Just to start off this email I just wanted to make everyone aware if you weren't already aware that the Fijian mens rugby 7's team just took home the first gold medal in Fiji history, actually the only medal in Fijian Olympics history... They just added sevens rugby as a sport to the Olympics this year, and lets just say it wasn't even a competition. Fiji went undefeated winning 43 to 7 in the final. Just unreal.... Their nickname is the "FLYIING FIJIANS" And they are probably the sickest thing ever. We were in town the moment that they won Gold and everybody that were driving cars just put on their hazard lights and layed on their horns for a good 20 minutes or so. Man its a pretty big deal here. You guys have Michael Phelps and we have 7's rugby. TOSO VITI TOSO (go Fiji go)
Ok sorry now that that's all over, we had a good week out here in the mission! haha We started off the week with a great district meeting on Tuesday, where I gave a little training about becoming committed to the gospel and how its the same as when you jump off a cliff into the water. You are either all in and committed or scared and standing still. There's no in between. So if you are not already just dive in both feet into the gospel, its more fun that way!
On Wednesday we finally got our truck back which is such a blessing considering how big our area is. It's been great to try to catch up on the work! The guy at the car shop called me on Tuesday and told me that the car wouldn't be done till next week and lets just say I layed down the law a little bit over the phone and they made sure to have it done as fast as possible. haha The Lord's work is no joke. You just got to tell it how it is!
On Thursday and Friday we had the chance to go out and do exchanges with the Elders from Nakawakawa, who are in our district. The Elders in Nakawakawa are kind of a little bit how we were on Rabi in the fact that they only get to come in every 2-3 weeks or so for p-day and email because they live so far away. So it was way fun to go and be able to do exchanges in their area with them. We made the 3 hour drive out to the village they live in and man it was just a fun trip. It just reminded me so much of Rabi. Little to no electricity, a tiny, tiny flat, and just a small little village. We all slept in the little flat that night and because there are so many big rats (some of which bite) we had to keep the lights on all night to keep them away from us. How cool is that mom? hahah The next day we did service with them, which was the muddiest service of all time. It had been raining for 5 days so the road was SOOOOOO flooded so we had to dig ditches to drain it, but after we got rewarded with some "bathing" in the river! Because their water was out for some reason we got to go bathe in the river and lets just say it was SO FUN. haha
The last big thing of the week was yesterday for church or should I say churches. We had church at our usual little branch and then after we had to go to 2 different little villages and bring the sacrament/ preside at both of their little sacrament meetings. At each one including at our branch we were asked to give talks last second, so hey I guess that's one way to get good at the language is to just be forced to stand up and give 3 talks off of the top of your head in the same day... hahaha Crazy but it was fun!
Pretty great week this week! Just want to let you all know there is no doubt that this work is true. This is the true church and I love it! Love you all!
Elder Mumford
me just chilling in a sweatshirt
Some of the water we had to drain
And me about to do some good old bathing in the river!!!
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