Sister Kenidee Sylvester TONGA NUKU' ALOFA: Tonga! Oh the Blessings!

Hello Family!!

I am finally in Tonga and let me just say this place is amazing. Ive never been so sweaty before in my entire life and I don't think I've ever eaten so much either! haha. The members love the missionaries here so I don't think i'll ever have a problem of not being fed (which might be a problem) good thing my companion likes to workout! :) My trainer is Sister Palenapa. She's from Tonga and she is awesome! Im grateful to have her because she's really helpful with the language. The area we are in is called Havelu. Its on the main island and its just a little village. We cover two wards and surprisingly there are a lot of members. In this particular area our best way to find investigators is through the members, because we are so close to town no one is ever home. We have three investigators right now. Emeli is on date to be baptized on Saturday so we are praying everything goes well. Faleta is 20 and he's still unsure if he wants to be baptized. He comes to church and does everything we ask him to but he still hasn't decided if this is for him. We taught him on Friday and my companion had me ask him to be baptized. It was a little scary but I did it. He wants a little more time to think about it so we are praying for him and the spirit to be with him. We are also teaching a priest. We have yet to find a good time to actually sit down and talk with him but he enjoys hearing our short messages.

The bugs LOVE me here. I have 23 bug bites just on my legs and they are not normal bites....they look like bruises. Good thing our uniform covers our legs because I look like I have a disease haha!!

Anyways the work is good here! I honestly love being a missionary. Its been a pretty challenging week especially with the language but my testimony on faith and trusting in the Lord has really been strengthened. I love you all! Sorry this weeks letter is a little short. Have a great week!

OFA ATU!

SISTA SYLVESTER