First things first... I saw a beach. 3 months in Tahiti and I finally saw one. I caught a glimpse then told Wilkinson we have to go. We read the Book of Mormon there and enjoyed the breeze and black sand that's on this part of the island. It was insane.
So the new area is lit. Too city for my taste but the work is insane. We found 10 new people to teach last week and taught over 25 lessons. This entire week is booked. Literally every hour and we struggle to find time to study. We grinded this week so the area is popping off. We have too much that we are putting visits off for in two weeks and putting off lessons and dinners. It's incredible. It has been so tiring and hot but it really feels like I'm finally working hard, doing like 11 hours of field work. It's the dream. We do lessons, visits, Come Follow Me with inactives, english and even piano. I taught a Grandma while her grand daughter took piano. So sneaky. A cheeky casual lesson. We've been so so busy and I love it. Planners are full full. I've truly seen the impact of hard work and am happy to finally have a comp who also wants to grind. It has made the week wayyy better and enabled us to help way more people.
The only sad thing is I thought change would be the solution to my anxiety but I've still had it in the mornings. Hopefully just adaptation to every single thing being new again. But that's still been rough. Mornings suck but I've finally found true joy in the days while working and I love the people here so much. I've seen my love for these people increase and I'm immediately invested in them after 5 min of talking.
A fresh start was good for member relationships at least as all my first impressions I'm talkative and comfortable, compared to the homesick struggling in french me everyone at ruatama met. All my first impressions are good so far so it has been a lot easier and I'm already getting tight w some peeps. The ward is a lot bigger too, like 200 people which is a big change that I love. Lots more ward help and connections.
My butt hurts from biking and that's been a grind. I sweat an insane amount with the Tahitian heat and shirt and tie. Most of our work is in apartments up a big hill too which sucks lol.
I also teach a mami (old person) english and got her back to church after years. She's so cute and knows no english at all. I make her laugh with my Tahitian jokes (like I actually joke around in Tahitian which is cool). The only problem is she hates another mami that we visit too who is making us book covers. Tahitian mami beef. It's okay, we get food from both.
This week was so good with how busy we were and I'm excited for next which is busier. I'm so tired but that is good. How it should be. I'm really giving it all right now and am loving it.
Oh and people love ripping on faaa here, my old area. I've really realized how much it sucks there lol. But it was also hype. Just not really Tahiti. This Tahiti is way better and people are way nicer.
The wifi isnt good enough for pics sorry.
Have a good week everyone
Elder Fiore
Mom adding photos:
The beach!!
Mom adding photos:
The beach!!
Sweating tons!
Zach glad to read your enjoying the new area. Hopefully you will acclimatise to the heat soon. Take good care of your feet. Foot powder does wonders.
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