March 4, 2011

I can't believe how the time flies! Things continue to go well. I am sure eating a lot in the Tongan program - Tongans love to eat, and they love to make skinny white boys eat! I won't be surprised if I go home a bit chubby, but I'm really trying hard not to. There is an elementary school down the street from our apartment, and I try to go running at a little track they have there at least 2 times a week. So all is well. We taught Leti Pasi this week and there were 2 members at her house (some friends of hers from the Peninsula 1st ward) that sat in on the lesson. One of the members - Bro. Fanua was the boy in The Other Side of Heaven movie that Elder Groberg rose from the dead! He is the real deal though. He's the one that fell from the mango tree as a child and died then through the faith of his family and Elder Groberg (Kolipoki) he was brought to life! Pretty cool. But Leti is doing pretty good. She hasn't been reading the BoM very well, but she likes what she's learning. We had to push Sione Tongamoa's date back to Mar. 19th because we caught him smoking. We drove up to his house and he was sitting on the porch smoking. When he saw us he tried to hide it! We talked about it, and he is still good. We reset his date, and so far he's been clean for 1 week!