email from April 6, 2014

first full week in waterveiw

Talofa lava lo’u aiga!

i hate internet cafes. we tried a new one in a different area to "save time" becasue we had to pic up the elders from a meeting..... buuuuuut turns out this place is more expensive than the other AND the computers are ancient and therefore i cant send pics home this week. i've been quite frustrated this morning. all i want to do is email without the computer crashing, send pics, and have time to relax. but our flat is being painted so we cant go back to the flat until 5ish.. UGH! i hate being frustrated......

Monday: we did some shopping, then took a 2 hr nap. It was great.

Tuesday: we got a call in the morning and were told that they need to paint our flat, so we’ve had to leave out flat in the morning and do our studies at the chapel, all last week and this week... its a pain. I’ll be grateful when this is finished.

Wednesday: continued to get to know people. We are staying busy, but not much to report.

Thursday: We had a Zone training, and i found out that there are 2 other elders in my zone that are from Boulder CO and Colorado springs CO! That was fun.  For fafaga we had it with bro. Fruean, an older single guy from the ward – we cant go to his house b/c there isn’t a woman, so we had dinner at an Indian restaurant... it was delicious!  BUTTER CHICKEN. Mom, look it up. Then make it this week. Ohhh man. Its the bomb! Then we had a member come out with us for the evening... and all our appointments fell thru, so that was fun... okay no it was just awkward when we didn’t know where to go for the last hour.... yeah.

Friday: yep. Another Friday.

Saturday:  crazy day. Drove so much. Put 90 ks on the car! We average about 50-60k.  We had Rescue Visits with the ward, so we met at the chapel, then drove all the way to the end of our area to visit a family then we took the RS ladies with us to a lesson with an investigator, that went well! Then we drove all the way back down town for our Ward Counsel meeting. Then all the way back to finish the evening. We decided to walk around our neighbourhood in the dark b/c we used soo many ks... we then had a near death experience where a dog comes out of this pitch black corner and scares the crap outta us!  Thankfully he was chained up, but we were about 5 feet from getting a nice bite. J  it took about 30 min for my heart to return to a normal rate.

Sunday:  2 baby blessings in a samoan ward = HEAPS of families at church! Fast Sunday.. so i felt like i should bare my testimony.... i was confident, then i get up there and open my mouth and the whole congregation did a double take when i started speaking, and at first i took it as i said something wrong, but later realised everyone was shocked the palagi girl can speak sa! Haha  no matter, i still got nervous and didn’t say things as well as i could have... oh well.

Also. Fafaga.... always tough to eat heaps when i’ve fasted all day in the first place, then you have these lovely families that, at the tables\ - when my plate is already full- they say, “there’s fish, lu’au, chicken, taro, chop suey, oka...” which means i have to eat some of everything............ L  my poor body wanted to die after it all. Oh, the stresses of being a missionary in the samoan program....

Then last night we got to watch the broadcast of the General Woman’s meeting! SO GOOD! Conf is like chrsitmas as a missionary. J  i really liked all the talks, but my favourite was the video of people singing I am a Child of God in different languages! Did yous realise the first lang was SAMOAN!!!! I nearly jumped from my seat with joy. J

Anyways.... thats all for this week! We are hoping for a great week with great success in the coming days. Wish us luck! J love you all!!!!!! and so sorry about no pics! i'm just as sad about not being able to attach any... stupid computer... :(

love, sister camilletti

Email from March 30, 2014

Well Hellooooo WATERVIEW!

Talofa Lava lo'u aiga!

Well surprise surprise... I got TRANSFERRED! I'm no longer in Mt. Roskill. SAD!  But I'm now serving in WATERVIEW with Sister Tugaga! (tu-nga-nga for you palaNgis lol)  Details coming soon from that!  but for now... I'll start at the beginning of last week.

Monday/P-day:  we got to walk around the OUTSIDE of the All Black's stadium because they give tours at 2pm daily and we missed it by an hour! :( sad!  But non the less, it was awesome, inspiring, and i bought a t-shirt.. .whats new? :)  check the pics i attach! :) it was lots of fun, and some of the BLUES players (another rugby team for NZ) were coming in for practice... i solemnly swear i didn't look at their carved legs in their short shorts. :)

Tuesday: After District meeting my district leader and his comp took us to this place called BURGER FUEL. oh man. dad, logan, mitch, isaac, mom... YOUS HAVE TO make a trip to NZ, even if its just to taste this place... wow. best, largest burger i've had.

