Elder Love's Samoan Adventures

Elder Aaron Love - Homecoming Talk Samoa Apia Mission - August 8, 2018 to April 6, 2020

we are doing good over here in the SAM! nothing seems to have been affected too much, and up to this point, the corona still hasnt hit here in samoa. i am really really really really tired. like im not sure how i am still functioning haha like one week is a blur and its over. its like the present doesnt even exist and its just the past and the future.. its really weird. like all things considered i am doing amazing, but the work and my calling truly is taking the energy right out of me, and whereas a nap before the mission would restore strength when i was exhausted, it seems like sleep has no real effect on kicking the true feeling of mental and emotional exhaustion.. i like what you said dad about being diligent and enthusiastic, thats definitely something i need right now is to keep finding that enthusiasm and love for the work. as i sent the email before, i really am trying to think less about myself and serve others, and that is the path i will continually follow.. as i have been

Another day (week) another dollar as they say! this week was awesome! our friend failautusi was baptized and confirmed!! story: one of our friends named siupolu needs to be divorced from her first husband in order to get married to the husband that she is with now, so we got the information about her ex husband on the other side of island and went and visited him. they have 4 children together and all of them are living with their dad. we asked the dad if he could go with siupolu (his ex) to the government and get a divorce, and he said he could. then he threw siupolu under the bus and said the reason why they got divorced was because she cheated, and he asked us if the church could pay for the divorce cuz she was the one who "sinned". we were kinda disappointed in siupolu, cuz she never disclosed that to us. we go back to siupolu and ask her her side, and she told us that the husband lied!! the husband actually cheated and he has been lying to the kids for about 10 years, sa

Update on all our friends who we are teaching: Selina : was married last week and baptized, we are now helping her get excited for temple marriage Siaosi : was baptized about 3 weeks ago, still strong with his wife and kids to church. i love this guy Vaeluaga : a 9 year old who was forgotten and not baptized. she is the best, she will be baptized next week Tasi : a nice young woman who is getting married on friday and baptized on saturday. i think i will be able to baptize her in the ocean!! hopefully Mose : getting married next week, we are finishing up his lessons. he is awesome and sooo respectful Siupolu : we are working on her divorce, so her marriage process will take a little longer. we are going to help her and hopefully next month she will be baptized Tupe : he is the man. he is giving up smoking. his girlfriend who is a member now wants to marry him. they are getting married next month and baptized on march 7. The work here is amazing. i love it Elder Love

it's been a while since i emailed but lets hit yall with the updates: - the work is going great over here in Vavau with my awesome companion elder semeatu, we are working hard in our area and are loving working with the whole zone! yesterday i had a chance to go on an all day split with elder te'o! elder te'o and i went to the mtc together and this is the first time we have been in the same zone together in the field. it was such an awesome day catching up with him and really noticing how much we have both changed but how close we still are. - this next month is looking amazing!! if everything goes according to plan, we should be marrying 5 part member couples and baptizing one member of each couple. it has been super busy trying to work everything out with these couples, in fact today we just got back from town where we had to check whether or not the previous divorce of one of the couples went through, so that they can get married to their new partner. and thankfully it w

so i am dead tired right now. long story short i just got transferred from my home in savaii to upolu. i didn't have any time to say goodbye to families even though i have been there for the past 8 months. let's just say my heart is a little achy right now thinking about all the friends i have made over there and how i didn't have a chance to say a proper goodbye. i hope i will have a chance to go back over before my mission is over and see them all again or its gonna break my heart cuz that's my family over there man. anyway i know the pain will pass after a while cuz i just got transferred to upolu south, which is back side upolu, and it is widely known as the most beautiful zone in our entire mission. and after driving through it today i agree 100%. my new companion is amazing as well, his name is Elder Semeatu and he is from Australia. he finishes in april but we are determined to work our butts off and blow it up down here! honestly i don't know what to say, i

Today was awesome. we went up this morning to saleaula to play some basketball with elder skabelund and elder misailegalu and i am humble to say that i defended my streak in 21 for three straight times. skabelund thinks he is gonna beat me next time but i am already planning my 4peat. it was cool too when we were sitting down taking a break we had this really nice drunk guy come on to the basketball court to wish us a happy new year and he kissed us all on the head. so we all got our new years kiss!! it has been a nice chill day, getting some really good rest. This week has been awesome! it has been so fun to proselyte in our area because everyone has just become good friends! i love the samoan people man its just so fun to be with them and joke around with them and when we are so lucky to have a great gospel lesson with them. this week we are helping one of our friends named jaimie prepare for her baptism next week! she has done lessons before but her grandma stopped her from being