How was everyone's Christmas??? The best part of Christmas Day was being able to Skype home and talk to my mom haha. It's just so much more comfortable speaking Chin-glish than worrying about correct Chinese at the VC haha. So glad for technology! We had 3 meal appointments on Christmas Day; 1 lunch and 2 dinners. I made sure to not stuff myself...

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^That means Merry Christmas in Hawaiian. Being in a trio is super fun. Sister Castaneda is step-training me and she's already taught me a lot. Last week I had my first full-length lesson in Hawaii haha. We taught an investigator from the Marshall Islands about the law of tithing and fast offerings. It always takes a little time developing companion unity in a...

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Dear friends and family, It doesn't feel like a whole week passed since I emailed like 5 days ago haha. Last week we had a ward Christmas party and it was hosted at a zipline place! But you know...as missionaries we can't do stuff like that because it could be dangerous :( It looked like a lot of fun though! On saturday we...

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Dear friends and family, I can't believe we're almost 1/3 through December! My first winter without snow and I'm so grateful haha. Every day feels like a day and a week feels like a day too. And I just hit my 3 month mark two days ago, which means I'm 1/6 done my mission whhaaaat?! Last week we got a few new investigators...

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Dear friends and family, My next P-Day is next Wednesday because we have Mission Tour (all the missionaries on the island attend and it's like a big training/conference) on Monday! So don't expect an email until Wednesday :) Last week we helped out a restaurant called Tita's Grill for Thanksgiving Day! They were closed on the day but hosted an event where they...

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Dear family and friends, It's been pouring rain for most of the past week! And it's Thanksgiving this week (US)! And we put up the Christmas trees and decorations at the Visitors Center! Haha. But really. It's just rain season here now that it's winter in Hawaii. And I kind of wish I had short rain boots to wear so my feet don't...

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Mahalo Nui Loa means thank you very much in Hawaiian  Dear friends and family, This week literally went by so quickly! Being a visitors' center (VC) sister is so differently from full-proselyting. Half our day is spent in the VC or on tram tours from the Polynesian Cultural Center(PCC) and the other half is when we can proselyte in our areas. But in...

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Dear friends and family, So my preparation day this transfer (next 6 weeks) is actually on Tuesday, sorry! We arrived in Honolulu last Wednesday afternoon! The flight was like 6 hours long but thankfully Delta had audio music so I listened to The Piano Guys. When we landed, the Mission President, President Warner, his wife, and a few other elders greeted us. There...

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