Wednesday: started as another wendesday we went to work, appointments fell thru.. .then District Leader called us and tolds us i was getting shifted. :(  So now... Sister Hengehenga is with Sister Fuiono still in Mt. Roskill, and I am now in Waterview (which is also a large area covering the cities... avondale, new lynn, point cheveleir, waterview, and kelston to name a few, its huge!)  and my new companion is Sister Tugaga!  She is from Christchruch, NZ (south island) and is full Samoan. She has great Samoan, and I can already see/hear/feel my samoan improving by the day with her. :) I do miss sister H, but sister Tugaga and I seem to get along just fine as well, and i'm grateful for her help and new friendship.  She actually finishes her mission at the middle of June, so there is a really good chance I'm her last companion! crazy!  

Wednesday night sister H and I ran all over Roskill and Onehunga saying bye to ward members, Val, and Pepa, BUT i also finished strong in the area, by having a lesson with Kanesa! woop woop! i expect her to be baptized this month.. she is GOLDEN.  I will miss the Mt. Roskill ward heaps, but I DO like waterveiw area very much so far!

Thursday. a gloomy rainy morning for transfers, but after the transfer meeting.... i found out.... I'M DRIVING!!!!!!!!!??? WHAT? yes. yes. i am driving on the LEFT side of the road. its gotten better the past few days, but just so yous know... in NZ the wipers are on the left and the blinkers are on the right of the steering wheel, so needless to say i sometimes do what they call, the "american salute" hahaahaa!  But we had a MCM meeting with the WML and the Auxilaries, and man, this guy is great. our WML is on top if it and will bring miracles to this ward. i'm stoked for this ward.

Friday: starting to get to know the area and the people.  We are in a finding stage b/c we just split the area, so now we double cover the ward with two elders.. Elder Calizo, and my NEW District Leader.. Elder Matua (from MTC!) So before this transfer sister tugaga was with sister pe'a (MY VERY FIRST COMPANION from the MTC), so i just took sister pe'a's spot, and the area the elders now cover is full of all their investigators so we are now looking for our own investigators. should be good though, i don't mind! :) 

Saturday, another day meeting people and learning the area. i like the area a lot, and there seem to be heaps of samoans... roskill was just full of tongans haha.  oh, and we met a family from the ward... they just brought back 3 new sons they adopted from samoa... so they want them to learn about the church and maybe be baptized??? :) so we now have 3 new investigators... 13, 17, and 18 yrs old.  Also i can now say i've drank from a coconut... they brought heaps of stuff form Sa, and gave us coconuts while we visited. i had to drink the coconut water which was alright.. you you all know how much i LOVE (sarcasm) coconut flavoring...! SO i did my best to choke down the coconut water and eat parts of the coconut stuff inside the nut...? not my favorite island experience.

Sunday...  my new favorite day next to monday haha... we have church at FOUR in the CITY! its so fun going downtown for church!  I forgot to get a pic so hopefully i'll remember for next week!  I'm so close to the sky tower i can almost touch it!  so we have studies in the morning, church till four, fafaga ends at 6, so we only have 3 hrs of proscylting in the evening i like that. :) oh, and sister tugaga and sister pe'a have been teaching this part member couple... and the husband said he is ready to be baptized! so we now have a baptism for Pu'apu'a set for April 26!! yippie! they have a slightly complicated situation, but we pray it all irons out smoothly before the baptism day. :) 

because i am on the other side of the world and ahead of time to the USA, we don't watch the General Women's meeting broadcast til NEXT sunday, and Gen Con the following week... SO NO SPOILERS PLEASE! :)  yay for conf, i'm excited its here again! 

That was the week!  so much happens, but i hope yous all had a great week! Happy to see yous got to go do baptisms for the dead, you're being missionaries for our friends on the other side of  the veil, SEKI! (short for sekia, which means awesome.)  well i love yous heaps, and will write to you next week! on the plus side for yous.... i get to talk to you on the phone in 6 weeks! woop woop for mothers day! can you believe its almost here? :)

fa soifua, alofaaga...

sista Camilletti

 1. welcome to the all blacks stadium!

