Hey Hey Hey!

October 1, 2017

FIRST OFF: QUESTIONS FROM LAST WEEK

• Did you actually get to go to the temple in Suva?  The pictures you took there were beautiful!  That will be cool to attend there from time to time (maybe once a quarter?) - We didn't go to the Temple while we were there :(

Elders Hatch and Slack (MTC companions) in front of the Suva Fiji Temple

• How big was that bug you took a picture of - looks like a moth.  We couldn’t decide if it was really huge or really tiny!! ;) - Lots of the moths are pretty big - a couple inches wide and long.

• The sky and water are so blue!! And there’s so much green!!  No question there - just an observation.  - Yeah the sky and water are blue - but I think Heavenly Father had in mind that my favorite color was green when he decided to send me here :)

• So what’s the story with the rugby trophy on the ferry to your island?  Were the guys you took the picture of the team members that won it?  That’s kind of cool. - The story behind the trophy is that the school that won it was Elda Rakatia's school, and those men were coaches and teachers.

• Love the little girl you took a picture of in your doorway.  What’s her story?  Does her family live near you guys? - I'm pretty sure she's our neighbor but I could be wrong.

• You took a picture of a family - a girl and two men and another with your companion with two kids.  Are you teaching them?  Are they members?  They look like humble, lovely people. <3 - That picture was from a birthday party. some of them were the family that lived in the home, others were friends/members. But they're all members. and yes, they are truly lovely, humbly living people.

• What is the building like where you attend church? - The building we attend church in is... interesting. I'll have to try and get some pictures of it, but it's a little (big for Fiji) building with stackable chairs for the chapel room and a few smaller rooms for the branch president's office and classrooms.

This last week was pretty good - as I mentioned we had exchanges with the Zone Leaders, Eldas Gray and Tupe. I was pretty scared because I still don't know Fijian well and I was going to have to lead them around to our investigators and other places, but things turned out OK and we had a great time.

I'm learning a lot still. From scriptures, from council and words from friends and family, from Preach My Gospel and other words from the Prophets, and from acting on my faith. I love you guys.

-Elda Hatch