Bula Vinaka from Sister Wayment

Bula Vinaka! This week has been great! I have grown a lot in the language and spiritually. We are preparing for our second TRC tonight. We had our first TRC last Friday night which went much better than I thought it would! The only thing was when we first got to the building there were a couple of fire trucks and the fire alarms were going off in the building. So that was exciting. Because we had to wait to find out that there was no fire, we had to cut our lessons short 5 minutes. That was just fine with us. We had Fijians come into the MTC so that we could talk to them and it was really fun. I enjoyed it a lot and was able to say things that I hadn't memorized and form sentences on the spot. So that was cool. Every day I learn a little bit more and am able to use a little bit more Fijian. Saturday I got to sing in conference, so that was really fun! I am so grateful for that opportunity. I auditioned for a musical number this week and they emailed me wanting me to play it twice ...

Singing Hope of Israel in General Conference during the Saturday afternoon session. Pictures courtesy of Benjamin and Meg Christensen

Bula Vinaka! This week has been really good! The time is flying by. We have our first TRC tonight which is a memorized lesson in Fijian. I feel mostly ready so I am sure it will go well. I have learned a lot this week, and I feel very productive. We were playing trashsketball in class and you would have to guess a word before the other person did. If you guessed it first, you had to throw a wad of paper into the trash can. I got the word when it was my turn, and chose a one pointer. It was like 3 feet away. I threw it and I missed!! it bounced off the edge of the garbage can. The elders thought it was hilarious. So that was funny. In other news, I am doing well! I am seeing a lot of people here that I know. Even some from high school. So there is this cat that lives here. The elders absolutely love it. They named it Sylvia and during the breakfast line they run over and pick it up and hold it. During the breakfast line today, some elders were talking to it and wer...