JANUARY 26, 2014

not sure what to title this week's email...

Talofa Lava!

okay so this week wasn't as successful, but still improvements happen every day!  It was rainy and W I N D Y this week!  I really hate the wind... especially with flowing skirts.... :/

FYI... flea bites suck... i know now what its like to be a dog.  Our flat is clear of them as far as i know, but i do know we get them from the homes we visit.... i dont have them bad... but the few i do have arent fun.

Pepa (if things continue the way they are now) is looking fabulous for her baptism day of feb 8!  We are so happy and excited for her. :)  She loves the plan of salvation and thinks resurrection is the coolest thing she's ever heard of.

our other sets (sam, rena, upu, robin, andrew) are no longer set only because they didnt come to church. we want to reset them for the 22nd. but honestly we can't get our hopes up until their parents (rena and sam's parents) hearts to soften. their dad is very strict, and we've never met him, he just sits inside when we are there and yells at the kids from inside to go do things. so we are tryng to find ways to soften some hearts. if the dad's heart changes we will be all good to go because in the samoan culture the mom does whatever the head of the house does/says... i have problems with that..... but things out of my control.

papa solomona is a 70ish year old man who is less active, but starting to come back to church.  he is also an alcoholic because he is lonely all the time. he has no  one to live with and so he drinks.  he was doing well for a few weeks, but was drunk many days last week when we saw him.  we dont meet with him when he is drunk, don't worry mom. :)  but that is papa's story.  he also thinks he is the leader of a gang... its quite funny some times.

lui is another old guy - 68, but is is always out and about. we hardly ever see him at home. we did find him yesterday, but he was again on his way out to visit family so we didn't talk long.  very nice guy!

on tuesday... we were given cash for dinner from the members so the 3 of us (me, soa and sophia) went to ollie's - a burger and icecream place.  we sit down and these two guys were looking at us and wispering. one had a utah jazz shirt on - i should have known, but didn't want to make judgements so i went along with it all. they asked if we were mormon, we said yes, they then asked what we taught so i started on the first lesson in breif with them, i get to the part about joesph smith and they start laughing.......... the turds were RMs! It was pretty funny, but i hate being so gullible sometimes. haha! they were very nice about it and ended up talking to us for about a half hour.  nice guys. one was tongan, the other was half samoan, half niuean. 

we had interviews with president lekias this week! (this happens every 3 months). it was good! president told me to chill out with the language. to work hard and diligently, but to not worry so much. don't stress.... yeah right. i'll try!

funny moment for thursday... we were door knocking and a Maori man answers and says i'm not dressed" and closes the door..... (WHO ANSWERS THE DOOR WITH OUT PANTS ON??) luckily i only saw his leg..... phew! yuck.

satuday it was beautiful and sunny...i got burnt on my neck. the samoans laugh at sun burns... haha. oh well.

Mom, YES i have had palusami.... twice this week actually straight from the island of samoa! bishop's parents fed us that and they got back from sa the day before. it was prety good...i managed the texture for most of it. it has good flavor tho!  definitely give it a shot!  i also had this nasty stuff called "su'afa'i" look it up.... its so nasty. bananas, with this tapeoka crap... and other things....it was served warm and i could NOT do it.

ummm... not much else for the week, other than we are hoping for sunnier skies so we can have success talking with people and as always... and improvement with the language.  i love yous all so stinking much! send my love to all the fam, near and far!  and i sent something to dad and mitch on saturday so they should get it soonish!

enjoy the pics!

alofa fa'avavau!

Sista Camilletti

1. i am getting the foot tan lines already! haha dont mind my toes....
2. check out the back board! it looks like a stolen restraunt breakfast menu! ha!
3. typical laundry day for people in our neighboor- HOODs haha
4. me and papa solomona! him and his bob marley shirt....
5. me when it was POURING.... probably couldn't re-make that face even if i tried. :)
6. we were soaked for the 60 seconds we ran out in the rain. it was fun!