I made it to Tuvalu! I don't understand a thing haha. Its not a different dialect, its a different language, its close to samoan, so I'm back to square one, but I'll learn it! So, i'm just trying to get settled in with my new companion who is a Samoan from Australia. He was in a Samoan gang and was telling me about his life and I said "you sound just like the guys from Green Street Hooligans" and he's like, "you've seen that!! Ya man that was my life." haha.
Tuvalu isn't as ghetto as it may sound on the internet, it's still ghetto though haha but B E A utiful! It's like Fiji but a lot more westernized, and a lot more like what you see in the movie The Other Side of Heaven. I'm still getting settled in and don't have a lot to report because I have no idea what is going on haha. Apparently all the elders who serve out here get to slaughter a pig so, hopefully ill get to do that haha. Not much to report other than its beautiful here and awesome. We are on Funafuti and its super hot and soooooooo tempting to just run into the water and go swimming haha, don't worry i won't. We baptize people in the ocean here so hopefully i'll have the chance to do that. I'm working hard and need to work harder learning this new language.
Sorry this is short, i'm really tired and i got sick on my second day. I guess i'm not used to the food and threw it all up, my stomach is still recooperating. Its cool being here but quite a shock with the new language and new people, Elder smith, the one that leaves tomorrow told me the people here are his favorite out of his whole mission, which is good because ill be here for a long long long time.
ill send pics next week cause my card reader is in fiji. Love you guys and hope all is going great!
PO Box 40 Vaiaku Road Funafuti Tuvalu is the new mailing address
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