Loving Mahaiatea! / Sent Oct. 22, 2018

Hey everyone! It has been an awesome few weeks, definitely tricky, but super fun. As usual, I can't think of what to write when the time comes, but I will try my best.

  So, my new companions are great. Elder Hurd is super smart, and Elder Clarke is one of the funniest people I have ever met, we all get along pretty well. Also, being with two new missionaries sure brings lots of laughs. Life is great.

  I also had my birthday this week! I turned 20, which is pretty crazy. Last birthday I was with my trainer, and this birthday I'm the one training. The members who fed us hooked me up with a cake, so good times.

  Also, there is a way cool surfing beach in our sector with black sand. So for my birthday we got up early and ran to the beach and watched the waves. That was awesome. 

  One cool miracle was that after a lesson one day, we came back to the bikes and Elder Hurd had a flat tire. We didn't really know what to do, because all of our repaire stuff was at the house, so we asked some members nearby for some help. They went and got a neighbor who hooked us up with a new air tube for him. And we chatted with her and she was pretty interested with our message, so we fixed a lesson for next week. That was an awesome experience that showed me that God will always help us out, even if we don't understand why he does what he does when it first happens. 

 Love you all and have a great week!

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