Uli Bwa fam,

Long story short, I really hate writing emails lol 💀 I had no desire to write anything but here I am writing y'all so heawiko.

Since my last email, I would say that patience has been a big thing going on for me right now. Patience with myself, my companion, the people we are teaching, my personal study, how mission goes, and shoot, pretty much patience with everything and anything. 🤣 Everyday I am more and more amazed and grateful for my Savior, Jesus Christ. There's a reason why "Patience" is a Christlike attribute. Our Savior was perfect in every way, and it is only through Him that we can become as perfect as we can be on this Earth.

To be honest, this past week was hard. It was hot (idk what kind of winter season this is bruh AHAHA) and many times I wanted to throw hands with people around me (the ATUAIA TEMPER is REAL y'all 😂). I was for reals like, "these hands are rated E for Everyone..." but the Lord is ever so merciful to his children. Especially those with anger management issues like me, wehhh. 🤦🏽‍♀️💀 I'm grateful for the Savior's infinite atonement that helps me always try and strive to become better through my weaknesses.

As I said, this past week was hard but there were more blessings than trials. As we focus on the positive, our focus and spiritual vision becomes more connected with God's purpose for us. The blessings this week for me would be the members in this area. I'm so grateful for the members in the Libala ward we're in. Especially the Siwila family. They always feed me and my companion the best food and make us feel at home. It got to the point that when we visited them on Sunday for dinner, me and my companion shared our testimonies and both started crying 😭🤣. I know we are set apart as missionaries, but I for reals can testify that the strongest missionaries we have in the church, are the members. So if you've read my email this far, I invite you to have the missionaries over to your house. Not for them to come bless you, but for you to bless them like the Siwila family did for me and my companion. 🙏🏽❤️ TRUST ME, I was the worst person ever because anytime the missionaries would come over, I would go hide upstairs and wait for them to leave the house. 🤦🏽‍♀️💀🤣🤣🤣 Don't be like me, be better than me. THANK YOU.

Overall I am grateful for this gospel, the members of the true church of God, those we teach and their desire to learn, and especially my Savior Jesus Christ. May we have more patience in our lives to focus on the positive, especially during our hard times. I love you all, especially my family. Yeah fa 👋🏽❤️

My District. Gang gang 🙏🏽💪🏼

We passed all this art on the side of the road and when I was taking a picture with it, this man wanted to be in the picture. I have no idea if he was the artist or a random dude. 💀🤣 But his handcuffs got me dead cuz whyyyy??! Ahaha

Me and companion with the heart in the tree.🫶🏽 Always choose love and when people hate, love the haters. 🤣 

Went to the salon to get my hair braided cuz why my forehead 50 different shades of brown?! 💀🤣😭🤣 yeah so, I needed my hair out of my face y'all. But tell me why when the lady was blow drying it to air dry it out it got so straight that I look like Beetlejuice KALOFAE AHAHA

Okayyyy, shoutout to Sharon & Mercy... Especially Sharon, for getting me right. 🔥

SISTER ATUAIA PERIODT BOO ❤️🙏🏽

My favorite piece from the art on the side of the road. 🙌🏼

 Malo etau mau hoata ni kaiga ofeina!

Another week down here in in Uiha/Felemea and not too much but a great week overall! 

Tuesday me and my comp went to this women's  (Lata) house who we were told by some members that she might be interested in the gospel. So we went to her home to talk with her and asked if shed be interested in hearing about the gospel sometime. She told us yes so we planned to meet with her thrusday and we arranged to do it at some members house who are her friends. This was a huge blessing because we had been praying/fasting to find someone to teach on this small island it'd also be mine and my comps first teaching here in Felemea since this is also his first area. A member had told us they haven't had a baptism here in over 4 years!! I understand why but just hearing that made me and my comp very determined!! We met with her Thursday and just talked and tried to understand what her beliefs and needs were. We ended up teaching about the Savior Jesus Christ and then sharing about and a verse from the Book of Mormon. It went great, the spirit was very strong, and the member we had with us was also able to add and share her testimony. And we we will be teaching her about the restoration today!! Every chance I get to share the gospel brings me pure joy and I guarantee it for you as well. This week as were at a members house I had the opportunity to give a blessing to this sick women. Before I came to Uiha I had not given 1 blessing on my mission. Since I got here I've given 6 blessings. Part of that reason was because I wasn't confident doing it in Tongan but I made it my goal to be prepared when the opportunity came. One of the expirences when I blessed this man I said things that I know it was the Lord speaking through me becuase I was not sure how to use those kind of words in Tongan. Afterwards the man was in tears and asked me how I knew to say the things I said. I told him those were Lord's words not mine. We finished off this week with a putu (funeral) and when putus happen on these small islands everybody attends that also means a lot of food. Also friday morning me and Elder Aiono were able to teach all the kids for 1 hour at the small school here and that was cool (fakasiasi) I guess we will be doing that every Friday morning. We taught about the plan of salvation, sang, and then played a game with all of them. Friday evening we were able to help them prepare food for Saturdays putu. By a lot of food I mean 2 cows, multiple pigs, lots of chicken and lamb haha. Saturday we attended the putu, they were members of the Weslyn church so always neat to attend and expirence stuff like that to see the way they do things.

That was pretty much it for this week! I know this gospel is Jesus Chrsit, the only begottens gospel. Because of the restoration through the prophet Joseph Smith we have the fulness of his gospel. I testify this is the only church here on earth that has the true authority and power of Christ.  Love and miss you all - Elder Wolfgramm ❤️