Oh man I am so close! It is making me anxious as well as nervous! I have no idea how to speak the language even though I try hard! I can not even wait to head out! But anyway back to the main reason you are reading this....The highlights of the week!

Most of the week consited of me studying, stressing, freaking out, laughing, and feeling the spirit more than I ever had in my entire life.

Friday night we had an elder who was having some ear problems so i asked him if he wanted a blessing, and he said yes! He asked me to say it and I was so nervous. But as soon as i started i couldnt feel my body, it felt like i was sitting outside of the circle listening to someone else talk through me. I never have felt love for another person in my life then i did at that moment. I couldnt hold back the tears and i barley could finish the blessing. When i finished all of my roomates were in tears. I have never felt the spirit so strong that i couldnt feel myself standing. 

The next day I was able to say the prayer in samoan during sacrament meeting. I was so nervous you know the feeling when you are climbing up the roller coaster and you just want to scream. Yeah that wasnt me. I was calm cool and ready to pee myself. I got up there and started the prayer and The spirit just fell over me I knew everything that I was supposed to say and again i wanted to scream but this time for joy. 

We had the opportunity to teach Ane an investigator we had just recieved. When we went in i totally forgot what i was supposed to say and all i said was that the book of mormon was true and that it testifies of jesus christ. I was furious and gave up for the rest of the day. Until an elder told me that i am a representative of christ and that all we need to do is ask him for help and he will bless us I was immediatlely overcome with the spirit and realized i was in need for a good humbling moment. 

Finally the best moment of the week was when i went back to teach Ane. She had some questions for us and we were prepared, until she told us that she didnt know how to pray. We were not prepared for that. We gave our little spill and then i felt prompted to teach her how to pray. I made the sentences up as i went along. I normally have to memorize what im going to share in the lesson before i go in, and for me to make the sentences on the spot made me so happy! I knew that it was because of my heavenly father that i was able to teach her how to pray on the spot! I love it all and all of the things i get to experience here! I LOVE IT! 

Alofa atu! Fafatai for all of the love and support!

Elder Bethea