Just forgot a really clever subject line. / Sent July 9, 2018

 Iaorana tatou! Another week has come and gone. And best news ever, they hooked us up with a car! Ever since I have been in a trio in two sectors, bike has been way tiring, and even though it is great to be closer to everyone in bike, I sure was grateful to have a car this weekend when Noah's flood take two decided to drop it.

   Funny story. Sunday night we were at a fireside type thing, and after it was all over, Bishop thanked everyone for coming and told everyone to go to the back for refreshments. Once everyone was up and moving and talking, suddenly Bishop was like  "Wait, we forgot to bless the food!" So the ward mission leader ran up to the microphone and started praying, but literally nobody noticed so everyone was just still talking and moving around. By the time the prayer was over, most people seemed to have noticed he was praying, but I was laughing pretty hard. And that kind of story is not uncommon here in Tahiti. I think every missionary here has been caught off guard by a prayer at least a few times.

   We had another baptismal service this week! It was great! There was a wedding in the morning and then the dad and the twin boys got baptised! (The wife was already a member). It was super fun and I was able to baptise the dad. I will send some pictures of it all. I wish I had some pictures of the sons before the baptism, because they had awesome shoulder length curly hair, mais pas grave.

  Love you all and have a great week!


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