First week in December!

Breakfast!

(Narration from David)

So one of my favorite things to do is to cook. Its a tradition to cook for the kids whenever they feel hungry. It's a little sad for me to not be able to cook for Christian, so I had to get creative to be able to make him a breakfast that would be within missionary rules. I printed out and cut out pieces of bacon, sunny side up eggs, toast, sausage and glued them onto a paper plate and wrapped with saran wrap. Here is what he will get hopefully today. (I dropped it off at the mail office next to the MTC today around 11am.) I'm going to make breakfast for him one way or another!

Week Three! 12/04/2012

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

Brother Randy Stucki found these guys tonight at the MTC (11/29/2012 7pm-ish). Nathan is now in the MTC and of course the two found each other! They were finishing up dinner and on their way to class. Thanks Randy!

11/27/2012

I have survived week 2! WOO! just about 9-10 more to go :( The good thing though is I'm enjoying it here more and more each day. Although, some days are hard because my companion and I have 2 "investigators" now. Some days i feel like Ive learned a lot of french, where others i feel like i don't know any at all. But as long as i pray for the gift of tongues every time i pray, I know i will do just fine. For those of you who haven't been told, they are teaching me french right now, and only french until about my 6th week here. Then we start the Tahitian, but they teach us in french. So its mandatory that my comprehension is really good! My companion is in San Fransisco today getting his visa, so I'm on splits with Elder Perdy. Elder Millett and I are Getting along really well still. We are usually just laughing throughout the day. It really helps the time go by. Ive been keeping up on my journal writing at night and my Scripture reading in the morning and that's going really well. I'm already 20 chapters into Alma! After i have finished the book of Mormon in English, i will read it out loud in french. Because President Gordon B. Hinkley said that if we do that we will be able to speak the language. That is a blessing that i really need. Nathan Stucki comes into the MTC tomorrow, i Cant wait to see him. I went to the front office to try and see if i could be his Host for the day, but i haven't been here long enough :( Every Tuesday when we go to the temple, its really weird going across the street and seeing all the cars. Even though I've only been here for two weeks, i feel like I'm in a whole different world. I don't feel normal without my church clothes on and especially without my name tag. I haven't gotten sick of the food yet, but i have gained 4lbs. which is good weird because i have no idea where the weight is going. My twinkie pouch isn't getting any bigger...(my belly for those of you who don't know) But I've just decided to say that all the weight is going into my testimony. Whenever i am really missing all of you guys i remember a saying and it instantly gets me focused. Its "Missionaries: They leave their family for two years so others can be with theirs forever." I love that saying and catch myself saying it quite often. I'm so close to you all, yet I'm on a whole other planet! On Thanksgiving we were all blessed to hear a talk from Elder Holland. He brought his family and a few of his grandchildren showed us their musical talents. It was really cool! Then he gave us a Spiritual spanking by saying he hates it when missionaries say they cant wait to begin their lives when they get home. He said life is as real as it will ever be right now. In the MTC and In the field. This is the beginning of my life and i cant stop thinking of how lucky i am that i get to start it this way, With Heavenly Father right next to me every step of the way.The times when i would usually turn to Amanda or Teesha with my problems are now the times when i turn to My Heavenly Father. I'm starting to establish a relationship with him like i was never able to before. I cant Believe how big a blessing this is to lose myself in the service of others! All of my cousins and friends who are really close to the age of being able to be a missionary, I promise you that there is nothing better that you could do with your life. Heavenly father will make a way for everything to work out in the end. School will always be there when you get back, But the people that he has prepared especially for you to teach at this time in your life may not. I know i was called to Tahiti for a reason. I may not have been 100% sure about my mission, even up until the time i set foot into the MTC, But now i know without a doubt in my heart that i am where the lord needs me to be, and i am right where i want to be. I just Gotta make it through this MTC experience. Its getting colder, and its harder to smile when my face is frozen. that's why i know i will be smiling a ton in Tahiti! Thank you all for the Letters, they really do help me a ton. Thank you dad for keeping me updated on the family stuff and thank you for the awesome shoes, I wear them as much as i can. Well My time is running out and i need to go change my laundry so....bye. I LOVE YOU ALL and miss you. Talk to you next week!

 

                                              -Elder Fyffe-

A few pics

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