Ia ora na tatou!
Welp, a lotta stuff happened this week. I’ll start off by
saying that I got a call from Elder Wheeler from Tubuai Monday night that kind
of scared me. I pick up and the conversation went kind of like this:
"Heeyyy Elder Ball! Congratulations to the big zone
leader! How do you feel?"
".......what?"
"....you don’t know yet...? Ohh hahaha well, I’m
totally joking, you know how much of a jokester I am!"
So that’s how I found out that
I was going to get transferred. I have no idea how other missionaries found out
about the transfers, but before I even got a call from President I heard that I
would be transferred to Vairao to be a zone leader for the zone of Papeari. So,
Wednesday I left Tavararo and headed way down south to Vairao, and here I am
now!
First of all, I would be lying
if I said that I didn’t miss Tavararo. That has definitely been one of the
greatest times in my mission, perhaps in my life. It was a blessing to serve
with Elder Twede, and it was a time to see just how much the Lord is preparing
his children to receive the gospel. All in all, it was a blessed area. So of
course, I’m sad to leave all the people who are making so much progress in the
Gospel, people I’ve grown to love so much. But, that’s just part of the
mission, getting transferred. The Lord likes changing it up a little bit.
I'll also say that I’m humbled
for the chance to serve as a zone leader. I know that it will be a chance to
serve the other missionaries and work closely with the stake leaders as well.
We had a meeting with the stake president last night, President Tupai. He's an
awesome President and he really pushes for the missionary work. It'll be
awesome to serve here. All the missionaries in the zone are awesome and it's going
to be a good time.
Concerning our own area,
Vairao, I am serving with Elder Larsen from Idaho. I love this guy! He's one of
the most humble, spiritual people, and it's great to serve with him as well. I’m
stoked for the time that we'll have together. As zone leaders have several
blessings. For one, we have a car, a sweet Ford pickup. Since its stick shift,
I have not yet mastered it, but that will come. That makes getting around in
the area a lot easier for sure! This area is also in striking contrast to that
of my last. Vairao is located at the "presquile" of Tahiti, which
means "almost an island". It is much less developed and much more
preserved here in this area. Part of our sector consists of where the main road
ends and we are obligated to go on foot out in the boonies. To get to one of
our lessons there, we're also obligated to cross a river and walk on the beach
and stuff. The beauty of the area truly compares to Tubuai. As for the members
of the ward, I’d say about a third are recent converts; the elders before did
an awesome job. They are all super strong and good member missionaries. It’s a
great ward all in all. I also get the chance to play piano for sacrament
meeting again.
I have a lot of things in my
head and its super hard to figure out everything that I want to say! But, I’m
glad that I’m here and it’s a real good area. That’s the news for this week and
I’m excited for what will come next week. I love you all!
Elder Ball
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