Week 67 - Transfers to Upolu South!

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 am in shock still haha and dead tired. either way... the less and less time i have the more and more determined i become to do the absolute most i can out here on my mission. my heart is absolutely full of love for these samoan people, their language, their silly facial expressions, their hilarious jokes. i love studying the gospel and i love teaching the gospel. just like that opening page says in PMG, something like, "you will find more joy as you serve the Lord than you have at any other time of your life." that is true. this work is so beautiful. I love my Father in Heaven for how he has blessed my life, and has helped me understand and live the gospel, and has let me serve among his children in Samoa. This is the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life. I know that the gospel is true. i truly desire that all others may find that for themselves as well.

Elder Love

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