Ia ora na!
This is it! In less than 48 hours we will be just heading
off to Tahiti. I'm so stoked and excited, but not gonna lie a little
nervous too. Never been out of the country before, so now's my time to sound
like an idiot and do the best I can!
This week has been our best our entire stay here at the MTC.
Despite knowing that we're leaving soon, we've worked our absolute hardest and
best that we could. I've been managing to speak much more Tahitian, and in the
free time that I have I listen to conference talks online in Tahitian, and am
starting to understand a good portion of it. I know it will be harder in Tahiti
(that's what everyone says) but I still feel capable of speaking the important
stuff, and that's the lessons! I'm mostly just nervous about the casual talk
and trying to get my point across. Chances are I'll get a native Tahitian
companion as my trainer who doesn't speak any English!
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| Casey's District in the MTC |
We also had our In-Field Training this week. It was much
more enjoyable than I actually expected, because so many other missionaries
thought it was super boring. It is a fairly long 8-hour seminar with different
segments, but it was great. I learned many super important things like planning
well and setting goals, getting help through members and how to find people who
are ready to hear the gospel. I felt the Spirit, and it made me even more
pumped to get out to the field and get to work.
Well, that's about all I have, I don't have much time
because I have to go pack up a lot of things, but I promise that the next email
will be chock-full of sick stuff, like pictures and embarassing
stories and details about where I'm serving, my companion, etc. This is
the real deal, getting out to the field! I have loved the MTC so much, and I
can gladly say that I'll look back on this experience and be so happy I had it.
My testimony has grown and my ability to teach, speak and listen to the Holy
Ghost have improved greatly. I know Jesus Christ lives! He's our Savior and
Redeemer, and I'm so glad to represent Him in this glorious work.
A faaitoito, to'u mau hoa! Ua anaanatae au ia haere atu i
Tahiti ia poro haere i Ta'na evanelia.
Ua here au ia outou,
Orometua Popo
Elder Ball
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