hardest week of my entire life. I have miny anxiety attacks that I am never going to learn the language and basically it is a struggle every day to tell myself what I am doing good because it feels like I am super unuseful right now because of the language. It has been a good opportunity for me to excercise my faith on the Lord. There is no way I could do this without Him. It has been humbling but really good. Trials just mean that the Lord wants to give the opportunity to grow and improve, and I am grateful for that.
Besides that I am still adapting to the environment. We have some really poor people in our are and some pretty wealthy people so it is an interesting mix. All the stories are true and for real they give you so much food here. For just me and my companion one night a family dropped off 2 pizzas 5 sparking sodas and a huge gallon of icecream. I dont really eat a lot of fish here, it is mostly a lot of chicken and who knows what kind of meat because fish is super expensive unless you catch it yourself. I have found a lot of the food bearable and even delicious. Last night we had the best cake made out of breadfruit.
Basically my situation here is super hilarious. Most of the Tahitians just think I am cute, bewildered american who doesn't understand what is going on, Haha, and it is kind of true. Tahitians talk super quiet and super slurred and super fast so I am still struggling to understand what they say. Luckly everyone else tells me they were the exact same way and that one day it just clicked. I really hope that day is soon. It is really beautiful here and the people are so happy with just their shack house things. I dont actually know how to describe the houses. We are just so blessed in America that is for certain.
Well I love all of you and I hope you are happy. This week I am really going to work on my attitude because it hasn't been the best. I am super impatient, but even though the work is hard, and I have 300 mosquito bites, and I look like a sweaty animal, I am so grateful to be here. The gospel can help every single person no matter how their life is. So don't be scared to share it. Faaitoito
Soeur Kimball
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Mahina, Tahiti - October 14, 2013
Hey this is going to be just super fast but I am typing on a french keyboard and the letters are different so sorry. We also have to pay for our internet time which is pas bien...but ok here it goes. Tahiti is super. It is hard and I am super struggling, but it is good. I have an American trainer and her name is Soeur Ferrence and she is just great. We like the same music and we think the same things are funny so it is great. The super hard thing is not speaking any English. I am... you could kind of say.... drowning in French, but it will come. I can't actually understand what anyone is saying, haha, but I am trying very hard. It is just so fast.
I live in Mahina with some other sisters and our sector is close to the mountains: which is pretty: people here are really poor but it is funny how much food they give us. Our sector is tiny because there are so many members so that is hard. We actually have one of the slowest areas for missionary work but Soeur Ferrence and I are trying to change that. Except for now Soeur Ferrence basically does everything because I am still not quite sure what is happening; It has been hard but with the trial I have had to rely on the enabling and strenthening power of the Atonement. The love of our Heavenly Father is always there for us. I know. Ok well I have to go.. It really is so pretty.
I love all of you and thanks for the package! ps the children here are just so beautiful! *
7 facts about Tahiti so far:
1 I have over 40 mosquito bites and counting
2 people here live basically outdoors I dont think I have ever been inside someones house yet
3 there are so many roosters and they wake me up every morning
4 there are cockroaches in our shower
5 So far the food is super interesting. The chicken is pure fat and it is disguisting but the raw fish isn't bad and it is true the people expect you to eat a lot
6 I probably kiss 30 people every day to meet them on the sides of their face
7 I get dirty all the time and was commanded to shower 3 times a day if i can
Lastly everybody here kind of pitys me, haha, because I cant really speak but it is fine. The people here are probably the nicest I have ever seen and I love them
I live in Mahina with some other sisters and our sector is close to the mountains: which is pretty: people here are really poor but it is funny how much food they give us. Our sector is tiny because there are so many members so that is hard. We actually have one of the slowest areas for missionary work but Soeur Ferrence and I are trying to change that. Except for now Soeur Ferrence basically does everything because I am still not quite sure what is happening; It has been hard but with the trial I have had to rely on the enabling and strenthening power of the Atonement. The love of our Heavenly Father is always there for us. I know. Ok well I have to go.. It really is so pretty.
I love all of you and thanks for the package! ps the children here are just so beautiful! *
7 facts about Tahiti so far:
1 I have over 40 mosquito bites and counting
2 people here live basically outdoors I dont think I have ever been inside someones house yet
3 there are so many roosters and they wake me up every morning
4 there are cockroaches in our shower
5 So far the food is super interesting. The chicken is pure fat and it is disguisting but the raw fish isn't bad and it is true the people expect you to eat a lot
6 I probably kiss 30 people every day to meet them on the sides of their face
7 I get dirty all the time and was commanded to shower 3 times a day if i can
Lastly everybody here kind of pitys me, haha, because I cant really speak but it is fine. The people here are probably the nicest I have ever seen and I love them
Sunday, September 29, 2013
MTC 9-23-2013
a ora na.
