This has been such a long week and a lot has happened! First off, we got transferred me and my soa (sister Feagiai) to Lotopa, Pesega!!!! Yay I get to whitewash again so fun! We cover two wards Lotopa and Pesega 6 and our area is a lot bigger than Malie haha yeah!! But, more people have cars here so we will be getting rides hopefully! Lotopa is right next to town (Apia), the mission home, the temple, and an amazing family history center!! Everything and all the resources are right here. it is going to be great and I am so excited to use it for our friends! Lotopa is a lot more up to date than anywhere else i have served on my mission so far. There are legit houses here with gates and some even have pools, and multiple cars etc haha we actually have to go knocking on doors haha...I was so confused never had to do that before haha. I am just used to shouting people down cause I can see them right there in their house haha! Its been interesting and more normal i guess. Anyways the wards here are fantastic and I can already feel the members and there willingness to help with the work! And they have organized ward council and meetings that we have already been apart of yay!
Also, my uncle Ben is from Lotopa and I got to meet some of his family which was absolutely awesome! His uncle and aunt Rita and Robert are wonderful my soa and I already love them so much that we consider them our own grandparents now haha and they have given us a lot of new fruit to try...star fruit and lychee. I also met his brother Mohonri and his family! they are awesome and his rugby academy is so cool. he has a two story house and the whole bottom floor is a gym :o i love it! and they have a very nice house up top with a/c haha I can't wait to get to know them more!
Okay and now for the greatest news of all Tamasipani was baptized!! our wonderful friend in Malie! We were so happy for him, unfortunately we got transferred two days before the baptism so we weren't able to attend. But, a wonderful tender mercy happened and we saw Tamasipani's parents drive through our new area and we waved them down and they told us it went great and that the whole family went and went to church that sunday (the parents are veryyy inactive) and that his brother wants to get baptized too! 
Also, our new house is right across the temple so every morning we we walk out for the day we walk right towards the temple and its gives me so much motivation and peace and then every night and during our studies we see it right there through our windows. The best!! Better than an ocean view!
oh also, I have only had to sleep on the floor a few times on my mission, but in our new house only one of the wooded bed frames had a little cushion pad so I've been sleeping on the wooded bed frame thing haha i will be getting the little cushion pad today! but it has been surprisingly comfortable either that our i am just very tired and could sleep on anything!
yep this has been fun and long! thank you for all you support and prayers! and a thought I just want to leave with you all is something that I have learned through a lot of different experiences on my mission thus far. and it is to never give into, or listen to, or let things that happen to you...control you and your thoughts and attitude. hopefully that made sense but it is important to realize that the only ones that can truly hold us back is ourselves. its time we say no to the negative, the insecurities, the pain and take control of our lives. And I know this is easier said than done, but i also know that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, prayer, and the Love of God it is possible. We are all children of God. We are all beautiful. We are all smart and fun! We are all loved! I promise you all this and know it to be true!
-Sister Hymas alofa atu
