Well, I never even know where to begin these emails........ umm so i cut
my wrist this week....on accident! We were cutting glass for service and i just
slipped my hand too close to it and cut my wrist....but it's healing well
now:)
Sister Fonua was sick some of this week too. Then on Thursday, we
got a call from president and he said she needed to pack her bags because she
would be leaving at 8:00 in the morning the next day! So we ran around and let
her say her goodbyes then we spent all night packing her up.
We got
a few hours of sleep, then headed to the airport. I dropped her off and picked
up my new companion, Sister Richardson! She is so great! We came out to Hawaii
together! We didn't know each other in the MTC because she is a visitor center
sister, and had different training than I did, but We flew over together and got
to know each other a little bit during the first few days.
She got
in the car and I was like "well, I hope we can find our apartment!" I have only
been here for about two week, but a large portion of that time was spent in the
pad, because my companion was sick. So some people are considering this a white
wash, but we have sometimes been calling it a gray wash because I know a little
bit about the area. But regardless of that, we still have TONS to learn! We
have NO IDEA who most of the people are, and no idea how to get to their
houses. We have made a lot of u-turns this week, and spent a lot of time
trying to figure out the maps. but it has been so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha
we just laugh a lot and sometimes we're like "AHHHHH....we don't know what we're
doing!!!" but things are working out. We keep praying for the Lord's help that
we will be able to learn this area and get to know the people. It has been such
an adventure and we are starting to know our way around now. so that's
exciting:)
We got a call from the assistants and we were like
"what's up?" they said that they came into the office and saw that sister
Richardson's picture was by mine and they were wondering if we had changed.
haha I guess it happened pretty fast. The assistants to the president didn't
even know!
Conference was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We
watched it in the stake center... . . . . . . . . . at 6:00am (which meant
we had to wake up at 5....). that was the least appealing idea, but it was
TOTALLY worth it because I loved conference.
I loved all of the
talks!
Elder Perry- "Too often people think obedience as a
passive and thoughtless following of the orders or dictates of a higher
authority. Actually, at its best, obedience is an emblem of our faith in the
wisdom and power of the highest authority, even God."
Elder
Holland- "You may wonder if it is worth it to take a courageous moral stand...
or to strive against much in society that sometimes ridicules a life of
religious devotion... Yes, it is worth it"
Elder Uchtdorf- “Everyone’s situation is different, and the details of each
life are unique... Nevertheless, I have learned that there is something that
would take away the bitterness that may come into our lives. There is one thing
we can do to make life sweeter, even joyful, and even glorious. We can be
grateful.”
The whole thing was amazing!
If you haven't gotten a chance to watch it yet- watch it!!! and if you don't
know what general conference is, check it our on LDS.org it is really neat to
hear the words of the prophet. He speaks for Heavenly Father. and it is
spiritually uplifting, no matter what your religious background is. Share it
with your friends!
Love, Sister Hodgson