I couldn't be more excited. These weeks are flying by and I leave in 2 weeks from today! We get our travel plans this Friday, and I am praying that all of our visas came through. It is so hard because Argentina, Australia, and Brazil are almost impossible to get visas for currently so there are so many reassignments. And as good of an experience as that would be...lets be honest...I really just want to go to Tahiti.
We are still learning Tahitian and it is still so fun. I get a little too excited when we have Tahitian grammar lessons. The language is just so simple and so interesting. Except this week those who are singing in the choir have to miss an hour and a half of class each morning, so I feel like I need to catch up on studies. Our district has been trying to be more on time this week to activities, because lately after being here for so long we've become relaxed. I usually go to the exercise classes in the morning where this super pregnant woman teaches us yoga and stuff. It is super fun, but it means I have 15 minutes to get ready, so I want to make sure I start making it on time to class.
This Tuesday Sister Derrick and I were chosen to be interviewed for a video on the Gift of Tongues, so that should be interesting. I am not really sure what to expect, but I know that I have seen the gift of tongues so far, so I have some things to say about it. I guess I am excited, but I don't really like the thought of being on camera. Sister Derrick and I had a great chat this past week too. We both just told each other what we loved about each other and how the other person was an example to us and it was really great. Sister Derrick is really spiritual and a sweet girl. It is fun to be around her.
So I discovered that my French has actually been kind of declining because of my focusing on Tahitian, so I made a new plan for these next two weeks called " learn and memorize everything ever". I am hoping it will be effective. We watched a movie in French last night and I kind of freaked out because I still can't really understand it. When people talk slow, I can basically understand everything, but when they talk fast, my mind just kind of panics. I really need to work on comprehension. To work on this, I have been listening to a lot of talks in French, and I really like that. One of the talks I most recently listened to is from President Monson on seeing people as they really are. I felt like I was meant to listen to it. President Monson talks about the importance of us seeing people as they can become, not their weaknesses or faults or even sin filled life. I think it is just so important for missionary work, because I never want to "skip over" someone I could've talked to because I thought they were too far off the path. Anyone can return to Christ no matter where they are in their life, and I intend to even help the hardest of hearts. The Atonement is so powerful and makes us new people.
Soeur Buswell told us about a convert she had that was like this. She taught this old Papi who lived on the side of a mountain and didn't want anything to do with the missionaries. She said his heart was so far from where it needed to be. He had children from five different moms living in four different countries and didn't see God in his life. Needless to say, through the spirit, Soeur Buswell and her companion were able to say the right things that helped him grow towards Christ, and he was baptized!
So crazy, but such a good lesson for all of us. We should never never give up on anyone.
Well my p-day is waning to a close. But I love you. Thanks for the package mom. Filled with all my favorite foods. You know me too well.
Ua here au ia outou. Ua ite au e, e ekaretia mau e ekaretia o Ietu Metia. Ua ite au e, ua here Te Atua i te au ra ia tatou.
-
Tuahine Kimball
PS, this week we got the Doctrine and Covenants in Tahitian and in it it has the name of Heber C. Kimball which is (Hebera C. Kimibala), So Dad just so you know that is your name in Tahitian. Except Tahitian doesn't have the "k" or "B" sound so it is actually pronounced (Heepera Timipala). I really hope they call me Sister Timipala in Tahiti! Well Nana!
I couldn't be more excited. These weeks are flying by and I leave in 2 weeks from today! We get our travel plans this Friday, and I am praying that all of our visas came through. It is so hard because Argentina, Australia, and Brazil are almost impossible to get visas for currently so there are so many reassignments. And as good of an experience as that would be...lets be honest...I really just want to go to Tahiti.
We are still learning Tahitian and it is still so fun. I get a little too excited when we have Tahitian grammar lessons. The language is just so simple and so interesting. Except this week those who are singing in the choir have to miss an hour and a half of class each morning, so I feel like I need to catch up on studies. Our district has been trying to be more on time this week to activities, because lately after being here for so long we've become relaxed. I usually go to the exercise classes in the morning where this super pregnant woman teaches us yoga and stuff. It is super fun, but it means I have 15 minutes to get ready, so I want to make sure I start making it on time to class.
