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And then there was one! / Sent July 22, 2019

 Not gonna lie, I always wanted to title an email with that, but I never really got the chance. I figure since I have one week left, that works. And voila, this is gonna be the last email that you all get from me, so I'm gonna try to make it a good one.   Alrighty, let's see, what inspirational stuff could I share from my two years in Tahiti. I'll make a list. 1)    Well, that didn't quite inspire me like I thought it would, I guess I will just keep writing in paragraphs. Honestly, I can't put in words all that I have learned and felt, but the biggest thing that I need to share is how REAL the gospel is! I KNOW that Jesus Christ lives and that he atoned for all of our sins. Thanks to him we can be saved! We can live one day with our Heavenly Father and our families for all of eternity. And to help us follow the right path, our Savoir has restored his church on the earth and has called his prophet to guide us. All we need to do is keep the commandments, f

It's So Cold! / Sent July 8, 2019

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 Well, the last three weeks it has rained every day, and holy moly is it cold! I never thought that I would be freezing here in Tahiti, but voilĂ  there you have it. Honestly, though, we got a little bit of sun yesterday and that was awesome. We got some today too, so good stuff. Life goes on.   It was a pretty hard week, I think we taught a total of 5 lessons, but we had a few miracles that showed us that the Lord was with us. Thursday was a really long hard day where it was dumping rain and EVERYTHING was canceled. At 6pm we had one hour left and we had literally no idea what to do. We said a prayer for help, and the name of one family came to mind, and we were like, well, let's go. We went to their house and the dad let us in, and the spirit was immediately super strong and we knew that everything was canceled to lead us to that place at that moment. It is a member family who has a ton of trials right now. We saw that the mom was holding some hymn books, and we knew immedia

Last Transfer / Sent June 17, 2019

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Well, I decided out of my love for all of you and my desire to help you all in any way I can to write another email this week. Actually, I just didn't receive any to respond to and I can't skype, so I have nothing better to do. Well, here goes nothing.    I'm starting my last transfer!! I am staying here where I have been since the start of the year, and it's where I'm gonna finish. I'm excited though, my new companion is named Elder Ribera and he is French, and I'm actually the only American in my house, so I am really gonna be able to perfect my French this last transfer. Time is going by so fast!! I don't want it to end!    Ok, I need to give a shout out to my last companion, Elder Ward. He is ending his mission today, and he was a great companion. And on Sunday, he gave one of the best talks I have ever heard given. His whole family are all converts, and he told the story, starting with his dad, but as if it wasn't his family. All in the

The Prophet / Sent May 27, 2019

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 Well, before you all go saying how I'm way less excited than usual, let me just inform you that my exclamation mark key is broken, so voila. I may have already passed my two-year limit there, so there you go.   Anyway, the highlight of the week was without a doubt seeing the Prophet come to Tahiti. It was awesome. Incredible. Wow these periods are bland. Anyway, I just have to share how incredible what the prophet said was. The whole experience was great, but his message was so inspired. I have spent 22 months here in Tahiti talking every day with people who are struggling spiritually, and what the prophet said was EXACTLY what the people here needed. He addressed the specific needs so beautifully, you would have thought that he had lived his whole life here. I know that President Nelson is a Prophet of God. Is THE Prophet of God. I have felt the Spirit testify of that multiple times, and I felt it again Friday night. If you want your own confirmation of the spirit, watch hi

Photos / Sent May 21, 2019

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THE PROPHET IS COMING TO TAHITI!!!! / Sent April 15, 2019

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Well, how awesome is that!!! It's confirmed! There have been rumors that the Prophet would be coming for a few months now, but seeing how many times people have told me that Trump Nuked some part of the world, I've learned not to trust the rumors that I hear. But this one turned out to be true!   We don't have a ton of details, but I will keep everyone updated. We aren't sure if all the missionaries will be able to see him, but let's keep praying for that!   Other than that we had a pretty normal week... oh wait, it was actually a crazy week!! Well, one crazy thing happened. Now, don't worry, everyone is fine, but we got in a little car crash. We got rear-ended (How ironic, it was while we were going to Papeete to get the car checked out to see how much we could sell it for). So that was a crazy day, going to the doctor, the insurance and everything, we were in Papeete all day. And now I'm back today to get it checked out again. It takes about a