Hello everyone!
This week was another great week here in Vanuatu! Not too much happened, but every day on the mission is a great one, right?! :)
This week we contacted a referral named Serzine. She is a young girl, about 20. She lives with her husband and right next to her friend. When we went to visit with her, her friend was also there. We asked if she would be glad to receive the lessons as well, and she said yes! Her name is Lillian. So we got 2 new investigators this week!! They are great investigators. Very fun and they actually talk a lot during the lesson! Here in our area, and probably generally in Vanuatu, the people don't participate much during our discussions. They are all very shy and soft spoken. Sometimes that makes it a little difficult to teach, when we ask questions and they don't want to speak.. haha. But its great! So we are excited to begin to teach Serzine and Lillian more. We have taught them twice and they are taking the lessons great :)
This week I had some pretty rough teaching experiences.. :/ The language is still a little difficult for me and so teaching is interesting sometimes.. haha. We were teaching a young 8 year old boy, Jimmy, about the plan of salvation. We were going to teach about our purpose on the earth. So we start off with Adam and Eve, one principle that I haven't taught yet. Sister Natto turns to me and says, "You can start off." My heart started pumping and a lot of things were rushing through my mind. I was trying to remember back to all the times Sister Natto has taught Adam and Eve and think of the phrases she would use. It started off good, and I was able to get about 2 or 3 sentences out from memory. Then, my mind goes blank... I cant remember anything more about Adam and Eve and I don't remember any Bislama to shove in and make is sound like I know what im talking about. I turn to Sister Natto, and she lets me sit there for about 10 seconds (which feels like a lifetime) in silence, trying to think of ANYTHING to say. She then comes in and continues. I felt so discouraged... But, I knew I needed to just move on from this experience. Luckily it was just a small boy or I probably would have been more embarrassed.. :P I realize I need to go in with faith and not fear. I have a knowledge of this gospel and of the principles. I just need to have faith that the Spirit will direct me with what to say. And I will continue to work harder with my language study :) I really don't want this experience to EVER happen again.. :P
Well, thank you all again, for the prayers, love and support!! I love being a missionary!! It gets better each day :) Have a wonderful Christmas season! I love you all so much and miss you too!!
Love, Sista Alfin
They call me "Misses" here. or "Waetman" They call out in an excited voice, "Oh misses!" Or if they know me just "tufala sista misinaries!" They are all very kind here :)
We teach Sam, the one on my right, and all the other pikinini came to join.
Papa Cyriaque at his baptism. And his wife Antonia, who we are teaching :) Marie showed up late, so we didn't get a picture with her...
Two little twins, Joyce and Richard!! They are adorable :) Belong to the Yunack family.
Oh, on Saturday a Sister came home from her mission. Her name is Sister Yunack and she lives in the Pepsi area where I proselyte. We went over there in the evening for dinner and I meet here for the first time. She says that she has heard about me! She served in the San Jose, California mission with Elder Hullinger. (Sis. Allphin's cousin)
So that was really cool. What a small world!! She says he is a wonderful missionary and doing great :)
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