Count Your Blessings!

January 12, 2020

Man, Friends and Family! Has this been a week. This is probably one of the coolest weeks of my entire mission!! lately I have been feeling down on myself because of the work being hard! So we had zone conference this past week, it was really good! But I had an interview with our beloved Mission President and in the interview I expressed my feelings to him. I told him how I was feeling and how I was feeling down on myself and my burdens I was struggling with. He told me that Heavenly Father sees my burdens and he said, "koeuhi ho'o kataki'i mo pine'i lolotonga ho ngaahi kauvenga, e faitapuakina ehe 'Otua kiate koe! Pea 'okune sio atu ki ho feilaulau!" Which means because your enduring through your trials, you will be blessed from God. He then gave me a blessing and blessed me with the strength and blessed my area! We later returned to our different areas. We got back around 5 pm. We got back and our bishop came and gave us a referral. he just told us where she lives. He didn't even give us her name. But I felt the urge to go anyways. I walked up to the house, but fear and nervousness over came me. I remembered what they told me in zone conference to not beat around the bush and just take the leap of faith. So I did. I walked up to the house and talked to the girl. I just asked her the simple question if we could share a message. To my astonishment, she said Yes! Long story short...we are baptizing her this week...but here's more. Our investigator from Japan that same day, she lost her pamphlets in her move to another house and wanted some more. We took them to her, and the Spirit told me to ask about her baptism and she told me, "I have been thinking about it a lot and I would love to!" I wanted to cry in that moment! So we have 2 people on 1 day! I am so excited and thankful to Heavenly Father and my mission President. #countyourblessings

Ofa Atu!

Elder Nomani

 

Kelisimasi Fiefia

Dec 23, 2019

Already another Christmas here in the kingdom! Crazy how fast time flies It's already been a year! This is my last christmas on the mission. Blows my mind!
But a lil' update on the life. Our investigator is finally back from Tonga! She went to Tonga to give birth to her baby! And man! Half Japanese-half Tongan babies are adorable, lol! But she got really sic during labor and almost died! But she had one of the coolest experiences! The doctors told her and her family that the chance of her living through the labor is slim. So after the baby was born and before she could even hold him, because of the toll the labor, she fell unconscious. Her husband said he thought she died. Luckily, the elders that work in the area were visiting a member that is sick in the hospital. Her husband asked the elders to bless her and so they did. She said during the blessing she saw a bright ball of light circling her head and it spoke to her telling her it'ss time for her to meet her new son. At that moment the Elders finished the blessing and she woke up! Her health began to progress and she was able to hold her baby! We are working with her again and preparing her for baptism.
Also, during my mission, I got a nasty big wart. I got it removed. But the doctor cut a fat hole in my hand and I needed 4 stitches. I think it's healing nicely, so that is good.
There is also a family here from America. They are visiting family here in Koloa. REally nice and its nice talking to people in English. They came with their son's Eagle Project. Just a bunch of sporting goods for the kids here. Its really nice! Spreading the Christmas Spirit!
I want to invite you all to always remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Ofa lahi atu!

Merry Christmas!

Love,
Elder Nomani

Stitches after getting wart removed

December 19, 2019

Well, I am basically the worst at writing. But I am gonna apologize anyways. LOL! Sorry friends and family for not writing haha. Well to catch you up on my life for the past few month I got transferred from Taoa to Mataika, but I got transferred with my comp Hufanga, so we were together again. Mataika was amazing! Members there were so nice and there was so many of them. We got a couple baptisms too. I only have pictures of one because we were in a rush, LOL. We worked really hard in Mataika and I will never forget it! But sadly, I go t transferred after only 1 transfer there. My companion got moved to Niuatoputapu and I got moved to Koloa to train. So I am a Dad.
My new companion's (son) name is Elder Teu. He is native from Tonga. So that makes things a lot easier for me because he already knows Tongan. It puts a lot of strain on my brain talking in straight Tongan! LOL! But I know it is helping me in the long run with the language. Right now we are working with a girl from Japan. She just married one of the members and she loves the church! She passed the baptism interview but before we could baptize her, she had to take an emergency trip to main island, Tonga. So we are waiting for her to get back. My area right now probably consists of 25 houses and maybe 250 people. So it is hard trying to find people to teach. But we keep trying! I cannot believe it is December! Time is really flying!

Ofa Atu!
Elder Nomani

If there is a dog nearby...

So much has happened!

So it has been so long since his last post. We finally got some pics last week. He was hoping to get through this week and send a blog post. However, the internet connection is not good and we don't hear from him every week, sometimes it goes weeks with no word.

He was transferred to Koloa, Vavau in November and is training Elder Teu from Vanisi, Tongatapu. He loves his mission and keeps writing, I am so happy. That's all a mother could ask for.

Here are his latest pics:

Saying goodbye to Taoa

his new companion (trainee), Elder Teu, in Kolo,

His box finally got to him, but not looking really good. Looks like someone ripped open the side, big enough to stick a hand in and take things out. 

Was able to put up his Christmas tree I sent.

Some of my friends from the MTC

He's still my boy. If there is something to climb...

He will climb it!