guess what I was for Halloween...

(see photo one.)

A VIOLINIST. And actually, I'm still pretending. Until the 15th of November. So prayers please. Also. I would love some helpful hints on how to do vibrato on the violin. Cause I don'ttt think it's the same, malheureusement... unfortunately Mais bon. Oh well. It's actually going pretty good. Which is a tender mercy I know, cause it's COMPLETELY different. But we'll see. I'm practicing about an hour a day (every night after planning) and sometimes a few minutes in the morning after exercise and before studies. So that's going. I actually like the violin a lot! I mean, I don't plan on switching or anything when I get home, but it's a beautiful instrument, and even more so when someone that knows what they're doing is playing it. Like Sophie. So yah, that was fun.

So yah, that's been fun. The coin de feu fireside will be Friday the 15th of Novemberand we're pretty excited about it. We would mays (Pono-speak for 'maybe') try and move it back a little bit, but transfers are the week after that, I'm pretty sure that two of the four of us are moving... I'm hoping it's Soeur Beagles. hah. Cause I kinda wanna stay here in Paita til I die. Mais on verra. But we'll see. Ca fait 10 mois It's been 10 months now that I've been here. And I don't wanna leave.

Miracles this week! Yesterday, a man named Robert showed up at church. He's Tahitian and he took the bus early in the morning from Paita all the way to Tontouta. He was living in Tahiti, but he moved here to promener un peu (literally, "walk a little bit, or traipse"...I am guessing from context he was on a trip, and stayed) and then he ended up staying here for work. But he's already had most if not all of the lessons, so we're gonna start teaching him this week, which I'm pretty excited about.

Also, we were port a porting going door to door this week and we found a few people to teach! A couple of which are amazingly prepared! Dilila (20), and sa mere her mother, Lauria. And Lauria's aunty is a member, so she already knows quite a bit, from discussing with her and the missionaries before. We had our first lesson with them yesterday and it was incredible! And Soeur Beagles invited them to be baptized! It was so great, and we're gonna bring a member with us the next time, cause they want to talk to a converti convert/new member about how they left everything behind to be a member.

Qu'est-ce que j'aime cette oeuvre! I love this work so much! It is unlike anything else that I have ever done in my life. It is more rewarding than finishing a ridiculously hard concerto. It makes me more happy than playing cello or singing music. I LOVE IT SO MUCH and I am going to be a missionary for the rest of my life. Because I want to continue to have this eternal joy!

Family! Be missionaries! It will change your lives for the better! Invite friends over for a family home evening, ask the missionaries for brochures so that you can respond when your friends ask you why you are different. Be an example and open your mouth. Be not ashamed! Because this is eternal life on the line! It's soooo important. And as soon as you start, you will not want to stop.

I love you all! It was so good to see you in your cute halloween costumes!! I think Bels was my fave. I hope that you are all doing well! I finished the Book of Mormon again this week. I love that book! Moroni 10 is like the end of a symphony for me. It's so exciting and it makes me want to practice all the things I just read! Family. Know that I love you! I am so happy and I talk about you often actually with my amis, with the members. You are the reason I am here! And I thank you for your prayers and thoughts and support! I need them and I feel them.

The last of the pics. 2 is me and Soeur Beagles with the apples and carmel that I made! for halloween this week. and 3 is me with Nathanael, our 11 year old ami. He's crazy, but great!

I love you all! Until next week!

L'evangile est vraie!!

Love, Soeur Santos