2. yes, it is the perfect pic, huh!?

3.sweet statue aye?

4.view from the doors... they were locked.. we checked.

5. me and sista H.. .like my new shirt?

6. another shot of the field.

 we fit the 6'8'' elder bowman in the "boot" of our car

 Tagi, sister Alofi, and Pena (left to right)

 sophia's mom, sister and two nieces... her mom cried when i left! sad!

 the AWESOME Tuave family!

 love them... felt at home with that fam :)

 priceless little melissa

 love her!

Bro Toleafoa (WML)

 miss pepa!

  VAL and her whole Fam! the couple on the right is getting sealed in a few months! woop!

 they bought us juice.

 sophia and her nephew gracin

 sophia's dad, bro pio! dont mind my tragic face... obviously i wasn't planning on taking heaps of goodbye pics this day....

last one of me and sista h

me and sista tugaga!

thats all for now, 143 you all!

Email from March 23, 2014

6 months. really? wow!

Talofa lava, lo'u aiga!  its been another week here in Mt. Roskill.. and this one was a bit tougher that others we've had....

First things first... I got heaps of letters on Thursday! And i was happy as! :)  letters form mom, dad, the boys (didnt understand logans with the star of david...?), from megan machen, bro Tali from the MTC, and Gramma and Pap! It was very exciting to have so many letters! :)  

This week we've been focusing on working closer with the members because we have no one to teach, so we need to have them find people/friends/family for us to teach. :)  

Tuesday was CRAZY. We started at 10am because we had an appt with krsity. (1/2 samoan 1/2 tongan) her samoan is pretty bad, so she will probably get baptized in the palagi ward if and when we get to that point. but she doesn't like the elders, so we are teaching her. :)  she is the one we took to the fireside last week. she will be set for baptism this week, i just know it.  she is ready for a change in her life, and is starting to see the best way to do so.

we were fed a meat pie by a member we visited earlier, then had fafaga about 2 hours later... where i ate, stir-fry, taro, fried chicken, fried fish, and then they brought out a huge serving of icecream, fruitsalad (the canned fruit cocktail), AND cake! (i almost cried when they brought the desert.... i already felt so gross, and so full, all i wanted to do was puke.)  <-- this is breaking the word of wisdom, just so you know. this is what God calls over eating.... and i was forced to do so! :(  this is why i get fatter by the week. :(

then we went on mini splits with spohia and Liga (Linga).  Liga is also preping for her mission, so she and I went out and did some great work. Miracles happened where we found new samoan houses, got a solid referal, and she helps me with samoan, which i love. :)  Tuseday night Liga and i were able to meet with Kanesa. We knocked on her door, and she OPENED it and said, yeap come in. (AH! :D)  she has a little girl who is about 3 and one on the way in may! her husband was gone at the time, but we sat for a few minutes at the kitchen table.  she is so so nice, and i get excited just writing about here right now. :D i am so hopeful for her. she was really tired, but i could see her curiosity about me and liga and the message we had to share with her.  We set a return appointment for saturday. :) also. before we left, she offered to make us dinner... i KINDLY (but urgently) said no thank you, we have to rush off to another appointment (sometimes its okay for missoinaries to lie.)

wednesday... pretty slow, nothing really worthy for the email. haaha sorry.

thursday.... we went on splits with liga and sophia again! more miracles happened with liga! we've been trying to contact a referral for many days now, and with liga we FINALLY found someone at home!  her name is Theresa, and is also due in May (whats with all the pregnant ladies,aye?)  she has 3 other kiddos, too.  She was busy, but said we could come back saturday when all the family was home. yay!

friday.... we had 3 appointments lined up, woop! and 3 fall thrus... :(  We also had very strange encounters on the streets this day.... 1st- we pray before each time we leave the car to visit someone, so right as we finished out prayer, an old man approaches my door and the following occurs:

man - "Who am I speaking to?"

(me looking around... no one... so i say my name with a smile.)

man- "are you jehovah witness?"

no.

man- "mormon?"

