Things are going good here at Tahaa. I'm still companions with Elder Firuu but transfers are in two weeks and we are both feeling that he will be transfered this next transfer. Other than that the work here is going good. We are very busy all week long, which means we are riding our bikes all week long. I think two weeks ago we rode our bikes over 100 miles during that week. My leg muscles are significantly stronger than before my misison because of all this biking. And spending all this time outside I have been able to produce a pretty solid missionary tan line (RMs you know what I'm talking about). 

This past week we got to go down to Raiatea for a zone conference with our misison president so that was pretty fun. There isn't a lot more stuff I can say with the time I have left but I am safe and sound here at Tahaa and the work is going well. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers and I wish everyone a marvelous week and a good General Conference.

Elder Rose

A picture of most of our Zone. The islands Raiatea and Tahaa. Our mission president, President Bize, are located front and center

Elder Firuu and I

SMILE!

This last week I drove a massive ferry boat (not really)

I am looking for my bike in this picture. (my bike is at Tahiti getting its 

 brakes changed)

And we only had one bike for a little bit this week so we were forced to walk for a couple days. We were very excited to be able to walk everywhere.

The zone leaders came down from Raiatea this week and we had a blast with them. I am holding in my hands one of the world's best meals, poission cru, otherwise translated as "raw fish"

I think I have seen pretty much every species of banana by now. These bananas are ginormous.

We taught a lesson at the end of a dock this week. It was a pretty cool view 

The missionaries of French Polynesia are now armed with 12 gague shotguns (joke)

And we did some beach tracing. The feint island in the background is Raiatea

​The view from our backyard.

My companion and I in front of the church sign.

The feint outline of an island just above me is Bora Bora.

Ia ora na everybody!

Miracle of the week. I got transfered! I am now serving at an island named Tahaa which is located some miles North-West of Tahiti just above the island of Raiatea. Fun fact, the word tahaa in tahitian means naked. So I'm serving at naked island. Luckily the naked colonies here are a thing of the past.  My new companion is a Tahitian named Elder Firuu and he is super cool. There are 4 missionaries total at Tahaa and I am the district leader here. This is a biking sector and seeing that the island is split in two and is a gigantic island we will be doing some massive amounts of biking here (something like 30 miles a day on average). This should help me lose any weight I may have gained while I was in a car at Moorea. Seeing that this is my second day here I don't really know the sector but from how my companion has described the sector this will be something similar to my experience at Rurutu. Not tons of investigator, tons of Protestants, a lot of the lessons are in Tahitian, unlimited biking, no hot water; I'm soaking up the island life right now. 

From what I have heard its a branch here with about 60 active members, so the goal is to turn this branch into a ward. I'm really excited to be forced to use my Tahitian again because that seems to be the only way I can effectively improve my speaking capacities. I don't have any crazy stories yet but I'm sure within the next couple weeks I'll have some good ones. I haven't had the chance to get some good pictures here but I'll send the pics of Tahaa next week. That is my little update for now. I'm out here on this island working hard to build the kingdom of God. Everyone in America enjoy your hot water.

Elder Rose

Tahaa