Holy cow did this week go by so
fast! It seriously seems like i was in here yesterday doing the same
thing! So my companion and i have gotten another "investigator" or ami
de L'eglise as the french call it. So that means I'm having to prepare
twice the amount of lessons as last time, its getting pretty hectic.
The phuni thing is though, that this is nothing compared to the field, I
cant wait to get out there to Tahiti! Our teachers have been teaching
us Tahitian words and sayings every night for the past week and i feel
like i am going to love speaking that language. Hopefully i get to speak
it a lot while i am out there, The fact that it is going to become
extinct and rumor has it that in about 30 years, the church will
actually stop printing things in Tahitian makes me sad. But then i feel
awesome because i will know a forgotten language!! So its already been 3
weeks which means that i am halfway done with learning french, that's
not enough time!! its amazing to me how with the lords help,
missionaries are able to learn a language well enough in 8-10 to be
released to the field, where i get to learn two languages in practically
that same amount of time! I love getting to say that i have a testimony
of the gift of tongues, and personally it was a little hard for me to
have faith in it before i came here to the MTC. But now i can do nothing
but rely on it! So when i start learning Tahitian on the 24th of this
month, i will be able to give talks and bare testimony at church on Sundays and nobody but my district will know what the heck i am saying!
Ive been having a lot of phun here, the Elders in my district are
becoming more like brothers than classmates. It really helps the time go
by when you are sitting in a classroom for a large portion of the day.
The food cycle here is beginning to repeat and I'm starting to eat some
of the same foods i did a few weeks ago, i hope that i don't get sick of
it....OH, Ma and Pa, so you know how i didn't get my international
drivers license when i was home? i got it here, it was only $15 and a
filled out piece of paper, so don't worry about that! Last Sunday during
church my companion and i got called to Missionary Tech Specialists for
our zone, so whenever new missionaries come in each week, we train them
in all of the computer work. Its pretty neat to be chosen for such a
calling. Although i feel like the instant they saw me wearing the
headsets in the computers, they new i would be a perfect tech
specialist. I mean, i am Indian ;] kidding, but that was the first thing
that popped in my head, and i wrote it on a note and showed elder
Millett during sacrament and he accidentally laughed out loud. Everyone
turned and looked at us, it was really Phuni! I learned that on my
mission it is highly recommended that we don't drink the water, so guess
what my substitute is they say? Coke and coconut milk... this mission
just keeps getting better and better! I bought a calling card with 500
minutes on it (the smallest amount they had) so i will be able to call
you guys when I'm at the airport about to leave to Tahiti. I will give
you more details about when and what time that will be in the morning,
but just make sure you are aware of the fact so you can talk to me! Im
already in Alma 40 now in the Book of Mormon, Waking up every morning at
5 and reading until i fall asleep has been pretty difficult, but it has
definitely been paying off! i have a testimony of this book now, and it
continues to grow! and i cant wait to pray to know if these things are
true at the end of it! Every other verse is practically highlighted and
it still amazes me how just one book can literally answer any question
that i have in my mind about this church. or how it always helps me receive comfort during the more difficult times here. I get to go to the
Temple this morning with Elder Millett and when i cross that busy
street from the MTC to the temple, i secretly always wish i am going to
see someone i know driving by. and when i see cars that some of you
have, i get all excited until i see its not you...then i frown. the end.
But I'm glad i haven't seen anyone yet because i know it would make being
here harder for me! My french is coming along so i will bear my
testimony, but without any accents because i don't know how to get them
to work on this stinkin keyboard! Je sais que Dieu est mon Pere Celest,
et le Pere de notre esprit. Je sais que a propre le livre de mormon, je
peux recoevoir tout la reponse de tout ma questions. Je sais qu mon
seigneure Jesus-Christ a vivre. je suic tres reconnassant por
l'opportunity d'etre missionaire. I ran out of time but i just want you
all to know i love you so much and am so grateful for all the help and
support that you have given me! I will send the pictures today!
Elder Fyffe
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