This Tuesday Sister Derrick and I were chosen to be interviewed for a video on the Gift of Tongues, so that should be interesting. I am not really sure what to expect, but I know that I have seen the gift of tongues so far, so I have some things to say about it. I guess I am excited, but I don't really like the thought of being on camera. Sister Derrick and I had a great chat this past week too. We both just told each other what we loved about each other and how the other person was an example to us and it was really great. Sister Derrick is really spiritual and a sweet girl. It is fun to be around her.
So I discovered that my French has actually been kind of declining because of my focusing on Tahitian, so I made a new plan for these next two weeks called " learn and memorize everything ever". I am hoping it will be effective. We watched a movie in French last night and I kind of freaked out because I still can't really understand it. When people talk slow, I can basically understand everything, but when they talk fast, my mind just kind of panics. I really need to work on comprehension. To work on this, I have been listening to a lot of talks in French, and I really like that. One of the talks I most recently listened to is from President Monson on seeing people as they really are. I felt like I was meant to listen to it. President Monson talks about the importance of us seeing people as they can become, not their weaknesses or faults or even sin filled life. I think it is just so important for missionary work, because I never want to "skip over" someone I could've talked to because I thought they were too far off the path. Anyone can return to Christ no matter where they are in their life, and I intend to even help the hardest of hearts. The Atonement is so powerful and makes us new people.
Soeur Buswell told us about a convert she had that was like this. She taught this old Papi who lived on the side of a mountain and didn't want anything to do with the missionaries. She said his heart was so far from where it needed to be. He had children from five different moms living in four different countries and didn't see God in his life. Needless to say, through the spirit, Soeur Buswell and her companion were able to say the right things that helped him grow towards Christ, and he was baptized!
So crazy, but such a good lesson for all of us. We should never never give up on anyone.
Well my p-day is waning to a close. But I love you. Thanks for the package mom. Filled with all my favorite foods. You know me too well.
Ua here au ia outou. Ua ite au e, e ekaretia mau e ekaretia o Ietu Metia. Ua ite au e, ua here Te Atua i te au ra ia tatou.
-
Tuahine Kimball
PS, this week we got the Doctrine and Covenants in Tahitian and in it it has the name of Heber C. Kimball which is (Hebera C. Kimibala), So Dad just so you know that is your name in Tahitian. Except Tahitian doesn't have the "k" or "B" sound so it is actually pronounced (Heepera Timipala). I really hope they call me Sister Timipala in Tahiti! Well Nana!
MTC 9-16-2013
Hey this week went great, and there are so many things to say!
First off, basically all of our zone left to their missions this morning. They are all going to either Paris or Leon France, and we are so excited for them. We were here when they came him, and still here when they are now leaving. But really, being in the MTC for so long is actually a blessing. We get so many good devotionals. Speaking of devotionals, I have a story for everyone about last night's devotional. So every Sunday night devotional, there is an opening musical number, and last night some girl sang an intense solo. It was really good, except I ruined it...kind of. Everything makes me laugh here. I can't really explain it, but where the camera angle was on the soloist, I could see myself on the camera because I was sitting behind her, and it was just so funny. So I was laughing the whole time and everyone could see on the TV which made me laugh more. Then I did this awkward thing...I apparently looked straight into the camera. After wards our Elders wouldn't stop laughing at me. They kept saying they almost felt the spirit from the song, but then they would look at me and just bust up laughing.
This week we also changed classrooms, which has been hard. We each have approximately 30 books that we use every single day, and there is no storage space in our new classrooms. We don't even really have desks, just rolly chairs. so everyone's stuff is EVERYWHERE. It is a nightmare to do any studying in there because there are people's things everywhere. I go crazy looking at it sometimes, but class time is still great. It is all because of our teachers. They are seriously so good, and they know exactly what we need to hear.
Just so everyone knows, the gift of tongues is a real thing. This week I totally understood Tahitian for an instant while we were teaching a lesson to a return missionary from Tahiti. He shared an experience of when he prayed to know the church was true, and I understood him. He bore his testimony of the feelings of peace he received as an answer, and the spirit was so strong. It was so weird, because it is not like I knew every word that he was saying, but I could still understand him. Tahitian is so hard to understand and usually I can only pick up 1 or 2 words, but this experience gave me hope.
