Ha, how well that subject fits the week that I have had. It all started with last Sunday when I had forgotten that it was Mother's Day yesterday until my French companion reminded me about an American holiday. That was pretty embarrassing. And then all this week I have been really struggling to remember our lessons that we have had. I will try to laugh about it because I know in a few years I will laugh about it.
So what happens is that while we had the assistants with us we didn't do very well to do our daily planning because of everything that was going on. So the consequences of that bad choice are coming to bite me now because we have investigators and I have forgotten exactly what we had taught them and since we didn't do our planning I can't just look back and find what we taught. And then even for the days that we do do planning but we end up not teaching all that we planned that presents more problems. Because I have had so much on my mind lately and the lessons get forgotten and I don't remember until the moment that we get to the lesson and then it all comes back. So we will have planned to teach one thing and then it becomes something else as I remember what it was supposed to be. Yikes. My poor companion. I will do my best not to continue that habit.
And the third thing about how could I forget is to talk about authentic Tahitian food. Yesterday during skype I was asked about what the food is like out here and I didn't really think about things that were too weird. But now I remember and I want to explain authentic Tahitian food.
There is fafaru that I explained last week, there is poisson cru which literally means raw fish. Poissson cru is a mix of cut up fish, with lemon juice (which "cooks" it) and carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes and coconut milk. It is one of my favorites. Then there is heemaa(?) which, if I am not mistaken, is a mix of uru, bread that grows on trees, and coconut milk. And it makes a sort of pasty gloop that tastes really good. There is po'e which my companion and I ate last night. For po'e papaya it takes a lot of papaya and then you mix the insides with corn startch and it makes another pasty gloop and you add coconut milk and you eat. Ha, lot's of gloop. And the best thing about when we eat food like that is that we eat with no forks or anythings. All hands. Ha.
Welcome to a little bit more of my life out here. Things are all right and hopefully they will get better. I love you all family and friends and I know this work is great. It is a miracle and a huge blessing to see what is happening out here. I love this work and I love the Lord who made it possible for us to come on earth and to life again after this life. This is my testimony, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Elder Squires
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