"yes! we are from the chruch of Jesus Chr-"

man (now angry)- "then why in world do you have a syringe in your hand?!" (i may or may not have censored his words for the email)

(me, very confused.... i look at my hand and see my click-y pen and planner...?)

"um, this is just a pen, sir..."

then he walks away and continues to mumble slightly rude things i wont put in the email..

the poor, crazy guy thought i was holding a needle? man...

then another moment that day... we were driving to another area, see two gangsters on the street in all white and one with a green bandana on his head. make eye contact and the guy pretends to lick something... its was both disturbing and creepy, and made us all laugh in the car.  what was with people this day? haha

then it rained... scratch that.. .poured that evening. and we saw a woman who got caught walking in the rain jump on purpose in a giant puddle. that was nice to see someone who embraces all that comes her way.  ... the simple moment taught me a good lesson that i hope to incorporate from here on out.

saturday... again. so much potential. 2 appts with the 2 new families... then 2 fall thrus. UGH! i wanted to cry when neither were home.  i think Heavenly Father is testing my faith and patience.... no worries though because at the end of the day we listened to a song... you's can figure it out, but the line that stuck out was... "This is just a journey, so drop your worries, its gonna turn out fine. So keep your head up."  :)

sunday we just visited families, and tried setting appointments for the coming week.  it was ward conf, so it was in english, and i could understand! that was nice. :)

i'm almost done with the New Testament!  Today i finished my study in 1st Tim! I started at the beginning of the month! goal: finish before friday. then i'll get back to the D&C to finish that in a few weeks. then the BOM 3 month challenge for the mission starts april 1! I'm going to do it in Samoan, (side by side with english like Kolipoki)  to exercise some faith and see where the language goes from there.  :)

other than that... dad, I've been uploading pics to the google drive, so let me know when i can delete them form the usb, because its starting to get full. :)

and sorry, but no pics this week.  i'll be taking lots of pics today for next week! :)

This week is transfers, but i'm pretty sure sister H and i are all goods here. no calls yet. but we will know no later than wednesday.

stay excellent my family and friends! make your week a great one, and i'll do the same here.

Ever Stalwart, alofa atu, fa soifua,

Sister Camilletti

Email from March 16, 2014

Greetings loved ones!

Another week has been upon us here in New Zealand and the work of the Lord moves forward! :)

Hope you all liked the formal introduction, it is true though! The work does move forward! :)  

Monday:  For Pday, we went to One Tree Hill and wrote things in the rocks. (see attached pictures.)  There are rocks at the bottom on 'a' hill at One Tree Hill, and people write things with them, then when you get to the top, you can read the word or whatever you made! Its really fun! We wrote: PLAN OF SAVATION  then put the Hamilton NZ temple beneath it. :)  I know, I know.... so missionary of me to do that. :)  We're just spreading the gospel any way that we can! ;) Also.... sheep poop EVERYWHERE on those hill. had to be careful what "rocks" we picked up. ew!

Tuesday: Before Trade-off we were door knocking in an area and ended up talking with this old lady, a Jehovah's Witness, she was very sweet, but she kept trying to bible bash us, so we bore our testimony and moved on. Trade-off with the Sister Training Leaders was great!  I stayed in Roskill with Sister Toutaiolefue (say that one five times fast) and Sister Hengehenga went to Otara with Sister Aisa.  It was good, I learned heaps for the trade off and miracle always happen.  Sister T is a afatasi (or half palagi, half sa) so she is also learning the language.  She is super bubly, and with her help we were able to get into doors we haven't had luck with yet, so that was a blessing!  Mostly from trade off I learned how to have more confidence in myself. 

Wednesday: After we Traded back soas, we went back to work. Not much happened, But we ended the night at Sister Tiatia's house. She is great, and always feeds us mint chocolate chip ice cream. :) i love it, and sis h hates it haha!

Thrusday:  We met with Fealofani, a 70+ yr old lady. she is a crack up!  she thinks she is a member already, but we are just waiting for the record check to see... otherwise she will be our new investigator!  The cool thing about meeting with her was that i was able to follow and participate in the conversation! yippee!! we invited her to the ward party for friday and she was excited to go.

