Na ho'okele o ke ʻIke ʻole ʻia // The navigators of the unknown

Tae'ae Lerohl's last day teaching us

Pehea oe ko'u mau palala's.

Howzit, and how are you all doing? So that might've not been in French or Tahitian but Hawaiian is close enough, and sometimes in class my brain gets really fried and I end up adding in some Hawaiian words while answering in Tahitian or while doing mock lessons. It's pretty fun because i'll be talking and then after I talk I have an "aha" moment and i'm just like hmmmm one, two, or even a few of those words might've actually been in Hawaiian and not Tahitian, it's getting better though I promise. 

I leave for Tahiti next week Tuesday which is pretty exciting and scary at the same time. We've all been waiting so long for this day to come and miracles are flooding in, peoples visas are starting to come in at the very last minute, and everyone is grasping the languages. We were given these English to Tahitian / Tahitian to English dictionaries and they are a literal life saver they provide us with so many words that we need, don't need at all, and probably don't use. I ended up going through the entire dictionary and highlighted the words I really wanted to know to hopefully use in stories or after the mission. I found words for ship, tugboat, tow, tempest, star, sail, sailor, captain, ship pilot, ship navigator, buoy, fishing pole, anchor, compass, chart, and even bilge water, don't know when i'll use some of these words on my mission but it's nice to know that I have them in my vocabulary to use.

Faith is huge, and is talked about a lot, but this past week I decided to really study about faith and what faith means to me. Faith is taking a step into the darkness without knowing what lies ahead. Faith is preserving and having a hope for things that you can't see. Faith is trusting that if you try your hardest and are true then things will work out. Faith is trusting in Jesus and not thinking about the future too hard but living in the moment and controlling what you have control over. Faith is having peace amidst the tempest.

I roto o Alama pene toru ahuru ma maha irava toru e maha te reira parau, "3 E nō te mea 'ua hina'aro 'outou 'ia fa'a'ite atu tō'u nei taea'e here ia 'outou i te mea e au ia 'outou 'ia rave nō tō 'outou mau 'ati ; 'e nō reira 'ua parau ri’i atu 'oia ia 'outou nō te fa'aineine i tō 'outou ferurira'a, 'ua fa'aitoito atu 'oia ia 'outou nō ni'a i te fa'aro'o e te fa'a'oroma'i. 4 'Oia ïa, 'ia rahi ho'i tō 'outou fa'aro'o 'e 'ia tanu 'outou i te parau i roto i tō 'outou 'ā'au, 'e 'ia tāmata 'outou i tō te reira maita'i."

In Alma chapter thirty four verses three and four it says, "3 And as ye have desired of my beloved brother that he should make known unto you what ye should do, because of your afflictions; and he hath spoken somewhat unto you to prepare your minds; yea, and he hath exhorted you unto faith and to patience. 4 Yea, even that ye would have so much faith as even to plant the word in your hearts, that ye may try the experiment of its goodness."

Press forward, having faith with patience, and all will work out.

"Vents favorables et mer suivante"

"Mata'i haumaru e moana mania"

"Fair winds and following seas"

Standing by,

Elder Ellis