So it was another great week. We switched days working in Tuarabu
and Borotiam, basically teaching tons of lessons in Tuarabu, and
basically reopening Borotiam. So really the best of both worlds. Funny
story, we are trying to lesson with this guy, but he canceled one of the lessons because he broke his foot.
He said he broke it falling off a coconut tree while he was doing
korokarewe. We were talking about it later with the unit leader, and he told us that he broke it while he was
drunk. And also he wasn't climbing a tree at the time, he was mad at
his sister and kicked her in the knee, and subsequently broke his foot.
Looking back at it, he didn't seem like the brightest guy during our
first lesson either. A lot of cities on Abaiang
ban alcohol so we don't always see drunk people, but I think it's open
in Borotiam, because we tracted a group of drunk dudes as well. Elder
Wright was slightly disgusted. We split some coconuts for service again
this week, and we finally found out the stage
of a coconut that actually tastes like coconut candy. The Sisters came
back on Sunday, but our house in Tebero isn't done yet, so we're
sleeping in the hotel right now. We wake up earlier than the staff
there, so we had to find some leaves instead of toilet
paper this morning because they hadn't put out the toilet paper yet.
Fun stuff. Our house is probably gonna be done in a week we've been
told. We're kinda sad to stop working in Tuarabu, the people here are
awesome, and a lot of them were just starting to
keep commitments and stuff. All is well, if they're ready, the sisters
will do a good job.
Anyways for a spiritual thought, I've been sharing Alma 41:10 (or
eight, I can't remember) about how wickedness never was happiness
(direct translation from Ana Boki Mooman: from the way of evil, you
can't receive happiness). People here are always focused
on how hard it is to keep commandments, and how this is the life of
struggle. But what I was thinking is that we need to focus also on how
living the gospel brings true and everlasting joy, and the things we are
resisting, despite what we think, do not bring
joy.
Anyways I'm doing fine, I'm very healthy
Elder Cubby
What is korokarewe?
Uuh let's see if I can explain. So men climb a coconut tree and cut one
of the branches with a knife. They hang a bottle from the branch and
Jerry rig some leaves so the liquid from the tree goes into a bottle.
The stuff in the bottle is called Karewe
(kah-re(Spanish r)- veh). They boil it and drink it. It's pretty good,
but if it's not great, the after taste kinda tastes like vomit.
How is Elder Write handling you being a newbie?
Wright does not complain about me. And I've experienced the being new
part all over again this past week, we hit the phase in the standardized
training where I take the lead on basically everything which is fun.
Have you learned to climb a coconut tree yet?
I would love to start climbing coconut trees, but it is very against the
rules right now. Apparently some Elder in the Marshalls climbed a huge
one and fell off a long time ago.
What hotel?
We are staying at the resort cabins. The buias are over the water. And yeah the people here have crazy callouses
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| He sent this before, but this is his hotel. Those cabins are completely empty. |
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