Friday: We met with Tupu! She is our new investigator!  She is Methodist, but is familiar with the church, and she seems to us that she has been prepared her whole life for meeting with us. :)  Its funny, when we pray with her she will say "amen" and "thank you jesus" when she likes what we pray for. sometimes hard to focus haha....  then came my most Near Death Experience so far on my mission....  Sister H and I were walking to Val's house for fafaga, when we saw a chinese man in his yard, so we said hello and tried talking to him. the following occured"

(me) "Hi! How are you today?"

(man) "NO!" (without looking up from edging his grass, but put up his hand at us as to say, stop)

(sister H) "okay, bye."

(me) "That's okay sir! But quick question, do you know any Samoan families in the area??"

(man) "Don't you know NO MEANS NO!!!!!!!!!??  GET OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY! LEAVE!  AND IF YOU COME BACK, YOU'LL GET THIS TO THE HEAD!!!" (walks towards us and holds up his giant scissor things/yard tool) 

then sister H and I walked away quickly. :)

not gonna lie, i wasn't expecting that.  shook me up for a little bit... mostly just confused as to how people get THAT angry over missionaries.  its sad, but his heart will be softened one day. :)  until then, i have charity and love for him, my brother, and pray for him to be happy in life.

friday night was our ward activity. (see pictures) it was the Au Alofa (Relief Socity) birthday party! woop woop!  let me tell you, these samoans go hard out for parties. they had heaps of food (usual/normal), then the Au Alofa had their visiting teaching groups do a talent, which was either a dance (siva samoa) or a song.  it was so fun to watch ALL AGES of women in the ward dance and sing.  Samoans are NOT shy. they love the stage! very entertaining! Even bishop interupted the dances so he could do one. hilarious! hopefully in the next few weeks i'll be able to upload the videos from the whole night on to the google drive.  our investigator Fealofani was there and even did a surprise dance!  then they had a full on dance for about 30 minutes where the WHOLE WARD, so everyone that was there, danced. it looked so fun... it was so difficult to stay seated with the other sisters.... so much temptation with the fun samoan music! don't worry mom, i was a good sister missionary. :)

saturday: CYCLONE! well.... just the effects of the one covering Vanuatu.  It was VERY RAINY and WINDY all day, but somehow we had a good day with success! it was pepa's 18th birthday so we brought her cupcakes and sang to her! :)  

sunday: sunday was a sunday, but we did have the Come and See Fireside again! it was in Otara this time, and we took Kristy, a 21 yr old, half samoan half tongan. she is super outgoing, and is really keen to learn more about the gospel. she enjoyed it and i know she felt the spirit. the last talk at the fireside was about "What lack I yet?" watch this viedo: https://www.lds.org/bible-videos/videos/christ-and-the-rich-young-ruler?cid=HPFR031414568&im=true&lang=eng So here is a thought for you all back home: What do you lack? What are you willing to do or give up to show your love to the Savior? If you live a good life, honest, loving, and faithful life like the rich man in the video.... then are you willing to give your all to follow our Loving Savior Jesus Christ?? Are you willing to take that step of faith and follow his example and be baptized so that YOU can return to live with our father in heaven one day?  I encourage you all, this week to ponder on that, evaluate, then make the needed changes.  :)

this morning we had a Zone devotional focusing on LOYALTY. Loyalty to the Savior.  we ended by watching this conference talk: https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/10/the-first-great-commandment?lang=eng  WATCH IT!  I really needed it today, and I'm so grateful for the words Elder Holland spoke.  

Today i will close with my testimony.

I know God lives.  I know he goes before my face each and every day.  I know that Jesus Christ has a love for each one of us that we can only begin to comprehend.  I know Christ is the light of this world, that all good things come from Him.  I know this gospel is the true and fully restored gospel on the Earth today because I feel it in my heart and in the work I am blessed to be a part of.  I know that through the Atoning blood of the Savior, we are made clean, and we can live with God in the next life.  I know that when we make sacrifices for the Lord, that we can see miracles, and blessings in our life.  It is our duty to Love the Lord, with all our heart, might, mind and strength. As we do this we are blessed beyond anything we can imagine.  It is important to know that it isn't until AFTER the TRIAL/Experiment of our FAITH that we receive the miracles/blessings.  I know Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ. I know God speaks to his children, especially his prophets today.  I know these things because I've sought to know them.  I've found the truth for myself, and I know all can know it for their-selves according to their desires. it is a blessing to me to be a representative of Christ, it is a privilege I hope to use for good. I know and testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

