Good morning from my island of Efate. I’m writing smol and early this morning. There are so many different emotions that are running through my soul. My fingers strum the strings as clouds dark over with grey. I am so grateful for the time i have had on my little island of Efate. There are so many tender mercies i have felt and experienced. I have come to learn that for me experiencing a miracle is recognizing the divine in what could be considered ordinary. It is recognizing God’s hand in the moments that are lived. I am so grateful for the last two weeks I have had to be here in Ohlen. These souls are so precious. My heart doesn’t want to leave them. I am so grateful for the memories and the moments that I have experienced with them. This Saturday (two days ago) Nikson (16 years) who sista Talamai and sista Taufa have been storying with (tufala sista training leaders). And Charles Pakoa! (Papa Pakoa’s grandson who is 9 years old. We have got to teach him these last two weeks!) It was such a blessing. Yesterday afta jos we spent the majority of the day preparing for everything for the musical missionsry fireside. It went well. It was interesting to observe how what was being said and felt more focused on the temple and preparing to go there. (I get to see the temple!!!!!!!!!!) Thank you for your love and prayers. Thank you for all of

Halo beautiful famle blong mi we mi luvem tumas! Olsem wanem?? We have made it to the last full week of the mission. I must tell you that coming to Ohlen has been the greatest thing that has ever happened. I have had so much this past week! Mama: Happy St. Patricks dei!! Yay!!!!! Travel itenerary!!!! Yahoo!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for trumpeting the arrival. I’m so excited! This week has been amazing. We got to teach Thierry back again, mama Angela. We have had a lot of family house night and kakae! We have gotten to story with my Ohlen souls back again. I love them so much. It’s such a blessing to be here. I got two letters and green vegetables this week! The adventure to the other side of the island was stunning. It had rained on the way there so there was a ton of soft mud (literally our activity was hiking through soft mud. It was so much fun.) I also got permission from President to drive for our activity. SO MUCH FUN!!! I love you so very much mama! Daddy: Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorning sunshine!!!!!!! I am wonderful!!!!! How are you?? Time and counting down the Os are our dear friends currently. I’m so glad you got to go to the game! We will be making tuluk this week with Papa Pakoa, we have a famle house night scheduled tonight that all four of us will go to and on Sunday we will have a musical

Hello beautiful famle blong mi we mi luvem tumas! Oh how grateful I am for you . Thank you for all of your love and prayers. I am so grateful for the support you constantly give me. Thank you for all that you do. This week has been quite an exciting week. Many changes! We started the week out in Etas with Sista Otukolo and teaching and on Saturday night I packed my bags to venture back to Ohlen! (Sista Otukolo is training a sister from Kirabati!) Sista Lautaimi (from Tonga) and I working together! We live with the STLs. Sista Talamai and Taufa. They are all wonderful. On Sunday I woke up in Ohlen! (It’s crazy I’m back in Ohlen. I know the Lord’s hand is in all things.) Hem I save evri samting bitim yumi. It was a delight to see all of the members. I love being around them. It felt as if I was with family again. Tender mercies. We visited Frazier and their family. (I love their family so much!) We also got to visit Mama Dorris and invited her to come to jos. Shelly and Sang just came back from living in Blacksand so we shared a smol scripture with them. We also got to teach a simplified lesson of the restoration to Papa Pakoa’s grandchild, Charles. Such a special family! I love them so much. Mama: I love you so much! I am back in Ohlen! (Sista Otukolo is training.) I am working

Halo beautiful famle blong mi we mi luvem tumas!! Oh how grateful I am for you. You are a blessing in my life. Thank you for all of your love and prayers. This week has been a great one. One for the books of the roller coaster of serving as a missionary. I love the people! I love the clouds and the kokonus trees. I walk outside and it is as if someone took a paint brush on a fresh canvas of blue and let the brush dance around with a pallet of white. Mama: Halo! I love you so very much! You are so very special to me. Efate is as beautiful as ever. I love Etas so much, soft mud and all. The people we are teaching are doing wonderful! Alice, Richard, Willy, and Lynnrose (their two pikinini) all came to Jos! It was a pure miracle. I’m so very grateful for their courage. Please keep them all in your prayers! (Alice is a member we are helping come back to jos, Richard has never storied with missionaries before, Willy we are storying with He’s 8 years old, and Lynnrose is a cutie pikinini!)\ Mama Jonita and Papa Pierre told us they are going to sign to get married! HUGE MIRACLE. Please pray for them that they will follow through with their plans. Mama Jonita has been coming to jos for 15 years but hasn’t been able to get baptized because she and papa aren’t married yet. The

Halo beautiful famle blong mi we mi luvem tumas!!! Afta?? Mi glad tumas lo prea blong yufala. Hem i mekem hart blong mi i fulup glad mo joy! Mama: Oh how much I adore you!! Etas in wonderful. The people are just beautiful. The sun has been so strong! Alice and Richard were both there when we storied with Willy! We are teaching him one principle at a time and using all of the teaching tricks with pikinini that we can think of. It’s so much fun! Papa Samwell. He loves the Book of Mormon. We read 1 Nephi 1 with him this week. It took a while to explain everything but slowly and surely. He will love it. Skyping with you was the greatest! It made my heart so happy. You make my heart so happy. No update on the fly-home yet… I’m almost positive about the 27th though after looking at flights in the past of other leavers going home to America. (It usually takes a long time for people flying home to America to get their travel plans) President Duquette sent this in our email about the four elders… Thank you for keeping them in your prayers! Elder Temaiana: Has been released from the hospital and will return home on March 2nd where he will work with a speech therapist to overcome his mild amnesia for a period of approximately two months. Elder Champoux: Will likely be released form the hospital on March 3rd and will return

Halo beautiful famle blong mi we mi luvem tumas! I am so very grateful for you and all of your prayers. You mean the world to me. Mama: Oh how much I love you! You are sunshine to my life. Thank youfor your love and your example. You have a light that shines inside and out. I  love you so much mama. I hope you have had a wonderful week. I know it has been quite busy. I am so proud of you in all that you are doing. You are so special to me.  Have a wonderful week!  Daddy: Good Mooooooooooorning sunshineeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so grateful for you. Today is the beginning of the culmination of my Vanuatu experience. I love hearing about your mission and your experience daddy. Everything is a green light. I have six weeks to soak up the sun. I can hardly believe it.  I was reading one of your letters a little while back that talked about using the smart gene. (The problem to the solution is to be smart. You are smart enough to figure it out. ) It’s so true.  Also! Papa Pakoa got his wheel chair fixed. His grandson or son was able to fix it so now he can come to jos if it isn’t raining!!!!!!  Thank you for your kind heart and for your constant support. Eat some snow for me! I love that last part. Daughter of loving earthly parents. Sib loved. Spirit approved. Fist bump!!!! I’ll keep