We found out that maybe in Tahiti sometimes I won't get the opportunity to email home on P-day. One teacher said that he didn't email home for 4 months. So just be warned.
Well, I am running out of time, so I will say good bye! I still love you all. Continue to obey and do the good things!
NANA
-Tuahine Kimball
First off, basically all of our zone left to their missions this morning. They are all going to either Paris or Leon France, and we are so excited for them. We were here when they came him, and still here when they are now leaving. But really, being in the MTC for so long is actually a blessing. We get so many good devotionals. Speaking of devotionals, I have a story for everyone about last night's devotional. So every Sunday night devotional, there is an opening musical number, and last night some girl sang an intense solo. It was really good, except I ruined it...kind of. Everything makes me laugh here. I can't really explain it, but where the camera angle was on the soloist, I could see myself on the camera because I was sitting behind her, and it was just so funny. So I was laughing the whole time and everyone could see on the TV which made me laugh more. Then I did this awkward thing...I apparently looked straight into the camera. After wards our Elders wouldn't stop laughing at me. They kept saying they almost felt the spirit from the song, but then they would look at me and just bust up laughing.
This week we also changed classrooms, which has been hard. We each have approximately 30 books that we use every single day, and there is no storage space in our new classrooms. We don't even really have desks, just rolly chairs. so everyone's stuff is EVERYWHERE. It is a nightmare to do any studying in there because there are people's things everywhere. I go crazy looking at it sometimes, but class time is still great. It is all because of our teachers. They are seriously so good, and they know exactly what we need to hear.
Just so everyone knows, the gift of tongues is a real thing. This week I totally understood Tahitian for an instant while we were teaching a lesson to a return missionary from Tahiti. He shared an experience of when he prayed to know the church was true, and I understood him. He bore his testimony of the feelings of peace he received as an answer, and the spirit was so strong. It was so weird, because it is not like I knew every word that he was saying, but I could still understand him. Tahitian is so hard to understand and usually I can only pick up 1 or 2 words, but this experience gave me hope.
We found out that maybe in Tahiti sometimes I won't get the opportunity to email home on P-day. One teacher said that he didn't email home for 4 months. So just be warned.
Well, I am running out of time, so I will say good bye! I still love you all. Continue to obey and do the good things!
NANA
-Tuahine Kimball
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
MTC #2 09-09-2013
Hey, tell mom I love the package she sent me and I am so happy you found popcorn flavored rice cakes because they are my favorite, and the peaches were so good, and technically I am not allowed to recieve any fruit, so they threw away my raspberries : (, but I still got everything else. I loved her letter and I am glad you liked your Big Hunk. Those brownies are my favorite so thanks. Mom wrote me a letter where she told me about that cool new missionary app. That sounds so cool! Except she said you weren't going to keep up my blog because of that. If it is at all possible could you still post all my big family friend emails I send every week on my blog, because that is connected to my facebook and I told lots of people I would have that. Pretty please? Thanks
There is a tongan girl going to Tahiti with me and she says that Tongan is really similar to Tahitian, so yes. Also I am going to be at conference, not sure which session yet, but look for me on the TV. And I leave in less than a month now.
Well, I don't have much time, but I am jealous you are hiking Timp. I love the mountains, and I really want to hike sometime. Also I am jealous that you had such a good time with Marisa. It sounds totally fun.
Yes, Tahitian is very difficult, but it is so fun. It sounds like I am trying to be a caveman. Also, you should read Jacob 5 again because a general authority told us that the last part about the last gathering is talking specifically about the missionary age change. So cool huh? I am so grateful to be apart of this day to gather Israel. It is so exciting!
Well, I g2g, but
ua here au ia tatou!
There is a tongan girl going to Tahiti with me and she says that Tongan is really similar to Tahitian, so yes. Also I am going to be at conference, not sure which session yet, but look for me on the TV. And I leave in less than a month now.
Well, I don't have much time, but I am jealous you are hiking Timp. I love the mountains, and I really want to hike sometime. Also I am jealous that you had such a good time with Marisa. It sounds totally fun.
Yes, Tahitian is very difficult, but it is so fun. It sounds like I am trying to be a caveman. Also, you should read Jacob 5 again because a general authority told us that the last part about the last gathering is talking specifically about the missionary age change. So cool huh? I am so grateful to be apart of this day to gather Israel. It is so exciting!
Well, I g2g, but
ua here au ia tatou!
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