I love you, my family and my friends! Have a great week, I know I will! :)

Alofa Fa'avavau,

Sista Camilletti

Also from March 9, 2014...

hey every one!
hey here is what will be happening next weekend here in NZ. its something highschools form all over auckland do. wish we could go... but we cant. so this is as close as we get. check out the samoan, tongan, maori stages too!

http://youtu.be/qbboKpCAFsM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbboKpCAFsM

love you all!

(So I, Heather Camilletti, started working two jobs this week of March and have been a bit busy since then!  I am sorry for  not keeping the blog going for Sydney, but will try to catch up now that it is summer break!)

Email from MARCH 9, 2014

starting with pics today....

1. LOVE THE QUILT! THANK YOU!

2. its my fav.

3. diabetes places all over the world, thinking of you mitch! thought you may wanna see what their building looks like.

4. found what used to be a "LOGAN'S Restaurant"

5. gotta love the views here.

6. the "pukana" face for the Maori traditions.

 7. me and sista hengehenga with the nice sunset yesterday.

8. saturday we found a "Magic 8 Ball" and i asked it if i'd ever learn Samoan..... its reply: Very Doubtful

9. my reaction to the magic 8 ball's response. :( hahaha it was pretty funny. (i'll show that magic 8 ball it doesn't know what its talking about! it will see!)

its funny how much the weeks can vary from one another.
Malo, lo'u aiga!

What a week... i'll tell you about mine, then reply to what you emailed me. k? ok.

monday: we saw dorothy, and she got us all excited because she set another appointment with us for tuesday for a lesson and to sort out when her baptism would be, and she said she'd come to the YSA activity on friday and to church on sunday........ NO SUCH LUCK WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE.  she cancelled for tuesday, no show for friday or sunday. :( sad.

tuesday: met a few new families/people we could potentially teach. we have appt.s for this week set, so we hope to find them home.  

wednesday:nada. nope. not much else happened. we did meet this guy Talie and when we knocked on their door, we heard him say "who is it?" and one of this young daughters said "Just two lovely girls!" haha it was cute. they are pretty busy during the week, so we hope to get lucky and catch them on a less busy night.  

thrusday: zone training meeting. went well. sister H's uncle came and dropped off some food for us, and a WHOLE BOX of the sunkissed baby oranges. we've been eating them all week.  i got the package!!! It was like christmas all over again, opening it up and seeing what was in side. i opened it in the car after the meeting, while taking the district leader and his comp back to their flat.. .they obviously took 4 of the reeses pieces haaha!  I :LOVE the quilt! it makes me happy when i see it! and i'm very warm when i sleep now.. THANKS A MILLION! :)  we had a MCM with our WML thrusday night... he told me, "Keep learning the language. Try try try. otherwise i'll tell the mission president to send you to the Philippines." he thought it was funny.... i tried to not take it too seriously, but he is right... i DO need to learn the language....

friday: a dog bit sophia today at one of our potential investigators homes..... its a cute dog, but huge, and this is the second time it has jumped on her, this time it bit her. no punctures, but definitely a bruise. poor thing. it scared the crap outta me. not gonna lie, i just froze there when it all happened.

saturday: we walked and walked and walked. found a magic 8 ball. so naturally we took it.... and now it is our liahona. ;) kidding kidding, but it is fun to play with when deciding where to go. :) also papa was VERY drunk this day.  we went to visit him, he told us to come in, we were there for a few minutes, but the guy just rambled, and slurred everything.  We tried to leave with a good message, but he kept interrupting with, "blessed are da one who are da pure in da heart." over and over again. so we left. honestly, it is a miracle the guy is still alive... he had so much alcohol.

