Merry Christmas From FIJI

So we had a great conversation with Elder Stu Jakins on Thursday morning, it was 6:30 Friday morning for him when we called.

Dad asked what he had for Christmas lunch, he said baked beans on toast (he was kidding).

He is known as the "Whiteboy" on his island of 8000 people and only 14 LDS members. One of the investigators of the church kept asking where "White-boy" was from, he said he's from America.

Stu said that there are some random tourists on Levuko, his island, he said their fijian sounds funny and when he asked his companion (a native) if he sounds that bad, his companion didn't say anything.

Go ahead and email me any funnies or insights from your conversation with Stu on Christmas.

Email From Stubot

Yeah im definetely on an Island.

I'm being shaped for my future whether I like it or not :D But im not going to give up on because I know that in the end it's going to be good and if I give up now i give up on the next hard thing. The members here are really nice and so is my companion ^-^ there was a worm in the bathroom today and my first thought was uch gross then my second thought was of Dale haha. My apartment is nice it's like a mobile home and it's in Levuka.

If you google earth Levuka my companion and I go up the hill behind Levuka a lot that's where most of the members live and what not. I definetely don't have your problem here. I sweat even in the night time =P and when it rains I also sweat because the clouds raise the tempterature or something to that affect.

By the way did you think of Sister whatsherface saying it wouldn't last a year today?(yesterday) haha +1-679-995-4086 It will be easier for you to call me on your Christmas day, I worked it out and Im pretty sure if you call me at like 11:30 your time it'll be around 6:30 here or maybe 7:30...either way i'll probably be up.

Oh and one more thing there was a storm the other night lighting would flash and the whole room would be white and then a few seconds later thunder that shook the house would follow. It was quite the adventure.

Oh also I have no scriptural evidence but im pretty pretty sure that Satan actually controlls mosquitos so if you could send some deet in the next package that would be great. ^-^ ok now to get back to work.

Luvemo,

Elder Jakins

Is It Ironic That It Started Snowing On The Day Stu Goes To Fiji?

Posters From Mom and Dad

Bye Bye Stu

Good luck Stu!! You'll do great, have fun in the beautiful Islands of Fiji! Bula!!

Elder Jakins to Depart For Fiji on Monday

My latest email from Stubot:

Hey thanks alot, Im glad the kids enjoyed the presents :D You should totally tell Bro. Egberts brother how amazing Bro. Egbert is he was like the teacher that I learned the most from ^-^ but only tell him this after I leave the MTC k? Anyways the MTC has been pretty fun but im more excited to leave :D so yeah I should be able to email in Suva but if I get sent to routuma or something then no internet there :D Thanks for the prayers Big Bro :D

Stubot Likes Chicken

Stu continues to impress his teacher Bro Egbert. The missionaries think Stu is funny. He's known as the missionary that likes Chicken. I thought this was new information, but apparently, as Janae pointed out, Stubot has already sent letters that involve some Fijian regarding his love of chicken (the food or the animal??) The missionaries think he's pretty funny when he says things like that in Fijian.

Anyways, funny story.... after I got off the phone with Rob, Janae said, "Did Rob visit Stu in the MTC?"

Funny funny funny.....