the sisters on Maui

the sisters on Maui

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

49 and a half........


You know you're in Hawaii when...

-You never say "hello" you only say "Aloha"....like seriously....I think I forgot to say Hello.
-Roosters fly at your car and it's a normal occurrence.
-90% of meals you are fed include rice.
-You have a slipper(sandal) tan on your feet
-You call sandals slippers :)
-Everyone's excuse for everything is "it's the VOG"....... but really a lot of the time it is the VOG!
-A gallon of milk costs like $6.00
-Little kids call you "Auntie"
-A "shaka" works better than a turn signal to change lanes.
-All of your sentences end with "Ya?"
-You stare at blonde people like "what is wrong with that kid?! they're glowing!"

Week 49- he'll put us in the right places at the right time

Monday: we had our zone p-day activity- tree climbing for the elders then we all went bowling. it was fun!

We had exchanges on Wednesday. The sister that I went on exchanges with is such a great teacher!! she really asks great questions that get people thinking.

When we were planning Tuesday night for what we would do on exchanges, we felt like we should visit a lady named sheri who had met with the missionaries before. But we had so many other people that we needed to see Wednesday so we decided to visit her on Thursday instead. We had never gone to visit her before but we figured out where her apartment complex was and right as we pulled into the parking lot we saw a lady from our ward getting out of the car with her toddler and little baby. She asked us if we were there to visit her. She went on to explain that she was getting kicked out of her apartment and she needed help. We dropped our plans for today and got her all packed up and loaded into her car, our car and one other brother's car. We drove to the storage facility and stowed away all of her stuff. She was so grateful that we had come and were able to help her. She told us that she had been praying for help, and then we pulled up! It is so amazing to see how Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways. We would never have thought to visit her. but God knew that if we went to visit "sheri" then we would be in the right place at the right time to help this other sister. We don't have to know everything, but if we are doing our best to do what is right, Heavenly Father will put us in the right place at the right time to help those in need.

We are working with this great family from chuke! It is always fun in lessons because......well.....I don't speak chukeese! but It has been fun bearing my testimony then hearing it translated.....then they respond and I smile and nod then I'm like "wait....what did they say?" It's fun though!

We got to do a service project with our ward this week. We got to paint the outside of a nearby elementary school! We loved that! We also got to help a family in our ward to put dry wall in? they are rebuilding a room in their house? or adding on or something. So we learned how to be like bob the builder!

We got to go to Laie this week to go to the temple! I love the temple! It is so peaceful there:) and it's just beautiful too!

Love you all!!

love, Sister Hodgson