sunday. we walked and walked and walked.... again. i hate not having any appointments. its the no fun.  for fafaga, we ate at bishop's parent's house. we ate oka (the raw fish soup thing) and half-way cooked fish.... i couldn't do it. well i ate it, but it was gross, and i'm pretty sure i'll be getting sick from the partly cooked fish. we also had this salted beef thing..... they weren't kidding when they said salted. phew!  so needless to say taro is the saving grace that makes it possible for me to swallow any of the other yucky foods.  i'm sick of walking around... so we are really hoping for a better week.

so obviously we have experienced what a slow/empty week is like... we've come to the following conclusion:  we have met and talked with all the samoans with both good english and good samoan. now we have hit what we call the language barrier. neither of us have good enough samoan to portray what we want to say therefore the samoans don't give us the time of day.... so we are working on that... not sure how, but we are gonna try. thats all we can do. 

sounds like yous all have a crazy busy week ahead!  wish you all luck with all you have to do!  and i hope you all get to make it to CO! Mason is still the cutest little stinker, eh?!  woop woop for mitch getting braces off soon, that stud muffin!  hope you're feeling better logan!!!  

im sending a package today (little one) it has some little surprises for yous. let me know when you get it!  

answers to moms questions...

1. Did you get your package? Did everything arrive safely? What did you think of what we sent?

yep! loved all the floss. with all the meat i eat here, it will be put to good use. and the resees are all gone thanks the the YSA FHE activity on friday night :)  they all say thanks.
2. Does your camera charger work with that battery or do I need to send the original one?

it should work, but i cant get it to for what ever reason... maybe see if you can find a charger you can put the battery into (one with a NZ cord would be even better!)
3. Do you still have plenty of contacts and solution?

yep, still solid on that! thanks!
4. Do they do daylight savings down there? yes....? i think so? but not for a few weeks i think. not sure why.
5.  Will you need sweaters? SURE! that sounds great! as long as they wont get stretched out too much b/c i dont have a dryer to put them in.  sweaters are always nice.
6. Did you ever here from Alena?

nope, not yet... you can give her my email address and we can contact that way! :)

7. Need anything from America? 

nahh... i'm all good here. :) just the med refills haha

thats all for now, y'all!  miss you, love you, remember, blessings come your way every day, so open your eyes, see them and tell heavenly father you are grateful for them! :D

kid president: " you go air breathin' thru your nose, and your heart beat! (bump bump, bump bump) 

smile! its good to be here on the earth."

alofa tele lava atu ia te outou!

Sista Camilletti

March 2, 2014

"the weekly report."

not gonna lie.... feeling lazy to report on my week, so i apologize in advanced if this turns out to be a shorter email. :)

 monday for p day we cleaned and took a nap. :) that was really nice.

tuesday we had zone conference. that was great. very well fed... spiritually and physically. :D

wednesday we taught dorothy the plan of salvation.... and SET her for baptism on march 8! (too bad she instantly got dodgey and we haven't seen or heard from her since.... so she is no longer set for the 8th sad.) also had chinese takeout for fafaga with sister aumua, and it was a lovely change from taro. :) 

thrusday we had a lesson with brother pio (sophia's dad) and sophia and our investigator, Lui. the lesson started well, but Lui didn't let us get very far because he started asking quesitons, then he and bro pio got busy talking.... we will work on his focus haha. also we fasted thursday with all the ward auxiliaries for missionary work to progress in the ward, and MAN that was a tough fast! I think that was the WEAKEST i've felt from fasting.... standing took too much efffort. i was grateful for food by the time we broke it at 8pm.

friday, our appointments fell thru and we dropped some of our new investigators....

saturday we walked and walked and walked....... not much luck. hopefully it gets better this week!
sunday was sunday. i bore my testimony on courage yesterday. i still get nervous speaking samoan to the whole ward.... this week i'm working on confidence, and being more bold in all that i do.

thats all for the week! i think!  miss and love you all heaps! hug each other for me okay!?  enjoy your week and i'll chat with yous in a week.

love,
sista camilletti

 sunrise the other morning. man it was a beauty. seeing this, i KNOW God lives.

me and sista H with da sheep.

i am the good shepherd...

and other sheep i have which are not of this fold (insert lightning.)

blurry... but my new scriptures FINALLY CAME! i've only been waiting for 2 months now.

dorothy is a crack up! hopefully we get things worked out for her baptism. she is great. :)

sitting on a bench.