A Car Wash & Borrow Pit

This week was a good one. We had one really exciting day Tuesday! What a day!! We started out doing personal studies together (not recommended) but we talked about our investigators and how we could help them. At ten we went out and started to work but our car was really muddy on the outside from all out dirt roads. So Elder Fakahau was like "we should wash the car." It was 17 degrees outside! I said I thought it was too cold but he felt like we should, so we did. Ha-ha!

Happy Elder Fakahau

It was so COLD! We would spray off the one side of the car and by the time we got to the back of the car the front would be frozen. We were literally blowing ice chunks off the car! ha-ha  It was funny! We switched after the one washing got too cold. The car looked good when we were done and Elder Fakahau was happy. Then we went to a trailor park to tract.

We prayed we would be lead to those we could talk to and know whose door to leave a card on, that would be prepared, and would look at the website. We talked to one guy and got to share our message with him. He didn't get it and was convinced we were adding to the Bible. As we left, he told us that there was a single mom that could use our shoveling skills to clean off her porch and driveway. We went, shoveled, and left a card.  Prayer answered!

We had a lesson with a less-active sister right after that. We saw her family fall apart as we were sitting there. Her son (who is highly-functioning autistic, suffers from depression and suicidal thoughts) cut himself in the other room then came in. We were like, "umm, can we pray and leave?" and then the woman's mother called. They had had a huge fight right before that, so we left a short thought, prayed, and left. So already it has been a crazy, fun day! We ate lunch and decided to go out and knock in the country.

The roads were good so we went for it! Then we hit this part in a dirt road that was super bad. As long as you didn't stop, you were good. There was a car stuck, so we pulled up, stopped and asked if they wanted help. She asked if I was stuck.  We smiled and said, "probably." So her boys pushed us out. We pulled into a driveway and pushed her out.  Elder Fakahau slipped as we were pushing. He ate snow, stood up, and slipped again! ha-ha We all laughed and got her out. If she stopped, she would get stuck again, so her one boy jumped in with her and the other son was going to ride with us. We pulled out of the drive and BOOM! right into the borrow pit! I was like, "well, lets get out and see how bad it is." We were high- centered, so we were toast! Luckily, a truck came and pulled us out. Then we went on our way. ha-ha

That was the best day this week! If all days were like that, a mission would fly by! The rest of the week was pretty normal. ha-ha I am in a district of all elders. This one is great! We are brothers here. We all laugh and tease and joke with each other. No one is better than anyone else. It's awesome...so much better than the last one. We hang out with each other on Mondays at my apartment and then go play ball at the church. Like last night, we had all gone to the car show. I'll talk about that next week. I've got to save the good stuff! Afterward, we all met at our place and got Little Caesar's Pizza and sat and joked. Elder Fakahau gave a couple elders hair cuts. We talked about home, our mission, and girls. It was just great!

I'll talk to you next week!

Ofa Atu (love you in Tongan)