Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2018 3:34 PM (MST)
Monday, January 08,
2018 9:34 AM (Vanuatu)
im sorry friends i
haven't talked to you fellows in like 3 weeks now. forgive me? it's not my
fault ok the email place was closed for christmas and new years. so here i am.
once again! (i forgot the rest of the lyrics to that song) anywho!
so much stuff! gahh
ok
christmas! sadly it
was not a stress free christmas. but it did turn out pretty ok! we had 12 other
elders stay in our house for 4 nights from the 23rd to the 27th and our house
got trashed! but we made them clean it up mostly so it was all good in the end.
really fun to catch up with friends in other outer islands. and play around and
all in all celebrate the christmas season! i made a sling shot(called an
elastic in vanuatu) and gave that as a present for the gift exchange, and i got
a cool lil kenu(canoe) that says santo on it! yeah! christmas party was fun! i
think it went well but then again my comp and i planned it so. i suppose ask
the other people in the zone if they think it went well?
we had a branch
activity in jarilen! first one ever! they spent $500 on food for the activity!
i don't know how reasonable that is compared to us ward activities but that's a
lot of money to me! but it was really good! lots of less actives and non
members came and attendance the next week at church was significantly improved!!
huzzah! activity was a huge success!!!! and it was really fun!
we picked up a new
elder from the philippines and he stayed us for like 3 days until his outer
island comp came for christmas! elder garciano! it was funny and a lil awk cuz
turns out when he found out he was going to vanuatu he googled various vanuatu
things and found my blog! eldermatthyatt.blogspot.com
and so i guess my audience that gets this email is a lot bigger than i thought
it was? maybe? woot! hi friends!
new years! lots of
drunk people everywhere! some of the elders up in the bush(palon and fanafo)
wanted to come to p day on the 1st but there was no trucks so we went up to get
them and there was a new years activity at palon branch! that was also really
fun! some much food! a custom of vanuatu, whenever there is a holiday of
gladness(marriage, first time a dude shaves[yes that is a thing. a holiday for
every guy. his uncles have to come shave his beard for the first time], new
years, birthdays, ect) everyone buys lil containers of baby powder and dumps it
on everyone. it's really fun! and legit and all that! i like it better than
just lighting sparklers or something like that.
GAHHHHHHH I HAVE 2
MONTHS LEFT AND THATS ALL *final lap music speeds up even moreeeeeee* gahhhhh
some much stuffffffff like. one the one side im honestly afraid to come home
cuz im like a man bush now. i opened up a new version of microsoft word the
other day to write the program for the christmas party. and i had no idea where
anything was. wahhhhhhh imma die when i get home//// but on the other hand im
really happy cuz imma go home and all the american things that don't exist here
will be there.. but also stress that i have like no time left and so many
people to teach and invite to come unto christ! to use the words of mah boi j
holland(elder jeffery r holland of the quorum of the twelve apostles) 'i feel a
great burden of urgency. so much so i can hardly breathe!' (also 6months/6weeks
to sexy is def a thing. hopefully i haven't gotten fatter/ less attractive on
my mish... my fam will decide cuz i don't remember what i used to look
like?)
also one from the
area presidency is gonna come on the 23rd! huzzah meeting spiritual giants!
craig a cardon! it's gonna be legit!
alright some
missionary work (cuz honestly with all the stuff that we have to deal with as
zone leaders i don't really feel like a missionary at times... more like a
admin or taxi or handyman or something.) but! we have a lot of people we're
working with! right now we're working with a papa named Pastor Arsen. he was
just chillin at a members house cuz they neighbors/ friends. and he was like.
yeah! if you guys wanna come talk with me im down. *cautiously sets return
appointment* he's legit! the members of his congregation roasted him a bit for
talking with us but he really likes what we have to share and he's like. giving
us referrals?? its really odd but great at the same time???
we're gonna have a
baptism on the 20th. a couple who were married and passed the bap interview but
then the missionaries that were serving in their area got in a big car accident
and the invest got put on the back burner and forgotten... but not to the lord!
they gonna get baptized and he's gonna get the priesthood and they all gonna go
to the temple and my area is gonna be a stake some day! just you watch! i
believe in a god of miracles! believe in Christ and ask. ask and you shall
receive!
and there's another
book for you. have fun!
that's all for now.
elder hyatt vi
here come the
back load of pixxxxx:
- us and the stls (with the showground sisters cuz housing at christmas was #cramp'd) doing some last min prep then smol photo op
- a four for one slap at Walmart.
- when you're trying to have a companionship prayer in the truck and then.
- come at me. we the OG bush squad
- that my friends. is naloat. 🙏 #amaze
- christmas party food
- guess what that large brown thing is. if you guessed cucumber, you are correct!
- tongan squad!
- skyping home for christmas at a cafe
- classic.
- post clean up designated selfie time
- post clean up designated selfie time part 2
- the district 3 coming soon to missions/missionaries across the world (bwahhhaaahahahahah yeah right)
- all those people. like literally the entire population of jarilen gathered cuz one dude is gonna cut his beard off for the first time.
- this is what i eat most days. like when i go to the area and members maybe feed us. it's actually pretty good after a while.
- roof construction of all the houses in vanuatu. the leaves called natangora. tied together with some kinda bush rope some how securely fastened to bamboo rafters and end result is a waterproof roof that lasts for 3-5 years i think
- also it's been downpouring like nonstop starring liam neeson. since jan 1. and people here have a custom how to stop the thunder. and it works?
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