Sister Leilani Kalona Finlayson

what a week :)  ☆ gave my departing testimony at zone conference & had to say my last goodbyes to some people even though I still have a whole month left :( SAD !!  ☆ I got strep throat starting Wednesday. Pretty sure someone switched our water bottles at zone conference lolol :(( but by Friday morning I had my medicine & now I'm feeling a little better woohoo ! we had to take the weekend off so I could sleep...it was BORING but much needed rest ngl !!  ☆ I had more time to think than one would like because of ^^ strep ! and I couldn't help but think about how sometimes I am ungrateful to God of the answers He gives me to old prayers.  For an example, I remember praying everyday as I turned in my mission papers (February/March 2020) : "PLEASE let me learn my culture" Fast forward to April 2021 & I am assigned to serve in the only 2 Polynesian wards in Orange County.  Something small like recognizing that we might be experiencing the answers to old prayers

another week in the books !  in this letter, I just wanna write a short thing of my thoughts on my mission --  I could focus on all of the bad things that have occurred on my mission and I'd be writing you a 7 series book telling you about it. or I can focus on all of the good things that have occurred on my mission and write a short poem.  at times my mission has felt so....miserable 🥲😅 BUT just as the restoration needed the apostasy to shine in contrast, so did my mission ✨ although there weren't as many joyful moments...I have experiences that stand in MAGNITUDE !!! quality versus quantity as they say :)   so as a choice, I decide to focus on the good & joyful. what I went thru mentally and spiritually has been difficult and even damaging at times, but the BEAUTY that resulted because of those difficulties.... are things unexplainable & unimaginable. the people I have met...the laughs I have had...the fun activities I've joined...all of it is UNMATCHED!!  I'

TALOFA !! MALO E LELEI !! 🥰 I have forgotten the last few weeks to send an email...oopsies ! idk where I left off but I am having a great time out here. Today is the beginning to an ending. I will be coming home in 6 weeks aka it's my last transfer !! Thinking about it...IM TIRED 🤣 but pressing forward ! the last few weeks have been crazy good but honestly not a whole lot to note on.  ☆ ahzira came to the conclusion that the church is true because of a spiritual experience she had while visiting her grandma's grave. IT WAS AMAZING. but then things took a turn really quickly SO this last week she did her very own fast !! WHAT !! we will be checking on her this upcoming week to see how it went :)  ☆ Chris & Jazmine !! they're doing great. they are planning a wedding so that they can be baptized immediately after. but then some things went down with paperwork so they postponed the wedding thus postponing the baptism :( sad days. HOWEVER ! Jazmine finally had her baby whi