The first picture is of where the boat drops you off- on the boat I was excited to be a missionary all by myself, so I tried talking to some people. The first guy rejected me hard-core. Shame, because he was from New Zealand, and I thought it would be cool to talk about the gospel in English. No-go. But the second man was extremely nice and smiley, and randomly lives right in Pirae, my area I just left. I bought myself a quiche and ate it with the ocean wind just whippin through my hair and felt 100% happy.
The second photo is of where I actually am in this exact second, and the girl is my wonderful new companion, Soeur Paraurahi, which means "talks a lot." We get along great so far, and I can see I'm going to love her.
Folks, I would love to write some more things, but I'm a little too excited to be here, and I just want to go explore. Plus my companion's bike tire just blew up, so we gotta figure that out.
Family, I was so happy to see you on Christmas, especially Grandma and the Bradleys- good surprise Christmas present! I love you dearly. Talking to Mill was especially cool- the one single time we'll both see each other as missionaries. Maybe. Im' pretty sure I'll have a badge on again some day. Hopefully a couple more times. Missions are good.
For New Years resolutions, here's my thought- we really can do anything. Millzie played the piano and sang in Portuguese in front of a billion people in Brazil. (Amelia's Blog) Really, we can do big stuff. Set cool resolutions this year- life is beautiful!
All my love,
Soeur Mann
(Editor's Note: You can hear about the third picture on February 23rd at 11:00 AM in the Hyde Park 1st Ward.)
