Bula Vinaka!
Holy eventful week.
My goodness I feel like so much has happened.
I'll start with a couple
random fun facts. I got my haircut. In Fiji. And I cut off 3 inches. We ate BBQ
Chicken for District lunch and I felt like I was in America. We had an awesome
service with the Namatarua family folding clothes all morning. Ha. Sister
Mataoa and I taught Young Women's yesterday on Covenants. I love
Young Women's. We got a new adorable investigator and a few new potential
investigators. I love when that happens. :) It was a lovely week.
But we were also really sad to lose a big
chunk of our area to the Elders. It's always really hard to say goodbye to
investigators that you've gotten so close to. But we know they are in great
hands. :) We also mapped out the new section that was added to our area
in the change and are excited to start proselyting there.
Also, shout out to my
dear companion Sister Mataoa! Today is her one year mark in the mission. And so
naturally we celebrated with crepes. Because she's Tahitian (French). I love
her and it's been so fun to serve with her. She is a fabulous missionary and
I've learned a ton and a half from her. I'm a lucky girl.
Crazy story of the
week......... so Friday night our landlord told us the city would be
shutting our area's water off for two days starting Saturday morning.
Not fun. But we didn't want to be stranded without water like before, so
despite our pathetic lack of decent sized containers, we did our very best to
prepare. It was actually kind of ridiculous. Our entire kitchen counter was
covered with containers of every size (from the tiny butter ones to huge mixing
bowls) filled with water. We were so ready for this water shut
off. Sunday morning came and we made sure everything was clean and
washed out. But then.......no water shut off. Not that we were really
complaining because... hey, who doesn't want a normal water supply. We
proceeded cautiously. Eventually we started clearing the pathetic containers of
water. Then the bigger ones. This morning we started our laundry and left the
dishes in the sink in a hurry to start our studies on time. Guess what. NO
WATER. Ugh. So we currently have a washer full of half washed soapy clothes.
Not fun. We should have known better. Crazy Lautoka Water. So no water when I
got to Lautoka.............And no water when I leave Lautoka.
Which brings me to my
next point.
I'm Leaving. :(
I swear I just got here
last week.
Saturday night we
were at our last appointment and when we got out we saw a missed call from the
Mission President. What?! That never happens. I was thinking.... oh no, who
died? But we called him back. He told us that I am going to Samabula as a
Sister Training Leader, and a new sister is coming here. We were so not
expecting that. I was making sure I knew the area real well so I would be ok if
Sister Mataoa left me. Turns out the Lord had other plans.
I'm so sad to be leaving
Lautoka. I love the west and I've learned and grown so much here. I love these
people! Goodbyes are so hard. But I am also excited and a little nervous to
start a new chapter of my mission. Transfers are always a time to re-evaluate
where you are at and where you want to be. And I know this one is going to be a
big growing experience for me. I'm going from a tiny island in the middle of
nowhere (Taveuni) to Samabula (Suva) two feet from the temple and the mission
home with a bazillion eyes on me serving as a Sister Training Leader. But I am
really really excited to get to know and learn from all of the sisters in the
Suva area. Change is hard but I know that this is the Lord's plan for me and I
am excited to see what is in store. I just pray I will be an instrument in the
Lord's hands and become the person He wants me to be. We just have to press
forward with Faith! :)
I know I say this all the
time, but I really am so grateful to be a missionary. I love it. I love Fiji. I
love this Gospel. :)
Loloma Levu,
Sista Matheson :)
P.S. Sorry for the pic overload. That's what happens when
you're not planning on getting transferred anytime soon and then all the sudden
you find out you are leaving and you have no pictures. Ha.
Sister Mataoa and me. I'm
going to miss her so much. :(
Matching Sulu's
Service with the Namatarua family folding
clothes.
The Cokanawai kids. They
are the cutest.
Ateca and me. SO sad I'm going to miss her
Baptism. :(
Proselyting with
"Sista Litia" She will make a fabulous missionary some day!
Our investigators Sisilia and Tulai and their
cute kids.
Dinner with Preethi. Oh
my goodness I LOVE this Woman. I can't even tell you how much I am going to
miss her.
Crepes for Sister
Mataoa's ONE YEAR mark!
At "The Waterfall" after service. We cross the
bridge here pretty much every day. It's kind of sad that it's turned into a
dumpster though. (Sorry I couldn't get this picture to turn - Aimee's mom)
