Rest in Peace Flip flop

 Iaorana tatou. This week was awesome! Last Week was difficult adjusting to my new area, but this week we saw à ton of miracles! 

☆We were out doing contacting in between lessons one day and Sr Mapuna's sandal broke, thus leading to a slow, sad, and muddy walk back home. Rip rop flip flop

☆got out of a lesson with some Jehovah's Witnesses. They gave us some candy! I said thank, and then like an idiot, I said "oh did you guys buy it for Halloween?" 

☆taught English class! It went a little like this. 

One student: how do you spell "Hatch?" 

Other student: W A S H 

Can someone please explain why everyone calls me Wash when w is neither a letter in French nor in tahitian? 

We found some new people! This area has struggled to find new friends for a long time, but this week we found Christine, who is super prepared, Teddy, and Marion and Malia, who have a ton of questions and came to English class! God is good!

I went on an exchange with none other than Sr Day! We did some math and have spent about 33 weeks of our mission as either companions, mtc, or in the same house. I love her. I got to go to her area. Maybe it was her, or maybe it was the field of skinny tall palm trees right next to her house that reminded me of Riverside, but I have been reflecting a lot this week on my mission and the lessons I've learned. 

One of the biggest lessons I learned in Riverside, and now here in Tahiti, is to TRUST GOD. He has a perfect personal plan of perfect happiness for each one of us. I'm learning to let go and find His hand in my life, instead of trying to control the uncontrollable. 

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." 

-Roman's 8:28

"Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed."

D+C 123:17

Sometimes I wish I could speak to the Sr Hatch when she first got off the plane among all the skinny tall Riverside palms. I would tell her that there is joy to be found in every moment. Trust His plan for the future, but trust Him when He says that He blesses us today- wait for future blessings, but look for the immediate gifts He gives us. All things truly work out for good for them that love God. 

Je vous aime tous! A la prochaine!