Eha to'oe huru?
Tahitian is nuts. It might very well be the death of me. The grammar principals are fairly simple compared to French or English, but the memorization and pronunciation is utterly ridiculous. But, I feel so blessed and grateful to have the opportunity to learn TWO languages!!! There are some islands called the Marquises in my mission, and if I get sent to those I'll actually have to learn ANOTHER LANGUAGE. I can't tell whether I'd like to or not lol. But yes thank you for prayers because they help very much!
I'm having a good time here. I mean it's like the toughest thing in the world, and sometimes I wanna scream, but I wouldn't rather be doing anything else. The other Elders are becoming pretty good friends and we get along! And guess what!? We got a new addition to our 4 person classroom! We got a solo sister named Tuahine(sister) Weyland. She's pretty cool and already knows more French than we do, so she's jumping right on the Tahitian train, and will leave the same time as us to TAHITI!!! Also it was Elder Kerr's BIRTHDAY yesterday and so that was fun to be able to see him.
I've decided the Gospel is very similar to a good band. Like your favorite band. That makes you so so happy and the lyrics are very deep and can help you through rough times. Then, you try to show your friends and they're like "nah". So naturally you're upset, because they can't see how amazing it is. LIKE THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER HOW CAN YOU NOT UNDERSTAND! I have a lot of those feelings while trying to teach here. Because it's hard to understand/believe in the Gospel when you don't have a lot of understanding/experience. Just like how someone might brush off a good band because they've only heard one or two songs they didn't like that much. You just have to realize that underneath the surface is something incredible.
I just hope so so so so so (infinity) much I can spread the amazingness of these blessings to as many people as possible. Because once you REALLY understand what it's all about, there's nothing better. It's taken me a while to get to that point, but it's been so worth it. I miss everyone so much, but I can already tell I'm never gonna wanna leave Tahiti and the chance to be a missionary.
Also everyone go check out the band "twenty one pilots" because that's what I got that idea from haha. |-/
JE VOUS AIME!!!!
Elder Jenkins
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